FARGO, N.D. – The North Dakota State men's basketball team posted an emphatic 96-63 victory over North Dakota in the regular season finale on Saturday afternoon.
 
Attendance was a new Scheels Center record of 5,426.
 
The Bison improved to 24-7 overall and finished 14-2 atop The Summit League. NDSU's 24 wins mark a new regular season record for the modern era, surpassing the 2008-09 and 2013-14 Bison squads that won 23 games in the regular season.
 
NDSU senior Tay Smith scored a career-high 28 points to lead all players, hitting seven three-pointers. Damari Wheeler-Thomas added 19 points, and Andy Stefonowicz had 15 points and six assists.
 
The Bison shot 57 percent for the game, including 55 percent (16-of-29) from beyond the arc.
 
UND led 17-8 nine minutes into the contest, but NDSU closed the game with an 88-46 run.
 
The Bison will be the No. 1 seed for the Summit League Tournament in Sioux Falls, S.D., next week. NDSU will play the winner of No. 8 seed Oral Roberts and No. 9 seed Kansas City in the quarterfinals on Thursday, March 5, at 6 p.m.