Men's Hoops Falls On The Road At North Dakota State

Thursday, February 12

Fargo, N.D.

7:00 p.m. CT

Kansas City

North Dakota State

Men's Hoops Falls On The Road At North Dakota State

2/12/2009 10:00:00 PM | Men's Basketball

By: UMKC Athletics

Fargo, N.D. -- The UMKC men's basketball team dropped an 87-49 road contest at North Dakota State on Thursday night at the Bison Sports Arena. The Bison built a 20-point first half lead, and they never looked back in the 38-point victory.

After battling to an eight all tie over the first four minutes, the NDSU scored seven unanswered points to take a 15-8 advantage. The squad then extended its run to 29-5 to build its lead to 24 points (37-13) with four minutes to go in the half.

NDSU stretched its advantage to as many as 27 (44-17) with 1:35 to play in the opening 20 minutes, but UMKC's Latreze Mushatt scored the final seven points to cut the deficit to 44-24 at the break. The Bison shot 62.1 percent in the opening half, while limiting the ?Roos to a .321 clip from the floor.

Coming out of the locker rooms, North Dakota State scored 17-of-21 points over the first seven minutes of action to push its lead to 33 points (61-28). The Bison kept applying the pressure, as the margin grew to as many as 43 (76-33) before the squad claimed its 11^th straight victory by the score of 87-49.

The Kangaroos finished the contest with a .262 (17-65) field goal percentage and a .286 (4-14) mark from long range. NDSU, meanwhile, shot .593 (35-59) from the floor and .286 (4-14) from three-point land. The Bison also won the battle on the glass, 46-33.

A pair of UMKC players finished the game in double digits with Mushatt leading the way with 12 points. Freshman Dustin Dibble added 10, which was a career-high.

Two Bison players, meanwhile, reached double figures in the game. Winkelman made 10-of-13 shot attempts en route to 24 points to go along with a game-best seven boards.

UMKC (6-20, 2-11) will round out its road trip at South Dakota State on Saturday night beginning at 7:30 p.m.