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North Dakota Fighting Hawks @ N. Dak. State Bison

Current Records: North Dakota 17-11, N. Dak. State 14-14

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We've got another exciting Summit matchup on schedule as the North Dakota Fighting Hawks and the N. Dak. State Bison are set to tip at 2:00 p.m. ET on February 24th at Scheels Center. We saw both of these teams recently pull out wins they weren't expected to get, so we'll see who gives it right back.

Oral Roberts typically has all the answers at home, but on Saturday North Dakota proved too difficult a challenge. They walked away with a 78-65 victory over the Golden Eagles. The win made it back-to-back wins for North Dakota.

Meanwhile, the Bison beat the Tommies 64-50 on Thursday.

The Fighting Hawks are on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten contests, which provided a nice bump to their 17-11 record this season. As for the Bison, they pushed their record up to 14-14 with that win, which was their fourth straight at home.

Fans should be in for an exciting game on Saturday as the pair are among the highest scoring teams in the league right now. North Dakota hasn't had any problem running up the score this season, having averaged 75.4 points per game. However, it's not like N. Dak. State struggles in that department as they've been averaging 76 points per game. With both teams so easily able to put up points, the only question left is who can run the score up higher.

North Dakota is hoping to beat the odds on Saturday, as the experts think they're headed for a loss. They might be worth a quick bet since they're sitting on a five game streak of covering the spread when playing on the road.

Odds

N. Dak. State is a slight 2-point favorite against North Dakota, according to the latest college basketball odds.

The oddsmakers had a good feel for the line for this one, as the game opened with the Bison as a 1.5-point favorite.


The over/under is 142 points.

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Series History

N. Dak. State has won 7 out of their last 10 games against North Dakota.

  • Feb 03, 2024 - North Dakota 60 vs. N. Dak. State 58
  • Jan 27, 2023 - N. Dak. State 91 vs. North Dakota 75
  • Dec 30, 2022 - N. Dak. State 71 vs. North Dakota 49
  • Feb 26, 2022 - N. Dak. State 79 vs. North Dakota 53
  • Dec 22, 2021 - N. Dak. State 86 vs. North Dakota 76
  • Jan 16, 2021 - North Dakota 82 vs. N. Dak. State 78
  • Jan 15, 2021 - N. Dak. State 62 vs. North Dakota 45
  • Dec 12, 2020 - N. Dak. State 53 vs. North Dakota 52
  • Mar 10, 2020 - N. Dak. State 89 vs. North Dakota 53
  • Feb 22, 2020 - North Dakota 71 vs. N. Dak. State 68