GRAND FORKS, N.D. - North Dakota will take on Oral Roberts Thursday evening at 7 p.m. at Mabee Center in Tulsa. Fans can follow all the action on the Oral Roberts Sports Network, as well as by tuning into Paul Ralston's call on the Home of Economy Radio Network.

 

Series History vs. the Golden Eagles

Thursday will be the 11^th meeting between the Hawks and the Golden Eagles—ORU owns a 7-3 edge in the series and has won the last five in the series. The most recent UND win was January 8, 2021, a 72-71 game in Tulsa.

ORU took the first meeting this season 84-72 in a game that was tightly contested most of the game.

 

Last Time Out

North Dakota won their third straight game Saturday in an overtime thriller against Omaha 76-73. Matt Norman led the Hawks with 21 points and drained four three pointers. Jalun Trent had his first double-double in a Hawks uniform with 12 points and 13 rebounds. Tsotne Tsartsidze scored 17 points and grabbed nine boards while Brady Danielson scored 15 points and drew five offensive fouls over the course of the game.

The Hawks trailed by 11 points in the first half before coming back to win, it was the first time the team overcame an 11 point deficit since March of 2020 against South Dakota. The game featured 20 lead changes and 13 ties as it was undoubtedly one of the most exciting games of the season so far for the Hawks.

 

Bench Boost

North Dakota enters the matchup with the most bench scoring in the Summit League and is No. 38 team nationally in that category. The Fighting Hawks are averaging 25.63 points per game from the reserves this season. The next closest bench in the league is Omaha with 23.93.

 

Shaking it up

North Dakota used their ninth different starting lineup combination of the season the last three games (Jalun Trent, Matt Norman, Brady Danielson, B.J. Omot and Tsotne Tsartsidze), which equaled the number of different combinations used last season. On the team, Tsartsidze has the most active consecutive starts currently with 47, followed by Omot with 27. Danielson and has started the last 14 games and Trent the last 12.

 

Watch and Listen

All North Dakota men's basketball games, home and away, can be heard on stations across the Home of Economy Radio Network, as well as through the iHeart Radio app, with Paul Ralston calling the action.

UND home games this season will also all be available through Midco Sports Plus with a subscription. A vast majority of the home games will also be aired on Midco Sports or Midco Sports Two.

 

Follow Us

Receive live updates during all UND men's basketball games by following @UNDmbasketball on Twitter. Fans can also follow the Fighting Hawks on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram @UNDmbasketball. FightingHawks.com will have up-to-the-minute stories, stats and more.

Complete notes can be found here.