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UND (8-12. 2-4) vs DU (5-15, 1-5) 1/23 7 PM


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Another road trip, another road loss for UND.  They couldn't solve the Bison puzzle and suffered their 3rd road loss in a row and 4th overall.  UND looks to change their fates at home as they host Denver, who is coming off their first win of the conference season.

Since we last met Denver:  DU had gotten off to a rocky start.  Despite close calls against USD and WIU, they lost their first 5 straight games and was seeing their chances of making it to Sioux Falls potentially slip away early.  Then Omaha came to visit and the breakthrough finally happened at home.  This youthful squad finally tasted a conference victory, behind a 32 point effort from Townsend, who was white hot from 3.Another move that DU has made was moving freshman Robert Jones to the starting lineup and he has responded with 4 double figures games in a row.  

DU is now hoping to build off of that performance and start to pile some wins.  They are hoping to prevent UND from completing an early sweep, (and thus losing the tiebreaker) and put themselves back in the race to Sioux Falls. 

Key Player: Jase Townsend 

The sophomore guard has been white hot in the last two games.  So far, he has been averaging 30 points per game and has carried the load for this young squad.  He has been stepping into a bigger and bigger role and is becoming one of the better young players in the league.  He should be something that DU will be happy to build around for the next 2.5 years.  

In the First Matchup:

Behind 4 players in double-figures, UND was able to pick up a road victory in their conference opener.  Marlon had 22 points and DAE had 18.  Rebraca had 11 points but grabbed 16 rebounds.  Denver was led by Townsend, who had 23 points.

Milestone Watch:

Marlon  sits at 996 career points (and 989 at UND).  He is 4 points away from 1000 career points and 11 away from 1000 at UND.  He should be able to get both of those milestones tomorrow against DU, provided everything goes well.

Filip Rebraca is currently shooting at 61.5% for the season.  If this holds, this would be 3rd best in school history in a single season. 

Other Games:

Tonight:

NDSU (4-1) @ SDSU (5-2): It is a first place throwdown in Brookings!  It was widely expected that it would be the Bison here, but SDSU has proven that their rebuild was a reload.  The Jacks are hoping for a statement win and to climb in first place.  The Bison are hoping to hold back the upstart Jacks

Tomorrow:

WIU (2-4) @ Omaha (3-2):  WIU had a split weekend.  They beat DU but lost to ORU.  Omaha dropped a stunner to DU.  The Mavs need to hold serve at hold to make sure they can stay with the top teams in the Summit.  WIU needs wins to make sure they stay out of the cellar.

Fort Wayne (2-3) @ USD (3-3): The Yotes had a split week, lost a heartbreaker in Fargo but then held serve at home against the arch-rival Jacks.   Fort Wayne got crushed against ORU.  Both teams desperate for a win to keep their title hopes alive.  

Keys:

1) Get the Defense back

2) Find some Bench Help

3) Slow down Townsend

The Call:

This is a two game stretch at home that UND MUST win.  This cannot be understated.  Two UND losses here would be devastating and would require a lot of work to avoid missing Sioux Falls. Two wins on the other hand would put UND at .500 in conference play and given their schedule, they could still surpass last years totals.  DU will be a better team this time around and Townsend has been white hot.  However, UND is at home and they will use that and solid play from the starters to come away with the win and a series sweep of DU.

UND 79-69

Game is on the Plus

 

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