BROOKINGS – South Dakota State toppled NAIA Division II foe Dakota State 92-60 Sunday afternoon at Frost Arena for its third consecutive victory.
The Jackrabbits shot 51.6 percent (35-of-63) from the field, including a 9-of-21 mark from 3-point range. The Trojans finished at 34.8 percent (23-of-66), including 11-of-34 from deep.
SDSU outscored DSU 48-16 in the paint and held a 48-28 advantage on the glass.
The Jackrabbits used a 12-0 spurt to move ahead 17-8 a little more than 5 minutes into the game. Later, a 14-5 run made it 45-29 at halftime.
The Trojans cut the deficit to 10 points – 46-36 – early in the second half.
Tevin King sandwiched buckets around a Brandon Key basket to make it 52-36.
SDSU later scored 11 consecutive points to grab a 70-43 advantage.
The lead peaked at 41 points – 92-51 – following a Dallas Polk-Hilliard trey with 2:12 remaining in the game.
Mike Daum scored a game-high 16 points while adding six rebounds and three assists.
Reed Tellinghuisen totaled 14 points and six boards.
Key, who dished out seven assists, and David Jenkins Jr. both added 13 points. Lane Severyn, who had six boards, and Skyler Flatten contributed seven points apiece. Chris Howell grabbed eight rebounds and King six to go with six points.
Ten of the 11 Jackrabbits to play scored at least four points.
For Dakota Sate (5-4), Keeon Johnson notched 11 poionts and Brady Elder 10.
South Dakota State (6-2) takes on Ole Miss on Tuesday at 7 p.m. in Oxford.
Notes (from SDSU Sports Information): SDSU is 23-4 all-time against Dakota State and has won 12 straight against the Trojans. … Tellinghuisen moved into 30th on the all-time scoring list with 1,105 points. He broke a tie with Steve Lingenfelter (1,091 points from 1979-81) while passing Ran Naatjes (1,095 from 1990-93, 95), Chris Stoebner (1,096 from 1999-2003) and Kent Hyde (1,098 from 1955-58). … Tellinghuisen started his 100th career game as a Jackrabbit, which is tied with Brayden Carlson (2010-14) for the eighth most in school history. … Daum reached double figures in scoring for the 70th time in his career. … Jenkins has 116 points through his first eight career games. Daum, who holds the freshman scoring record of 518 points, had 99 points through his first eight games. … Key had a career-high 13 points in the game while matching his top mark in assists (seven).
SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 92, DAKOTA STATE 60
Dakota State (5-4)
Keeon Johnson 4-8 0-0 11, Justin Folkers 4-13 0-2 8, Maurice Arrington 2-8 0-0 5, Brendon Boomsma 2-6 0-0 6, Kevin Daniels 2-8 0-0 6, Kevin Daniels 2-8 0-0 6, Brady Elder 4-5 0-0 10, Dalyn Bakkedahl 0-0 0-0 0, Josh McGreal 1-6 3-3 5, Falcon Albers 1-3 0-0 2, Bobby Farquah 3-9 0-0 7. Totals 23-66 3-5 60.
South Dakota State (6-2)
Reed Tellinghuisen 4-11 4-5 14, Mike Daum 5-13 5-6 16, Ian Theisen 3-3 0-0 6, Tevin King 3-5 0-0 6, Chris Howell 2-5 0-0 4, Brandon Key 5-8 3-3 13, Skyler Flatten 3-3 0-0 7, David Jenkins Jr. 5-9 0-2 13, Dallas Polk-Hilliard 2-2 1-2 6, Beau Brown 0-1 0-0 0, Lane Severyn 3-3 0-0 7. Totals 35-63 13-18 92.
Halftime – SDSU led 45-29. 3-point goals – DSU 11-34 (Johnson 3-5, Elder 2-3, Daniels 2-5, Boomsma 2-6, Farquah 1-2, Arrington 1-6, Albers 0-1, Folkers 0-3, McGreal 0-3), SDSU 9-21 (Jenkins 3-5, Tellinghuisen 2-5, Flatten 1-1, Polk-Hilliard 1-1, Severyn 1-1, Daum 1-5, Brown 0-1, King 0-2). Rebounds – DSU 28 (Arrington 7), SDSU 48 (Howell 8). Assists – DSU 12 (Daniels 5), SDSU 17 (Key 7). Steals – DSU 6 (Johnson, Daniels 2), SDSU 5 (Tellinghuisen 2). Blocks – DSU 0, SDSU 2 (Daum, Severyn 1). Turnovers – DSU 6, SDSU 8. Total fouls – DSU 15, SDSU 9. Fouled out – none. Technical fouls – none. A – 1,171.
