FARGO – Dave Richman summed up Saturday’s 84-82 win for North Dakota State over South Dakota State perfectly in the post-game press conference.
“That’s a great win for us, notice I didn’t say it was a pretty win,” said Richman.
The head coach for NDSU wasn’t lying.
Up 67-45 with 13:10 left to play inside the Scheels Center, it looked like the Bison had the Jacks on the ropes and the game well in hand.
SDSU went to a disruptive full-court press causing 8 turnovers in the second half and nearly came back for a Summit League road win in men’s basketball.
Douglas Wilson scored a game-high 29 points on 11-of-16 shooting from the floor for the Jackrabbits in the loss.
Rocky Kreuser was one of six players for NDSU in double figures as he scored 17 points and grabbed 6 rebounds.
NOTES
- NDSU matched a season-high with 84 points.
- NDSU shot 20-29 from the floor in the first half with 9 different players scoring.
- SDSU shot 16-25 from the field in the second half.
UP NEXT
SDSU hosts Kansas City for a weekend series starting on Friday, February 26.
NDSU closes out the regular with a pair of road games at the University of South Dakota beginning on Saturday, February 27.
BOX SCORE
SDSU 35 47 82
NDSU 47 37 84
INDIVIDUAL SCORING
SDSU: Wilson 29, Dentlinger 15, Scheierman 14, Mims 7, Appel 6, Arians 6, Easley 5
NDSU: Kreuser 17, Griesel 15, Harden-Hayes 11, Cook 10, Eady 10, Nelson 10, McKinney 4, Skunberg 3, Witz 2, Wilson IV 2
