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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009 Contact: Ryan Perreault (701) 231-8331 Ryan.Perreault@ndsu.edu Bison Schedule/Results (0-1, 0-0 Summit) November 13 at Utah Valley.

.. 7 p.m. 12 WISCONSIN-MILWAUKEE... 7 p.m. 19 at Fresno State...7 p.m. PT 21 at Wichita State...7 p.m. 31 CENTENARY*... 7 p.m. January 2 ORAL ROBERTS*... 7 p.m. 7 at Southern Utah*...7 p.m. MT 9 at Iowa State.

1 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009 Contact: Ryan Perreault (701) Bison Schedule/Results (0-1, 0-0 Summit) November 13 at Utah Valley...L, MINOT STATE... 7 p.m. 21 IDAHO... 4 p.m. 24 at UC Davis...7 p.m. PT 27 WISCONSIN-GREEN BAY... 7:30 p.m. December 3 at Western Illinois*...7 p.m. 5 at IUPUI*...7 p.m. ET 9 DICKINSON STATE... 7 p.m. 12 WISCONSIN-MILWAUKEE... 7 p.m. 19 at Fresno State...7 p.m. PT 21 at Wichita State...7 p.m. 31 CENTENARY*... 7 p.m. January 2 ORAL ROBERTS*... 7 p.m. 7 at Southern Utah*...7 p.m. MT 9 at Iowa State...3 p.m. 15 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE*... 7 p.m. 21 OAKLAND*... 7 p.m. 23 IPFW*... 7 p.m. 26 at UMKC*...7 p.m. 28 at Oral Roberts*...7 p.m. 30 at Centenary*...4:30 p.m. February 4 UMKC*... 7 p.m. 6 SOUTHERN UTAH*... 7 p.m. 13 at South Dakota State*...7:30 p.m. 18 at IPFW*...7 p.m. ET 20 at Oakland*...6 p.m. ET 25 IUPUI*... 7 p.m. 27 WESTERN ILLINOIS*... 7:30 p.m. *Summit League games All mes Central unless otherwise noted Home games in BOLD CAPS The Summit League (through Tuesday, Nov. 17) Summit Overall W-L Pct. GB W-L Pct. South Dakota State UMKC IUPUI Southern Utah Centenary IPFW Oral Roberts North Dakota State Oakland Western Illinois THIS WEEK: The North Dakota State men s basketball team plays its first two regular-season home games this week at the Bison Sports Arena (5,830) in Fargo. North Dakota State (0-1) hosts Minot State (5-1) at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 18, and Idaho (1-1) at 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 21. TICKET SPECIAL: The North Dakota State University athlec department is offering a cket special for this weekend s games. The Bison Pride Combo Pack includes one general admission cket for Saturday s 1 p.m. football game against Youngstown State and one general admission cket to either Friday s 6 p.m. women s basketball game vs. Wyoming or Saturday s 4 p.m. men s game vs. Idaho. For more informaon, call the Bison Ticket Office toll free at (888) 231-NDSU. RADIO: WDAY-AM 970 and Bison Radio Network affiliates KQLX-FM in Lisbon and KPOK-AM in Dickinson will carry Wednesday s game live at 6:40 p.m. (5:40 p.m. MT) with Sco Miller calling the play-by-play and Jeremy Jorgenson providing color commentary. Saturday s game with Idaho will be joined in progress on WDAY following the conclusion of the NDSU football game against Youngstown State. ON THE WEB: Live stats and live audio for both games will be available on GoBison.com. Live video of both games will be available by subscripon to GoBison.com All Access starng at $7.95 or by subscripon to SummitTV on TheSummitLeague.org starng at $ THE SERIES: Wednesday will be the 13th meeng between North Dakota State and Minot State in a series dang back to NDSU has a 9-3 lead in the series aer a win in the home opener. Minot State has not won a game in the series since Saturday will be the eighth meeng between North Dakota State and Idaho in a series dang back to NDSU has a 5-2 lead in the series aer a loss in Moscow last year. The Bison have won all three meengs in Fargo, including in January 2006 and in December THE COACHES: Saul Phillips (Wisconsin-Plaeville, 1996) is in his third season as head coach at North Dakota State with a record. Phillips directed North Dakota State to its first Summit League championship and NCAA Division I tournament appearance in He was one of 10 finalists for the Hugh Durham Mid-Major Coach of the Year award. A Bison assistant for three seasons, Phillips came to NDSU from Wisconsin, where he was director of basketball operaons for three years under Bo Ryan. He was an assistant for two seasons each at Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Lake Superior State and a graduate assistant at Wayne State in Nebraska for one year. Mike Hultz (College of Idaho, 1993) has a record in his 12th season as head coach at Minot State. Hultz s teams have advanced to the Dakota Athlec Conference championship game two straight years and three mes in the past five seasons. He was an assistant at Northern State for five seasons before moving to Minot State. Don Verlin (Cal State Stanislaus, 1991) has an record in his second season as head coach at Idaho. Verlin, an assistant at Utah State the previous 11 seasons, spent five seasons at Colorado State ( and ) and was an assistant for two Division II naonal championship teams at Cal State Bakersfield in 1993 and 1994.

North Dakota State Quick Facts Name: North Dakota State University City/Zip: Fargo, ND 58102 (pop.

2 North Dakota State Quick Facts Name: North Dakota State University City/Zip: Fargo, ND (pop. 90,599) Founded: 1890 Enrollment: 14,189 (fall 2009) Nickname: Bison Colors: Yellow and Green (PMS 123, 343) Arena Name: Bison Sports Arena Capacity: 5,830 Affiliaon: NCAA Division I Conference: The Summit League President: Dr. Joseph A. Chapman Alma Mater: Oregon State, 1965 Athlec Director: Gene Taylor Alma Mater: Arizona State, 1980 Athlec Dept. Phone: (701) Ticket Office Phone: (888) 231-NDSU (6378) History First Year of Basketball: (111th season) All-Time Record: (.585) Years in NCAA Tournament: Nine Last NCAA Tournament: 2009 Finish: Midwest Region first round Last Postseason Opponent: Kansas Result: Lost, Team Info Head Coach: Saul Phillips Alma Mater: Wisconsin-Plaeville, 1996 Record at NDSU: (3rd season) Career Record: (3rd season) Office Phone: (701) Associate Head Coach: David Richman Assistant Coaches: Will Ryan, Jason Kemp Director of Operaons: Dan Weisse Last Year s Record: 26-7 overall, 16-2 Summit (1st) Starters Returning/Lost: 1/4 Leerwinners Returning/Lost: 6/4 Media Relaons Director: Jeff Schwartz Office Phone: (701) Cell Phone: (701) Jeff.Schwartz@ndsu.edu Men s Basketball Contact: Ryan Perreault Office Phone: (701) Cell Phone: (701) Ryan.Perreault@ndsu.edu Administrave Assistant: Glenda Klein Office Phone: (701) Web Site: FAX: (701) Press Row Phone: (701) Tale of the Tape NDSU MINOT IDAHO Overall Record Scoring Offense Scoring Defense Scoring Margin Rebounding Avg Rebounding Margin Field Goal Pct pt. Field Goal Pct Free Throw Pct Turnover Avg Turnover Margin** Asst/Turnover Rao **Negave total is more turnovers Minot State stats as of Nov. 7 through four games North Dakota State Bison No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown (Previous School) 0 Dejuan Flowers* F Sr. Shakopee, Minn. (Mt. San Jacinto JC) 3 Mike Felt G Fr. Redwood Falls, Minn. (Redwood Valley HS) 4 Freddy Coleman** G Jr. St. Paul, Minn. (St. Paul Johnson HS) 12 Drew Lundberg G So. Owatonna, Minn. (Northern Iowa) 13 Nate Zastrow G Fr. Manitowoc, Wis. (Manitowoc Lincoln HS) 21 Ausn Pennick** G Sr. Fargo, N.D. (Moorhead Park Chrisan HS) 23 Michael Tveidt** F Jr. Pierre, S.D. (T.F. Riggs HS) 24 Taylor Braun G Fr. Newberg, Ore. (Newberg HS) 25 Eric Carlson* F So. Shakopee, Minn. (Shakopee HS) 32 Josh Vaughan*** G Sr. Braham, Minn. (Braham HS) 34 Sam Sussenguth*** F Sr. Willmar, Minn. (Willmar HS) 44 Jordan Aaberg F Fr. Rothsay, Minn. (Rothsay HS) 50 Andy Nagel F RFr. Fort Dodge, Iowa (St. Edmond HS) *Leers earned Head Coach: Saul Phillips (3rd season) Associate Head Coach: David Richman Assistant Coaches: Will Ryan, Jason Kemp Director of Basketball Operaons: Dan Weisse Pronouncers Aaberg...AH-berg Braun...BRAHN Dejuan...duh-WAHN Nagel...NAY-gull Sussenguth...SOO-sehn-gooth Tveidt...TWEET Vaughan...VAHN Weisse...like nice Zastrow...ZAST-roh ABOUT NORTH DAKOTA STATE: The Bison are 0-1 aer losing their season opener at Utah Valley last Friday. Guard Josh Vaughan played 38 minutes in his first start since and had career highs of 27 points, seven rebounds, seven assists. Forward Michael Tveidt, the lone returning starter from last year s 26-7 NCAA tournament team, had 19 points and five rebounds. The Bison led at halime, but Utah Valley started the second half on a 15-2 run to go ahead for good. NDSU got within four points twice in the final 39 seconds on a pair of Vaughan layups, but Utah Valley made nine of its last 10 free throws to seal the win. F 0 Dejuan Flowers Sr. Shakopee, Minn F 23 Michael Tveidt Jr. Pierre, S.D F 25 Eric Carlson So. Shakopee, Minn G 3 Mike Felt Fr. Redwood Falls, Minn G 32 Josh Vaughan Sr. Braham, Minn ABOUT MINOT STATE: The Beavers are 5-1 and have won four straight games over Great Falls twice and Montana State-Northern twice. Minot State has two starters back from last year s team that placed third in the Dakota Athlec Conference with an 8-6 record. Senior guard Mister Carney from Tulsa, Okla., is the top returner. Carney averaged 10.3 points and 4.1 rebounds per game last year. F 32 Shaun Johnson 6-7 Sr. East Orange, N.J F 34 Kenneth McCoy 6-6 Sr. Stugart, Ark G 4 Nathaniel Packineau 6-2 Jr. Parshall, N.D G 10 Bojan Janjic 6-5 Jr. Kikinda, Serbia G 20 Mister Carney 6-1 Sr. Tulsa, Okla ABOUT IDAHO: The Vandals open the season with three straight road games and are 1-1 aer beang Utah and losing at Texas Southern. Idaho has four starters back from last year s team that placed third in the Western Athlec Conference witha 9-7 record. It was the first winning season in a decade for the Vandals, who were invited to last year s inaugural CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament and beat Drake in the opening round. F 21 Toledo Luiz So. Araraquara, Brazil C 53 Marvin Jefferson Sr. Merced, Calif G 1 Mac Hopson Sr. Portland, Ore G 5 Steffan Johnson Sr. Kent, Wash G 32 Kashif Watson Sr. Las Vegas, Nev

3 HOME OPENERS: North Dakota State has won five straight regular-season home openers, including a victory over Minot State two years ago. Last year s home opener was a rout of Mayville State in which the Bison set school records for most points in a game and largest margin of victory. NDSU made 20 of its first 24 shots to take a lead at halime, a school record for most points in a half. Other recent home opener wins were against Furman in 2006, Hamline in 2005 and Northern State in Northern Michigan was the last team to beat NDSU in a regular-season home opener, in the U.S. Bank Classic on Nov. 21, EIGHT GAME ROAD STREAK SNAPPED: North Dakota State had an eight-game road winning streak snapped with the loss at Utah Valley in the season opener. North Dakota State was 10-4 in away games last year and clinched its first winning road record since the team went 6-5 under current Iowa State head coach Greg McDermo. NDSU was 8-1 last year on the road in The Summit League. The 10 total road wins was a school record dang back to TEAM TURNOVERS LOWEST EVER: Aer averaging more than 14 turnovers per game the previous five seasons, North Dakota State had its best year ever protecng the ball in NDSU s average of turnovers was the lowest average in school history back to when turnovers were first tracked. The previous bests came in , when NDSU averaged turnovers per game, and in , when the Bison averaged turnovers per game. HOME ATTENDANCE BEST IN 14 YEARS: Average home aendance for Bison men s basketball games more than doubled over the last four seasons from 1,654 to an average of 3,596 over 13 dates last season. That was the highest aendance mark since the season when NDSU averaged 4,153 fans and won its last regular-season conference championship. Current seang capacity inside the Bison Sports Arena is 5,830. BISON PICKED FIFTH IN THE SUMMIT: North Dakota State was picked to finish fih out of 10 teams in The Summit League according to a preseason poll of the league s head coaches, sports informaon directors and media. Oakland received 34 of 35 first-place votes, Oral Roberts was picked second, IUPUI was third with one first-place vote, and South Dakota State was picked fourth. Oakland guard Johnathon Jones was voted Preseason Player of the Year. NDSU forward Michael Tveidt was named to the preseason second team. Team (First Place) Pts 1. Oakland (34) Oral Roberts IUPUI (1) South Dakota State North Dakota State IPFW Southern Utah Western Illinois UMKC Centenary 89 THE SUMMIT LEAGUE: This is North Dakota State s third season as a member of The Summit League, an NCAA Division I athlecs conference that sponsors 19 championship sports. Other member instuons are Centenary College in Shreveport, La., Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, University of Missouri- Kansas City, Oakland University in suburban Detroit, Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Okla., South Dakota State University, Southern Utah University and Western Illinois University. NDSU is also a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference and the Western Wrestling Conference.

4 Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics North Dakota State vs Utah Valley 11/13/09 7:10 p.m. at McKay Events Center, Orem, UT VISITORS: North Dakota State 0-1 TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS ## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 00 Dejuan Flowers... f Michael Tveidt... f Eric Carlson... f Mike Felt... g Josh Vaughan... g Nate Zastrow Austin Pennick Sam Sussenguth Jordan Aaberg TEAM Totals TOTAL FG% 1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 40.7% DEADB 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 26.3% REBS F Throw % 1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 76.0% 2 HOME TEAM: Utah Valley 1-0 TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS ## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 21 Jourdain Scoubes... f Justin Baker... f Kevin Woods... g Tyray Petty... g Aaron England... g Jordan Swarbrick Eric Dearden Rory Fannon TEAM Totals TOTAL FG% 1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 50.0% DEADB 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 44.4% REBS F Throw % 1st Half: % 2nd Half: % Game: 81.8% 0 Officials: Duane Allen, Ken Nielson, Scott DeBo Technical fouls: North Dakota State-None. Utah Valley-None. Attendance: 2275 Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total North Dakota State Utah Valley Career high 27 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists for NDSU's Josh Vaughan. Points in the paint-ndsu 30,UVU 28. Points off turnovers-ndsu 10,UVU 16. 2nd chance points-ndsu 9,UVU 12. Fast break points-ndsu 0,UVU 0. Bench points-ndsu 7,UVU 30. Score tied-6 times. Lead changed-5 times. Last FG-NDSU 2nd-00:31, UVU 2nd-01:49. Largest lead-ndsu by 6 1st-12:59, UVU by 10 2nd-16:32.

5 North Dakota State Men's Basketball North Dakota State Combined Team Statistics (as of Nov 18, 2009) All games RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES... (0-1) (0-0) (0-1) (0-0) CONFERENCE... (0-0) (0-0) (0-0) (0-0) NON-CONFERENCE... (0-1) (0-0) (0-1) (0-0) ---TOTAL PTS REBOUNDS---- ## Player GP-GS Min--Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg Josh Vaughan Michael Tveidt Eric Carlson Mike Felt Sam Sussenguth Dejuan Flowers Jordan Aaberg Nate Zastrow Austin Pennick TEAM Total Opponents TEAM STATISTICS NDSU OPP DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATTEND SCORING /13/09 at Utah Valley L Points per game Scoring margin FIELD GOALS-ATT Field goal pct POINT FG-ATT point FG pct pt FG made per game FREE THROWS-ATT Free throw pct F-Throws made per game REBOUNDS Rebounds per game Rebounding margin ASSISTS Assists per game TURNOVERS Turnovers per game Turnover margin Assist/turnover ratio STEALS Steals per game BLOCKS Blocks per game ATTENDANCE Home games-avg/game Neutral site-avg/game SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd Total North Dakota State Opponents

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, Nov. 23, 2009 Contact: Ryan Perreault (701) 231-8331 Ryan.Perreault@ndsu.edu Bison Schedule/Results (1-2, 0-0 Summit) November 13 at Utah Valley...L, 72-80 18 MINOT STATE...