North Dakota State vs. IUPUI: Full Game Preview
By on January 16, 2013
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North Dakota State
(15-3, 6-3 away)
IUPUI
(6-14, 5-4 home)
Venue: Bankers Fieldhouse - Indianapolis, IN
7:00PM ET / 4:00PM PT, January 17, 2013
Team Leaders
| Points | Rebounds | Assists | |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota State | T Braun 15.2 | M Bjorklund 5.6 | L Alexander 4.0 |
| IUPUI | J Hart 14.2 | D Gibbs 6.3 | G Rice 3.3 |
In their last game, TrayVonn Wright put up 20 points and 5 rebounds in the Bison 73-65 win over Oakland on January 12th. He leads the team in blocks per game with 1.9 while also putting up 9.4 points per game. The Jaguars were defeated by Nebraska-Omaha 90-79 on January 10th despite 22 points and 10 rebounds from Donovan Gibbs. He is averaging 9.7 points per game and leads the team in rebounds with 6.3 per game.
IUPUI StatSmack
- Lawrence Alexander is ranked 5th in the Summit League in assists.
- The North Dakota State basketball team finishes what they start, with a better graduation rate than IUPUI (83% vs 38%).
- How does our back look? North Dakota State is ranked higher than IUPUI in the Summit League (#1 vs #6).
- It's only wins and losses, but North Dakota State has a better overall record than IUPUI this season (11-3 vs 6-12).
- North Dakota State does a better job contesting shots (37.4% allowed vs 48.4% allowed) than IUPUI this season.
- Mike Felt is ranked 43rd nationally in three-pointers.
- Even computers respect North Dakota State more. We have a better RPI this season than IUPUI (RPI: #41 vs #259).
- At least you keep showing up. North Dakota State has an average margin of victory of 10 over IUPUI in 3 wins since 2007.
- North Dakota State allows fewer rebounds (31.9 allowed per game vs 36.4 allowed per game) than IUPUI this season.
- North Dakota State can actually jump, with more rebounds (35.0 per game vs 29.8 per game) than IUPUI this season.
- North Dakota State has a better overall winning percentage over the last 5 years (0.581 to 0.537).
| NDSU Players | Mins | Pts | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | |
| B | Taylor Braun | 30 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| B | M. Bjorklund | 26 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| B- | TrayVonn Wright | 26 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| B- | L. Alexander | 34 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| C | Kory Brown | 24 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| C | Chris Kading | 19 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| C | Mike Felt | 20 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| D | Jordan Aaberg | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | B. VandenBergh | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | Nate Zastrow | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| D | Jamie Mauch | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | Fred Newell | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| IUPUI Players | Mins | Pts | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | |
| C | Donovan Gibbs | 32 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| C | John Hart | 33 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| C | Mitchell Patton | 23 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| D+ | Lyonell Gaines | 22 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| D+ | Greg Rice | 25 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| D+ | Jordan Shanklin | 23 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| D+ | Ian Chiles | 30 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| D+ | Sean Esposito | 26 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| D | P.J. Hubert | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| D- | M. Barksdale | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| F | Cameron Loepker | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| F | Nick Kitcoff | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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