Bison Battle to End, Fall 90-85 at South Dakota State

Saturday, February 4

Brookings, S.D.

2 p.m.

North Dakota State

9-15,6-6Summit League

South Dakota State

14-11,9-4Summit League

Team	1	2	F
North Dakota St.	43	42	85
South Dakota St.	41	49	90

Photo by: Dave Eggen/Inertia

Bison Battle to End, Fall 90-85 at South Dakota State

2/4/2023 5:06:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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BROOKINGS, S.D. – South Dakota State's Zeke Mayo scored 41 points to carry the Jackrabbits to a 90-85 win over the North Dakota State men's basketball team on Saturday afternoon inside Frost Arena.

NDSU junior Grant Nelson led the Bison with 27 points and 15 rebounds, making 10-of-13 shots. Sophomore Jacari White scored 18 points for NDSU.

SDSU improved to 14-11 overall and 9-4 in Summit League play. The Bison fell to 9-15 overall and 6-6 in the league.

NDSU led for just under 20 minutes of the contest, compared to 17:30 in the lead for the Jackrabbits. The Bison raced out to a 22-9 lead, but SDSU pulled within 43-41 at halftime and went into the lead with the first four points of the second half.

NDSU was up 78-77 following a bucket by Boden Skunberg with just over three minutes remaining. SDSU used a 6-0 run over the next two minutes to win the game.

The Bison shot 60 percent for the game and made 44 percent from three-point range.

NDSU returns home to host Omaha and Denver on Feb. 9-11 next week.