SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- After 0-2 starts, both North Dakota State and South Dakota have reeled off three straight victories as teams start to find a rhythm following the second week of the season. The Bison have gotten a boost from the return of guard Damari Wheeler-Thomas, who missed all of last season with an injury.

Wheeler-Thomas poured in a season-high 24 points in a 92-85 win over Southern Illinois that moved the Bison over the .500 mark on the season.

The Coyotes have been rolling thanks to the strong guard player of Shey Eberwein and Uzziah Bunty as they picked up home wins over Southern Indiana and Western Michigan last week. USD tops all Summit teams in scoring at 89.6 ppg, which is a category they led in a year ago as well.

With the Thanksgiving Holiday looming, teams are starting to see multi-team events pop up on the schedule as North Dakota, Omaha, Oral Roberts, St. Thomas and South Dakota State all have one coming up on their respective schedules.

AROUND THE LEAGUE
• NDSU has rattled off three straight wins with the latest being a 92-85 home triumph over Southern Illinois. Damari Wheeler-Thomas led all scorers with a season-high 24 points on 9-of-13 shooting from the field.
• St. Thomas sophomore and Preseason Player of the Year Nolan Minessale has opened the campaign with five straight 20-plus point scoring games and leads all Summit scores with a 21.6 ppg clip. 
• Minessale, who earned his first career Kwik Star weekly award, and the Tommies are shooting 50 percent as a team from the floor through a 3-2 start. Minessale is pacing UST with a 55.7 percent clip.
• Carson Johnson scored a Summit-best 29 points in Denver’s 84-79 loss to UTSA at home Saturday. Johnson scored 15 straight to open the second half on 5-of-5 shooting from the field.
• Johnson (18.8 ppg) and teammate Jeremiah Burke (20.5 ppg) are the highest-scoring duo in the league through the opening two weeks. Burke matched his season-high with 23 points against the Roadrunners and has three 20-plus point scoring games in his first season with DU.
• North Dakota’s Greyson Uelman hit the game-winning layup in the waning seconds of a 76-74 road win at UC Riverside. The redshirt freshman tallied a game-high 18 points and has reached double figures in three straight.
• The Fighting Hawks have five players averaging double figures with Uelman leading that quintet with a 13.6 ppg clip. 
• Kansas City’s CJ Evans led the Roos with 17 in a 71-55 loss at (RV/RV) Texas last Saturday. He went 7-for-13 from the field and is shooting a team-best 53.8 percent from the field.
• Evans also tops the Roos with a 15.3 ppg scoring average in his first season for head coach Marvin Menzies.
• Tony Osburn helped Omaha snap a season-opening, three-game losing streak by erupting for a season-high 27 points in a 90-85 home win over Southern Utah.
• On a night the Mavericks unveiled their 2025 Summit League regular season and tournament banners at Baxter Arena, Osburn  
• Grant Stubblefied had one of his best games as a Maverick, scoring 15 points to go with five rebounds and a career-high six assists. He also added a career-high six steals in the victory.
• South Dakota has also reeled off three straight wins after an 0-2 start to the campaign. Redshirt sophomore Shey Eberwein averaged 14.5 ppg in wins over Southern Indiana and Western Michigan. 
• He dropped a career-high 18 against the Screaming Eagles as the Coyotes continue to pace all Summit squads in scoring at 89.6 ppg.
• Uzziah Buntyn led USD with 19 off the bench in the 83-78 win over the Broncos that saw the Coyotes close the game on a 13-0 run over the final 4:32.
• South Dakota State split a pair of contests last week, succumbing late to a (RV/RV) Oregon squad 83-69 before trouncing Peru State 94-46 in a home tilt Monday.
• Joe Sayler and Luke Haertle paced the Jacks with 14 a piece against the Ducks. Haertle’s output came off the bench as he went 5-for-10 from the field and shared the team lead in boards with six.
• Trey Buchanan poured in a career-high 24 points against Peru State after combining for just five points in his first four appearances for the Jacks. Buchanan drilled five triples in the win over the Bobcats.
• After back-to-back home losses to Tulsa and Belmont, Oral Roberts got back on track with an 84-64 win over Haskell Tuesday. 
• Luke Gray (14p-12r) and Yuto Yamanouchi-Williams (10p-11r) each had double-doubles in the win for the Golden Eagles.
• The Golden Eagles play at Oklahoma Thursday before heading to the Florida gulf coast for the GEICO Coconut Hoops multi-team event next week.   

UPCOMING
Game | Stream/TV | Local Time
Wednesday, Nov. 19
Concordia (Neb.) at Omaha | SLN | 7 p.m.
North Dakota at Creighton | ESPN+ | 7 p.m.
Jamestown at NDSU | SLN | 7 p.m.
Kansas City at TCU | ESPN+ | 7 p.m.

Thursday, Nov. 20
Oral Roberts at Oklahoma | SECN+ | 7 p.m.
South Dakota at Missouri | SECN+ | 7 p.m.

Friday, Nov. 21
St. Thomas vs. Northern Colorado | ESPN+ | 4:30 p.m.
    (Portland Invitational; Portland, Ore.)
Omaha at LSU | SECN+ | 7 p.m.
Georgia State at SDSU | SLN | 7 p.m.
    (Cancun Challenge; Brookings, S.D.)
Denver at Colorado State | MWN | 7 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 22
St. Thomas at Cal State Fullerton | ESPN+ | 2:30 p.m.
    (Portland Invitational; Portland, Ore.)
Coastal Carolina vs. North Dakota | ESPN+ | 6 p.m.
    (WIU MTE; Macomb, Ill.)

Sunday, Nov. 23
South Carolina State at South Dakota | SLN/MS | 1 p.m.
St. Thomas at Portland | ESPN+ | 1 p.m.
    (Portland Invitational; Portland, Ore.)
North Dakota at Western Illinois | ESPN+ | 6 p.m.
    (WIU MTE; Macomb, Ill.)

Monday, Nov. 24
Kansas City at Lindenwood | ESPN+ | 6 p.m.
Oral Roberts at FGCU | FLO | 7 p.m. 
    (GEICO Coconut Hoops; Fort Myers, Fla.)
Denver at Arizona | CBSSN | 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Nov. 25
James Madison vs. Omaha | ESPN+ | 6 p.m. 
    (FIU MTE; Miami, Fla.)
Oral Roberts vs. Kennesaw State | FLO | 4:30 p.m.
    (GEICO Coconut Hoops; Fort Myers, Fla.)
Utah Valley vs. SDSU | FLO | 6 p.m.
    (Cancun Challenge; Cancun, Mexico)

Key: ACCNX (ACC Network Xtra), BTN (Big Ten Network), CBSSN (CBS Sports Network), ESPN+ (ESPN Plus), F68 (Field of 68 YouTube), FLO (FloSports), FOX9+ (Fox 9 Minneapolis), MS (MidcoSports), PC (Peacock), SECN+ (SEC Network Plus), SLN (Summit League Network)

Polls: AP/Coaches

RESULTS
Wednesday, Nov. 12
NDSU 111, St. Scholastica 38
South Dakota 89, Southern Indiana 74
Tulsa 88, Oral Roberts 87
(RV/RV) Oregon 83, SDSU 69

Thursday, Nov. 13
St. Thomas 80, Green Bay 61

Saturday, Nov. 15
Omaha 90, Southern Utah 85
(RV/RV) Texas 71, Kansas City 55
UTSA 84, Denver 79
North Dakota 76, UC Riverside 74
Belmont 83, Oral Roberts 60
St. Thomas 84, SEMO 72

Sunday, Nov. 16
South Dakota 83, Western Michigan 78

Monday, Nov. 17
SDSU 94, Peru State 46
NDSU 92, Southern Illinois 95

Tuesday, Nov. 18
Oral Roberts 84, Haskell 64

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