UND Men’s Basketball

Hawks beat at buzzer in thriller at Omaha

PHOTO/KERRY RING OMAHA, Neb. (UND ATHLETICS)– North Dakota junior guard Treysen Eaglestaff hit an off balanced running three-point attempt with under 15 seconds remaining in Thursday night’s Summit League affair at league-leading Omaha to tie the contest with the Mavericks at 77. However, the host would get the final say as JJ White hit a wing triple, after having it tipped away…

Hawks snap losing streak to SDSU behind King’s career scoring effort

North Dakota ends an 18-game losing streak to SDSU, snaps Jackrabbits five-game Summit streak

PHOTO/KERRY RING GRAND FORKS, N.D. (UND ATHLETICS)– Behind a career-high 24 points from junior guard Eli King and four other Fighting Hawks in double-figure scoring, North Dakota men’s basketball used a dominate start, held off South Dakota State late and never trailed throughout the contest to earn an 80-75 Summit League victory on Saturday afternoon inside the Betty Engelstad Sioux Center. The…

Panoam’s double-double pushes resilient Hawks past Kansas City

North Dakota employs gritty effort on defensive end; out shoots, out rebounds Roos

  PHOTO/UND ATHLETICS GRAND FORKS, N.D. (UND ATHLETICS)– Sophomore guard Mier Panoam delivered his second double-double of the season with a 21-point, 10-rebound effort and North Dakota employed a gritty effort on the defensive end of the floor to earn a 76-72 Summit League victory over visiting Kansas City on Saturday afternoon from inside the Betty Engelstad Sioux Center. The…

#6 Alabama survives Eaglestaff, Hawks on memorable night

PHOTO/KERRY RING GRAND FORKS, N.D. (UND ATHLETICS) – With a mid-December winter storm closing in, it sure felt like March inside the Betty Engelstad Sioux Center on Wednesday night and a packed house of over 3,000 will remember the evening for a lifetime. Junior guard Treysen Eaglestaff orchestrated a career-night scoring 40 points to reach 1,000 for his career and…

BJ Omot To Enter Transfer Portal

UND Men's Basketball's Omot Will Look at Transfer Options

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — North Dakota Men’s Basketball star, BJ Omot could be on the move. News broke Thursday afternoon that Omot intends to enter the transfer portal. The six-foot-eight sophomore reposted multiple reports that he will be entering the portal. The Mankato, Minnesota native was the Fighting Hawks leading scorer this past season averaging 16.7 points per game. He…

Summit League Tournament Preview: NDSU and UND MBB/WBB Head to Sioux Falls

THE NDSU AND UND MEN/WOMEN HEAD TO SIOUX FALLS FOR THE SUMMIT LEAGUE TOURNAMENT.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KVRR)–The Summit League Tournaments tip off this weekend at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The NDSU Bison and UND Fighting Hawks men’s/women’s teams look to win the tournament for an automatic-bid to the Division I NCAA Tournament. — UND MEN: The North Dakota Fighting Hawks enter the men’s tournament as the three seed. It…

Zach Kraft Commits to North Dakota

KRAFT JOINS A FIGHTING HAWKS TEAM THAT BOLTERED THEIR ROSTER THIS WEEK.

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — The star from Grand Forks commits to the Fighting Hawks after a successful playing career at Red River. Kraft was EDC Athlete of the Year last season averaging 23 points-per-game, shooting 40% from distance. Kraft helped lead the Roughriders to the class A championship game this past season where they ultimately fell to Fargo North. Kraft…