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Nero with the stepback a 2 11-6 SDSU

that jumper isnt falling for Rebraca

11-4 SDSU

then he draws one on the other end!

Rebraca tried to hold off but got nailed with a charge.

Rebraca fall away 8-4 SDSU

6-2 SDSU

I think Freidel hit that from his hometown

Sueker 2-0 UND

No DAE again for UND No Wilson again for SDSU

Yes

Weber’s take on the WAC https://bigskyfans.com/wildcats/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=10345

Mods: Is it possible for you to change Day 1 to Day 2 in the title? I copied this over and forgot to change it

UND and USD traded blows, but behind a strong night by Rebraca, UND was able to duplicate their win against the Yotes in Sioux Falls. Now its on to Day 2, and the match up against a very strong Jackrabbits squad. About South Dakota State: It was expected to be a bit of a rebuilding year for the Bunnies last year. With their coaching heading off to UNLV, having Daum graduate and having their 2nd best player transfer to UNLV, no would have been surprised if they took a step back, figured things out, and charged ahead in 2020-21. Um... surprise! SDSU finished tied for 1st in the league again! How? Douglas Wilson was a godsend from the JUCO ranks, winning player of the year. Solid play from Freidel and Dentilnger also contributed to a strong finish. They certainly were able to challenge for another chance to dance.... until Wilson injured his foot. Even with that injury, surely they were still going to.... Oh wait, Fort Wayne decided to pull one more spoiler before heading out to the Horizon. There is two ways to think on this. The pro was that SDSU overachieved last year. The con was that they had another flameout in Sioux Falls. This year has given SDSU high expectation to win the league again, given they return their entire core, with a much improved Freidel. They have picked up some nice wins this year against Iowa State and Bradley, and gave West Virginia and St. Mary's a scare. However, given what has happened the last two years in Sioux Falls, you have to wonder: will that be in their heads a little bit when it comes to the tourney? About Eric Henderson (2nd Year 26-12 record, 13-3 Summit) Hendo enters his 2nd year at SDSU with a stacked squad and ready to make a charge for the NCAAs. While he had a solid 1st year, the flameout in the tournament has been a thorn in the side of Bunny fans and this coming off of the one two years ago made things worse. While you can point to the Wilson injury as a big reason why, it still didn't sooth many. Winning the league will go along ways to putting this behind them, but if another early exit were to occur... the grumbling will just get louder. Key Player: Noah Freidel (6'4 Sophomore Guard) There is something about guards from small town South Dakota that give me nightmares (this goes back to unnamed guard from Madison, SD hitting a game winning 3 to beat UND several years ago). Freidel has built off of his breakout performance against Fort Wayne in the Summit Tournament, making an early statement of Player of the Year Honors in the league. He is putting up big numbers, averaging around 19 points a game, including a white hot 48.6% from 3 currently. He had put up big games against Bradley and Iowa State, including a 5-6 from 3 performance against the Braves. He will be just as big of a nightmare matchup as Umude was. Series History SDSU leads the D-1 series 8-1, UND leads the all-time series 106-87 Milestone Watch: Its time for our milestone watches for this year and Rebraca will be our first focus: He currently has 482 career rebounds and is 18 away from getting to 500 in his career. It is certainly possible for him to reach that mark during the showcase with a couple of good rebounding games. He hasn't grabbed double-digit rebounds yet, but he is definitely due. He still is far away from the top 10 in rebounding in UND history, but could get close (If there was a normal amount of games this year, I would believe it more) Questions: 1) What will be the status of Douglas Wilson? 2) How will UND guard Noah Freidel? 3) Can UND knock down shots? The Call: The question is going to be whether we see Douglas Wilson play or not. If he doesn't go, that means that UND can focus more of their effort at Freidel and Rebraca can breathe a little more of a sigh of relief. However, SDSU is going to be plenty tough and UND is going to need a better performance than they had against USD. If UND can hit their shots and Rebraca can dominate down low, they have a shot. However, I still have nightmares about Guards from small town South Dakota. Freidel will be too tough for UND and the Jacks come away with the Dub. SDSU 80-72 Bonus: Bison roll the Yotes 81-68 Games are on the MidcoSports+

Yes, they needed to finally break through and win 1. It was nice to see them make the winning plays and have a little luck at the end. Another step in the right direction. Rebraca was awesome once again. Another big night with 26 points. The more impressive thing was he has worked on that mid-range game and is stepping out to knock down threes. If he can continue to expand his game, this will make his game down low even deadlier. 5 of 6 from the free throw line including 2 clutch ones at the end. This is 1st team All-Summit written all over it. UND needed to have an impact freshman this year: Enter Tyree Ihenacho. The point guard has been a breath of fresh air and has been the shot in the arm this team needs. He is a freshman still and is trying things that perhaps he is not ready to do just yet (see that spin move for example). Saw that he finally took some outside shots and he is going to need to do that in order to prevent teams from cheating on him. However, he can accelerate quickly and can get to the rack. Nearly had a double-double with 9 rebounds. If you think he is good now, wait until the game slows down. Nero was solid, Sueker was decent, especially at the line. Sims had a tough go of it but he made some winning plays at the end of the game, grabbed two big rebounds and then got to the line. After seeing 4 games, I'm convinced that this is a deeper team than last year. Igbanugo has stepped up into an important role off of the bench for this squad. He just needs to keep doing what he is doing. Shockey's time will come. Brady just need to knock down the shots. G just needs to get back into the grove of things. They got the win that they needed. I expected them to beat USD and they did. Give SDSU a good run tomorrow and who knows. They will need to play better against SDSU and NDSU if they want to win 1 of those two. Just keep getting better and stay healthy. I wish DAE was able to play, but I'm guessing we don't see him until SIU.

I still can't believe Umude missed that shot Sims should get credit for getting two key rebounds and drawing the foul that took the lead for good.

Ball game UND 75 USD 71

makes both UND 75 USD 71 1.0 2nd

Good Sueker grabs the ball and gets foul make both and get Win #1

Now, block out. USD has been aggressive in crashing the boards.

there's the foul with 2.5 seconds left

7 for 8 at the line down the stretch, I'll accept that

I'd foul Don't let Umude shoot a 3.

made it 73-70 UND TO UND

If he makes it, I'd foul.