Sioux Falls, SD (Sports Network) – Nate Wolters scored a game-high 27 points to go along with six rebounds, six assists and four steals as South Dakota State defeated rival North Dakota State, 73-67, to earn its second straight Summit League title.<\/p>\n
Jordan Dykstra had 18 points and seven boards for the Jackrabbits (25-9), who have punched consecutive tickets to “The Big Dance” and have won four straight games. Tony Fiegen donated 12 points in the victory.<\/p>\n
Taylor Braun scored 23 points to pace North Dakota State (24-9) which was looking to win its first Summit League title since 2009.<\/p>\n
It was the 207th all-time meeting between the border sharing rivals.<\/p>\n
South Dakota State scored the first seven points of the second half to grab some early momentum and a 36-25 lead. The Jackrabbits continued to hold their edge as Dykstra had a three-point play at the 11:45 mark which made it 48-36.<\/p>\n
Bruan and Mike Felt then hit back-to-back triples to bring the Bison with six points, 48-42, at the midway point.<\/p>\n
Felt hit another trey minutes later during a 7-2 surge which saw NDSU close to the gap to two points, but Wolters and Dykstra with their own pair of threes — in between a Bruan lay-in to grow the SDSU lead to 60-54 with 4 1\/2 minutes to play.<\/p>\n
The Jackrabbits secured the victory by connecting on 9-of-10 from the charity stripe over the final 2:12, as Wolters, the Summit League’s Player of the Year, sank two free throws before SDSU fans stormed the court.<\/p>\n
North Dakota State took an early 7-3 lead before SDSU came back with a 16-4 surge with 7:23 remaining on Wolters jumper to make it 19-11.<\/p>\n
The Jackrabbits led at the break, 29-25.<\/p>\n
Game Notes<\/p>\n
The ‘Jacks and Bison last played for a conference title on Feb. 23, 1980, as SDSU came away with a 79-75 victory to win the North Central Conference Tournament title … Not only has South Dakota State earned back-to-back Summit League titles, but it’s also the only two NCAA appearances in program history … North Dakota State holds a 109-98 edge in the storied all-time series.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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