N Dakota St lands 6-8 center Eds: APNewsNow.

Fargo, N.D. (AP) A 6-foot-8, 210-pound center from Minnesota says he plans to play Basketball at North Dakota State.

Marshall Bjorklund averAged 21 points and 15 rebounds for Sibley East (Minn.) High School as a junior last season. He says NDSU's Agricultural program helped him choose the school.

Bjorklund is expected to officially sign a national letter of intent in November.

His sister, Tera, was an All-American center at Colorado who went on to play in the WNBA for the Colorado Sting in 2004.

Sibley East is in Arlington, Minn., north of Mankato. The team had a 21-5 record last year.

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