Bison Sports Update: February 23

This is the kind of week that tests your patience.

Men's Basketball
NDSU Men's Basketball opened up their road trip with a visit to arch-rival South Dakota State on Wednesday. The Bison played quite well and took down the Jacks in their recently remodeled home building for the first time, and handed them their first home loss, 77-68. On Saturday, NDSU visited Grand Forks to play UND. The Bison kept the lead for the majority of the game, but missed some crucial shots in the end to fall to the Fighting Hawks, 77-79.
This week, the Bison will wrap up the season with a home game against South Dakota on Wednesday at 7 PM CT. If NDSU wins on Wednesday, they will be the 4 seed in Sioux Falls, otherwise they will have to wait until USD's final game to find out their fate in the conference tournament.

North Dakota State Men's Basketball is 9-6 in Summit League play and 20-10 overall on the season.

Women's Basketball
NDSU Women's Basketball finished up their three game road trip this week, first with a visit to Denver on Thursday. The injury-hindered Bison defeated the Pioneers in a close matchup, 64-59. On Saturday, the Bison headed down to Oral Roberts to play for the 2nd seed in the tournament. NDSU unfortunately looked quite overmatched down in Tulsa, and lost - 84-100.
This week, the Bison will come home to host Kansas City on Thursday at 7 PM CT, and then wrap the regular season up on Saturday when they host Omaha at 1 PM CT.

North Dakota State Women's Basketball is 9-5 in Summit League play and 17-10 overall on the season.

Softball
NDSU Softball went down to Commerce, Texas for the Lion Invitational this weekend. They first faced off against the host, East Texas A&M. The Bison would split the dual, with the first game going into extra innings resulting in a defeat, 3-4. The second game would be over quickly, as NDSU's bats came alive en route to an 11-0 5 inning win. Then, the Bison would play Prairie View A&M, and would sweep them in the dual, with 5-3 and 11-3 wins. 
This week, the Bison will head down to Minneapolis for the Gopher Indoor Classic hosted by the Minnesota Golden Gophers at US Bank Stadium. There they will play Miami-OH, Minnesota, and Wagner from February 28 to March 2. 

North Dakota State Softball is 7-7 overall on the season.

Baseball
NDSU Baseball finished their Texas road trip this week. In the middle of the week, the Bison played Lamar, which they lost both games. Over the weekend, they were scheduled to play a 3-game series against UTRGV, but due to rain only 2 games were played. NDSU lost the first one in 7 innings, 3-10. But they would get their first win on the season in the last game, with a 7-5 result.
This week, the Bison will head over to Tuscaloosa to play Alabama in a 3-game weekend series from February 28 to March 2.

North Dakota State Baseball is 1-6 overall on the season.

​Go Bison!!