North Dakota State defeats UMKC 69-58
Taylor Braun scored 27 points and Marshall Bjorklund had 18 points and 10 rebounds to help North Dakota State defeat UMKC 69-58 Sunday night in the Summit League tournament quarterfinals.
Braun had 24 points in the second half and was 16 of 18 for the game from the free-throw line. Lawrence Alexander chipped in 14 points for the third-seeded Bison (23-9), who face No. 2 seed Western...
N. Dakota St. 84, Nebraska-Omaha 57
Taylor Braun scored 22 points and North Dakota State clinched the No. 3 seed in the Summit League tournament with an 84-57 win over Nebraska-Omaha on Saturday.
The Bison (22-8, 12-4 Summit) will play either South Dakota or Kansas City in the quarterfinals on March 10 in Sioux Falls, S.D.
Braun, a junior who returned to practice Monday after missing 10 games with a fracture in his...
N. Dakota St. 58, IPFW 54
Lawrence Alexander scored 20 points, including two key baskets down the stretch, as North Dakota State defeated IPFW 58-54 on Saturday.
After IPFW pulled within two points with 3:17 remaining, Alexander buried back-to-back buckets to put the Bison (19-6, 10-3 Summit) ahead 55-49 with 1:48 left. Five straight points by Luis Jacobo got the Mastadons (10-16, 3-9 Summit) within one...
N. Dakota St. 65, S. Dakota 46
TrayVonn Wright scored 17 points, Brett VandenBergh added a career-high 14 and North Dakota State cruised past longtime rival South Dakota 65-46 on Saturday night.
Kory Brown chipped in 10 points for the Bison (18-5, 9-2), which stayed tied with Western Illinois and South Dakota State atop the Summit League standings. Marshall Bjorklund, whose 70.7 percent field-goal shooting percentage...
N. Dakota St. 71, UMKC 34
Mike Felt scored 14 points and made four 3-pointers off the bench Thursday night to help North Dakota State dismantle UMKC 71-34.
Kory Brown and Marshall Bjorklund added 12 points apiece for the Bison (17-5, 8-2 Summit League). Bjorklund, whose 71.7 percent field-goal shooting entering the game was tops in Division I, was 6 of 9 from the field.
Trinity Hall had nine points to lead...
N. Dakota St. 67, IPFW 55
Taylor Braun scored 16 points to lead North Dakota State to a 67-55 win over IPFW on Thursday night.
Luis Jacobo scored 21 points for the Mastodons (8-10, 1-3 Summit League).
Braun was 7 of 12 from the field for North Dakota State (14-3, 5-0). Lawrence Alexander had 12 points and 10 rebounds. Marshall Bjorklund had 14 points, and TrayVonn Wright added 10.
North Dakota State led...
N. Dakota St. 63, UMKC 44
TrayVonn Wright had 17 points and 10 rebounds and North Dakota State never trailed in beating UMKC 63-44 Saturday night.
Taylor Braun scored 14 points and Marshall Bjorklund scored 11 for the Bison (13-3, 4-0 Summit League), who led 28-19 at halftime and by as many as 23 points in the second half.
Estan Tyler was the only player to score in double figures for the Kangaroos (4-12...
N. Dakota St. 65, S. Dakota St. 62
Marshall Bjorklund scored 20 points to lead North Dakota State over South Dakota State 65-62 Saturday night, overcoming 26 points from Nate Wolters.
Bjorklund was 8 of 8 from the field for the Bison (11-3, 2-0, Summit).
Lawrence Alexander had 18 points, and Taylor Braun had 11. TrayVonn Wright had nine points and a team-high nine rebounds.
The Bison led 29-27 at halftime. At 4...
N. Dakota St. 69, Morehead St. 49
Marshall Bjorklund scored 20 points to lead a balanced effort for North Dakota State in a 69-49 victory over Morehead State on Friday night.
Taylor Braun scored 19 points and Lawrence Alexander 12 for the Bison (10-3).
North Dakota State also had a 31-22 rebounding advantage, with Bjorklund getting nine and Braun seven.
Accurate shooting also helped North Dakota State, which hit...
No upset for NDSU as No. 13 Minnesota wins 70-57
North Dakota State coach Saul Phillips realizes an upset of a top 25 team on the road requires just about every phase of the game to go well.
The Bison didn't have nearly enough at 13th-ranked Minnesota.
Rodney Williams scored a season-high 19 points, including a 360-degree dunk off a fast break, and Trevor Mbakwe grabbed a career-best 18 rebounds for the Gophers in a 70-57...
Gophers make it 76 years and counting
Rodney Williams scored a season-high 19 points, including a 360-degree dunk off a fast break, and Trevor Mbakwe grabbed a career-high 18 rebounds to lead 13th-ranked Minnesota past North Dakota State 70-57 on Tuesday night.
Mbakwe added 14 points and Andre Hollins had 11 for the Gophers (11-1), who have won 16 straight games in this series, last losing in 1936.
Lawrence Alexander...
N. Dakota St. 72, North Dakota 52
Taylor Braun scored 22 points and North Dakota State defeated North Dakota 72-52 on Sunday.
Braun also had five steals for the Bison (8-2), who have won seven of their last eight games.
Marshall Bjorklund added 13 points for North Dakota State and TrayVonn Wright had 10 points, eight rebounds and three blocked shots.
Mitch Wilmer and Aaron Anderson led North Dakota (1-6) with...
N. Dakota St. 95, Nebraska-Omaha 51
Taylor Braun scored 26 points and nine rebounds, both game highs, and North Dakota State used great 3-point shooting to rout Nebraska-Omaha 95-51 Thursday night in the Summit League opener for both teams.
Braun was 7 of 9 from behind the arc and North Dakota State was 15 of 25, or 60 percent. NDSU shot 58 percent overall from the field.
TrayVonn Wright and Marshall Bjorklund scored...
N. Dakota St. 57, Duquesne 43
TrayVonn Wright scored 18 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead North Dakota State past Duquesne 57-43 Tuesday night.
North Dakota (4-1) scored the game's first nine points and opened on a 26-10 run.
Duquesne (1-3) shot just 24 percent (6 for 24) from the field in the first half, compared to the Bison shooting 41.9 percent (13 for 31). North Dakota led at halftime 34-19.
...
No. 1 Hoosiers fend off Bison challenge 87-61
North Dakota State challenged No. 1 Indiana at every turn Monday night.
It still wasn't enough.
The Hoosiers turned the game with a 23-point second-half scoring flurry, finally pulling away from the pesky Bison 87-61 in the Progressive Legends Classic.
''We had some fight in us, but not enough,'' coach Saul Phillips said. ''It's amazing to me, they...
What to Expect: North Dakota State
After a dominating 97-54 victory against Bryant in its season opener, No. 1 Indiana will host North Dakota State of the Summit League at 7 p.m. Monday night at Assembly Hall. The game is part of the Progressive Legends Classic. The Bison won their season opener and Valley City State, 93-47, on Friday.
The game will not be televised, but will be available to watch on BTN.com for...
N. Dakota St. 86, W. Michigan 73
Marshall Bjorklund scored 21 points and North Dakota State used a powerful second half showing to dismantle Western Michigan 86-73 on Saturday night.
North Dakota State (17-10) trailed by as many as 11 in the first half and faced a 34-28 halftime disadvantage before erupting in the second half by outscoring Western Michigan (11-16) 58-39 en route to shooting 68 percent the floor...
N. Dakota St. 85, S. Utah 64
Mike Felt hit five 3-pointers and scored 16 points to lead five players in double figures, and North Dakota State cruised to an 85-64 victory over Southern Utah on Thursday night.
Taylor Braun and Marshall Bjorklund added 14 points apiece, Lawrence Alexander had 13 and Eric Carlson scored 10 for the Bison (15-7, 8-4 Summit), who opened the game on a 16-2 run and never looked back...
N. Dakota St. 78, Oakland 75
Lawrence Alexander's 3-pointer with 5 seconds to go lifted North Dakota State to a 78-75 victory over Oakland, Mich., on Saturday night.
Reggie Hamilton hit his sixth 3-pointer to tie it at 75 with 34 seconds left before the Bison (14-7, 7-4 Summit League) worked the clock for Alexander's winner.
Marshall Bjorklund scored 21 points to lead North Dakota State, which shot...
Oakland edged by North Dakota State
ROCHESTER, Mich. (AP) -- Lawrence Alexander's 3-pointer with 5 seconds to go lifted North Dakota State to a 78-75 victory over Oakland, Mich., on Saturday night.
Reggie Hamilton hit his sixth 3-pointer to tie it at 75 with 34 seconds left before the Bison (14-7, 7-4 Summit League) worked the clock for Alexander's winner.
Marshall Bjorklund scored 21 points to lead North...
North Dakota 59, N. Dakota St. 54
Brandon Brekke scored 17 points to lead North Dakota to a 59-54 victory against North Dakota State on Tuesday night.
Aaron Anderson added 12 points and Josh Schuler 11 for North Dakota (8-9).
Marshall Bjorklund had 13 points and Mike Felt 12 for the Bison (13-5), who shot just 32.8 percent (19 of 58) from the floor.
Brekke, whose father, uncle and aunt played basketball at North...
N. Dakota St. 72, S. Utah 69
Taylor Braun scored 29 points, including the go-ahead basket with 17 seconds remaining in overtime, and North Dakota State defeated Southern Utah 72-69 Saturday night.
Braun also had 11 rebounds, and made 12 of 14 free throws. Marshall Bjorklund scored 13 points and Lawrence Alexander had 12 points for the Bison (11-4, 4-2 Summit).
The Bison took a 70-69 lead on Braun's basket...
N. Dakota St. 84, IPFW 68
Lawrence Alexander scored a career-high 26 points and Marshall Bjorklund had 23 points and 13 rebounds to lead North Dakota State to an 84-68 win over IPFW Friday night.
The Bison (10-3, 3-1 Summit) scored 14 straight points to break away from a 54-54 game with 9:01 to play. Alexander was 14 of 16 from the free-throw line, where North Dakota State made 33 of 42, both team season...
N. Dakota St. 92, Mayville State 50
Marshall Bjorklund scored 15 points to lead hot-shooting North Dakota State to a 92-50 pounding of Mayville State on Saturday night.
Bjorklund added seven rebounds for the Bison (8-2), who were coming off a 60-57 loss at the buzzer to Arizona State on Dec. 10. They made sure to avoid that fate against Mayville State, jumping out to an 18-3 lead - and then really getting going.
...
N. Dakota St. 78, Fresno St. 65
Marshall Bjorklund scored a career-high 27 points and tied his career best with 14 rebounds, and North Dakota State never trailed in a 78-65 win Saturday over Fresno State.
Bjorklund, a sophomore, was 12 of 15 from the field for the Bison (6-0), off to their best start to a season since going 7-0 in 2000-01. It was Bjorklund's third career double-double. Jordan Aaberg added...
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