ST. PAUL, Minn. — Drake Dobbs' two free throws with 13 seconds left lifted St. Thomas to a 73-72 win over South Dakota State on Wednesday night at Schoenecker Arena in St. Paul.

Ryan Dufault and Matthew Mors each missed a pair of free throws with under two minutes to play and it was 69-69 with 1:27 left. Miles Barnstable then missed a three and Oscar Cluff turned the ball over and it remained tied with 55 seconds to play. 

Nolan Minnessale then hit a turn around jumper in the paint to put the Tommies up 71-69 with 37 seconds left. However, Owen Larson answered on the other end with a 3-pointer to put SDSU up 72-71 with 23 seconds left. That’s when Mors fouled Dobbs on the perimeter and he made the Jacks pay at the line. Mors made a 3-pointer at the buzzer but he did not get it off in time and the Tommies got the win.

SDSU jumped out to a 7-2 lead. The Tommies then went on a 9-2 run to take an 11-9 lead with 15:20 to play in the first half. UST led 18-13 and the Jacks went on a 7-0 run to regain the lead. The two teams then traded the lead before SDSU had a 40-36 advantage heading into the locker room.

It looked as though the Jacks were ready to pull away from the Tommies as they led 54-45 with 13:29 to play. UST responded though and went on a 12-0 run to go up 57-54 with 9:14 left in the game. SDSU regained the lead with just under six minutes to play at 63-62 and then the teams traded leads until the finish.

There were 19 lead changes and seven ties in the game. It was the most lead changes in a game in the series history. SDSU dropped to 15-8 overall against UST and it was the second time since moving to Division I that the Tommies beat the Jacks.

SDSU shot 46.6% from the field and was 8-of-23 from three. Cluff had a near triple-double with 13 points, 19 rebounds and seven assists. Kalen Garry had 19 points to lead the Jacks. Joe Sayler had 12 points and Mors had 10 points and seven rebounds. Larson had eight points. 

UST shot 43.9% from the field and was 13-of-33 from three. Minnessale had 17 points and four rebounds to lead the Tommies. Dobbs had 12 points and five assists. Kendall Blue had 10 points and four assists. Rich Byre, Carter Bjerke and Ben Oosterban each had eight points. Miles Barnstable had seven points.

The Jackrabbits dominated on the glass, out-rebounding the Tommies 47-25. SDSU had 13 turnovers and UST had four. The Tommies scored 19 points off of those Jackrabbit turnovers. Each team was 10-of-16 at the free throw line. 

SDSU dropped to 10-7 overall and 1-1 in the Summit League. The Tommies improved to 14-5 overall and 3-0 in conference play. The Jacks will travel to Omaha on Saturday and take on the Mavericks, who are also 3-0 in the Summit League. Tip off is set for 1 p.m.