North Dakota State Bison @ Samford Bulldogs

Samford Thanksgiving Invitational

3-4, 1-3 Away

Final/OT

	1	2	OT	T
N Dakota St NDSU	44	41	13	98
Samford SAM	50	35	18	103

Samford BulldogsSamfordSAM

5-2, 4-0 Home

103

5-2, 4-0 Home

Game Information

Homewood, AL

Referee:Patrick Harwood

Referee:Eric Lowe

Referee:James Curran

NCAA Division I

Summit League	CONF	GB	OVR
North Dakota State	14-2	-	27-8
St. Thomas	12-4	2	24-10
North Dakota	10-6	4	18-17
South Dakota	8-8	6	16-16
Omaha	8-8	6	16-17
Denver	8-8	7	15-17
South Dakota State	7-9	7	14-18
Oral Roberts	4-12	10	10-23
Kansas City	1-15	13	4-27

Southern Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
East Tennessee State	13-5	-	23-11
Mercer	11-7	2	19-13
Wofford	11-7	2	19-13
Samford	11-7	2	18-14
Furman	10-8	3	22-13
Western Carolina	10-8	3	15-16
UNC Greensboro	9-9	4	15-19
Chattanooga	7-11	6	13-19
The Citadel	7-11	6	11-22
VMI	1-17	12	6-26

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