
North Dakota junior Quinton Hooker put together one of the most impressive two-game stretches in UND men's basketball history as the Fighting Hawks moved into a tie for third-place in the Big Sky standings with two league wins. He averaged 36.0 ppg, 5.5 rpg, 3.5 apg and 2.0 spg, while shooting 81 percent from the field (26-for-32), 73 percent from 3-point range (8-for-11) and 92 percent from the foul line (12-for-13) to keep UND in the hunt for a first-round bye at the conference tournament.
In Saturday's 97-71 victory over Sacramento State, Hooker scored 34 points and made 11 straight field goals after missing his first shot of the game to help UND set its Division I single-game record for field goal percentage (63 percent). After the Hornets tied the game at 11-11 just over six minutes into the contest, Hooker scored 10 straight points for the home team, including the first eight in a 65-second stretch. UND never trailed again as Hooker finished 11-for-12 from the field, including sinking a career-high five 3-pointers without missing from beyond the arc. He also went 7-for-8 from the charity stripe.
Hooker currently ranks second in the Big Sky in scoring (19.9 ppg), sixth in assists (4.1 ppg), second in steals (2.0 spg), sixth in free-throw percentage (83.8) and his 48.7 field-goal percentage is second among league guards. In Big Sky action, Hooker leads the league in 3-point percentage (46.9), is third in scoring (21.3 ppg), eighth in field-goal percentage (53.3), second in steals (2.2 spg) and tied for seventh in assists (4.4 apg).