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2008-09 Men's Basketball Roster

10 Ben Woodside

  • Position Guard
  • Height 5-11
  • Weight 185
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Albert Lea, Minn.
  • High School Albert Lea HS

Biography

2007-08 Season (Junior): First-team All-Summit League...Named to the Summit League Winter/Spring All-Academic Team and Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence...Started all 29 games to run his consecutive starts streak to 85...The Summit League’s second overall leading scorer with 20.7 points per game and third in assists with 5.14 per game...In the league-only stats, he ranked fourth in scoring (18.3 ppg) and second in assists (5.11 apg)...Summit League Player of the Week on Nov. 26 following first back-to-back 30-point games...His 39 points at Tennessee Tech tied for 10th most in a single game in school history...Followed that with 31 in a loss at Wisconsin-Green Bay...Summit League Men’s Athlete of the Month for November after leading the Bison in scoring in five of the first seven games...NDSU’s top scorer in 18 games overall...All-tournament at the Cal Golden Bear Classic, where he torched Bucknell for 31 points...Led the league with sixteen 20-point games...Went over 1,000 career points in the third game of the season with 31 against Minot State...Got his first collegiate double-double with a career-high 10 assists in that contest...Finished the season sixth on the NDSU career scoring list (1,549) and second on the career free-throws made list (456) just nine shy of tying the record...Made 16 of 19 free throws in the home win over UMKC, one short of the school single-game record for free throws made...Finished the season making 171 of 206 free throws, the second most free throw makes and sixth most attempts in NDSU single-season history...Drained six 3-pointers against IUPUI, one shy of the school single-game record.

2006-07 Season (Sophomore): One of three Bison players to earn first team Division I all-independent honors...Ranked third in the independent stats with 16.4 points per game, second in assists with 5.1 per game, and fifth in free-throw percentage (.822)...Started all 28 contests...Scored in double-figures 22 times, including a season-high 31 points at home in a two-point loss to Kansas State...Made 12 of 15 foul shots against K-State and was a perfect 12-for-12 in the home win over South Dakota State...NDSU’s leading scorer in 10 games...Ten games of 20 or more points.

2005-06 Season (Freshman): Started all 28 games for North Dakota State and averaged 34.4 minutes...NDSU’s leading scorer in 14 games...Strung together nine straight double-digit scoring games after the regular-season opener and had 23 total...Eleven 20-plus scoring efforts and five straight at one point...Hit 11 of 13 foul shots, including his last 10 in a row and 8 of 8 in the last 2:22 to carry the Bison past Wisconsin...Finished with a game-high 24 points...Hit 15 of 22 foul shots for a game- and season-high 32 points at Idaho State...Had 23 second-half points and finished with a game-high 27 in the win over Eastern Michigan...Tied a school record for free-throw percentage when he made 14 of 14 and scored a game-high 26 points at Colorado State...His 160 free throws made ranked third in school single-season history, and his 201 attempts ranked seventh...Division I independent Player of the Week twice (12/6 and 1/24)...Independent all-academic team...Independent Newcomer of the Year by a vote of coaches and SIDs...Independent MVP by CollegeInsider.com...Independent Freshman of the Year by CBS Sportsline.com.

2004-05 Season (Redshirt): Sat out the entire season as a redshirt in the Bison program.

High School: Played at Albert Lea High School under coach Matt Addington...Graduated in 2004...Minnesota "Mr. Basketball" award candidate...Class 3A Player of the Year...Team captain and MVP for three seasons...Set school career records for points, assists and steals...Recorded three historical marks in one game, breaking the school records for points in a game (41), points in a season, and the all-time career scoring mark...Three-time all-conference selection and first-team all-state as a senior.

Personal: Majoring in business management... Son of Paul and Robbi Woodside of Albert Lea, Minn...Family includes a sister, Bryn...Played with teammate Brett Winkelman on an Athletes In Action team last July at the Jones Cup in Taiwan...The U.S. team went 7-2 with opening game and championship game overtime losses to Jordan...Scored 26 points in a seven-point win over Qatar in the semifinals...Averaged 14.7 points, 3.7 assists, 2.7 rebounds and 24.2 minutes in nine games.

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Historical Player Information

  • 10

    2004-05Freshman

    Guard
    5'11" 168 lbs
    10
  • 10

    2005-06Redshirt Freshman

    Guard
    5'11" 185 lbs
    10
  • 10

    2006-07Sophomore

    Guard
    5'11" 188 lbs
    10
  • 10

    2007-08Junior

    Guard
    5'11" 189 lbs
    10
  • 10

    2008-09Senior

    Guard
    5'11" 185 lbs
    10