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No. 1 North Dakota State got past No. 5 St. Thomas in the semifinal round of the 2026 Summit League Women’s Basketball Championships Saturday in Sioux Falls, 63-51. St. Thomas opened the semifinal matchup with a 10-6 run. After the Tommies stretched the lead to seven, the Bison came roaring back to get within three….
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Senior of the Week Jacari White North Dakota State Photo by Zachary Lucy North Dakota State’s offense has been one of the best offenses in the Summit League all season. They are at their absolute best when White is running on all cylinders. This week the absolute best version of White was on the court…
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If you have not yet turned your attention to college basketball season with the football season still going on, you may be missing one of the best starts to a season NDSU basketball has seen in a long time and they are doing it in a style you may not be used to seeing. That…
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Guard Tommy Bruner Denver When you are the scoring leader for all of NCAA basketball it should be no surprise when you win your 4th Senior of the Week award. Bruner continues to put up impressive numbers week in and week out. For the week Bruner averaged an eye-popping 30 points per game. He also…
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Senior of the Week Guard Tommy Bruner Denver For the third time this season Tommy Bruner is named the Reaching the Summit Senior of the Week, and it is well deserved. Bruner continues an incredible campaign here in week 7. Bruner finished the week averaging 28.5 points per game and scoring isn’t the only way…
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Latest in our series of looks at a Summit League team’s offseason. Today, North Dakota State Losses F Grant Nelson to Alabama G Luke Yoder to Illinois Wesleyan (Division 2) G Dezmond McKinney to Bellarmine When it comes to losses it really all comes down to Nelson. Coach Dave Richman has be excited to be…
There is a saying in Summit League circles that says don’t bet against North Dakota State Head Coach Dave Richman in March. This is the 5th straight season that North Dakota State finds itself in the Summit League Championship Game. Yet the Bison are looking to break a little bit of a drought in that…
North Dakota State came into this season needing to replace a veteran backcourt with a bunch of players who had never played a division one basketball game. There were a lot of bumps in the road along the way as the young backcourt navigated the tricky waters that are division 1 basketball. There were even…
Kansas City defeated North Dakota State 71-64 Saturday in The Summit League Tournament Quarterfinals. The Roos commanded the first half of play, leading 41-29 at the break. Manna Mensah and E’Lease Stafford tossed in 16 and 11 points, respectively, to lead the offensive effort for Kansas City. The defensive effort was also paramount in the…
At 3-9 with only 1 of those wins coming against a D1 opponent, saying the NDSU Men’s Basketball team’s out of conference performance was underwhelming would be putting it lightly. Coach Richman nor his players are ones for excuses and obviously would have preferred better results but if you’ve watched this team from the beginning…