BROOKINGS, S.D. (KELO.com) — A night after South Dakota snapped South Dakota State’s 29-game home winning streak, the Jackrabbits snapped the Yotes’ 10-game winning streak with an 89-78 win inside Frost Arena Saturday night.
South Dakota (11-7, 9-1 Summit), coming off its first win in Frost Arena since the 1999-00 season, was led by Stanley Umude who recorded his fourth 30+ point outing of the season with 34 points on 13-of-24 shooting from the field. A.J. Plitzuweit added 20 points for the Yotes and dished out five assists.
The Jacks (11-4, 5-1 Summit) had four of their five starters finish in double figures led by Matt Dentlinger and Preseason Summit Player of the Year Douglas Wilson with 21 a-piece. Dentlinger went 10-of-11 from the field while Wilson went 7-of-16 and hauled in eight rebounds. Baylor Scheierman (19) and Noah Freidel (10) rounded out the double-digit scoring.
The score was close throughout the first ten minutes before the Yotes took the largest lead of the game thus far at 24-17 after a Nikola Zizic layup. USD extended the lead to 12 just before the under eight media timeout after a Umude triple. The lead got to as many as 13 with just 1:26 left in the first half before a pair of triples from Scheierman made the score 44-38 in favor of the Yotes at the intermission.
In the second half South Dakota held an eight-point lead at the 13:14 minute mark, but the Jacks made a run coming out of the under 12 media timeout and took their first lead of the game at 64-63 with 9:12 left to go. The Yotes tied it momentarily at 66-66 after a step back 3-pointer from Kruz Perrott-Hunt with 8:29 left, but that’s as close as USD would get the rest of the game.
South Dakota made 27-of-54 from the field for 50 percent on the night while SDSU shot 31-of-69 for 44.9 percent. SDSU recorded 46 points in the paint compared to USD’s 32.
The Yotes travel to North Dakota on Feb. 13-14 with tip-off set for 2:30 p.m. both days.
(Caleb Christensen contributed to this report)
