OMAHA, Neb. – Five Jackrabbits scored in double figures as South Dakota State cruised to a 101-88 win at Omaha on Saturday night inside Baxter Arena.

SDSU (14-5, 2-0 Summit League) has won five straight and finished 35-of-61 (57.4 percent) from the field with 13 3-pointers. The Jackrabbits also went 18-of-20 at the free throw line.

Mike Daum posted his eighth double-double of the season, scoring 27 points with 11 rebounds while hitting all six of his free throw attempts. He has hit 22 consecutive foul shots over the last two contests.

David Jenkins Jr. hit four 3-pointers and joined Daum above the 20-point mark, finishing with 22 and five rebounds.

Reed Tellinghuisen and Tevin King added 16 and 15 points, respectively, and Skyler Flatten matched his career-high of four 3-pointers on his way to a 12-point game.

Omaha (5-13, 0-2) shot 44.1 percent as a team and was led by Zach Jackson’s 29 points.

The Jackrabbits missed their first five shots, but drilled nine of their next 10 en route to a 22-8 lead 7 minutes into the game. 

With 1:09 to go in the half, Omaha made it a nine-point contest behind a Jackson 3-pointer, but Tellinghuisen connected from deep on the final two possessions of the half and sent the Jackrabbits to the locker room with a 50-35 lead.

SDSU picked up where it left off in the second, pushing its advantage to 20 quickly out of the break before tearing off on a 15-2 spurt midway through the half to take its largest lead of the night, 88-59, near the 8-minute mark.

Omaha cut it to 12 – 97-85 with 1:29 remaining, but any comeback hopes were dashed as free throws from Jenkins and King down the stretch sealed the win.

Notes 

Daum moved up two spots on the Jackrabbit career scoring chart into third place, passing Austin Hansen (1,815; 1999-03) and Lee Colburn (1,822; 1969-73). Daum now has 1,828 career points – 103 out of second place. … Tellinghuisen is now tied for fourth in school history with 111 career starts, even with Bob Winzenburg (1978-82) and Clint Sargent (2007-11). It was also his 123rd career appearance, good enough for seventh most in school history alongside Cory VandeWettering (1990-94) and Pete Leiferman (1999-03). … Tellinghuisen moved into 21st on the Jackrabbit scoring chart with 1,266 career points, passing Mark Schultz (1,259; 1982-86) with his first bucket of the second half. … Jenkins posted his fifth 20-point game of the season.

Up Next

South Dakota State returns to Brookings next week for a pair of league games, playing host to Oral Roberts on Thursday at 7 p.m. and Denver on Saturday at 2 p.m.

SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 101, OMAHA 88

South Dakota State (14-5, 2-0 Summit)

Reed Tellinghuisen 6-12 2-2 16, Mike Daum 10-17 6-6 27, Skyler Flatten 4-5 0-0 12, Tevin King 4-9 7-7 15, David Jenkins Jr. 8-12 2-2 22, Brandon Key 0-1 0-0 0, Chris Howell 1-1 0-1 2, Lane Severyn 1-1 0-0 3, Ian Theisen 1-3 1-2 4. Totals 35-61 18-20 101.

Omaha (5-13, 0-2 Summit)

Lamar Wofford-Humphrey 1-4 0-0 2, JT Gibson 6-11 2-2 18, Ayo Akinwole 2-5 2-2 8, Daniel Norl 2-10 8-10 14, Zach Jackson 13-23 2-2 29, Renard Suggs 3-5 0-0 9, KJ Robinson 1-5 1-1 3, Alex Allbery 1-2 1-2 3, Matt Pile 1-3 0-0 2. Totals 30-68 17-19 88.

Halftime – SDSU led 50-35. 3-point goals – SDSU 13-24 (Flatten 4-5, Jenkins 4-6, Tellinghuisen 2-5, Severyn 1-1, Theisen 1-1, Daum 1-3, King 0-3), UNO 11-31 (Gibson 4-9, Suggs 3-5, Anikwole 2-2, Jackson 1-5, Norl 1-6, Wofford-Humphrey 0-1, Allbery 0-1, Robinson 0-2). Rebounds – SDSU 35 (Daum 11), UNO 25 (Jackson 6). Assists – SDSU 13 (Daum 4), UNO 15 (Norl, Robinson 3). Steals – SDSU 2 (Tellinghuisen, Howell 1), UNO 4 (Norl 2). Blocks – SDSU 0, UNO 6 (Pile 4). Turnovers – SDSU 11, UNO 7. Total fouls – SDSU 16, UNO 15. Fouled out – Norl. Technical fouls – none. A – 3,447.

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