Complete NDSU Game Notes
 
The Tournament: The No. 5-seeded North Dakota State men's basketball team will play No. 4 seed St. Thomas in the quarterfinals of the Summit League Tournament on Sunday, March 10, at 6 p.m. inside the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls, S.D. The winner will play the winner of No. 1 seed South Dakota State and No. 8 Oral Roberts or No. 9 South Dakota in the first semifinal on Monday night.
 
Where to Watch: All first round, quarterfinal, and semifinal games of the men's Summit League Tournament will be broadcast on Midco Sports and be streamed on the Summit League Network via the Midco Sports Plus app. Tuesday's championship game will be on CBS Sports Network.
 
Radio: Sam Neidermann (play-by-play) and Dexter Werner (analyst) will call the games on 107.9 The Fox and Bison 1660. Broadcasts can also be streamed on the NDSU Athletics app, as well as at GoBison.com/AllAccess for free.
 
What's at Stake: The winner of the Summit League Championship receives an automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament. NDSU is looking for its fifth league tournament title in 11 years and its sixth NCAA Tournament berth in school history.
 
Bison in Sioux Falls: NDSU is 25-10 all-time in Sioux Falls at the Summit League Tournament. The Bison are 18-6 at the Summit League Tournament in the Dave Richman era.
 
Familiar Territory: The Bison have played in five consecutive Summit League Tournament championship games from 2019-23, winning the title in 2019 and 2020. NDSU has played in 9 of the past 11 Summit League championship games, dating back to March 2013.
 
Late Season Success: Since February 2019, the Bison are 46-19 in the months of February and March, good for a .708 winning percentage.
 
Hot Shooting: The Bison rank 17th nationally for three-point shooting at 37.7 percent. NDSU is 39th in the country for field goal percentage at 47.5 percent.
 
Five Seeds: NDSU is the only school in the past 40 years to advance to the championship game of the conference tournament in The Summit League as the No. 5 seed (formerly known as the Mid-Continent Conference and the Association of Mid-Continent Universities). Western Illinois won the 1984 conference tournament as the No. 5 seed, defeating No. 7 seed Cleveland State in the final. The Bison made the championship game as the five seed in 2016 before falling to South Dakota State.
 
Last Year in Sioux Falls: Boden Skunberg averaged 19.7 points in last year's run to the championship game of the Summit League Tournament. He shot 54 percent overall and 53 percent from three-point range in Sioux Falls. Andrew Morgan is next on the list of top returning scorers from last year's tourney, averaging 12.3 points over the three games.
 
White Hot: Jacari White has made multiple three-pointers in 10 straight games, shooting 47 percent from beyond the arc during that stretch.
 
Vital Morgan: Andrew Morgan ranks third in NDSU history for career field goal percentage, shooting 58.1 percent over three seasons. He trails only Lance Berwald (1982-84) and Marshall Bjorklund (2010-14).
Morgan was the only player in The Summit League's top 8 in scoring this season who shot over 50 percent.
 

• Andrew Morgan is averaging 15.0 points and shooting 71 percent from the floor.
• Jacari White is averaging 13.2 points and 6.6 rebounds, while shooting 41 percent from beyond the arc (14-for-34).
• NDSU is shooting 33 percent from three-point range as a team.

 
Bo Knows Threes: Boden Skunberg has moved into NDSU's top 15 all-time for three-pointers, draining 131 in his career.
 
From the Arc: Jacari White is a career 40.5-percent three-point shooter, ranking him 10th on the NDSU all-time list.
 
Cashing In: Damari Wheeler-Thomas is No. 3 on the NDSU all-time list for free throw percentage at 85.1 percent.
 

• NDSU (6) trails only Kansas State (7) for most overtime games in the NCAA this season.
• Since 2010, the most overtime games by any D-I team in a single season is 8.
  • Michigan State in 2014-15, Toledo in 2016-17, and Texas in 2017-18
• Since 2010, only two schools have won 6 overtime games in a season:
  • Kansas State this year (7-0 in OT)
  • Wyoming in 2017-18 (6-0 in OT)
  • NDSU is 5-1 this season in overtime games

 
Half Dozen Scorers: Six different Bison -- Damari Wheeler-Thomas, Lance Waddles, Boden Skunberg, Andrew Morgan, Tajavis Miller, and Noah Feddersen -- have scored 20 or more points in a game this season.