Montana State Bobcats @ North Dakota State Bison

6-4, 1-3 Away

Final

	1	2	T
Montana St MTST	31	34	65
N Dakota St NDSU	34	45	79

North Dakota State BisonN Dakota StNDSU

8-4, 4-1 Home

N. Dakota takes control in 2nd half in win over Montana St.

Dec 17, 2019, 10:22 am

FARGO, N.D. -- Vinnie Shahid scored 24 points and Tyson Ward scored 19 points and grabbed 13 rebounds and North Dakota State beat Montana State 79-65 on Monday night.

Ward's 13 boards tied a career high and marked the third time the 6-foot-6 forward has reached that mark. Maleeck Harden-Haynes added 10 points.

Montana State started the second half with a 7-0 spurt when Amin Adamu sandwiched a pair of jump shots between a 3-pointer from Harald Frey and led 38-34. But North Dakota State (8-4) bounced back and outscored the Bobcats 20-7 over a 6-minute span and took control.

Adamu led the Bobcats (6-4) with 19 points, Frey scored 18, Jubrile Belo 14 and Michael Paulo 12.

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Game Information

Fargo, ND

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Referee:Rob Kueneman

Referee:Kelly Pfeifer

Referee:Chris Pasci

NCAA Division I

Big Sky Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
Portland State	13-5	-	20-11
Montana State	12-6	1	18-14
Eastern Washington	11-7	2	14-19
Northern Colorado	10-8	3	20-12
Montana	10-8	3	18-16
Weber State	10-8	3	16-16
Idaho	9-9	4	21-15
Sacramento State	6-12	7	10-21
Idaho State	5-13	8	13-20
Northern Arizona	4-14	9	10-22

Summit League	CONF	GB	OVR
North Dakota State	14-2	-	27-8
St. Thomas-Minnesota	12-4	2	24-10
North Dakota	10-6	4	18-17
South Dakota	8-8	6	16-16
Omaha	8-8	6	16-17
Denver	8-8	6	15-17
South Dakota State	7-9	7	14-18
Oral Roberts	4-12	10	10-23
Kansas City	1-15	13	4-27

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