GRAND FORKS, N.D. (USD) — South Dakota basketball fell on the road Saturday afternoon 96-80 to North Dakota Saturday at the Betty Engelstad Sioux Center. 

Jordan Crawford put together one of his best performances in a Coyote jersey with 24 points on 8-of-12 shooting and knocked down 6-of-8 attempts from beyond the arc. He also dished out four assists and had three rebounds. Cameron Fens recorded his third straight double-double, and fourth game in a row with 11+ rebounds, with 13 points and 14 boards. 

Isaac Bruns had 21 on the day, his fourth straight game with 20+ points, and had four rebounds. Uzziah Buntyn added eight points and four assists, while Silas Bennion had 10 points and three helpers. 

North Dakota recorded a 54.8 shooting percentage, was 12-of-26 from deep but just 4-for-7 from the free throw line, while USD shot 47.2% from the field, 10-of-22 from beyond the arc and 20-for-24 from the charity stripe. UND held the edge in offensive rebounds (13-7), points in the paint (50-28) and had fewer turnovers (6-13).

North Dakota shot 57.1% in the first half, as they held the lead for the majority of the opening 20 minutes. The Coyotes held a 43.3 shooting percentage but knocked down all nine attempts from the free throw line to stay within eight at the intermission. The Fighting Hawks grabbed their largest lead late in the half, 47-32 with 2:16 remaining before the Yotes answered with an 8-0 run to cut the deficit back to single digits. UND closed the half with a layup under 10 seconds to take the eight-point lead into the locker room. 

Bennion, in just his fourth game as a Coyote, continues to get more comfortable in the South Dakota system, as he scored 10 points on 3-of-3 shooting with one triple in the first half. Bruns led the way with 12 in the first half for USD. Greyson Uelmen and Eli King had the hot hands for the Hawks with a combined 29 points on 11-of-18 shooting. 

Fens and Bruns scored the first 10 points of the second half for the Yotes, but North Dakota expanded its lead to 68-51 over the first nine minutes of play. Crawford caught fire in the second frame with 16 points on 5-of-5 shooting with four treys, but the Fighting Hawks held off the USD comeback attempts on their way to a 96-80 win. 

The Coyotes will hit the road for their next two games starting this Saturday against North Dakota in Grand Forks, North Dakota.  

Notes

• South Dakota improves to 10-10 on the season, 2-3 in the conference and 0-8 on the road
• Jordan Crawford set a new career high with six made 3-pointers and hit the 20-point mark for the second time this season with 24 today
• Cameron Fens notched his third straight double-double and fourth game in a row with 10+ rebounds
• It was Fens’ sixth double-double of the season 
• Isaac Bruns poured in his fourth straight 20+ point game, his 12^th of the season
• The Yotes have made 8+ 3-pointers in seven straight games
   

BISMARCK, N.D. (KFYR) – North Dakota State University and the Gateway to Science have partnered to expand science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education.

Kindergarteners to high school seniors will have STEM opportunities.

The expanded program will use the Gateway to Science’s On The Go mobile outreach program and NDSU’s academic resources to deliver STEM experiences statewide, with a focus on rural and underserved schools.

Engineering and precision agriculture kits are the focus for the program.

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a long-awaited library is rising over north dakota’s badlands

Snøhetta has released new footage documenting construction progress at the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in Medora, North Dakota. The video captures the building as it rises along the northeast edge of a butte bordering Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Here, the building’s rammed earth walls and living green roof begin to define the project’s presence within the vast and scenic Badlands.

Set across 93 acres, the site remains legible throughout construction. The camera follows graded footpaths leading toward the slowly sloping roof plane, which appears as a continuation of the land rather than a separate object dropped onto it. The building’s relationship with the landscape will be more than just formal as it is designed to be regenerative and self-sufficient, aiming toward carbon neutrality. See more visualizations of the project from its 2020 unveiling here!

Still under construction, the library is set to open on for the 250th anniversary of the United States, July 4th, 2026.

construction advances along the butte overlooking Theodore Roosevelt National Park | visualization courtesy Snøhetta

snøhetta’s living roof of native landscaping

Snøhetta‘s newly unveiled video offers a closer look at the living green roof, a central component of the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library. Layers of reused on-site soil are already being positioned to support a Native Plant Project developed with Resource Environmental Solutions and North Dakota State University. More than sixty native species will eventually occupy this surface, reconstructing a prairie ecology of grasses, sedges, forbs, and shrubs that once defined the region.

From an architectural perspective, the roof reads as both structure and landscape. Its thickness and gentle curvature suggest insulation, water management, and plantings working together. Construction activity reveals how the roof mediates between interior spaces and the long views across the Badlands.

Snøhetta’s latest footage reveals the library emerging from graded terrain | image courtesy Snøhetta

inside the self-sufficient structure

Inside, Snøhetta’s video shows the emerging scale of the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library’s galleries and circulation spaces. Structural bays frame future exhibition zones designed for immersive storytelling and digital archives, with careful attention to sound control, light modulation, and climate stability for artifacts.

The project’s regenerative ambitions include passive strategies and low-carbon materials which point toward targets of zero energy, zero emissions, zero water, and zero waste. At this phase, the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library reads as a building assembled through systems that support long-term performance and seasonal use, shaped by the environmental pressures of the North Dakota plains and guided by a measured architectural logic.

native prairie plant systems are prepared as part of the roof assembly | image courtesy Snøhetta

the project’s regenerative ambitions include passive strategies and low-carbon materials | image courtesy Snøhetta

project info:

name: Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library 

architect: Snøhetta | @snohetta

location: Medora, North Dakota, USA

client: Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library Foundation (TRPLF) | @trlibrary

completion: expected July 4th, 2026

photography, video: courtesy Snøhetta