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unfortunately, he missed the front end. His free throw shooting has taken a step back 14-4 Roos

Rebraca will go to the line for a 1 and 1 opportunity. That's the good news is that UND is drawing fouls

12-4 Roos off of the steal

DAE knocks in 1 of 2 free throws 10-4 Roos

UND is going to have to bite the bullet and attack, attack, attack. The offense has looked better when they have been able to get penetration.

Media Kansas City 10 UND 3 11:40 1st

Allick has 10 points 10-3 Roos

I know that UMKC is good on defense, but UND is a little passive/too much standing around for my liking.

makes 1 of 2 8-3 Roos

that was a better possession on offfense. Brady gets to the line.

Allick again 8-2 Roos

6-2 Roos Allick has all of their points

I will say right now, Kansas City is getting the better end of the play right now, offense isn't having any success.

Media Kansas City 4 UND 2 15:44 1st

Allick again 4-2 Roos

Sims 2 all

Same Starting 5 from Game 1 Ihenacho Nero Sims G Rebraca

Don't know what is worse. The defenses in the Vikings/Lions game or the officials? Holy cow!

Don't know anything yet, but it was good that he was on the bike trying to work it out. I would guess it would be a coin-flip but would lean towards him giving it a go. If he can't go, I would expect Igbanugo to slide into the 2 spot and kick Nero to the 1.

Well that was fun, lets do it again! These two teams square off again in Grand Forks after UND came out with a 52-45 victory in a defensive struggle. Other Summit Action NDSU used some first half dominance to take down Western Illinois Oral Roberts got 39 from Obanor and took down Omaha, being the only team that won on the road The Yotes smacked Denver around in Vermillion. Key questions 1) Who will make the better adjustments? 2) What is the status of Ihenacho? 3) Can UND lean on its depth? The call: Given the matchup, I would expect another close game and honestly given that UMKC is nearly full strength I wouldn't necessarily be shocked if they eekeed one out tomorrow. However, I will pick the home team because I believe that they will adjust to the KC pressure and their depth will wear down the Roos UND 61-57 Game is on the Tres, MidcoSports+, and I would guess MidcoSports2

The story here was the defensive efforts by both squads. Both teams were very solid on that end of the floor and made things difficult for each side to run their offense. UMKC got in foul trouble, especially in the 2nd half, and UND made them pay at the free throw line. Big Bench productions from Ethan Igbanugo and Mitchell Sueker today. They stepped up on the scoring end and provided some clutch moments at the free throw line. Ethan has developed nicely into a threat off of the bench and you can tell he is getting better and more confident driving the basketball. Big story will be the status of Ihenacho tomorrow as he went down. He did an excellent job in defending McKissic and nearly had a double-double 2nd game will be about adjustments. UND has seen the pressure defense and now they have to figure out how to solve it. You can't count on the game being called the same way tomorrow so UND is going to have to solve the puzzle. Lean on your depth tomorrow.

Urban going to give the pro game a shot now?

Final UND 52 UMKC 45

Win #1 in the conference!

makes both UND 51 UMKC 45 10.4 2nd