Sacramento State Hornets at North Dakota Fighting Hawks
· NCAA Men's Basketball
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Sacramento State beats North Dakota 57-53
Eric Stuteville added 12 points for the Hornets (12-16, 9-8), who came in seventh in the Big Sky Conference standings and stopped first-place North Dakota for clinching a share of the regular-season title and the No. 1 seed in next week's conference tournament.
North Dakota takes on Portland State on Saturday while the Hornets play at Northern Colorado.
North Dakota's Drick Bernstine tied it at 48 with a free throw before Hornsby's layup gave Sacramento State a 52-49 lead with 2:10 to play. North Dakota closed to 52-51 on Corey Baldwin's layup with 24 seconds left.
Strings made 2 of 4 free throws to make it 55-51, but the Fighting Hawks closed to 55-53 on Quinton Hooker's layup with five seconds left. Trevis Jackson made two free throws for the Hornets and Geno Crandall's 3 with two seconds left missed.
Bernstine led North Dakota (18-9, 13-4) with 15 points.
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| 2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 57 - 53 |
| 2nd 0:02 | Sacramento St Defensive Rebound. | 57 - 53 |
| 2nd 0:02 | Geno Crandall missed Three Point Jumper. | 57 - 53 |
| 2nd 0:05 | Trevis Jackson made Free Throw. | 57 - 53 |
| 2nd 0:05 | Trevis Jackson made Free Throw. | 56 - 53 |
Statistics
 SAC |
 UND |
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|---|---|---|
| 19-46 | FG | 23-57 |
| 41 | Field Goal % | 40 |
| 4-9 | 3PT | 4-21 |
| 44 | Three Point % | 19 |
| 15-20 | FT | 3-10 |
| 75 | Free Throw % | 30 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 30 |
| 10 | Offensive Rebounds | 9 |
| 30 | Defensive Rebounds | 21 |
| 10 | Assists | 15 |
| 5 | Steals | 9 |
| 2 | Blocks | 1 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 1 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 17 | Total Turnovers | 11 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 9 | Points Off Turnovers | 19 |
| 0 | Fast Break Points | 0 |
| 0 | Points in Paint | 0 |
| 13 | Fouls | 17 |
| 4 | Largest Lead | 5 |
Game Information
Location: Grand Forks, ND
Capacity:
2025-26 Big West Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| UC Irvine | 15-5 | - | 23-12 |
| Hawai'i | 14-6 | 1 | 24-9 |
| UC San Diego | 12-8 | 3 | 23-11 |
| Cal State Northridge | 12-8 | 3 | 20-14 |
| Cal State Fullerton | 12-8 | 3 | 18-16 |
| UC Davis | 11-9 | 4 | 19-14 |
| UC Santa Barbara | 11-9 | 4 | 18-14 |
| Cal Poly | 10-10 | 5 | 14-19 |
| Long Beach State | 6-14 | 9 | 10-22 |
| UC Riverside | 5-15 | 10 | 10-22 |
| Cal State Bakersfield | 2-18 | 13 | 8-24 |
2025-26 Summit League Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota State | 14-2 | - | 27-8 |
| St. Thomas | 12-4 | 2 | 24-10 |
| North Dakota | 10-6 | 4 | 18-17 |
| South Dakota | 8-8 | 6 | 16-16 |
| Omaha | 8-8 | 6 | 16-17 |
| Denver | 8-8 | 7 | 15-17 |
| South Dakota State | 7-9 | 7 | 14-18 |
| Oral Roberts | 4-12 | 10 | 10-23 |
| Kansas City | 1-15 | 13 | 4-27 |