GRAND FORKS, N.D. – The sweaters were ugly, and the Fighting Hawks were hooping. North Dakota men's basketball snapped a four-game losing skid in a big way by rocking South Dakota Mines 80-48 on Friday night inside a Christmas-clad Betty Engelstad Sioux Center. The victory is the fifth for the Hawks this season.
 
North Dakota started fast and used first-half runs of 6-0, 22-3 and 8-0 to build a comfortable 47-15 lead at the intermission. The Hawks controlled the paint at +22 in scoring in addition to +8 in rebounding in the opening twenty. Junior guard Treysen Eaglestaff and sophomore guard Mier Panoam each found double figures in scoring prior to the break. Eaglestaff delivered 15 and Panoam followed with 10.
 
The damage was done in the first half and the Hawks capped off the night with two dozen bench points in the final twenty minutes as each side delivered 33 points in the frame.
 
North Dakota eases into a much needed hiatus for the Christmas holiday before returning to action on December 29 against Waldorf. It will be the fifth meeting with the Warriors and the first since 2015 with UND holding a 4-0 series lead. It will be the final nonconference matchup before league play commences on the first weekend of January. Action tips off at 2 p.m. inside the Betty Engelstad Sioux Center and can be seen on the Summit League Network.
 
Fans can follow the action live with Fighting Hawks men's basketball radio play-by-play voice Paul Ralston on KSNR 100.3 FM The Cat or on the iHeart Radio app. Live stats for the contest will be available at www.FightingHawks.com.
 
Postgame Notes

• Eaglestaff's 19 points in 20 minutes moves his active double-figure scoring streak to 20 games  
• The Hawks produced their fourth game with 30 shots made this season and crossed over 80 points in a game for the sixth time this campaign
• UND's 32 defensive rebounds are the second most by the Hawks in a game this season
• North Dakota finished a board shy of its third 50-rebound game this season
• UND has grabbed a dozen or more offensive rebounds in 13 of 14 games this season
• Redshirt freshman Matthew Bothun grabbed a career-high four boards
• Redshirt freshman Zach Kraft hammered a trio of triples for the second-straight game to match his career high in both makes from range (3) and points (9)
• Redshirt freshman Anthony Doppler dropped in a triple try with just under 9 minutes to play for the first points of his career
• Doppler finished with a career-high 8 points and a rebound in 9 minutes
• Fifteen Hawks touched the floor in the win
• The Hawks improve to 2-0 all-time against South Dakota Mines
• Sather improves to 10-3 all-time against SDM

How It Happened
 
First Half
15:45 – UND 10, SDM 2 (UND 6-0 run over 2:02; SDM 2:31 scoring drought)
10:20 – UND 22, SDM 8 (UND 53% FG)
6:04 – UND 34, SDM 8 (UND 22-3 run; SDM 5:14 scoring drought)
3:10 – UND 41, SDM 15
HALF – UND 47, SDM 15
 
Second Half
15:44 – UND 54, SDM 20
11:48 – UND 56, SDM 23 (UND 1-of-last-7; SDM 2:08 scoring drought)
7:56 – UND 67, SDM 33
3:03 – UND 74, SDM 44
FINAL – UND 80, SDM 48
 
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