FARGO, N.D. — North Dakota State Men’s Basketball closed out its home non-conference slate with a 79-65 win over Montana State at the SHAC Monday night. Senior Guard Vinnie Shahid led all scorers with 24 points. Senior Forward Tyson Ward recorded a double-double with 19 points and 13 rebounds. The Bison close out the non-conference schedule at Marquette on Friday…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. — For the fifth time in eight games, UND football will be tasked with taking down a top-25 opponent. This Saturday’s matchup comes against No. 9 Montana state. The Bobcats are 5-2 this year with their only loses coming against Texas Tech and then No. 16 Sacramento State. The Montana State offense tends to get a bit…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (UND Athletics) — Junior Geno Crandall scored a game-high 25 points and sophomore Kienan Walter added a career-high 16 off the bench to lead North Dakota to an 89-79 victory over Weber State in Big Sky play Saturday at The Betty. Crandall had 16 points in the second half that saw the Wildcats trim their nine-point halftime deficit down to two, but…
FARGO, N.D. (NDSU Athletics) — Members of the Big Sky Conference and Summit League have agreed to a four-year men’s basketball series involving four teams from each league, which will begin during the 2018-19 season. Each school will play one home game and one road contest against separate schools from the other league during each of the four seasons. Big Sky schools participating…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. — The University of North Dakota’s football team stopped its free-fall on Saturday with a homecoming win against Northern Colorado. This weekend, the Fighting Hawks are back on the road to face No. 24 Montana and its hostile crowd. UND head coach Bubba Schweigert says his team is building on the experience of playing at Utah to…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. — Big Sky play for the University of North Dakota began in a very unsurprising way. The Fighting Hawks picked off Southern Utah and Northern Colorado to improve to 17-2 on the year. UND is now home for the first time in conference play hosting Idaho on Thursday and Eastern Washington on Saturday. With a 15-match home…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. — Running the football is expected to be one of the biggest strengths for the University of North Dakota, with two preseason All-American running backs. Brady Oliveira and John Santiago underperformed in the team’s first game against Utah though. As a team, UND rushed for 51 yards in the 37-16 loss. “It was a big learning opportunity…
PARK CITY, Utah (UND Athletics) – North Dakota senior safety Cole Reyes highlighted a group of five Fighting Hawks that were named to the Preseason All-Big Sky Football Team released Monday at the league’s annual Big Sky Kickoff Event. Reyes was tabbed as the league’s Preseason Defensive Player of the Year and was joined on the team by running backs John Santiago and Brady Oliveira, offensive…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (UND Athletics) – After suffering a 5-0 loss in extra innings to start the day, the University of North Dakota softball team rallied for a 6-4 win in the nightcap of Friday’s doubleheader against Portland State. Redshirt junior pitcher Kaylin VanDomelen did everything she could in the first game to get UND the victory, but Portland State’s pitcher…
Ogden, Utah (UND Athletics) — Sophomore Geno Crandall picked up the first Big Sky Player of the Week award of his career on Monday in an announcement made by league officials. The 6-foot-3 point guard averaged 18.5 ppg, 6.0 rpg and 5.5 apg in a pair of road wins that vaulted the Fighting Hawks into first place in the Big Sky standings with…
