OMAHA, Neb. - The Mavericks keep on winning at home as they came back to beat North Dakota State in a thrilling 96-92 overtime win on Saturday.

Omaha moves into first place in the Summit League at 10-9 overall and 3-1 in league play. These 10 wins are the most the Mavericks have had in a season since winning 16 in 2019-20. As for the Bison, they have now lost six of their last seven to end the week at 8-10 on the year and 1-2 in the conference.

Leaders for Omaha 
Frankie Fidler had another electric night as he again led the Mavericks with a season-high 34 points and 12 rebounds for his second double-double of the season. On the night he shot 11-for-19, including 4-for-6 from deep, and went 8-for-9 from the line. Fidler's 34 points are his most since March 5, 2022 vs. SDSU when he also had 34.

Three more Mavericks scored in double digits tonight, with JJ White (6-for-11) and Marquel Sutton (8-for-15) both finishing with 19, and Nick Davis (6-for-9) recording 13 along with a team-high two blocks.

Leaders for North Dakota State
Damari Wheeler-Thomas also scored 30 points tonight after shooting 12-for-17 with four three-pointers. Andrew Morgan was second on the team with 24 points and led the Bison with seven rebounds.

Team Stats 
Both teams shot over 50% today, with NDSU holding a slight edge at 56.9% to 53.0%. They were also roughly even on 3-PT FG%, with Omaha at 47.1% and NDSU at 45.8%, and FT%, with the Mavericks shooting 78.3% and the Bison 75.0%.

Inside the First Half 
As has been the case many times this year, Fidler got off to an absolutely blazing start, scoring 10 of the team's 18 points through the first 10 minutes, including the first three of the night for Omaha. Despite Fidler's impressive numbers, though, the Bison were leading 18-11 with 12:32 to go. A pair of layups from White helped tie the game at 18 all at 10:40, before a three-pointer and the and-one from Osburn put the Mavericks on top 24-23 at 9:04.

Sutton drained the third triple of the night for Omaha 40 seconds later to maintain a slim 27-25 lead. Even after NDSU quickly managed to tie it again, the Mavericks got the lead right back on five-straight points from White to give Omaha its largest lead yet with under six to go at 32-27. Fidler's second three-pointer of the game made it a seven-point game with 2:41 left, but the Bison rallied down the stretch to cut the Mavericks' lead to 41-39 heading into halftime.

Inside the Second Half 
NDSU's momentum carried over into the start of the second as they began with a 17-9 run through the first five minutes to pull ahead 56-50. Fidler cut the deficit in half with a three at 14:49, before blocking a Jacari White layup to set up Sutton for the fastbreak bucket to make it a one-point game.

While eight unanswered Bison points briefly halted Omaha's comeback attempt, the Mavericks immediately responded with a 12-5 run over the next four minutes to cut the lead to 69-67. Coming in off the bench, Ja'Sean Glover later had two huge buckets for Omaha, first with a three-pointer at 6:02 and then a jumper from the top of the key to put the Mavericks back on top 79-78 with 2:45 to go.

Over the final few minutes both teams would trade multiple leads as things went down to the wire, culminating in an 82-82 tie to send it to overtime.

Overtime
After a scoreless first minute, Fidler and White nailed a couple of three-pointers to make it 88-84 Omaha with three minutes left. A layup from Davis and six free throws from Fidler and White kept the Mavericks on top 96-92 as they held on just long enough to claim the overtime victory.

Game Notes 
- Fidler moves up two more spots on the Mavericks all-time scoring list to 18th with 1198 points. 
- White's 19 points are a new career high as he has his sixth double-digit scoring game of the season. His team-leading seven assists are also a new season best.
- Sutton now has three games in a row with double-digit points and 11 total on the season.

Up Next 
The Mavericks split next week on the road and at home, starting with a trip to Brookings, S.D. for a 7 p.m. game at South Dakota State on Thursday.