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The North Dakota State Bison (7-4, 0-0 Summit) hit the road on Sunday with a visit to Normal, Illinois and CEFCU Arena to play the Illinois State Redbirds (6-4, 2-0 MVC). North Dakota State defeated Oak Hill Christian 108-14 last time out. The Bison have won three straight and five of the last seven but have not yet opened their Summit League schedule. Illinois State was defeated by Norfolk State 64-58 last Saturday and had a three-game winning streak snapped. Illinois State has won each of its first two Missouri Valley Conference games. North Dakota State and Illinois State do not have any players listed on their injury reports.
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North Dakota State scores an average of 79.1 (96th) points per game, while shooting 47.7% (83rd) overall and 38.6% (35th) from 3-point land. The Bison are shooting only 68.3% from the charity strip, which is 265th. Boden Skunberg is the leading scorer for North Dakota State with an average of 13.5 points per game but is shooting only 39.4% overall and 32.7% from 3-point land. Damari Wheeler-Thomas is the second leading scorer with an average of 13.4 points per game and shoots 46.8%. Wheeler-Thomas is the assists leader with an average of 3.2 per game.
North Dakota State is allowing an average of 69.4 (144th) points per game while holding opponents to 43.1% (206th) shooting overall and 35.1% (282nd) shooting from three-point land. North Dakota State averages 38.8 rebounds per game led by Tajavis Miller with an avera ge of 5.3 boards per contest. Skunberg is the leader in steals with an average of 1.0 per game and Jeremiah Burke is the leader in blocked shots with an average of 0.5 per contest.
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