Denver Pioneers at North Dakota Fighting Hawks

· Summit League Championship - Quarterfinal

Denver Pioneers

15-16, 6-11 Away

North Dakota Fighting Hawks

16-16, 9-7 Home

North Dakota plays in Summit League Tournament against the Denver

Game Preview

Denver Pioneers (15-16, 8-8 Summit League) vs. North Dakota Fightin' Hawks (16-16, 10-6 Summit League)

Sioux Falls, South Dakota; Friday, 9:30 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: North Dakota takes on Denver in the Summit League Tournament.

The Fightin' Hawks' record in Summit League games is 10-6, and their record is 6-10 in non-conference games. North Dakota is 9-11 against opponents with a winning record.

The Pioneers are 8-8 against Summit League opponents. Denver leads the Summit League scoring 83.3 points per game while shooting 48.1%.

North Dakota averages 77.1 points per game, 5.7 fewer points than the 82.8 Denver allows. Denver has shot at a 48.1% rate from the field this season, 0.1 percentage points less than the 48.2% shooting opponents of North Dakota have averaged.

The teams play each other for the third time this season. Denver won the last meeting 98-79 on Feb. 7. Carson Johnson scored 22 to help lead Denver to the win, and Greyson Uelmen scored 24 points for North Dakota.

TOP PERFORMERS: Uelmen is scoring 15.4 points per game with 2.8 rebounds and 2.4 assists for the Fightin' Hawks. Eli King is averaging 11.6 points and 5.8 rebounds while shooting 39.6% over the past 10 games.

Johnson is shooting 46.1% and averaging 20.2 points for the Pioneers. Jeremiah Burke is averaging 12.5 points over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Fightin' Hawks: 6-4, averaging 77.7 points, 28.2 rebounds, 10.9 assists, 7.0 steals and 2.8 blocks per game while shooting 43.6% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 81.0 points per game.

Pioneers: 6-4, averaging 82.0 points, 33.7 rebounds, 12.2 assists, 4.5 steals and 1.7 blocks per game while shooting 47.1% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 78.4 points.

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North Dakota: 40.5%

Denver: 59.5%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Statistics

DEN		UND
L1	Streak	L2
82.8	Points Against	78.2
83.3	Points Per Game	77.1
48	Field Goal %	44
38	Three Point %	33
34.0	Rebounds Per Game	33.3
11.7	Assists Per Game	11.4
2.0	Blocks Per Game	2.6
4.6	Steals Per Game	8.7
0.6	Team Turnovers Per Game	0.4
10.3	Total Turnovers Per Game	10.3
82.8	Points Against	78.2

Game Information

Venue: Denny Sanford Premier Center

Location: Sioux Falls, SD -

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2025-26 Summit League Standings

TEAM	CONF	GB	OVER
North Dakota State	14-2	-	25-7
St. Thomas-Minnesota	12-4	2	24-8
North Dakota	10-6	4	16-16
Omaha	8-8	6	16-16
South Dakota	8-8	6	16-16
Denver	8-8	6	15-16
South Dakota State	7-9	7	14-18
Oral Roberts	4-12	10	10-23
Kansas City	1-15	13	4-27