North Dakota makes a late surge to squeak past South Dakota in the Summit League tournament
Luke Askew, Sports Writer
March 9, 2020
The University of North Dakota men’s basketball team picked up their first ever Summit League tournament win thanks to some big-time defending, clutch shooting and a whole lot of grit. North Dakota was a fairly heavy underdog heading into their matchup with no. 3 seed South Dakota. Not ...
UND’s Defense Lacks in Loss to SDSU
Presley Paintner, Sports Writer
February 25, 2020
The outside shooting game paced SDSU pass UND 94-83 on Wednesday night at the Betty. No surprise, because the Jackrabbits shot 9 of 22, while UND went 11 of 28, from the 3-point line. The Summit League is considered to be the one of best in the country when it comes to shooting 3 pointers. The J...
Oral Roberts Height Too Much for UND
Presley Paintner, Sports Writer
February 12, 2020
Montserat Brotons, a 6-foot-4-inch center from Spain proved to be too much for the Fighting Hawks, scoring a game and career high 20 points in the paint for Oral Roberts. Oral Roberts is a post-oriented team. "That's just where a majority of our offense is generated," Oral Robe...
Home Sweet Home For UND Basketball
James DeArman, Sports Writer
January 28, 2020
For the University of North Dakota Men's basketball team there is no place like home. After a rough stretch of four straight loses, three of which coming away, the Fighting Hawks returned to the friendly confines of the Betty Engelstad Sioux Center for matchups with the bottom half of the Summit Leagu...
Sitting down with Shanks
John Gregg, Sports Writer
April 16, 2018
Shanks was a part of UND’s historic team that reached the NCAA Basketball tournament for the first time in school history just last year. And after making the tough decision to transfer, he had the experience of his life as he competed in the Final Four. But why did he leave just one year after one...
Basketball looking for a bounce back
John Gregg, Sports Writer
January 22, 2018
With a less than fabulous start to the season, the Fighting Hawks Men’s basketball hope to improve come crunch time. Recent wins to conference teams, Idaho State, Weber State, and a win to non-conference in state rival, North Dakota State propel the team in the right direction. “These last th...
Basketball holds Fan Fest
Cole Johnson, Staff Writer
November 1, 2017
On Tuesday Oct. 24, the University of North Dakota held their annual Basketball Fan Fest. At the event, fans were able to see the women’s team show off their skills during a set of drills and a three-point contest. For fans of the men’s team, they were able to see a scrimmage and a dunk contest. ...
Vandals snap Hawks streak
Jake Andersen, Staff Writer
February 14, 2017
The UND Fighting Hawks women’s basketball team had their seven-game win streak snapped in a 74-61 loss to the University of Idaho Vandals in Moscow, Idaho Saturday, Feb. 11. With UND’s top four scorers shooting a dismal 29.7 percent (11-37) from the field, the Hawks (16-8, 11-2) were unable to ge...
Hawks take tight match against bears
Jack Harvey, Staff Writer
February 7, 2017
After a tough start to the second half, the UND fighting Hawks basketball team fought back to beat Big Sky rival Northern Colorado. The Hawks weren’t able to get anything going in the first half trailing after the 16:41 and weren’t able to get any closer than 3 points behind but Northern Colorado but UN...
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