NORTH DAKOTA MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES (9-7, 4-2 Big Sky) 2011 2014 GAME 17 | 7:05 p.m. | Jan. 19 2012 2016 WEBER STATE 2013 (9-6, 4-0 Big Sky) UND VS. WEBER STATE SERIES 2016-17 SCHEDULE/RESULTS All-time . Weber State leads 9-1 In Grand Forks . .Weber State leads 3-1 NOVEMBER Big Sky Regular Season . .Weber State leads 6-1 11 Crown College Grand Forks, N.D. W, 98-48 Last Meeting . UM 71, UND 46 (Mar. 3, 2016) 15 Mayville State Grand Forks, N.D. W, 94-66 UND Head Coach Brian Jones vs. UM . 1-9 Wright State Men Against Breast Cancer Classic (Nov. 20-27) Weber State Head Coach Randy Rahe vs. UND . 9-1 20 Presentation College Grand Forks, N.D. W, 101-63 25 vs. North Florida Dayton, Ohio L, 76-75 26 at Wright State Dayton, Ohio L, 83-79 WHERE TO WATCH/LISTEN/TRACK 27 vs. CSU Bakersfi eld Dayton, Ohio W, 57-55 TV . MidcoSN2/Fox College Sports Pacifi c Live Video Stream. www.WatchBigSky.com DECEMBER Radio . 100.3 FM (Grand Forks) | 740 AM (Fargo/Moorhead) 7 at North Dakota State Fargo, N.D. W, 74-56 Live Audio Stream . www.UNDSports.com and UND Sports Mobile App 10 at Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, Iowa L, 78-70 16 North Dakota State Grand Forks, N.D. L, 87-70 Live Stats . www.UNDSports.com 20 at Iowa Iow City, Iowa L, 84-73 29 at Portland State* Portland, Ore. L, 99-62 IN THE PAINT... 31 at Sacramento State* Sacramento, Calif. W, 90-82 (ot) • North Dakota returns home to face Big Sky-leading Weber State on Thursday at 7:05 p.m. CT. Both the Wildcats and Fighting Hawks have four league wins on their JANUARY resumes so far this season. 5 Northern Arizona* Grand Forks, N.D. W, 68-63 • The Fighting Hawks arrive back in Grand Forks following another road split in 7 Southern Utah* Grand Forks, N.D. W, 95-65 12 at Montana State* Bozeman, Mont. W, 90-85 league play that put UND at 4-2 in conference action, while the Wildcats have won 14 at Montana* Missoula, Mont. L, 76-70 seven straight and are the league’s only unbeaten team at 4-0. 19 Weber State* Grand Forks, N.D. 7:05 p.m. • UND is 5-1 at home this season and 2-0 in Big Sky games at The Betty. 21 Idaho State* Grand Forks, N.D. 2:05 p.m. • Sophomore Geno Crandall averaged 25.0 ppg on the Treasure State road swing, 26 at Southern Utah* Cedar City, Utah 7:30 p.m. scoring 20-plus points in back-to-back games for the fi rst time in his career at 28 at Northern Arizona* Flagstaff, Ariz. 3:30 p.m. Montana State (22) and Montana (career-high 28). UND beat the Bobcats 90-85 FEBRUARY on Thursday before falling to the Grizzlies 76-70 on Saturday. 4 Northern Colorado* Grand Forks, N.D. 2:05 p.m. • Crandall and company went 1-2 against Weber State last season, fi nally securing 9 Eastern Washington* Grand Forks, N.D. 7:05 p.m. that elusive win in a series where the Wildcats hold a 9-1 overall edge. Crandall put 11 Idaho* Grand Forks, N.D. 4:05 p.m. up a then career-high 21 points in the 78-71 victory in Grand Forks. 16 at Idaho State* Pocatello, Idaho 8:05 p.m. • Unfortunately, WSU won the next matchup, escaping UND’s upset-bid in the Big 18 at Weber State* Ogden, Utah 8:05 p.m. 25 at Northern Colorado* Greeley, Colo. 8:05 p.m. Sky Tournament. The top-seeded Wildcats got a late three from Jeremy Senglin to force overtime and beat fi fth-seeded UND 83-78 to earn a berth in the title game. MARCH • Senior Quinton Hooker equaled his career-high with 38 points in that setback and 2 Sacramento State* Grand Forks, N.D. 7:05 p.m. averaged 26.3 ppg in those three games against the Wildcats last season. 4 Portland State* Grand Forks, N.D. 4:05 p.m. • The Wildcats have played two less games than the Fighting Hawks. WSU was 7-11 Big Sky Tournament Reno, Nev. TBA leading 13-2 early on in a road game at Idaho State on Jan. 7 before a leaky roof All Times Central | *Big Sky Conference Game forced it to be postponed. That tilt will be resumed Wednesday, Jan. 25. *2016-17 Big Sky Statistics UND’S PROBABLE STARTERS 21 Quinton Hooker 1 Corey Baldwin 0 Geno Crandall 43 Drick Bernstine 32 Conner Avants Sr. | G | 6-0 | 205 Sr. | G | 6-4 | 190 So. | G | 6-3 | 170 Jr. | F | 6-8 | 220 So. | F | 6-7 | 230 (Brooklyn Park, Minn.) (Bridgeport, Conn.) (Minneapolis, Minn.) (Aurora, Colo.) (Edmond, Okla.) • Shooting 50% (14-28) from • Career-best stretch of fi ve- • Back-to-back 20-plus point • Leads Big Sky with seven • Ranks fi fth in the Big Sky in 3-point range in Big Sky play straight games with double games for fi rst time in career double-digit rebounding games FG% with a 60.8 clip (79-for-130) • Averaging 7.3 rpg over last fi gures (at least two treys in each • Averaging 14.6 ppg in three • Notched second triple-double in • Six blocks over last four gms - three contests of those contests) career games vs. Weber State UND history vs. Presentation two total in fi rst 12 gms PPG RPG APG MPG PPG RPG APG MPG PPG RPG APG MPG PPG RPG APG MPG PPG RPG BPG MPG 18.1 4.9 3.3 34.3 9.7 3.6 1.3 25.8 13.9 3.2 4.0 31.9 6.9 7.8 3.4 26.7 11.3 5.2 0.5 22.7 *19.7 6.0 2.7 36.0 *11.0 4.0 1.7 30.0 *14.5 3.5 4.5 32.2 *4.4 7.8 1.8 23.6 *11.8 5.5 1.0 21.7 www.facebook.com/UNDMBasketball @UNDMBasketball www.youtube.com/user/UNDAthletics www.WatchBigSky.com MEDIA CONTACT: Ryan Powell (701.777.2986 (offi ce); 701.213.5921 (cell); [email protected]; @ryanpowell5 twitter 2016-17 University of North Dakota Men’s Basketball Game Notes: Game Notes: vs. Weber State (Jan. 19) 2016-17 ROSTER No. Name Pos. Yr. Ht. Wt. Hometown (Previous School) 0 Geno Crandall* G So. 6-3 170 Minneapolis, Minn. (DeLaSalle H.S.) 1 Corey Baldwin* G Sr. 6-4 190 Bridgeport, Conn. (Northeast Oklahoma A&M) 2 Josh Collins* F So. 6-6 220 Minneapolis, Minn. (DeLaSalle H.S.) 3 Billy Brown G Fr. 6-3 175 Spirit Lake, Iowa (Spirit Lake H.S.) 5 Carson Shanks** C Jr. 7-0 245 Prior Lake, Minn. (Utah State) 11 Jafar Kinsey G Jr. 6-2 185 Syracuse, N.Y. (Des Moines Area C.C.) 13 Marlon Stewart# G So. 6-1 210 Eldridge, Iowa (Creighton) 15 Cortez Seales* G So. 6-4 180 Eldridge, Iowa (North Scott H.S.) 20 Thomas Blake** G Sr. 6-2 200 Hagerstown, Md. (St. Maria Goretti H.S.) 21 Quinton Hooker*** G Sr. 6-0 205 Brooklyn Park, Minn. (Park Center H.S.) 23 Kienan Walter F Fr. 6-8 190 Vancouver, Wash. (King’s Way Christian H.S.) 25 Devon Pekas F Sr. 6-4 210 Hawley, Minn. (Liberty) 32 Conner Avants* F So. 6-7 230 Edmond, Okla. (Deer Creek H.S.) 43 Drick Bernstine* F Jr. 6-8 220 Aurora, Colo. (Denver) * – Indicates letters earned # – sitting out due to NCAA transfer rules Head Coach: Brian Jones (11th year) Strength & Conditioning Coach: Sean Fantuzzi Assistant Coach: Steve Grabowski (5th year) Certifi ed Athletic Trainer: Matt Carlson Assistant Coach: Jeff Horner (3rd year) Equipment Manager: Andrew Klamm Assistant Coach: Brad Davidson (1st year) Media Relations Director: Ryan Powell Director of Operations: Craig Heatherly (2nd year) ROSTER BY YEAR ROSTER BY POSITION ROSTER BY STATE/COUNTRY Seniors (4) Guards (8) Colorado (1) Corey Baldwin Corey Baldwin Drick Bernstine Thomas Blake Thomas Blake Connecticut (1) Quinton Hooker Billy Brown Corey Baldwin Devon Pekas Geno Crandall Iowa (3) Juniors (3) Quinton Hooker Billy Brown Drick Bernstine Jafar Kinsey Cortez Seales Jafar Kinsey Cortez Seales Marlon Stewart Carson Shanks Marlon Stewart Maryland (1) Sophomores (5) Forwards (5) Thomas Blake Conner Avants Conner Avants Minnesota (5) Josh Collins Drick Bernstine Josh Collins Geno Crandall Josh Collins Geno Crandall Cortez Seales Devon Pekas Quinton Hooker Marlon Stewart Kienana Walter Devon Pekas True Freshmen (2) Centers (1) Carson Shanks Billy Brown Carson Shanks New York (1) Kienan Walter Jafar Kinsey Oklahoma (1) Conner Avants Washington (1) PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Kienan Walter Avants, Conner A-Vance Bernstine, Drick Burn-steen Pekas, Devon Dev-in Pee-kuss Seales, Cortez Seals Walter, Kienan Kee-nan Page 2 2016-17 University of North Dakota Men’s Basketball Game Notes: vs. Weber State (Jan. 19) GENERAL OPPONENT PREVIEW: WEBER STATE School .................................................University of North Dakota • Weber State head coach Randy Rahe has his squad at the top of the Big Location ..................................................Grand Forks, N.D. 58201 Sky standings (4-0) and the Wildcats bring a seven-game winning streak Founded ..................................................................................1883 with them to North Dakota. Enrollment ........................................................................... 14,951 • The last one wasn’t easy as Eastern Washington saw Weber State erase a 12-point defi cit to rally for a 70-67 victory on Saturday.