Bison Sports Update: February 18th

This was a decent week for Bison athletics!

Men's Basketball
NDSU Men's Basketball had lots of back and forth this week. The Bison were on the road this week with visits to Oral Roberts and Denver. NDSU had a very good game in Tulsa, they thoroughly handled the Golden Eagles to take a season sweep for the first time in 3 seasons, with a 73-60 victory. Then, on Saturday, they blew a 20 point lead in the 2nd half to fall to the Pioneers to be swept by them for the first time since 2016. This week, the Bison hope to turn it around when they come home for two crucial games in the league race. On Thursday, they will host St. Thomas, who is a game ahead of them in 3rd place, at 7 PM CT on WDAY and the Summit League Network. Then, on Saturday, NDSU will host UND for a doubleheader between the men's and women's teams. The Bison men will play at 4 PM CT, and the game will be broadcast on CBS Sports Network.
North Dakota State Men's Basketball is 6-6 in Summit League play and 13-14 on the season.

Women's Basketball
NDSU Women's Basketball had a great week! The Bison hosted Oral Roberts and Denver this week! On Thursday, NDSU tangled with the Golden Eagles and after a rough first half, they powered through in the second and beat ORU in an 83-73 victory. On Saturday, the Bison handled the Pioneers in front of plenty of women's basketball alumni, in an 86-65 victory.
This week, NDSU will start on the road with a game in St. Paul against St. Thomas on Thursday at 7 PM, on the Summit League Network. Then, on Saturday, they will come home to face UND as part of the doubleheader with the men's teams. That game will be at 1 PM CT on WDAY Xtra and the Summit League Network.
North Dakota State Women's Basketball is 10-2 in Summit League play and 16-9 overall on the season.

Softball
​NDSU Softball had a rough going of it this week. The Bison continued their stay in North Carolina this week, starting with two one-off games. The first was on Tuesday against East Carolina. Unfortunately for the Bison, they gave up a grand slam in the 7th inning to fall to ECU, 4-5. On Wednesday, NDSU played 10th ranked Duke, and lost 0-18 in 5 innings. After that, NDSU would go to Raleigh to play the Marucci Classic. The Bison beat Elon on Friday 8-7 in 8 innings, then lose to NC State 4-6. On Saturday, they would fall to Elon in 8 innings 5-7, and then beat Campbell 7-2. On Sunday they concluded with a 3-1 victory over UConn.
This week, the Bison head down south to College Station, Texas for the Texas A&M Invitational. They will play Southeastern Louisiana and Texas A&M on Friday, then Kansas and Texas A&M (again) on Saturday, and then finish up with UTSA on Sunday.
North Dakota State Softball is 6-6 on the season.

Baseball
NDSU Baseball did not have a great start to their season this week. The Bison began with a three game series against UC Irvine. NDSU would score a combined 8 runs over the weekend, while giving up 31 runs, with 24 of them being in two games alone. Not exactly how they wanted to start I am sure.
This week, NDSU will head over briefly to Long Beach State for a one-off game on Tuesday, then to Cal Poly on Wednesday. Over the weekend, the Bison will play a three game series against Pacific University in Stockton, California.
North Dakota State Baseball is 0-3 on the season.

​Go Bison!!