Bison Sports Update: December 1st

Well somehow its December already! Time flies!

Football
NDSU Football was on their first round bye this week. They will play 14th seeded Abilene Christian who beat Northern Arizona on Saturday, 24-0. The Wildcats won the UAC this season and are in the midst of their first FCS playoff appearance.
North Dakota State Football is 7-1 in MVFC play and 10-2 overall on the season.

Men's Basketball
NDSU Men's Basketball took a trip down to Alabama this week for the Samford Thanksgiving Invitational. The Bison played the hosting Bulldogs on Tuesday. The game was going quite well for NDSU as they were leading for most of the game. But they completely collapsed in the final 2 minutes and allowed Samford to tie the game and then ran out of gas in overtime to lose, 103-98. On Wednesday, the Bison bounced back with a resounding 73-61 win over West Georgia, and then concluded with a trouncing of Utah Valley on Thursday - 86-63. 
This week, the Bison will finish off the road trip with a visit to Ogden, Utah on Wednesday to play Weber State in the away portion of the Big Sky-Summit Challenge. That game will be streamed on ESPN+. On Saturday, NDSU will come home to host Northern Colorado in the home portion of the challenge.
North Dakota State Men's Basketball is 5-4 overall on the season.

Women's Basketball
NDSU Women's Basketball had most of the week off to recover from their Alaska trip, but they would head out to Charleston, South Carolina for a duel against Charleston Southern and Charleston. The Bison would split the trip, falling to the Buccaneers on Friday, but beating the Cougars on Sunday. 
This week, the Bison will come back to Fargo to host the home portion of the Big Sky-Summit Challenge against Montana on Wednesday. That one will be a rematch of the WNIT Second Round game that NDSU won back in March at the Scheels Center. On Saturday, the Bison will head back out on the road to start another away swing against Eastern Washington. That game will be streamed on ESPN+.
North Dakota State Women's Basketball is 4-3 overall on the season.

Go Bison!