{"id":289504,"date":"2024-12-26T08:47:59","date_gmt":"2024-12-26T14:47:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=289504"},"modified":"2024-12-26T08:48:00","modified_gmt":"2024-12-26T14:48:00","slug":"grinde-grayson-named-nsaa-players-of-the-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=289504","title":{"rendered":"Grinde & Grayson named NSAA Players-Of-The-Week"},"content":{"rendered":"
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BISMARCK, N.D.<\/strong> \u2013 The North Star Athletic Association announced their eighth edition of the 2024-25 Men’s Basketball Players-of-the-Week Monday.  Valley City State (N.D.) swept the weekly honors as Lamar Grayson<\/a><\/dfn> was named as the Offense Player-of-the-Week, while his teammate Caden Grinde<\/a><\/dfn> was selected as the Defense Player-of-the-Week.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

North Star Athletic Association Men’s Basketball Player-of-the-Week \u2013 Offense<\/strong>
Lamar Grayson<\/a><\/dfn> \u2013 Valley City State (N.D.) \u2013 6’0″ \u2013 Senior \u2013 guard \u2013 Richfield, Minn.<\/strong> \u2013 Garyson scored 19 points on his 6-of-13 field goals and converted 7-of-8 free-throws in helping Valley City State (N.D.) defeat Mount Marty (S.D.) 76-66 on the road.  He also grabbed two offensive rebounds and dished out two assists in the game in VCSU’s lone game of the week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

North Star Athletic Association Men’s Basketball Player-of-the-Week \u2013 Defense<\/strong>
Caden Grinde<\/a><\/dfn> \u2013 Valley City State (N.D.) \u2013 6’4″ \u2013 Junior \u2013 guard \u2013 Spring Grove, Minn.<\/strong> \u2013 Grinde stole the ball five times in helping Valley City State (N.D.) defeat Mount Marty (S.D.) 76-66 on the road.  He also registered two blocks and grabbed three defensive rebounds in the game in Vikings’ lone contest for the week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recap from last week’s games<\/strong>
Valley City State (N.D.)<\/strong> held on to defeat Mount Marty (S.D.) 76-66 on the road on Dec. 20.  The Vikings raised their overall record to 10-4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jamestown (N.D.) earned their season series sweep of NCAA Division II Northern State (S.D.), winning on the road on Dec 16 by the score of 77-62.  The Jimmies improved their overall record to 5-8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bellevue (Neb.) earned their 73-63 home victory over former North Star Athletic Association member Waldorf (Iowa) on Dec. 18.  The Bruins lifted their overall record to 8-5.
Dickinson State (N.D.) improved to 6-5 overall record as they defeated Midland (Neb.) 86-72 at home on Dec. 19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mayville State (N.D.) and Dakota State (S.D.) were idle last week.  The Comets are 10-3 overall record, while the Trojans are 7-7 overall record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

L<\/strong>ooking Ahead This Week<\/strong>
The teams return to action after Christmas break this weekend.  Dickinson State (N.D.) plays a pair of games in the Rocky Mountain (Mont.) Classic, facing Providence (Mont.) on Saturday and host-team (RV) Rocky Mountain on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bellevue (Neb.) continues their home stand as they host their own home tournament.  Mayville State (N.D.) will also be in the tournament.  Both teams will face Haskell (Kan.) and No. 14 ranked Morningside (Iowa) on Sunday and next Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jamestown (N.D.) travels to Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) on Sunday for a non-conference game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dakota State (S.D.) remains idle until Jan. 4 as they return to North Star conference action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday’s Game<\/strong>
Green and Gold Classic \u2013 Billings, Mont.
                        <\/em>Dickinson State (N.D.) vs. Providence (Mont.) \u2013 4 p.m. (CT)\/3 p.m. (MT)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunday’s Games<\/strong>
            Jamestown (N.D.) @ Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) \u2013 2 p.m.
Four Points by Sheraton Bruin Classic \u2013 Bellevue, Neb.
                        <\/em>Mayville State (N.D.) vs. (14) Morningside (Iowa) \u2013 2:30 p.m.
                        Haskell (Kan.) @ Bellevue (Neb.) \u2013 7 p.m.
Green and Gold Classic \u2013 Billings, Mont.
                        <\/em>Dickinson State (N.D.) @ (RV) Rocky Mountain (Mont.) \u2013 8 p.m. (CT)\/7 p.m. (MT)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            Monday’s (Dec. 30) Games<\/strong>
Four Points by Sheraton Bruin Classic \u2013 Bellevue, Neb.
                        <\/em>Mayville State (N.D.) vs. Haskell (Kan.) \u2013 2:30 p.m.
                        (14) Morningside (Iowa) @ Bellevue (Neb.) \u2013 7 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NSAA Men’s Basketball Conference Standings<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

School<\/strong><\/td>Overall<\/strong>
Record<\/strong><\/td>		NSAA<\/strong>
Record<\/strong><\/td>		Games<\/strong>
Behind<\/strong><\/td>		Streak<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Mayville State (N.D.)<\/td>10-3<\/td>2-0<\/td>—-<\/td>Won 8<\/td><\/tr>
Dickinson State (N.D.)<\/td>6-5<\/td>1-0<\/td>0.5<\/td>Won 3<\/td><\/tr>
Bellevue (Neb.)<\/td>8-5<\/td>1-1<\/td>1.0<\/td>Won 2<\/td><\/tr>
Valley City State (N.D.)<\/strong><\/td>10-4<\/td>1-1<\/td>1.0<\/td>Won 2<\/td><\/tr>
Jamestown (N.D.)<\/td>5-8<\/td>0-1<\/td>1.5<\/td>Won 1<\/td><\/tr>
Dakota State (S.D.)<\/td>7-7<\/td>0-2<\/td>2.0<\/td>Lost 3<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BISMARCK, N.D. \u2013 The North Star Athletic Association announced their eighth edition of the 2024-25 Men’s Basketball Players-of-the-Week Monday.  Valley City State (N.D.) swept the weekly honors as Lamar Grayson was named as the Offense Player-of-the-Week, while his teammate Caden Grinde was selected as the Defense Player-of-the-Week.   North Star Athletic Association Men’s Basketball Player-of-the-Week […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":289505,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-289504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=289504"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289504\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":289506,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289504\/revisions\/289506"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/289505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=289504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=289504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=289504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}