Tveidt, North Dakota State beat Centenary 82-70 Eds: APNewsNow. North Dakota State 82, Centenary 70.

Fargo, N.D. (AP) Michael Tveidt scored a career-high 29 points to pace North Dakota State to an 82-70 victory over Centenary on Thursday night.

Tveidt sank 13 of his 21 shots, including 3 of 5 3-pointers, to lead the Bison (5-7, 2-1 Summit League).

Austin Pennick added a career-best 12 points and Josh Vaughan and Eric Carlson 11 apiece for North Dakota State, which shot 48.5 percent.

Three players Roman Tubner, Daman Starring and Maxx Nakwaasah scored 14 points for the Gents (5-8, 1-2). Jerrald Bonham had 13 points and a team-high seven rebounds.

North Dakota State held a 38-31 rebounding edge and forced 14 turnovers while committing only eight.

Tveidt had 10 points during an 18-0 run midway through the second half as North Dakota State put the game out of reach.

Centenary went scoreless for more than 7 minutes and trailed 72-49 before Starring's layup ended the drought.

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