GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) - Troy Huff had 13 points and 10 rebounds as North Dakota held off Sacramento State 49-48 Thursday night.
North Dakota (10-13, 8-7 Big Sky) scored eight straight points to take a 43-35 lead with 8:04 remaining and pushed the lead to 48-38 with about 5 minutes left. The Green and White scored only one point the rest of the way but hung on after Lance Dickson missed a desperation 3-pointer at the buzzer for Sacramento State (12-11, 7-8).
Dickson had 19 points and 10 rebounds for the Hornets, and Konner Veteto had 16 points and nine rebounds.
North Dakota shot just 34.5 percent, including 5 of 19 on 3-pointers. Sacramento State was even worse, shooting 33.3 percent and making just 1 of 10 from beyond the arc.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Sacramento State (12-11) | 23 | 25 | 48 |
| North Dakota (11-13) « | 23 | 26 | 49 |
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| Sacramento State Hornets | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Dickson, F | 33 | 6-15 | 7-8 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 19 |
| K. Veteto, C | 29 | 6-12 | 4-5 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 16 |
| D. Garrity, G | 38 | 1-8 | 0-0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 |
| J. Eberhard, G | 36 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| M. McKinney, G | 20 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Demalleville | 16 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| J. Carbajal | 10 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| C. Demps | 8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Quigley | 5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Salley | 5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 18-54 | 11-13 | 35 | 11 | 15 | 48 | |
| 33.3% | 84.6% | ||||||
| North Dakota Fighting Sioux | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| B. Brekke, F | 17 | 3-8 | 2-3 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| M. Wilmer, C | 17 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| T. Huff, G | 38 | 5-13 | 1-2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| A. Anderson, G | 32 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| J. Webb, G | 29 | 3-7 | 2-3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 8 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| S. Benton | 30 | 2-9 | 0-1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| L. Antwi | 22 | 3-6 | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| J. Allard | 15 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 19-55 | 6-12 | 43 | 11 | 16 | 49 | |
| 34.5% | 50% | ||||||
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