Matt Mooney scored a game-high 26 points and Tyler Flack added 17 more in leading the Coyotes to a 76-66 win against first-place North Dakota State Saturday inside the Scheels Center. 

It was the first win for the Coyotes (16-10, 7-4 Summit) in Fargo since 2002, ending a string of eight losses there. The Bison (15-8, 7-3) lost on their new court for just the second time this season and for the first time in Summit League play. 

The Yotes and Bison split their regular season series for the third straight year. North Dakota State stole a game in Vermillion less than three weeks ago when the Coyotes, without Flack, missed 11 free throws including a pair with 28 seconds to go. USD made 15 of 20 from the line in this one, shot 50 percent from the field and outrebounded the Bison 38-32.