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Michael Tveidt
# 23
Forward - F
Height: 6-7  Weight: 210
Sophomore
Previous Affiliations
   T.F. Riggs HS   (Terry Becker)
Previous Experience
  
Pierre, S.D.
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Courtesy: NDSU Athletic Media Relations
Release: 10/30/2009

2008-09 Season (Sophomore): Made all 33 starts and played 26.5 minutes per game...Averaged 9.8 points and 3.3 rebounds...Led the Bison with a .560 field-goal percentage...Tied two school shooting percentage records with a 9-for-9 night in the home win over Northern Arizona, making all five of his 3-pointers and finishing with a season-high 23 points...Scored in double figures 17 times...Clicked for a game-high 21 points against Oakland in the Summit League championship, where he made 8 of 11 field goals including 4 of 4 from the arc...Had 11 points and five rebounds in the NCAA first round loss to Kansas...Named to the Summit League Winter/Spring All-Academic Team and Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence...Joined the NDSU track and field team in May and earned All-Summit League honors with a third-place high jump of 6 feet, 8 3/4 inches...NDSU was second in the team standings.

2007-08 Season (Freshman): Played in all 29 games and made 14 starts...Was in the starting lineup for his collegiate debut at Florida, where he played 35 minutes, shot 6-for-10 and finished with 12 points and eight rebounds...Scored a season-high 16 points in the home rout of South Dakota State...Had 14 points by the midway point of the first half plus two steals that led to baskets on a 15-0 Bison run...Staked the Bison to a 33-11 lead at the 9:36 mark of the first half when he swished his third and fourth 3-pointers on consecutive possessions...He was 1-for-16 from the arc in the previous 19 games...Scored 10 points in the next outing at Oakland for his only back-to-back double figure scoring games...Reached double digits in seven contests...Averaged 6.4 points and 2.9 rebounds per game...Named to the Summit League Winter/Spring All-Academic Team...Joined the NDSU men’s track and field team for one outdoor meet...Cleared 6 feet, 8 inches for third place in the high jump at the Howard Wood Dakota Relays in Sioux Falls, S.D.

2006-07 Season (Redshirt): Sat out the season as a redshirt in the Bison program...Played 16 minutes in exhibition action against Minnesota State Moorhead...Grabbed three rebounds but shot 0-for-5 from the field.

High School: Played for coach Terry Becker at T.F. Riggs High School in Pierre...Graduated in 2006...Three-time all-state selection in both basketball and football...Made the all-state tournament team in basketball his junior and senior years...Also competed in track and field, where he set school records in the high jump, medley relay and 1,600-meter relay...Helped his team to a state track championship his senior year and placed second in the state basketball tourney.

Personal: Majoring in public relations and management...Born Dec. 10, 1987...Son of Kevin and Connie Tveidt of Pierre, S.D...Family includes a brother, Jerry, and a sister, Stephanie.

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