FARGO -- North Dakota State ran its winning streak to four games with a non-conference win over Northern Colorado on Saturday at the Scheels Center.
The Bison hit 29 of 54 (54%) from the field and had a 40-28 rebounding advantage.
Jacksen Moni led the Bison with 18 points and he also had seven rebounds and four assists.
The Bison's Jacari White, Masen Miller, Brennan Watkins and Tajavis Miller all scored 11 points, and Darik Dissette scored 10 points. Noah Feddersen had five points and a team-high 11 rebounds.
NDSU has won four in a row and is 7-4 overall. The Bison play at Butler at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 10.
BISMARCK -- No. 7-ranked Minnesota State Moorhead came alive in the second half and defeated UMary in a Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference game on Saturday.
The Dragons led by just one point at halftime but outscored the Marauders 41-26 in the second half.
MSUM's Jacob Jennissen and Jacob Beeninga both scored 18 points and Shaun Wysocki finished with 11 points. Jennissen had six rebounds, Wysocki had five boards, and Beeninga had five rebounds and six assists.
MSUM is 2-0 in the NSIC and 7-1 overall. The Dragons play at St. Cloud State at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 13.
ST. PETER, Minn. -- Concordia battled down the stretch to stay in the game but fell short against Gustavus in a Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference game on Saturday.
The Cobbers trailed 73-60 with 3:44 left in the game. They got the deficit to five points with 14 seconds to play but the Gusties' Spencer Swanson iced it with two free throws with 13 seconds to play.
Peyton Belka led the Cobbers with 25 points. Kaden Pieper scored 15 points and Jackson Loge scored 11 points and had 10 rebounds.
Concordia is 0-2 in the MIAC and 3-5 overall. The Cobbers play at Augsburg at 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 14.
CHENEY, Wash. -- North Dakota State built a 12-point lead by halftime, then blew the game open in the third quarter against Eastern Washington in a non-conference game on Saturday.
The Bison were hot from the field, hitting 26 of 48 (54%) overall and 11 of 19 (58%) from 3-point range. They also made 11 of 13 free throws.
NDSU led 34-22 at the break, then outscored EW 24-13 in the third quarter.
Abby Krzewinski led NDSU with 15 points and Marisa Frost had 13 points and five rebounds. Avery Koenen had 12 points and five boards.
The Bison are 6-3 overall and play at Tulane at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 10.
BISMARCK -- Minnesota State Moorhead got back to .500 with a Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference win at UMary on Saturday.
The Dragons have won four-straight games after opening the season 0-4.
Natalie Jens led three Dragons scoring in double figures with 17 points. She had eight rebounds and four assists.
MSUM's Abby Berge scored 11 points and had five rebounds and Emily Srejma scored 10 points in 12 minutes. Ashton Safranski had seven points and seven rebounds.
The Dragons are 2-0 in the NSIC and 4-4 overall. They play at St. Cloud State at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 13.
ST. PETER, Minn. -- Gustavus' Emma Kniefel had 19 points, five assists and six steals in the Gusties' Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference win over Concordia on Saturday.
Concordia had a rough day from the field, hitting just 16 of 50 shots overall (32%) and 6 of 21 (29%) from 3 point range.
Jordyn Kahler led the Cobbers with 16 points but no other player scored more than six points.
The Cobbers are 0-2 in the MIAC and 3-4 overall. They play at Augsburg at 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 14.
WINONA, Minn. -- Hunter Olson's third-period goal helped Concordia forge a tie with St. Mary's on Saturday in a Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference game.
The Cobbers got on the board first when Joe Harguindeguy scored on the power play at 2:28 of the first on assists from Blaise Miller and Mason Plante. St. Mary's Cooper Smyl tied it with an unassisted goal at 9:52 of the first.
The Cardinals took a 2-1 lead on Joona Juntunen's unassisted goal at 15:28 of the second period.
Olson tied it 2-2 with a power play goal at 14:38 of the third on assists from Hanson O'Leary and Caden Triggs.
Concordia goalie Dane Couture stopped 39 of 41 shots and St. Mary's A.J. Ruskowski made 44 saves.
Concordia is 1-4-1 in the MIAC and 4-6-1 overall. The Cobbers play next at home against Marian (Wis.) at 5 p.m. Friday, Jan. 3.
MOORHEAD -- St. Mary's held off Concordia in the third period of a Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference game on Saturday at the Moorhead Sports Center.
Concordia's Abbey Reule scored two goals and Taylyn Cope and Morgan Sauvageau had the Cobbers' other goals. Abbey Hardwick had two assists.
Concordia is now 1-5 in the MIAC and overall. The Cobbers play next at Wisconsin-Superior at 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 13.
FARGO -- The Fargo Force scored four straight goals to knock off the Lincoln Stars on Saturday at Scheels Arena.
After trailing 2-0 less than three minutes into the contest, the Force went to work. Fargo forward Luke Schelter scored on an assist from Peter Cisar at 12 minutes, 2 seconds into the period. A minute and a half later, Cole Bumgarner added another to tie the game in the first period.
Pavel Prusek gave the Force the go-ahead goal in the second period. Ryan Zaremba tucked an insurance goal on the power play to lead 4-2 heading into the third period.
Lincoln forward Alex Pelletier scored early in the third period and Lefty Markdonis scored the Stars' first-period goals. Fargo forward Riley Bassen put the game on ice with a goal at 8:23 of the period.
Force goaltender Alan Lendak stopped 22 of 25 shots. Lincoln's Yan Shostak, who was pulled following the four-goal surge, had 13 saves, and WIlliam Prowse had 12 saves.
The Force moved to 15-6-3 overall and leads the USHL Western Conference. Fargo hosts the Sioux Falls Stampede at 7:05 p.m. Friday, Dec. 13 at Scheels Arena.
HORACE -- West Fargo Horace had little problem besting Williston on Saturday.
Williston fell to 0-2 overall while Horace improved to 2-0 overall.
HOPKINS, Minn. -- Orono defeated Fargo Davies in the Eagles' season-opener on Saturday at the Tip Off Classic at Hopkins (Minn.) High School.
Davies is 0-1 overall and Orono is now 2-0 overall.
FARGO -- The Dickinson Midgets outpaced the Fargo South Bruins in a non-conference matchup on Saturday afternoon.
South's Corbyn Follingstad led the Bruins with 24 points. Michael Hamilton added 18 points and Alyiu Shadid had 12 points.
Boston Cranston paced the Midgets with 23 points. Nolan Weidner had 17 points with Dylan Glasser and Jordan Daychild each scoring 12 points.
South moved to 1-1 overall. Dickinson is 2-0 overall.
BISMARCK -- The Bismarck Legacy Sabers held on to defeat Fargo North in overtime on Saturday afternoon.
North guard Eric DeBoer hit a layup to cut the Sabers lead to 96-93 with less than two seconds remaining in overtime. Legacy's Makiya Berryhill was fouled and made one of his free-throw attempts to seal the win.
North fell to 0-2 overall. Legacy is 2-0 overall.
BISMARCK -- Bismarck defeated West Fargo on Saturday for its second game of the season.
West Fargo fell to 0-2 overall while Bismarck is now 2-0 overall.
MINOT -- Minot, No. 1 in Division AA, again proved worthy of its ranking with a big win over West Fargo Sheyenne on Saturday.
The Magicians have won their first two games of the season, both against Eastern Dakota Conference teams, by an average of 29 points per game.
Sheyenne fell to 0-2 overall. Minot is 2-0 overall.
MANDAN -- Mandan cruised to a win over Fargo Shanley on Saturday.
Mandan has won both its games this season by 33 points.
Shanley is 0-2 overall while Mandan is now 2-0 overall.
WEST FARGO -- The Minot Majettes held the West Fargo Sheyenne Mustangs to just 20 points en route to a non-conference win on Saturday afternoon.
Minot erupted offensively in the first half and led 55-21 at the break.
Minot improved to 2-0 overall, while Sheyenne is 0-2 overall.
MANDAN -- The Mandan Braves ran away with the lead to defeat Fargo Shanley on Saturday afternoon.
The Braves led 39-27 at halftime and held Shanley to just 24 points in the second half.
Shanley dropped to 0-2 overall. Mandan is 2-0 overall.
BISMARCK -- Bismarck Legacy's defense shined in its win over Fargo North on Saturday.
Legacy shut down North in the first half and led 36-17 at halftime.
North fell to 0-2 overall. Legacy is 2-0 overall.
WEST FARGO -- The Bismarck Demons rolled to a non-conference win over the West Fargo Packers on Saturday afternoon.
FARGO -- Dickinson picked up its first win of the season with a victory over Fargo South on Saturday.
Dickinson is now 1-1 overall while South dropped to 0-2 overall.
FARGO -- Bismarck Legacy scored three straight goals to open the second period en route to non-conference win over Fargo Davies on Saturday evening.
Legacy's Harrison Johnson, Ben Garlie and Beckham Presley-McKay all had the second-period goals for the Sabers. Davies' Kasen Currence cut the lead to 4-3 to close out the second, but the Eagles could not muster a game-tying goal.
Davies led 2-1 after the second period. Lance Harter and Kaden Stener both notched goals for the Eagles. Emmerich Netland, Brody Parmer and Logan Spiewak had the assists. Isaac Lewis scored for Legacy in the period.
The Eagles' Cameron Raawson stopped 8 of 12 and Breckun Metcalf saved all 14 shots faced. Legacy's Tristan Otto had 23 saves.
Davies moved to 1-3 overall. Legacy is 2-2-1 overall.
WEST FARGO -- Bryce Mattern scored in the final minute of regulation and West Fargo defeated Fargo North on Saturday at the West Fargo Sports Arena.
Mattern scored the go-ahead goal at 16:21 on an assist from Noah Betker.
Mattern had two goals and two assists, and Ian Skari scored two goals. Brody Luowagie, Brody Medina and Alex Arneson scored the Packers' other goals.
North's Bryce Dietz had two goals and two assists, and Liam Olson had two goals and an assist. Jack Amundson and Aryn Dilger also scored goals for the Spartans.
North is 2-1-1 overall. West Fargo is 2-2-1 overall.
MINNETONKA, Minn. -- Moorhead forward Carver Hasbargen buried a power play goal late in the third period to defeat the Minnetonka Skippers on Saturday evening.
Hasbargen scored with 1 minute, 14 seconds left in the game off a pass from Brooks Cullen. The goal was Hasbargen's second of the game with another in the first period.
Moorhead forward Zac Zimmerman tallied a goal to open the third period. The Skippers answered quickly after both of the Spuds' first two goals. Devin Berg and Jordan Johnson had the goals for Minnetonka.
FARGO -- Fargo North/South poured on the offense in the third period and defeated Dickinson on Saturday at the Fargo Coliseum.
North/South's Emma Ness scored two goals and Ainsley Ness, Jada Purdy, Kenleigh Fischer and Olivia Kalbus had the Spruins' other goals. Kate McComb had three assists and Fischer, Lola Klein, Leah Hoffman and Makenna Kiland all had assists.
Dickinson is 1-1 overall. North/South is 3-0 overall.
WEST FARGO -- West Fargo United scored three third-period goals to defeat the Minot Majettes on Saturday.
United's Rachel Spanier, Emma Hassler and Payton Stocker all scored in the period. Minot opened the scoring with a power-play goal from Brynn Hanson in the second period. West Fargo's Alexis Trosen tied the game later in the second off an assist from Grace Vetter.
West Fargo goaltender Adison Houkom stopped 24 of 25 shots faced. Minot's Promesa Phelps had 32 saves.
Minot is 2-0 overall. United is 2-1 overall.
VADNAIS HEIGHTS, Minn. -- The Moorhead Spuds scored six unanswered goals to defeat Gentry Academy on Saturday night at TCO Sports Garden.
The Spuds opened the scoring with a four-goal second period. Forwards Anna Bjorkman and Haylee Melquist both had two goals in the game.
Shay Benson scored 49 seconds into the second period. Defenseman Kellsey Kludt buried a shot from the point to give the Spuds a 4-0 lead heading into the third period.
Moorhead rose to 5-2-1 overall. Gentry Academy is 3-7 overall.