National Basketball Association
Weber St. 88, North Dakota 67
When: 8:00 PM ET, Saturday, March 15, 2014
Where: Dee Events Center, Ogden, Utah
Officials:
# Wilson Holland, # Brett Nansel, # Gregory Nixon
Attendance:
6294
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Weber State 88, North Dakota 67:
Kyle Tresnak scored a career-high 27 points - 21 in the second half - as the Wildcats routed North Dakota at home to win the Big
Sky tournament title and earn their first trip to the NCAA tournament
since 2007.
Tresnak was 11-of-15 from the
field as top-seeded Weber State (19-11) shot 56.6 percent,
including 10-of-22 from 3-point range. Davion Berry added 19 points,
Jeremy Senglin had 12 points and Joel Bolomboy added nine points and 11 boards
for the Wildcats.
Troy Huff tallied 17 points and
seven rebounds for second-seeded North Dakota (17-16), while Alonzo
Traylor added 15 points off the bench. North Dakota was hurt
by 1-of-12 shooting from 3-point range after averaging six 3-pointers
a game coming into the contest.
The Wildcats started off hot,
jumping out to an 18-6 lead just five minutes into the game, with
Berry scoring seven of those points. The Fighting Sioux were able to
cut it to seven several times, including with nine seconds left in
the half, but Berry hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer to push the
halftime edge to 10 points.
Tresnak came out on fire in the
second half, scoring Weber State's first 10 points and a 13-4 run
midway through the stanza pushed the advantage to 20 with 8:55 to
play. Senglin had six points in the final 4:40 to help the
Wildcats win easily.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Weber State
improved to 6-0 all-time against North Dakota. … North Dakota won the rebound battle 34-33 while grabbing 15 offensive boards in the
process. … Weber State had lost to Montana in the conference
tournament title game in three of the last four seasons.
Top Game Performances
| North Dakota |
|
Weber St. |
|
Troy Huff 17 |
Scoring |
Kyle Tresnak 27 |
|
Aaron Anderson 3 |
Assists |
Davion Berry 4 |
|
Jaron Nash 9 |
Rebounds |
Joel Bolomboy 11 |
|
Quinton Hooker 4 |
Free Throws Made |
Kyle Tresnak 5 |
|
Troy Huff 2 |
Steals |
Kyle Tresnak 1 |
|
N/A |
Blocks |
Joel Bolomboy 1 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| North Dakota
|
67 |
39.3 |
1-12 |
18-25 |
7 |
33 |
0 |
4 |
5 |
| Weber St.
|
88 |
56.6 |
10-22 |
18-21 |
17 |
32 |
2 |
1 |
7 |
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