College Basketball

Sophomore Geu Playing Bigger Role for Bison

Geu scored 12 points in the loss vs South Dakota.

FARGO, N.D. — Saturday at the SHAC the Bison basketball team almost erased a 20-point halftime deficit only to fall to South Dakota by four. A big part of the herd’s comeback was the play of forward Deng Geu off of the bench. Geu was the second-leading scorer on the team with 12 points in the losing effort. Coach Richman said…

Women’s Basketball: League-Leading Yotes Route Bison in Vermillion

NDSU falls to 1-8 in league play.

VERMILLION, S.D. (NDSU Athletics) – The University of South Dakota Coyotes outscored the North Dakota State University women’s basketball team in the second-half, 48-25, to claim an 80-54 victory over the Bison Saturday, Feb. 3, in front of 2,325 spectators inside the Sanford Coyote Sports Center. The Coyotes improve to 19-5 overall and remain undefeated in Summit League action at…

Men’s Basketball: Bison Battle Back But Fall Short to South Dakota

NDSU Miller Leads the way with 26 Points.

FARGO, N.D. (NDSU Athletics) – The North Dakota State men’s basketball team cut a 20-point deficit to two in the final minute, before ultimately falling to South Dakota 76-72 on Saturday afternoon at the Scheels Center. South Dakota led 44-24 at halftime, but the Bison outscored the Coyotes 48-32 over the final 20 minutes to make things interesting. NDSU first…

Bison Basketball Building Momentum for Second Half of Conference Play

NDSU is currently 4-3 in the Summit League.

FARGO, N.D. — On the hardwood, the NDSU Bison basketball team ran into a hot shooting Kobe for the first nine minutes of Saturday’s contest. But defensive adjustments and Paul Miller’s ninth-straight game with over 20 points helped seal the Bison win over Western Illinois. Yesterday was the first time that NDSU has won back-to-back games in the Summit League. The…

Men’s Basketball: Miller Leads Bison Past Western Illinois

NDSU improves to 4-3 in the Summit League

FARGO, N.D. (NDSU Athletics) – North Dakota State senior Paul Miller poured in 26 points to lead the Bison men’s basketball team to an 80-69 win over Western Illinois on Saturday afternoon at the Scheels Center. It was the ninth consecutive game that Miller scored 20 or more points. NDSU redshirt freshman Cameron Hunter added 13 points for the Bison,…

Bison Basketball Looking to Put Full Game Together

NDSU is just 2-4 in the month of January.

FARGO, N.D. — Bison basketball has had an up-and-down 10-10 season so far. The herd is just 2-4 in the month of January as it wraps up the first half of conference play. NDSU has really struggled to put together a full 40 minutes in games, resulting in the losses. That includes blowing a 15-point lead on the road at…

Men’s Basketball: Crandall Drops 25, UND Gets Past Weber

Kienan Walter had a career-high 16 points off the bench for the Fighting Hawks

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…

Men’s Basketball: NDSU Tops ORU With Strong Second Half

Bison improve to 2-2 in the Summit League

FARGO, N.D. (NDSU Athletics) – The North Dakota State men’s basketball team shot better than 50 percent overall and from three-point range, using a strong second half to pull away for an 82-64 victory over Oral Roberts on Saturday afternoon at the Scheels Center. The Bison improved to 10-8 overall and 2-2 in Summit League play, while ORU fell to…

Bison Men’s Basketball Looking to Improve Consistency

NDSU is 9-7 on the season

FARGO, N.D. — NDSU men’s basketball dodged an 0-2 conference start on Saturday by upsetting South Dakota. The Bison return home this week with match ups against Denver and Oral Roberts. Dave Richman’s team has been plagued with inconsistencies. Richman wants his team to focus on playing a complete 40 minutes. “Sometimes I think we get into the mentality that we’re…

MSUM Women’s Basketball Upsets Northern State, Men Fall

MSUM improves to 7-3 on the season after defeating No. 12 Northern State.

MOORHEAD, Minn. (MSUM Athletics) – The Minnesota State University Moorhead women’s basketball team rallied from a six-point deficit in the final minute to send the game to an extra frame and prevailed, 64-61 over No. 12 Northern State in action Tuesday night at Nemzek Fieldhouse in Moorhead, Minn. Senior forward Drew Sannes was honored after the game for surpassing 1,000 career points….