UND @ SDSU 11/28

[SWSiouxMN]

after a furious rally that just came up short against Hawaii, UND (1-3) will finish their tough 3 game road trip as they head down I-29 to take on a very talented SDSU squad in the always tough Frost Arena.

WHERE TO WATCH THE GAME:

Game will be on MIDCO sports in GF and will be on 100.3 FM

HISTORY:

UND leads the all-time series against the Jackrabbits 104-80. Nagy has a 18-6 record against UND (most of that in the D-II era). These two teams met last year twice. SDSU crushed UND 92-54 at Frost on Dec 10, 2011. Then 5 days later in our barn, UND took down the Jacks 89-70.

ABOUT THE SDSU JACKRABBITS (4-2)

Don't let the record trick you, this team could easly be 6-0 as they have lost to both Alabama and Hofstra on last second shots. The Jackrabbits are lead by head coach Scott Nagy (18th Season). Before their NCAA touranment apperance last year, Nagy was starting to feel the heat that SDSU was not returning to their former glory at the head of the conference as they watch NDSU beat them to the dance. Also not helping matter was just the absoute success of the women's program was having around the same time. How much the last 2 years have changed opinions. Now he appears to have a team capable of making a cinderella like run in the NCAA tournament this year. This is a very good shooting team and is also a halfway decent rebounding team (not as prolific as Hawaii however). In their last game against a very good SMSU team (that's Southwest Minnesota State for you NoDakers), they struggled to put away the Mustangs as they only won 81-72. While certainly fatigue could have played a factor in this one (they had played their 4th game in a 8 day stretch before playing the Stangs.), they gave up a lot of open looks and the Stangs buried them and actually outscored them in the FG department 68-67 (but was undone at the free throw line (14-23 vs 4-5). They get a little rest, like us, before they play at home.

KEY PLAYERS

#3 G Nate Woltes 6'4 SR (22.0 PPG, 6.3 RPG, 6.4 APG)

Its fun to look back at recruiting rankings after a few years. In the class of 2009 for the state of Minnesota, the state was agog with White and Williams heading to the U. The top 2 in the class according to ESPN. You have to go down a long ways, even Felt and Aaberg of NDSU were ranked higher that Wolters. When the dust settles however, no one will have had a college career like this kid from St. Cloud. This kid has a cult following like no other (has his own t-shirt: Naters gonna Nate GO STATE!). An All-American and a darkhorse for National Player of the Year. This kid is a very good shooter and can fill up the stat sheet like no other. Would not shock me if gets a few triple-doubles this year. His talent alone should help SDSU get to the top of the Summit, but he is going to need help if cinderalla is to exist in Brookings

#42 F Jordan Dykstra 6'8 JR (10.7 PPG, 6.8 RPG, 1.2BPG)

If you want the biggest reason why SDSU would make a run in the NCAA this year will be the development of this kid. He has been a little incosistent to start the year, he had big games against Alabama and Tenn Tech, but since has stuggled a little bit shooting the ball. He hasn't really gotten all that much to the line and in his small sample size in the first 2 years has been okay, but not great. Also has a little bit more of a foul problem to start the year Need to keep an eye on this kid because he can put the ball in the bucket and can stretch the defenses with his 3 point shooting. This kid has the potential to be a 1st team Summit League Player and if he plays like it on Wednesday with Wolters, they will be very hard to beat.

#25 G Chad White 6'6 JR (8.8 PPG, 3.2RPG, 1.3APG)

This kid knows his role for the team (a bench/spot starter that can bury the 3). The kid has all the tool of a small town South Dakota guard, someone who can nail the 3 effeciently. Had his best game against SMSU where he was 5/7 from behind the arc, and is starting to get his stroke. We cannot let this kid get any easy looks or he will torch us all night long.

KEYS TO THE GAME

1) Keep the crowd out of the game: Frost will be an absolute madhouse, they know how good this team is and how good this team could be.

2) Rebounding: We need to bring our Hawaii game plan to Frost, we need to hold these guys to one and dones and little to any second chances.

3) Guards: You need to be big and hit your shots. Schuler has been consistent and we need this to continue. Anderson needs to have another game like Hawaii shooting wise, and Webb needs to keep getting back to his Sophomore self. Antwi, just keep shooting that rock and don't get discouraged, they will go down, you are much better this year.

4) Forwards: You need to be prepared to play out and work. I want Brekke to keep getting back on track and either Wilmer, Traylor, or Allard to step it up and help out. STAY OUT OF FOUL TROUBLE (NO MORE MOVING SCREENS!!!!)

5) Pick your poison. Wolters or team: What does Jones decide to do, does he throw a box and 1 or triangle and 2 on Wolters and have the teammates beat them, or do they shut down the rest of the team and have Wolters try and beat you? (I would have love to see Huff guard this kid and see if he could shut him down)

6) Free Throws will be huge in this game, you need to knock them down. 3 out of 4 game the free throw percentage has been over 70%, which has been decent and we need this to get this a little better. Try for a 75% or better from the line

This will be our hardest game of the 3. If we bring it for 40 minutes like we did the 2nd half of Hawaii we stand a decent chance. If the first half team shows up... that 92-54 score last year will look good compare to what they might put up this time around.

[sioux24/7]

Wow very nice write-up! I wish we could somehow manage to get a kid like Nate Wolters. Maybe Quinton Hooker can be that guy!

[sioux2013]

after a furious rally that just came up short against Hawaii, UND (1-3) will finish their tough 3 game road trip as they head down I-29 to take on a very talented SDSU squad in the always tough Frost Arena.

WHERE TO WATCH THE GAME:

Game will be on MIDCO sports in GF and will be on 100.3 FM

HISTORY:

UND leads the all-time series against the Jackrabbits 104-80. Nagy has a 18-6 record against UND (most of that in the D-II era). These two teams met last year twice. SDSU crushed UND 92-54 at Frost on Dec 10, 2011. Then 5 days later in our barn, UND took down the Jacks 89-70.

ABOUT THE SDSU JACKRABBITS (4-2)

Don't let the record trick you, this team could easly be 6-0 as they have lost to both Alabama and Hofstra on last second shots. The Jackrabbits are lead by head coach Scott Nagy (18th Season). Before their NCAA touranment apperance last year, Nagy was starting to feel the heat that SDSU was not returning to their former glory at the head of the conference as they watch NDSU beat them to the dance. Also not helping matter was just the absoute success of the women's program was having around the same time. How much the last 2 years have changed opinions. Now he appears to have a team capable of making a cinderella like run in the NCAA tournament this year. This is a very good shooting team and is also a halfway decent rebounding team (not as prolific as Hawaii however). In their last game against a very good SMSU team (that's Southwest Minnesota State for you NoDakers), they struggled to put away the Mustangs as they only won 81-72. While certainly fatigue could have played a factor in this one (they had played their 4th game in a 8 day stretch before playing the Stangs.), they gave up a lot of open looks and the Stangs buried them and actually outscored them in the FG department 68-67 (but was undone at the free throw line (14-23 vs 4-5). They get a little rest, like us, before they play at home.

KEY PLAYERS

#3 G Nate Woltes 6'4 SR (22.0 PPG, 6.3 RPG, 6.4 APG)

Its fun to look back at recruiting rankings after a few years. In the class of 2009 for the state of Minnesota, the state was agog with White and Williams heading to the U. The top 2 in the class according to ESPN. You have to go down a long ways, even Felt and Aaberg of NDSU were ranked higher that Wolters. When the dust settles however, no one will have had a college career like this kid from St. Cloud. This kid has a cult following like no other (has his own t-shirt: Naters gonna Nate GO STATE!). An All-American and a darkhorse for National Player of the Year. This kid is a very good shooter and can fill up the stat sheet like no other. Would not shock me if gets a few triple-doubles this year. His talent alone should help SDSU get to the top of the Summit, but he is going to need help if cinderalla is to exist in Brookings

#42 F Jordan Dykstra 6'8 JR (10.7 PPG, 6.8 RPG, 1.2BPG)

If you want the biggest reason why SDSU would make a run in the NCAA this year will be the development of this kid. He has been a little incosistent to start the year, he had big games against Alabama and Tenn Tech, but since has stuggled a little bit shooting the ball. He hasn't really gotten all that much to the line and in his small sample size in the first 2 years has been okay, but not great. Also has a little bit more of a foul problem to start the year Need to keep an eye on this kid because he can put the ball in the bucket and can stretch the defenses with his 3 point shooting. This kid has the potential to be a 1st team Summit League Player and if he plays like it on Wednesday with Wolters, they will be very hard to beat.

#25 G Chad White 6'6 JR (8.8 PPG, 3.2RPG, 1.3APG)

This kid knows his role for the team (a bench/spot starter that can bury the 3). The kid has all the tool of a small town South Dakota guard, someone who can nail the 3 effeciently. Had his best game against SMSU where he was 5/7 from behind the arc, and is starting to get his stroke. We cannot let this kid get any easy looks or he will torch us all night long.

KEYS TO THE GAME

1) Keep the crowd out of the game: Frost will be an absolute madhouse, they know how good this team is and how good this team could be.

2) Rebounding: We need to bring our Hawaii game plan to Frost, we need to hold these guys to one and dones and little to any second chances.

3) Guards: You need to be big and hit your shots. Schuler has been consistent and we need this to continue. Anderson needs to have another game like Hawaii shooting wise, and Webb needs to keep getting back to his Sophomore self. Antwi, just keep shooting that rock and don't get discouraged, they will go down, you are much better this year.

4) Forwards: You need to be prepared to play out and work. I want Brekke to keep getting back on track and either Wilmer, Traylor, or Allard to step it up and help out. STAY OUT OF FOUL TROUBLE (NO MORE MOVING SCREENS!!!!)

5) Pick your poison. Wolters or team: What does Jones decide to do, does he throw a box and 1 or triangle and 2 on Wolters and have the teammates beat them, or do they shut down the rest of the team and have Wolters try and beat you? (I would have love to see Huff guard this kid and see if he could shut him down)

6) Free Throws will be huge in this game, you need to knock them down. 3 out of 4 game the free throw percentage has been over 70%, which has been decent and we need this to get this a little better. Try for a 75% or better from the line

This will be our hardest game of the 3. If we bring it for 40 minutes like we did the 2nd half of Hawaii we stand a decent chance. If the first half team shows up... that 92-54 score last year will look good compare to what they might put up this time around.

Agree, very nice. In case nobody noticed Northern Iowa lost to the number 2 team in the country (Louisville) last night by 5. Northern Iowa had the open shots like they did against us but only shot 34% and should have won this game. Our non conference schedule just continues to get tougher and tougher, plus they are all on the road. How about a few more home games next year in non conference.

[darell1976]

Agree, very nice. In case nobody noticed Northern Iowa lost to the number 2 team in the country (Louisville) last night by 5. Northern Iowa had the open shots like they did against us but only shot 34% and should have won this game. Our non conference schedule just continues to get tougher and tougher, plus they are all on the road. How about a few more home games next year in non conference.

Exactly and not against non DI opponents. Maybe UND can get big name teams like Minnesota or Nebraska to Grand Forks... We have the REA for big attendance games.

[gfhockey]

Nothin like good ole fashion unispired und basketball

10-0 USD 2.5 minutes in

[FSSD]

12-7 - SDSU leading

[gfhockey]

Cing back!!1

14-9

and we finally found out how to rebound offensivly

[gfhockey]

allard with a big 3

14-12

and sdsu has gone cold

[bincitysioux]

These slow starts really hurt. SDSU started on a 10-0 run. Now UND on a 12-4 run. Kind of reminds me of how this year's football team started many games.

[UND-FB-FAN]

No Alonzo Traylor tonight? This team just continues to get more and more short-handed.......

[bincitysioux]

Sioux up 3 with 7:00 left in the 1st

[UND-FB-FAN]

I guess the technically correct answer would be that I'd like to have Huff and the rest of the team (maybe even Jaron Nash) back by the start of conference play, but it would be real nice if Huff and Traylor were back by December 9th.........

[FSSD]

anyone else having trouble with the streaming tonight.

[jdub27]

UND shooting well from the outside. SDSU can't hit anything. Wolters is keeping SDSU in the game, he is as good as advertised, but not getting any help. UND up by 8 with 4 minutes to go, on a 10-0 run.

[bincitysioux]

29 North Dakota

21 SDSU

3:43 1H

[jdub27]

UND looking good in transition. Wolters drawing fouls left and right. UND up by 3 with a minute to go in the first half.

[jdub27]

UND with a 3 at the buzzer to go into the half up by 6.

[bincitysioux]

38 North Dakota

32 SDSU

Half

[bincitysioux]

Shooting well tonight...........

[bincitysioux]

You know things are going OK when both Allard and Archer make a 3 in the same game.............

[gfhockey]

hope we still attack and dont run that dum princeton offense

[gfhockey]

sdsu catching fire and we went in to princeton i think. using up whole shot clcok every possession exactly IMO what we didnt need

[SWSiouxMN]

Finally got internet to work

Antwi for a BIG 3!!!

49-47 UND

10:48 left

[SWSiouxMN]

Holy ****

Wilmer has 11 points!!!

Its the end of the world

SDSU to the line, makes 1 of 2

51 all 9:25 to go

[SWSiouxMN]

back and forth we go

55-54 UND 8:30 left

SDSU is getting to the line wayyyyy to much

Dykstra makes both

56-55 SDSU 8:30 left