Connor Avants and Marlon Stewart each scored a game-high 21 points to lead the University of North Dakota men’s basketball team to a 71-65 Summit League win over Western Illinois University on Saturday afternoon in Betty Engelstad Sioux Center. Cortez Seales’ three-pointer with 13.5 seconds left in the game sealed the win for UND. Avants, who was 7-of-11 shooting from the field, has now scored at least 20 points in three of the last four games. Stewart’s 21 points was a season-high. He also had three assists, three rebounds and three steals. Flip Rebraca chipped in 10 points for the Fighting Hawks (8-10 overall, 2-3 Summit). The Leathernecks were led by Brandon Gilbeck, who scored 14 points and added eight rebounds and two blocks. UND returns to action Wednesday, when it hosts South Dakota State University. (Check out more photos from Russ Hons here.)
January 12, 2019: a NCAA basketball game between the Western Illinois Fighting Leathernecks and the University of North Dakota Fighting Hawks at Betty Engelstad Sioux Center in Grand Forks, ND. UND won 71-65. Photo by Russell Hons
January 12, 2019: a NCAA basketball game between the Western Illinois Fighting Leathernecks and the University of North Dakota Fighting Hawks at Betty Engelstad Sioux Center in Grand Forks, ND. UND won 71-65. Photo by Russell Hons
(c)Russell Hons
January 12, 2019: a NCAA basketball game between the Western Illinois Fighting Leathernecks and the University of North Dakota Fighting Hawks at Betty Engelstad Sioux Center in Grand Forks, ND. UND won 71-65. Photo by Russell Hons
(c)Russell Hons
(c)Russell Hons
January 12, 2019: a NCAA basketball game between the Western Illinois Fighting Leathernecks and the University of North Dakota Fighting Hawks at Betty Engelstad Sioux Center in Grand Forks, ND. UND won 71-65. Photo by Russell Hons
January 12, 2019: a NCAA basketball game between the Western Illinois Fighting Leathernecks and the University of North Dakota Fighting Hawks at Betty Engelstad Sioux Center in Grand Forks, ND. UND won 71-65. Photo by Russell Hons
January 12, 2019: a NCAA basketball game between the Western Illinois Fighting Leathernecks and the University of North Dakota Fighting Hawks at Betty Engelstad Sioux Center in Grand Forks, ND. UND won 71-65. Photo by Russell Hons
January 12, 2019: a NCAA basketball game between the Western Illinois Fighting Leathernecks and the University of North Dakota Fighting Hawks at Betty Engelstad Sioux Center in Grand Forks, ND. UND won 71-65. Photo by Russell Hons
January 12, 2019: a NCAA basketball game between the Western Illinois Fighting Leathernecks and the University of North Dakota Fighting Hawks at Betty Engelstad Sioux Center in Grand Forks, ND. UND won 71-65. Photo by Russell Hons
(c)Russell Hons
(c)Russell Hons
(c)Russell Hons
(c)Russell Hons
(c)Russell Hons
January 12, 2019: a NCAA basketball game between the Western Illinois Fighting Leathernecks and the University of North Dakota Fighting Hawks at Betty Engelstad Sioux Center in Grand Forks, ND. UND won 71-65. Photo by Russell Hons
(c)Russell Hons
(c)Russell Hons
January 12, 2019: a NCAA basketball game between the Western Illinois Fighting Leathernecks and the University of North Dakota Fighting Hawks at Betty Engelstad Sioux Center in Grand Forks, ND. UND won 71-65. Photo by Russell Hons
(c)Russell Hons
(c)Russell Hons
(c)Russell Hons
January 12, 2019: a NCAA basketball game between the Western Illinois Fighting Leathernecks and the University of North Dakota Fighting Hawks at Betty Engelstad Sioux Center in Grand Forks, ND. UND won 71-65. Photo by Russell Hons
(c)Russell Hons
(c)Russell Hons
(c)Russell Hons
(c)Russell Hons
(c)Russell Hons
January 12, 2019: a NCAA basketball game between the Western Illinois Fighting Leathernecks and the University of North Dakota Fighting Hawks at Betty Engelstad Sioux Center in Grand Forks, ND. UND won 71-65. Photo by Russell Hons
January 12, 2019: a NCAA basketball game between the Western Illinois Fighting Leathernecks and the University of North Dakota Fighting Hawks at Betty Engelstad Sioux Center in Grand Forks, ND. UND won 71-65. Photo by Russell Hons
January 12, 2019: a NCAA basketball game between the Western Illinois Fighting Leathernecks and the University of North Dakota Fighting Hawks at Betty Engelstad Sioux Center in Grand Forks, ND. UND won 71-65. Photo by Russell Hons
(c)Russell Hons
January 12, 2019: a NCAA basketball game between the Western Illinois Fighting Leathernecks and the University of North Dakota Fighting Hawks at Betty Engelstad Sioux Center in Grand Forks, ND. UND won 71-65. Photo by Russell Hons
January 12, 2019: a NCAA basketball game between the Western Illinois Fighting Leathernecks and the University of North Dakota Fighting Hawks at Betty Engelstad Sioux Center in Grand Forks, ND. UND won 71-65. Photo by Russell Hons
January 12, 2019: a NCAA basketball game between the Western Illinois Fighting Leathernecks and the University of North Dakota Fighting Hawks at Betty Engelstad Sioux Center in Grand Forks, ND. UND won 71-65. Photo by Russell Hons
January 12, 2019: a NCAA basketball game between the Western Illinois Fighting Leathernecks and the University of North Dakota Fighting Hawks at Betty Engelstad Sioux Center in Grand Forks, ND. UND won 71-65. Photo by Russell Hons
January 12, 2019: a NCAA basketball game between the Western Illinois Fighting Leathernecks and the University of North Dakota Fighting Hawks at Betty Engelstad Sioux Center in Grand Forks, ND. UND won 71-65. Photo by Russell Hons
(c)Russell Hons
