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Men’s Basketball Splits Road Trip at Oral Roberts and Denver – the Spectrum
February 15th at Oral Roberts
North Dakota State dominated against Oral Roberts on Thursday night 73-60 in the Mabee Center.
Andrew Morgan and Tajavis Miller both led the Bison with 18 points. Boden Skunberg added 14 points and Noah Fedderson got a season-high of 10 rebounds.
Oral Roberts was ahead for the first eight minutes of the game until Miller made a three, giving them the lead for the first time. After a couple of lead changes and the score tied at 28, Jacari White’s three-pointer and a pair of layups by Miller put NDSU up by seven with two minutes left of the half. The Bison had the advantage at halftime 38-30. NDSU then maintained their lead throughout the entire second half. Oral Roberts came within five points with 4:50 left, but then went scoreless and was 0-11 for four straight minutes. The Bison ended on a 10-2 run to end with the score of 73-60.
NDSU shot 42 percent from the field and 39 percent from behind the arc. Oral Roberts shot 34 percent from the field and 24 percent from the three. The Bison held the Golden Eagles to their lowest scoring performance in the Mabee Center this season with 60 points. They also matched its season-low for a D-1 opponent.
February 17th at Denver
North Dakota State headed to Denver two days later, falling to the Pioneers 77-71 after a 20-point come-back at the Hamilton Gymnasium.
Tajavis Miller led the Bison with 21 points, Jacari White added 13 points and a career-high of eight rebounds. Miller also started 5-for-5 at the three-point line.
The first half had multiple lead changes throughout, with neither team leading by over four points until the five-minute mark. NDSU then gained a greater lead in the remaining five minutes before halftime with the help of Miller making three three-pointers and two free throws. The Bison were in the lead by 10 at halftime with a score of 38-28. Boden Skunberg, Damari Wheeler-Thomas, and Miller all contributing threes, NDSU led Denver by 20 points with 16:09 left of the game 52-32. In the next 11 minutes, the Pioneers went on a 35-9 run, taking the lead for good and defeating NDSU 77-71. The Pioneers greatest lead in the game was six points,
The Bison went 45 percent from the field and 34 percent from the three. The Pioneers shot 54 percent from the field and 31 percent from the three. Denver also shot 62 percent in the
second half alone. Denver’s Tommy Bruner scored 41 points, 30 of which were made in the second half. Bruner is the nation’s leading scorer with averaging 25 points per game.
North Dakota State is now 13-14 overall and 6-6 in Summit League Play. They will be back at The Scheels Center this week hosting St. Thomas (Thursday, February 22nd) and North Dakota (Saturday, February 24th)
Denverites looking for a stellar cup of Joe don’t need to travel far to savor the flavor of excellent coffee.
That’s according to The World’s 100 Best Coffee Shops, a website that rates global hospitality establishments where coffee lovers can find better brew. The website recently announced its 2026 list of the best coffee shops in North America, Central America and the Caribbean and two local companies made the list.
Sweet Bloom Coffee Roasters came in at No. 43, while Queen City Collective Coffee ranked No. 61. Not bad for a list that includes must-hit destinations in places like Guatemala and Costa Rica, which are known for their exports of coffee beans.
The World’s 100 Best Coffee Shops decided the ranking through a mix of nominations and voting by both the public and experts. Places were evaluated based on the quality of coffee served, barista expertise, ambiance, sustainability practices, and innovation among other criteria, according to the website.
Sweet Bloom Coffee Roasters, which came on the scene in 2013, helped usher the so-called fourth wave of coffee locally, which focuses on honoring the beans’ agricultural roots and using techniques like pour-over to extract more flavor from each brew. The company started with a wholesale roastery and retail shop in Lakewood before expanding to Arvada through a merger with another company called Two Rivers, and later to Westminster. In 2022, Food and Wine magazine named Sweet Bloom’s Westminster locale the best coffee shop in Colorado.
Queen City Collective has certainly earned the popular vote among Mile High City coffee drinkers if the company’s expansion is an indication. Since opening its first retail location in 2018, in a spot shared with Novel Strand Brewing Co., Queen City has expanded to seven locations between Denver and surrounding suburbs, including Wheat Ridge and Aurora.
To see the full list of must-hit coffee shops across the globe, visit theworlds100bestcoffeeshops.com. For additional recommendations, check out our list of Colorado’s best coffee shops with picturesque patios and views.
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DENVER (KDVR) — With the mild winter and warm start to spring, beekeepers are seeing swarms earlier in the year and expect the season to be longer than usual.
Gregg McMahan is a dispatcher for the Colorado Swarm Hotline. It’s usually his job to send a beekeeper to collect a swarm when someone calls, but on Sunday afternoon, he decided to handle one himself.
“Nice little swarm,” McMahan said. “It’s tricky, though, because it’s hanging on a fence.”
A warm winter and spring mean swarm season has begun four weeks early.
“Never seen it like this ever,” McMahan said.
This call is to a house on Denver’s east side. When McMahan arrived, he saw a swarm had taken up residence on the fence.
“Absolutely typical, it is on the small side,” McMahan said.
He got to work, first luring them into a box when he spotted a good sign.
“See all these girls, they got their butts up, they’re fanning their wings. That’s telling us the queens in here,” McMahan said.
With the queen in hand, the rest began to follow her into the box.
McMahan said two years ago, he had 400 calls like this. Last year, only 100, the Swarm Hotline was as unpredictable as the weather, which has caused bee activity earlier in the year than ever.
“It makes it hard on the bees, you know? Two days ago, I’m collecting swarms in the snow,” McMahan said.
Rescuing them is integral to Colorado’s ecosystem. McMahan hopes people give a beekeeper a call instead of spraying them or harming them in any other way.
“They do a phenomenal amount of pollination within this state. Not only our native flowers but all the other flowers that people bring in,” McMahan said.
Slowly but surely, the swarm left the fence and moved into the box. McMahan loaded them into his truck to deliver them to their new home.
“Westminster to the Stanley Lake Wildlife Refuge, so these girls will have lakefront property tonight,” he said.
As he wrapped up, McMahan’s phone was buzzing more than the bees. Just another call to start a swarm season, he thinks, could be a long one.
“This year I’m already 20 swarms deep, so I’m expecting way more than 100 this year,” McMahan said.
To have a bee swarm removed for free from your property anywhere statewide, the Swarm Hotline number is 1-844-SPY-BEES.
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