SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Joe Eberhard scored 15 points, Mikh McKinney added 13 and Sacramento State came alive after halftime to beat North Dakota 67-58 on Thursday night.
John Dickson had 11 points and 12 rebounds for the Hornets (9-8, 4-5 Big Sky), and Cody Demps chipped in 10 off the bench.
Troy Huff led North Dakota (7-11, 4-5) with 24 points and nine rebounds, and Aaron Anderson scored 14 points. Each made three 3-pointers, but North Dakota was outrebounded 39-22 and saw its three-game winning streak snapped.
North Dakota led by as many as 12 in the first half, but Sacramento State closed the half on a 10-2 run, capped by Dickson's jumper with 3 seconds left that tied the game at 30. The Hornets then opened the second half on a 12-2 run to go up 42-32, and North Dakota never got closer than six points down the rest of the way.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| North Dakota (7-11) | 30 | 28 | 58 |
| Sacramento State (9-8) « | 30 | 37 | 67 |
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| North Dakota Fighting Sioux | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Wilmer, C | 16 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| A. Anderson, G | 35 | 3-11 | 5-6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 14 |
| J. Schuler, G | 35 | 3-8 | 2-2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| T. Huff, G | 34 | 9-18 | 3-5 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 24 |
| J. Webb, G | 31 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| L. Antwi | 20 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| J. Allard | 14 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| D. Archer | 13 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| S. Benton | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 19-51 | 11-15 | 22 | 14 | 23 | 58 | |
| 37.3% | 73.3% | ||||||
| Sacramento State Hornets | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Eberhard, F | 36 | 5-10 | 4-5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 |
| J. Dickson, F | 25 | 5-12 | 0-0 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| K. Veteto, C | 23 | 2-5 | 3-6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| J. Demalleville, G | 35 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| M. McKinney, G | 21 | 2-7 | 7-9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Quigley | 30 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| C. Demps | 21 | 3-6 | 4-5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| J. Carbajal | 4 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| D. Barlett | 3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| J. Salley | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 20-44 | 21-28 | 39 | 13 | 16 | 67 | |
| 45.5% | 75% | ||||||
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