Streaking Teams to Battle in Fargo

FARGO, N.D. - In a game that features two teams that have a significant streak on the line, the IPFW Mastodons will face off against the North Dakota State Bison at 3 p.m. ET on Saturday afternoon. North Dakota State has won 24 straight home games, the seventh-longest active streak in NCAA Division I basketball, while IPFW has won eight straight total games, the ninth-longest active win streak in the country.

GAMEDAY INFORMATION
Who: North Dakota State Bison (19-8, 11-3 Summit)
Where: Fargo, N.D. | Scheels Arena
When: Saturday, February 21 | 3 p.m. ET
Listen: ESPN Radio 1380 AM | John Nolan, play-by-play

QUICK HITTERS
•    IPFW's seven-game winning streak is the longest active streak in the Summit League, tied for the 12th longest in NCAA Division I basketball
•    IPFW has the program's longest win streak since the 1992-93 season.
•    Max Landis was named the Summit League Player of the Week on February 9, marking the first time in two seasons that teammates from the same school have earned the honor in back-to-back weeks.
•    After his performances against South Dakota and Omaha, IPFW senior forward Steve Forbes was named the Summit League Player of the Week, his second Player of the Week honor this season.
•    IPFW head coach Jon Coffman has 15 wins this season, tied for the most first-year victories in program history, tied with three other coaches (Gordon Stauffer, Andy Piazza, and Tim Russell).
•    The program is 4-0 in February, and has the longest February win streak since the 1989-90 team won six in a row to open the shortest month of the calendar year.
•    North Dakota State has won 24 straight home games, the seventh-longest such streak in the country.

SCOUTING THE BISON
North Dakota State comes into the game having won six of its last seven games, with the only loss coming at South Dakota State by ten points.

In the team's last game, a 57-48 win over IUPUI, the Bison put two players in double-figure points, led by a game-high 17 points from Lawrence Alexander and 16 points from A.J. Jacobson. Carlin DuPree dished out four assists and picked up five assists.

Jacobson and Alexander each pulled down six rebounds to lead the team, as the Bison were out-rebounded 33-to-31, and had a 7-to-11 assist-to-turnover ratio.

Alexander currently leads the Summit League in scoring averaging 19.1 points per game, with Jacobson also averaging double-figure points with 11.1 points per game. Kory Brown, after missing two games prior to the IUPUI contest, is averaging 9.2 tallies per game.

Dexter Werner, who averages 8.6 points per game, also leads the team with 148 rebounds, 5.5 per game. Brown averages 5.1 boards per contest, while DuPree averages 4.6. DuPree has dished out a team-leading 87 assists, while also leading the team with 34 steals.

Chris Kading and Werner have 34 and 29 blocked shots, respectively, to lead the team. Werner leads the team with a .506 field goal percentage, while Alexander leads the team in three-point field goals made (86) and percentage (194).

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