MINOT, ND – Saturday’s scores:

 

High School Boys Basketball
Class B

 

CNDC Jamboree – Rugby
Harvey-Wells County def. Glenburn, 95-41
St. John def. TGU, 65-43
Dunseith def. New Rockford-Sheyenne, 70-53
North Prairie def. Rugby, 60-54

 

High School Girls Basketball
Class B
Bottineau def. Surrey, 64-27
St. John def. North Prairie, 50-49

 

High School Boys Hockey
Grafton-Park River def. Bottineau-Rugby, 8-2

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MINOT STATE MEN’S BASKETBALL

 

MINOT, N.D. (MSU) – The Minot State men’s basketball team got head coach Matt Murken his first win over former assistant Jack Nelson and now can celebrate Christmas with a smile. The Beavers got a 30-point showing from the bench on the way to an 82-76 victory against the Mary Marauders at home Saturday on Saturday as Murken moved to 1-3 in head-to-head matchup with Nelson. The Beavers (6-4 overall, 3-3 NSIC) had three players score in double figures, led by Khari Broadway who had 21 points. Cam’ron Dunfee tacked on 15 points and Jalen Cook helped out with 11 points off of the bench. After falling behind 24-18, Minot State went on a 7-0 run with 6:46 left in the first half, culminating in a bucket from Dunfee, to take a 25-24 lead. The Beavers then surrendered that lead and entered halftime down 35-34. Mary kept widening its lead after intermission, constructing a 52-50 advantage before Minot State went on a 7-0 run, finished off by Cook’s three, to seize a 57-52 lead with 8:50 to go in the contest. The Beavers kept expanding the margin and coasted the rest of the way for the 82-76 win. Minot State got a boost from its bench in the period, as non-starters accounted for 19 of its 48 total points. The Beavers are off until December 30th when they play at Minnesota-Crookston.

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MINOT STATE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

 

MINOT, N.D. (MSU) – The Minot State women’s basketball team took a 45-35 advantage into the fourth quarter but could not hang on and fell 59-54 to the Mary Marauders at home Saturday in NSIC action. The Beavers (5-7 overall, 1-5 NSIC) had two players score in double figures, led by Natasha Elliott, who had 16 points. Kate Head tacked on 13 points and three steals and Lorelei McIver added six points and nine rebounds. After falling behind 4-2, Minot State went on a 6-0 run with 8:35 left in the first quarter, culminating in a bucket from McIver, to take an 8-4 lead. The Beavers then lost some of that lead, but still entered the quarter-break with an 11-9 advantage. Minot State did most of its first-quarter damage in the paint, scoring eight of its 11 points close to the basket. Minot State built that first-quarter lead to 21-18 before going on a 6-0 run starting at the 3:06 mark in the second period, highlighted by a bucket from Mogen, to increase its lead to 27-18. The Beavers kept that lead for the remainder of the period and enjoyed a 30-21 advantage heading into halftime. Minot State forced six Mary turnovers in the period and turned them into nine points. Minot State wasted no time building on its lead, going on a 5-0 run, punctuated by a basket from McIver, to expand its lead further to 35-21 with 7:28 to go in the third. Before the conclusion of the third period, the Marauders had cut into that lead somewhat, but the Beavers still entered the fourth quarter with a 45-35 edge. Minot State took advantage of seven Mary turnovers in the quarter, scoring nine points off of takeaways. Mary then erased the Minot State lead in the game’s final quarter for a 59-54 comeback victory. Minot State pulled down four offensive rebounds to score two second-chance points out of nine total in the period. The Beavers are off until December 30th when they play at Minnesota-Crookston.

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MINOT STATE MEN’S HOCKEY

 

MINOT, N.D. (MSU) – Ranked No. 1 in the nation, the Minot State men’s hockey team is still looking to improve as head coach Wyatt Waselenchuk is pleased to introduce the addition of a star two-way defender to an already potent lineup. Coach Waselenchuk announced this week that 6-foot-1 defenseman Logan Rands from Portage La Prairie, Manitoba has signed a National Letter-of-Intent and will join the team as a mid-season addition. Rands will be available to hit the ice for the Beavers (15-1-0 overall) when they next play at Midland (Neb.) on Jan. 6-7. The 175-pound defender from Manitoba played four seasons with the Virden Oil Capitals of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League, playing in 167 regular-season games with 13 goals and 85 assists, and in 16 playoff games with two goals and five assists. Rands also finished sixth in scoring by defensemen in the MJHL during the 2021-22 season (8 goals, 30 assists in 53 games). He also played in 20 games with the Cowichan Valley Capitals of the British Columbia Hockey League, scoring a goal and adding five assists during the COVID-shortened 2020-21 season.

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VIKINGS-COLTS

 

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings completed the biggest comeback in NFL history, erasing a 33-point deficit by beating the Indianapolis Colts 39-36 on Greg Joseph’s 40-yard field goal with three seconds left in overtime Saturday to win the NFC North division in their typical dramatic fashion. Kirk Cousins passed for 460 yards and four touchdowns to lead the Vikings (11-3), who trailed 36-7 late in the third quarter and became just the third team in league history to win 10 games in a season by eight points or fewer. The Colts (4-9-1) stumbled onto the infamous side of the list, just ahead of the Houston Oilers in the 1992 postseason. They blew a 32-point lead (35-3) and lost to Buffalo (41-38) in overtime. According to Sportradar data, the Vikings became only the second team in 1,551 regular-season or playoff games since 1930 that a team trailed by 30 or more points in and won. The Vikings took this rally all the way to their second possession of overtime. Cousins hit K.J. Osborn — who caught the first score and had a career-high 157 yards — for 15 yards. He found Adam Thielen — who had the second of three fourth-quarter touchdown passes — for 21 yards. Then he threw to Justin Jefferson for 13 yards to move into range. Ifeadi Odenigbo was called for delay of game for lying on Jefferson to try to keep the Vikings from setting up for the kick, putting Joseph 5 yards closer for the winner.