MACOMB, Ill. – South Dakota State rolled to its eighth straight win Saturday night with a 98-70 dis-mantling of Western Illinois behind double figure scoring efforts from seven Jackrabbits.

SDSU (17-5, 5-0) kept its Summit League record unblemished, shooting 50 percent as a team with an 18-for-20 effort from the charity stripe. The Jackrabbits shot 50 percent from deep as well, hit-ting 14 3-pointers for the 11th time under head coach T.J. Otzelberger.

David Jenkins Jr. led all scorers with 27 points, drilling four 3-pointers and all five of his free throws.

Mike Daum posted his 10th double-double of the season, finishing with 11 points and 12 rebounds. Ian Theisen just missed a double-double of his own, tallying 13 points with three 3-pointers to go alongside nine boards.

Tevin King and Reed Tellinghuisen each added 12 in the scoring column and Skyler Flatten, who bur-ied three 3-pointers, added 11. Chris Howell rounded out the double figure scoring with 10 points.

Trailing 11-9 5 minutes into the action, a Jenkins 3-pointer at 14:43 opened an 11-3 Jackrabbit run that closed with a thunderous dunk from Daum and put SDSU ahead 20-14 with 13 minutes to go in the half. 

A short time later, WIU closed the gap and tied it 22-all before SDSU scored nine straight as part of a 19-4 run to take control for good. All told, the Jacks outscored the Leathernecks by 14 in the final 10-plus minutes of the half and carried a 44-30 lead into the break.

SDSU opened the second half with seven straight points and, midway through the period, stretched its advantage to 31 – 75-44 – after a Jenkins 3-point play closed a 14-2 Jackrabbit rally at 10:55.

The Jackrabbits’ largest lead of the day – 96-59 – came on the tail end of a 10-0 burst near the 4-minute mark as SDSU closed out its fifth road win of the season.

Notes

Jenkins is on pace to challenge Mike Daum’s freshman scoring record of 518, set in 2015-16. Through 22 games, Jenkins has 349 points compared to Daum’s 292 in that span. ...  SDSU’s previous best start in Summit League play was 4-0 in 2009-10. … Daum now has 21 career double-doubles, the most of any Jackrabbit in its Division I history. … Tellinghuisen has hit double figures in 11 straight games and in 14 of his last 15 contests.

Daum

The junior now has 1,900 career points, 31 behind second place in school history. He passed Western Illinois’ Garret Covington (1,896 from 2013-17) for 18th in Summit League history.

Up Next

South Dakota State takes on South Dakota on Wednesday at 7 p.m. in Vermillion.

SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 98, WESTERN ILLINOIS 70

South Dakota State (17-5, 5-0 Summit)

Mike Daum 4-12 2-2 11, Skyler Flatten 4-7 0-0 11, Tevin King 4-9 3-3 12, David Jenkins Jr. 9-13 5-5 27, Reed Tellinghuisen 4-8 2-2 12, Brandon Key 0-3 2-2 2, Chris Howell 3-5 4-6 10, Lane Severyn 0-0 0-0 0, Ian Theisen 5-9 0-0 13. Totals 33-66 18-20 98.

Western Illinois (10-8, 1-4 Summit)

Brandon Gilbech 3-6 2-5 8, Kobe Webster 8-16 0-0 17, Dalan Ancrum 1-7 2-2 4, Issac Johnson 7-14 3-3 19, C.J. Duff 5-12 2-4 16, Delo Bruster 0-3 0-0 0, Lynrick Moxey 1-2 0-0 2, Jalen Morgan 2-2 0-0 4, Jordan Hughes 0-0 0-0 0, Charles Gavin 0-0 0-0 0. Totlas 27-62 9-14 70.

Halftime – SDSU 44-30. 3-point goals – SDSU 14-28 (Jenkins 4-6, Flatten 3-4, Theisen 3-7, Telling-huisen 2-4, Daum 1-2, King 1-4, Key 0-1), WIU 7-15 (Duff 4-6, Johnson 2-3, Webster 1-3, Bruster 0-1, Ancrum 0-2). Rebounds – SDSU 41 (Daum 12), WIU 32 (Gilbeck 8). Assists – SDSU 17 (Key 5), WIU 8 (Ancrum 3). Steals – SDSU 7 (King 3), WIU 2 (Johnson, Duff 1). Blocks – SDSU 2 (Tellinghuisen, Theisen 1), WIU 2 (Johnson, Duff 1). Turnovers – SDSU 7, WIU 11. Total fouls – SDSU 15, WIU 14. Fouled out – none. Technical fouls – none. A – 841.