North Dakota State University Nov. 13, 2020 2020-21 Men’s Basketball Quick Facts General Tentative 2020-21 Schedule Name of School: North Dakota State University City/Zip: Fargo, North Dakota 58102 (pop. 124,662) Date Opponent Location Time (CT) Founded: 1890 Nov. 27 at Milwaukee ^ Milwaukee, Wis. 4 p.m. Enrollment: 12,846 (fall 2020) Nov. 28 vs. Ball State ^ Milwaukee, Wis. 11 a.m. Nickname: Bison Nov. 29 vs. Southern Miss ^ Milwaukee, Wis. 10 a.m. School Colors: Yellow and Green (PMS 123, 343) Dec. 5 at Kansas Lawrence, Kan. Facility: Scheels Center (capacity 5,644) Dec. 10 vs. South Dakota State ~ Sioux Falls, S.D. 8 p.m. Affiliation: NCAA Division I Dec. 11 vs. South Dakota ~ Sioux Falls, S.D. 8 p.m. Conference: The Summit League (since 2007-08) Dec. 12 vs. North Dakota ~ Sioux Falls, S.D. 5:30 p.m. President: Dr. Dean Bresciani (Humboldt State, 1984) Dec. 22 at TCU Fort Worth, Texas Athletic Director: Matt Larsen (Stony Brook, 1996) Jan. 2 at Western Illinois * Macomb, Ill. Athletic Dept. Phone: (701) 231-8981 Jan. 3 at Western Illinois * Macomb, Ill. Jan. 8 Omaha * Fargo, N.D Jan. 9 Omaha * Fargo, N.D History Jan. 15 at North Dakota * Grand Forks, N.D. First Year of Basketball: 1897-98 (121 seasons) Jan. 16 at North Dakota * Grand Forks, N.D. All-Time Record: 1640-1150 (.588) Jan. 22 Denver * Fargo, N.D. NCAA Division I Tournament Berths: 5 Jan. 23 Denver * Fargo, N.D. Last NCAA Tournament: 2019-20 (Cancelled) Jan. 29 at Kansas City * Kansas City, Mo. Last Postseason Opponent: No. 1 Duke, 2019 (L, 62-85) Jan. 30 at Kansas City * Kansas City, Mo. Last NCAA Victory: No. 16 seed NC Central, 2019 (W, 78-74) Feb. 5 Oral Roberts * Fargo, N.D. Feb. 6 Oral Roberts * Fargo, N.D. Feb. 19 South Dakota State * Fargo, N.D. Feb. 20 South Dakota State * Fargo, N.D. Coaching Staff Feb. 27 at South Dakota * Vermillion, S.D. Head Coach: David Richman (NDSU, 2002, 2005) Feb. 28 at South Dakota * Vermillion, S.D. Record at NDSU: 121-75 (7th season) Mar. 6-9 Summit League Tournament Sioux Falls, S.D. Career Record: 121-75 (7th season) Assistant Coach: Kyan Brown (Oral Roberts, 2001) ^ MKE Classic (Milwaukee, Wis.) Assistant Coach: Joshua Jones (Eastern Kentucky, 2012) ~ CU Mortgage Direct Dakota Showcase (Sioux Falls, S.D.) Assistant Coach: Josh Sash (William Penn, 2006) * Summit League game Dir. of Basketball Operations:Spencer Wilker (NDSU, 2019) Home games in Bold and played at Scheels Center on the NDSU campus Dir. of Athletic Performance: Jason Miller (Minot State, 2000) All times Central. Team Information 2019-20 Overall Record: 25-8 2020-21 Roster 2019-20 Summit League Record: 13-3 (T-1st) 2019-20 Final NET Ranking: 130 No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown (Previous School) 2019-20 Postseason: NCAA Tournament (Cancelled) 0 Dezmond McKinney G 6-0 170 Fr. Raytown, Mo. (Raytown South HS) Starters Returning/Lost: 2/3 2 Jaxon Knotek G 6-6 215 Jr. River Falls, Wis. (River Falls HS) Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 7/5 3 Tyree Eady G/F 6-5 210 Jr. Middleton, Wis. (Middleton HS) Newcomers: 5 4 Grant Nelson F 6-10 215 Fr. Devils Lake, N.D. (Devils Lake HS) Starters Returning: Rocky Kreuser (10.0 ppg, 6.0 rpg), Sam Griesel 5 Sam Griesel G/F 6-6 215 Jr. Lincoln, Neb. (Lincoln East HS) (6.6 ppg, 5.5 rpg), Tyree Eady (6.7 ppg, 3.9 rpg) 11 Jarius Cook G 6-3 180 So. Brooklyn Park, Minn. (Park Center HS) Starters Lost: Tyson Ward (16.9 ppg, 7.2 rpg), Vinnie Shahid (18.4 21 Boden Skunberg G 6-5 205 Fr. Jamestown, N.D. (Jamestown HS) ppg, 3.0 apg), Jared Samuelson (43% career 3-pt shooter) 23 Maleeck Harden-Hayes G 6-7 185 So. Moorhead, Minn. (Moorhead HS) Other Letterwinners Returning: Tyler Witz, Jaxon Knotek, 24 Grayson Haman G 6-3 190 Fr. Fargo, N.D. (Fargo Davies HS) Jarius Cook, Maleeck Harden-Hayes 25 Donald Carter III G 6-0 195 Jr. Minneapolis, Minn. (Scottsdale CC) 32 Odell Wilson IV F 6-6 245 So. Minneapolis, Minn. (Minneapolis North HS) 34 Rocky Kreuser F 6-10 245 Sr. White Bear Lake, Minn. (Totino-Grace HS) Athletic Communications 44 Tyler Witz F 6-9 245 Sr. Clearwater, Fla. (Countryside HS/Olney Central) Men’s Basketball Contact: Wes Offerman Email: [email protected] Office: (701) 231-8047 Mobile: (701) 446-7788 Website: GoBison.com Mailing Address: NDSU Dept 1200 PO Box 6050 Fargo, ND 58108-6050 Physical Address: NDSU Athletics 1600 University Drive N Fargo, ND 58102 2019-20 North Dakota State Basketball North Dakota State Combined Team Statistics (as of Mar 10, 2020) All games RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES 25-8 13-1 8-6 4-1 CONFERENCE 13-3 8-0 5-3 0-0 NON-CONFERENCE 12-5 5-1 3-3 4-1 Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds ## Player gp-gs min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg% ft-fta ft% off def tot avg pf dq a to blk stl pts avg 00 Vinnie Shahid 33-33 1087 32.9 190-439 .4 3 3 83-226 .3 6 7 145-164 .8 8 4 10 99 109 3.3 52 0 98 79 0 33 608 18.4 24 Tyson Ward 33-33 1023 31.0 203-383 .5 3 0 34-83 .4 1 0 119-153 .7 7 8 65 171 236 7.2 76 0 92 66 20 23 559 16.9 34 Rocky Kreuser 31-31 795 25.6 109-252 .4 3 3 43-130 .3 3 1 50-61 .8 2 0 35 151 186 6.0 86 4 33 38 27 14 311 10.0 03 Tyree Eady 29-19 765 26.4 74-164 .4 5 1 29-80 .3 6 3 17-24 .7 0 8 23 90 113 3.9 36 0 40 25 4 16 194 6.7 05 Sam Griesel 22-13 530 24.1 55-130 .4 2 3 9-33 .2 7 3 27-40 .6 7 5 41 81 122 5.5 36 0 20 28 4 10 146 6.6 22 Cameron Hunter 33-12 752 22.8 61-171 .3 5 7 34-103 .3 3 0 62-77 .8 0 5 5 73 78 2.4 65 1 54 31 4 22 218 6.6 11 Jared Samuelson 26-21 660 25.4 50-121 .4 1 3 44-108 .4 0 7 19-22 .8 6 4 2 64 66 2.5 47 0 18 10 3 10 163 6.3 44 Tyler Witz 32-2 295 9.2 43-71 .6 0 6 0-2 .0 0 0 15-26 .5 7 7 20 52 72 2.3 43 0 9 16 5 7 101 3.2 02 Jaxon Knotek 20-0 179 9.0 20-54 .3 7 0 14-43 .3 2 6 6-8 .7 5 0 1 27 28 1.4 20 0 8 5 3 7 60 3.0 32 Odell Wilson 8-0 23 2.9 6-11 .5 4 5 0-0 .0 0 0 3-3 1.000 3 5 8 1.0 2 0 2 6 0 0 15 1.9 13 Chris Quayle 31-1 355 11.5 16-54 .2 9 6 7-30 .2 3 3 14-18 .7 7 8 4 40 44 1.4 29 0 17 8 5 7 53 1.7 23 Maleeck Harden-Hayes 23-0 161 7.0 10-28 .3 5 7 6-14 .4 2 9 13-18 .7 2 2 13 26 39 1.7 20 0 2 8 0 4 39 1.7 Team 35 41 76 11 Total.......... 33 6625 837-1878 .4 4 6 303-852 .3 5 6 490-614 .7 9 8 257 920 1177 35.7 512 5 393 331 75 153 2467 74.8 Opponents...... 33 6625 822-1889 .4 3 5 192-591 .3 2 5 347-483 .7 1 8 208 846 1054 31.9 553 - 314 337 95 152 2183 66.2 TEAM STATISTICS NDSU OPP Date Opponent Score Att. SCORING 2467 2183 11/05/19 at Kansas State L 54-67 8145 Points per game 74.8 66.2 11/07/19 MAYVILLE STATE W 93-53 1770 Scoring margin +8.6 - 11/11/19 CAL POLY W 74-67 2006 FIELD GOALS-ATT 837-1878 822-1889 11/15/19 vs UTRGV W 76-70 209 Field goal pct .4 4 6 .4 3 5 11/16/19 at A&M-Corpus Christi W 57-45 1108 3 POINT FG-ATT 303-852 192-591 11/17/19 vs Stony Brook L 57-64 468 3-point FG pct .3 5 6 .3 2 5 11/23/19 UTAH VALLEY L 62-68 2323 3-pt FG made per game 9.2 5.8 11/26/19 at Idaho W 70-53 792 FREE THROWS-ATT 490-614 347-483 12/03/19 at Indiana State L 60-71 3371 Free throw pct .7 9 8 .7 1 8 12/07/19 EAST TENNESSEE ST W 78-68 2658 F-Throws made per game 14.8 10.5 12/11/19 at CSUN W 71-62 832 REBOUNDS 1177 1054 12/16/19 MONTANA STATE W 79-65 2523 Rebounds per game 35.7 31.9 12/20/19 at Marquette L 68-82 16359 Rebounding margin +3.7 - * 12/29/19 at Denver W 66-55 1059 ASSISTS 393 314 * 01/02/20 WESTERN ILLINOIS W 94-74 1929 Assists per game 11.9 9.5 01/05/20 NORTHLAND COLLEGE W 97-43 1112 TURNOVERS 331 337 * 01/09/20 at Oral Roberts L 73-79 2886 Turnovers per game 10.0 10.2 * 01/15/20 SOUTH DAKOTA W 72-70 2213 Turnover margin +0.2 - * 01/19/20 NORTH DAKOTA W 83-74 3817 Assist/turnover ratio 1.2 0.9 * 01/22/20 at South Dakota State L 73-78 3011 STEALS 153 152 * 01/25/20 DENVER W 82-70 3006 Steals per game 4.6 4.6 * 01/30/20 at Western Illinois W 70-49 624 BLOCKS 75 95 * 02/01/20 at Purdue Fort Wayne W 71-60 1286 Blocks per game 2.3 2.9 * 02/05/20 at Omaha W 86-78 2355 ATTENDANCE 37462 65036 * 02/08/20 ORAL ROBERTS W 83-76 3715 Home games-Avg/Game 14-2676 14-3334 * 02/14/20 PURDUE FORT WAYNE W 80-70 2596 Neutral site-Avg/Game - 5-3672 * 02/19/20 at South Dakota W 77-74 2164 * 02/22/20 at North Dakota L 68-71 2686 Score by Periods 1st 2nd OT Totals * 02/27/20 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE Wot 71-69 4036 North Dakota State 1144 1312 11 2467 * 02/29/20 OMAHA W 87-67 3758 Opponents 999 1175 9 2183 03/07/20 vs Denver W 71-69 8614 03/09/20 vs Oral Roberts W 75-69 4761 03/10/20 vs North Dakota W 89-53 4306 * - Conference game.