Mastodons outscore Jackrabbits

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FORT WAYNE, Ind. – South Dakota State dropped a 104-88 Summit League men’s basketball contest at Purdue Fort Wayne on Thursday night at Memorial Coliseum.

The Jackrabbits (11-6, 1-1 Summit League) shot 46.5 from the field and hit nine 3-pointers, but saw the Mastodons hit 17 3s, including nine in the second half to pull away late.

Mike Daum led all scorers with 29 points, hitting 11-of-21 from the field alongside a seven-rebound performance.

David Jenkins scored 21 points and hit four 3-pointers. Owen King dropped in a career-high 15 points and dished out three assists. Tevin King added 10 points and five assists.

Purdue Fort Wayne’s Kason Harrell and John Konchar each had 23 points. Konchar added eight boards and eight dimes.

Matt Holba chipped in with 20 points, Marcus DeBerry 15 and Dylan Carl 10.

The Mastodons (11-7, 3-0) shot 57.1 percent (36-of-63) from the field.

“They (Purdue Fort Wayne) were definitely the more aggressive team,” SDSU coach T.J. Otzelberger said. “We feel like if we’re at our best, we feel good about the outcome, and that wasn’t our best. Purdue Fort Wayne played great and deserves some credit, but we obviously did not get it done tonight. We’ll clean some things up and be better.”

Jenkins hit a wide-open trey on the game’s opening possession to begin a seesaw half with 15 lead changes and five ties in the first 20 minutes. All even at 22 after a Daum tip-in at 9:28, the Jacks and Mastodons traded buckets over the next two minutes until back-to-back treys provided Purdue Fort Wayne with a 34-29 advantage at the under-8 break.

Daum buried a 3-pointer out of the timeout, but PFW continued to push and took a seven-point lead in the final minute of the period. State, however, used a last-second layup from Daum to head to the locker room down five at 47-42.

SDSU found itself down double figures – 65-51 – early in the second after Purdue Fort Wayne hit six treys in the first five minutes of the half as the Jacks went cold on their end of the court. Down 14 at that point, the Jacks looked to piece together a comeback, but could not close the gap in the defeat.

Notes

Daum moved from 31st to 27th in the NCAA Division I ranks with 2,655 career points, passing La Salle’s Michael Brooks (2,628 from 1976-80), Boston College’s Troy Bell (2,632 from 1999-2003), Davidson’s Stephen Curry (2,635 from 2006-09) and Campbell’s Chris Clemons (2,645 from 2015-present). … Konchar is third in Summit League history with 1,037 career rebounds, while Daum sits in second at 1,032. ... SDSU leads PFW 18-13 in the all-time series ... Tevin King has scored in double figures seven consecutive games. ... Jenkins went over 20 points for the ninth time this season and 21st time in his career. He has 886 points through 51 career games

Up Next

South Dakota State closes its Summit League-opening road trip Sunday at in-state rival South Dakota. The Jackrabbits and Coyotes tip at 4:30 p.m at the Sanford Coyote Sports Center Vermillion.

 

PURDUE FORT WAYNE 104, SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 88

South Dakota State (11-6, 1-1 Summit)

Skyler Flatten 3-11 0-0 7, Tevin King 3-6 3-4 10, David Jenkins 7-16 3-5 21, Alou Dillon 1-2 0-0 2, Mike Daum 11-21 5-6 29, Ryan Krueger 1-3 0-0 2, Owen King 6-9 2-2 15, Matt Dentlinger 1-1 0-0 2, Alex Arians 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 33-71 13-17 88.

Purdue Fort Wayne (11-7, 3-0 Summit)

Dee Montgomery 3-6 0-2 7, Dylan Carl 4-7 0-1 10, Matt Holba 7-14 1-2 20, Kason Harrell 9-12 2-2 23, John Konchar 6-9 9-11 23, Jarred Godfrey 1-3 0-0 3, Matt Weir 1-2 1-1 3, Cameron Benford 0-0 0-0 0, Marcus DeBerry 5-10 2-2 15. Totals 36-63 15-21 104.

Halftime – PFW 47-42. 3-point goals – SDSU 9-29 (Jenkins 4-8, Daum 2-9, T. King 1-2, O. King 1-2, Flatten 1-5, Arians 0-1, Krueger 0-2), PFW 17-39 (Holba 5-11, Harrell 3-5, DeBerry 3-8, Konchar 2-4, Carl 2-5, Godfrey 1-2, Montgomery 1-3, Weir 0-1). Rebounds – SDSU 33 (Daum 7), PFW 36 (Harrell, Konchar 8). Assists – SDSU 17 (T. King 5), PFW 18 (Konchar 8). Steals – SDSU 11 (O. King 4), PFW 3 (Montgomery, Holba, DeBerry 1). Blocks – SDSU 2 (Flatten, Daum 1), PFW 1 (Carl 1). Turnovers – SDSU 12, PFW 14. Total fouls – SDSU 22, PFW 15. Fouled out – none. Technical fouls – none. A – 1,803.