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GRAND FORKS, N.D. (NDSU Athletics – A jumper with 03.3 seconds to play by Heaven Hamling gave the North Dakota State women’s basketball team the lead for good in a 64-60 win over North Dakota Friday night at the Betty Engelstad Sioux Center.
The Bison improved to 9-2 on the year and 4-1 in Summit League play for the third time in school history and the first since the 2009-10 season. North Dakota dropped to 0-10 overall and 0-4 in league play. The victory was the fourth-straight over an NCAA Division I opponent, the longest streak since December 2009. The two teams will play for the third time this season on Saturday, with tipoff scheduled for 5 p.m. in Grand Forks.
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Bison men and women s basketball win in Grand Forks
January 15, 2021
GRAND FORKS, N.D. – (NDSU Athletics) Sophomore Jarius Cook and freshman Grant Nelson both scored 13 points to lead the North Dakota State men’s basketball team to a 62-45 road victory over North Dakota on Friday night.
The Bison led for more than 37 of the game’s 40 minutes. NDSU made 18-of-21 at the free throw line and did not allow a single free throw attempt by the Fighting Hawks.
NDSU extended its winning streak to five, improving to 5-0 atop The Summit League.
Rocky Kreuser added 11 points for NDSU, and Tyree Eady scored 10. Maleeck Harden-Hayes and Sam Griesel both grabbed seven rebounds to lead the Bison.
Megan Zander, and Jarnot all recorded double-doubles versus the Roos as the Hawks won the battle of the boards, 50-40. North Dakota hit 21 free throws versus Kansas City, the third time it’s made 20-or-more this season. UND hit 20+ shots at the charity stripe three times in 2019-20. The Fighting Hawks won its first-ever Summit League road game at Oral Roberts in 2019. North Dakota scored a season-high 23 second-chance points against the Roos and have outscored their opponents +15 in second-chance points in the last four games. In the last four games, UND is shooting 19.3-percent in the third quarter
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