KANSAS CITY, Mo. – North Dakota men's basketball suffered an 80-69 loss to Kansas City on Saturday evening inside the Swinney Center as the Roos grabbed the first lead and never trailed in snapping an eight-game losing streak, while the Hawks fell to 3-8 in Summit League play.
 
Kansas City led 41-27 at the intermission as the Hawks suffered more than a three-minute scoreless stretch prior to the break. UND pulled to as close as a bucket of the Roos' advantage in the first half as Dariyus Woodson hit one of just four three-point makes by the Hawks on the afternoon to bring the visitors to 20-18 of the KC lead.
 
Out of the intermission, the Hawks climbed back to within six points of the deficit as a 10-2 run over nearly a 4:30 stretch brought the KC lead down to 51-45 at the under-12 media stoppage. KC responded and held control as the Roos led by nine points at the under-8 and then built its lead to as much as 15 points down the stretch.
 
The Hawks return to Grand Forks for their final three home games of the season. UND plays host to Denver on February 13, welcomes in Oral Roberts on Saturday, February 15 and will battle North Dakota State on February 22.   
 
The action can be seen on Midco Sports and 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

• The Hawks recorded the third game this season with 20+ offensive rebounds as UND finished with 20; its most against a SL opponent this season
• UND shot just 23.5% from three-point range, the lowest against a SL foe this season, and made a season-low four attempts
• Eaglestaff finished with two dozen points which included a pair of makes from three-point range to make him just the fourth Hawk in program history to make 200 three-pointers in a career
• Eaglestaff went over 36 minutes for the fifth time this season and eclipsed 20 points in a game for the ninth time this campaign
• Deng Mayar scored in double figures for the fifth time this season as he finished with 11 points
• Mier Panoam recorded his third double double of Summit League play with ten points and career-high dozen rebounds
• Amar Kuljuhovic matched his career high, which he set on Thursday, in assists with five and finished a single point and one rebound shy of a double double
• Mambourou Mara evened his career best rebounding effort with five
• KC's Jamar Brown led all scorers with 29 points and Cameron Faas added 22
• The win for the Roos snapped an eight-game SL losing streak

 
How It Happened
 
First Half
15:16 – KC 10, UND 9 (KC 6-0 run to start; UND 4-of-last-5 FGs)
12:00 – KC 18, UND 13 (KC 4-of-last-5 FGs)
7:57 – KC 29, UND 20 (KC 9-2 run last 2:37, 3-of-last-4 3FGs)
3:19 – KC 36, UND 25 (KC 4-of-last-5 3FGs; UND's Eaglestaff 14 pts)
HALF – KC 41, UND 27 (UND scoreless last 3:06, 1-of-last-11 FGs)
 
Second Half
15:23 – KC 49, UND 37 (UND 1-of-last-5 FGs)
11:50 – KC 51, UND 45 (UND 10-2 run over 4:29)
7:51 – KC 60, UND 51 (UND 1-of-last-7 3FGs)
3:51 – KC 65, UND 55 (UND scoreless last 2:11)
FINAL – KC 80, UND 69
                                                                                                                          
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