North Dakota vs. Dickinson State || 11/12 (5 p.m.)
8th meeting; UND leads series 7-0
Bismarck, North Dakota (Bismarck Events Center)

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GRAND FORKS, N.D. - North Dakota men's basketball and cross-state foe Dickinson State convene on the hardwood as the two programs meet in Bismarck for the inaugural playing of the Capital City Classic presented by Farmers Union Insurance. Tip-off from inside the Bismarck Events Center is set for 5 p.m. with UND women's basketball to follow at 7:30 p.m. Fans can follow the action live with UND men's basketball radio play-by-play voice Paul Ralston on KSNR 100.3 FM The Cat or on the iHeart Radio app, while the action can be seen on Midco Sports and the Summit League Network. Live stats will be provided at www.FightingHawks.com.

NO TOUCH DOWN IN TEXAS
North Dakota's trip to San Antonio never developed as inclement weather in the Dallas-Fort Worth area led to the cancellation of flights including the Hawk's scheduled departure on Friday. The two sides, who were already scheduled for a home-and-home this season, will now play it within a 72-hour window as the Roadrunners and Hawks will square off in San Antonio (Dec. 13) two days before the December 15 tipoff inside the Betty Engelstad Sioux Center. 

SERIES HISTORY
Tuesday evening's match up will be the eighth between the two programs and the first since a 30-point home victory for the Fighting Hawks on December 19, 2014. UND carries an unbeaten 7-0 record all-time against the Blue Hawks in a series that first began in Dickinson in 1932. The two sides met on a neutral hardwood in 1948 during the UND-hosted Red River Valley Tournament and have played on the Hawks' home floor in the previous five match ups. It will be just the third meeting between the two programs since UND became an NCAA Division I member in 2008-09. 

LAST TIME OUT
The Hawks met Colorado State for just the second time in program history in Monday night's season opener from inside the tight confines of Moby Arena. Fifteen first-half turnovers proved too much for UND in the 82-56 loss to a CSU team that has made appearances in two of the past three NCAA Tournaments. 

Out of the under-8 media, Colorado State crafted an 8-0 run and coupled their offensive successes with a three-plus minute scoring drought from the Hawks which aided CSU's lead in blooming to 14 at 31-17 at the final media stoppage before the intermission. Prior to the host run, UND was trailing by just two possessions. North Dakota showcased a much improved effort in the second half as the Rams outscored the Hawks by just nine points, while the visitors committed only six turnovers in the final twenty minutes.

CAPITAL CITY RETURN
Game #2 in year #6 of the Paul Sather Era of UND men's basketball sends the Hawks west to Bismarck to take on NAIA Dickinson State. The action marks the Fighting Hawks' first trip to the state capital since December 4, 2007, its final season as a Division II member, when UND defeated UMary 74-55. 

Tuesday's action not only signifies the program's return, but the return of three former Bismarck prep standouts in former Bismarck HS Demon Treysen Eaglestaff and former Century HS Patriots Anthony Doppler and Ryan Erikson. 

Eaglestaff, North Dakota's Mr. Basketball in 2021-22, rewrote the Bismarck High School record books with seven school records, including career points (1,634), career three-point makes (230), three-pointers made in a season (105), single-season points scored (774), most points in a single game (52), field goals made in a single game (18) and most three-pointers made in a game (10).

Doppler lettered all four years for the Patriots and was tabbed as an All-State performer following his junior season which saw him average 17.1 points per game, 6.2 rebounds per game, 3.5 assists per game and 1.5 steals per game in 2021-22. He followed that up with an all-state accolade as a senior.

Erikson was a first-team all-conference performer as a junior after leading WDA in rebounding with 11.0 per game and averaging 15.6 points per game for a season double-double. He capped off his prep career with first team all-state honors in his final season with the Patriots. 

JUST TREY THINGS
Junior Treysen Eaglestaff played in 66th career game for North Dakota in the season opener. For the 37th time donning a UND uni, Eaglestaff finished in double-figure scoring as he led the Hawks with a dozen points behind a pair of second-half three-point makes. His two shots netted from beyond-the-arc marked the 36th time in his career that he has hit from deep twice in a game and his five total made shots on the night marked the 29th time he has netted five or more in a game. 

STREAKING FROM RANGE
The Hawks made five of its 16 attempts from three-point range on Monday. The effort stands as the 111th straight game that UND has made three or more shots from deep. Under Sather, the Hawks have made three or more three-point attempts in 153 of the 156 games that he has led UND in. Overall, North Dakota has made a three-point shot in 190 consecutive games.

HAWK DEBUTS
Sophomore Mier Panoam and juniors Reggie Thomas and Dariyus Woodson competed for the first time in kelly green and white. Panoam scored ten points in 24 minutes and added five rebounds, two assists, two steals and a block. Woodson operated in a team-high 29 minutes scoring seven points with five rebounds. Thomas played two dozen minutes adding two rebounds, an assist and one block to six points.

Redshirt freshmen Zach Kraft and Ryan Erikson made their Fighting Hawks debuts against Colorado State. The North Dakota natives, Kraft calls Grand Forks home and Erikson hails from Bismarck, both took the floor against the Rams logging the first minutes of their collegiate careers. Kraft checked in with 5:42 remaining in the game, while Erikson entered at the 1:46 mark. 

SCOUTING THE BLUE HAWKS
Dickinson State enters the neutral site affair at 1-3 overall and is coming off of a 90-61 road loss to NAIA No. 2 College of Idaho. The Blue Hawks defeated Oakland City 75-73 on November 2 for their first win of the season and have suffered close losses to Peru State (L, 61-68) and Lewis-Clark State (L, 79-81).

UND will be the second NCAA foe that the Blue Hawks have faced this season. DSU opened its campaign at Division II Northern State in an exhibition contest (L, 64-78). Tuesday's match up with the Fighting Hawks will also be an exhibition for Dickinson State. 

The Blue Hawks are led by fourth-year head coach Derek Selvig who led DSU to 17 victories a season ago. Entering Tuesday, Selvig is 41-51 as head coach of Dickinson State. 

DSU was tabbed as the preseason favorite in the 2024 North Star Athletic Association Men's Basketball Coaches' Poll. The Blue Hawks received 29 points and three first-place votes to sit atop the poll in the league's final year of action. 

DSU's 16-player roster includes players from seven states and Alberta. Half of the roster is seniors with 11 of the 16 student-athletes upperclassmen. 

Kose Egbule, who is averaging a team-high 32.3 minutes per game, leads the Blue Hawks with 15.0 ppg and is second in rebounding at 5.8. Junior Cordell Stinson follows with 14.8 ppg and leads DSU on the glass grabbing 9.8 rebounds per contest. Senior Aidan Fishell is the top three-point shooter, hitting 57.1% from range, for a Blue Hawks squad that shoots over 25 three-point shots per game at a success rate of 32.1%. Fishell and Stinson are both averaging 2.5 assists per game, while senior John Evans is averaging a steal per game. 

UND BY THE NUMBERS
37 -The number of games that junior guard Treysen Eaglestaff has reached double-figure scoring. He scored a dozen points to lead UND against Colorado State.
25 -The number of times an opponent, under HC Paul Sather, has shot 23.5% or worse from beyond-the-arc. CSU hoisted 17 attempts on Monday night netting only four. Opponents failed to shoot better than that clip ten times last season.
21.1 -The average margin of victory for the Hawks in its previous seven match ups against Dickinson State. In UND's first Division I season of 2008-09, the two sides played their closest contest which was decided by just five points. 
3 -The number of Hawks that call Bismarck home. Junior guard Treysen Eaglestaff competed as a prep athlete at Bismarck HS, while redshirt freshmen Anthony Doppler and Ryan Erikson played at Century HS.
2 -The number of Fighting Hawks that made their collegiate debut on Monday night at Colorado State. Redshirt freshmen Zach Kraft (6 min.)and Ryan Erikson (2 min.) took the floor in Moby Arena for the first time as collegians. 

A UND WIN WOULD...
» Even the Hawks' season record at 1-1
» Improve UND to 8-0 all-time against Dickinson State
» Improve the Hawks' record in Bismarck to 2-2 since the start of the 2000-01 season
» Be the 9th road win for the Hawks under Sather
» Be better than a loss