UND 79, Northland 48
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Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2017
Grand Forks, N.D. • Sioux Center
Attendance: 1,570
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1st |
2nd |
Final |
| Northland |
25 |
23 |
48 |
North Dakota
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36 |
43 |
79 |
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| Key Notes |
| • Seales (UND): Registered his second 20-plus point scoring game of the season with game-high 20 points. |
| • Jones (UND): Grabbed a career-high 15 rebound with 10 of those coming in the first half. |
| • Stewart (UND): Stewart reached double figures for the second-straight game with 11 points. |
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Statistical Comparison
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NC |
UND |
| FG Percentage |
29.1 |
50.8 |
| 3-Point FG Percentage |
29.4 |
15.8 |
| FT Percentage |
64.7 |
57.1 |
| Offensive Rebounds |
10 |
11 |
| Defensive Rebounds |
25 |
32 |
| Total Rebounds |
35 |
43 |
| Turnovers |
19 |
12 |
| Points Off Turnovers |
6 |
25 |
| Bench Points |
12 |
26 |
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GRAND FORKS, N.D. -- Junior Cortez Seales scored a game-high 20 points to help North Dakota roll to a 79-48 victory over Northland College on Tuesday after getting off to a slow start. It was the eight-straight home-opening win for the Fighting Hawks (3-2), while the Lumber Jacks (0-2), a Division III program from Ashland, Wis., played the game as an exhibition.
Seales went 9-for-12 from the floor to help the Fighting Hawks shoot 51 percent as a team. Brandon Galland had a double-double for the Lumber Jacks with 12 points and 11 rebounds, but the visitors shot only 29 percent from the floor.
Juniors Marlon Stewart and Conner Avants each added 11 points for the home team and Stewart had nine of those during a decisive first-half run midway through the opening 20 minutes.
"I think (that run) started with our defense, but Marlon was able to get the foul line and make those shots. I think he was 7-for-7 from the line and he got us going that way," UND head coach Brian Jones said. "That's the beauty of our team. I feel like we have so many different weapons. It could be Marlon one night and somebody different another night."
Senior Dale Jones chipped in with eight points and a career-high 15 rebounds. Jones' career-night on the glass helped UND hold a 43-35 edge in that category.
Northland controlled the opening 10 minutes and led by as many as five points before UND found its rhythm on the offensive end and pulled away for the decisive victory. Seales gave UND just its second lead of the game at 19-18 on a field goal with just under eight minutes to play.
After a jumper by Ben Arqueros allowed Northland to regain the advantage at 20-19, Stewart sparked an 11-0 run that put UND in the lead for good.
Stewart scored nine of those points, which included seven from the foul line, and also assisted on a dunk by Jones to account for the all scoring in that decisive spurt.
Seales scored the final six points of the half to stretch the home team's lead to 36-25 at halftime. He finished the first half with 12 points on 6-of-8 shooting from the floor, while Jones grabbed 10 first-half rebounds.
UND remains at home for a tilt against former Great West foe Utah Valley on Saturday. Tip-off against the Wolverines is set for 2 p.m.
-- UND --
