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Men's Basketball
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South Dakota State University Athletics
Thursday, January 29
Frost Arena
7 p.m.
South Dakota State University
76
vs
70
IPFW
Jackrabbits get revenge on IPFW with a 76-70 win
1/29/2009 1:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Five South Dakota State players scored in double figures on Thursday night as the Jackrabbits avenged a 34-point loss on Jan. 2, with a 76-70 win in front of 1,486 fans at Frost Arena.
Garrett Callahan led the Jacks, who improve to 9-13 overall and 4-6 in The Summit League with the win, with 22 points, ten of which came from the free throw line. Anthony Cordova added 15 points and picked up a game-high 11 rebounds for his fourth double-double of the season.
Clint Sargent scored 13 points, Kai Williams 11 and Griffan Callahan ten points to round out the double-digit scorers for SDSU. Williams needs to score 15 points on Saturday against Oakland to become the 39th member of the SDSU 1,000 point club and the first to score all of them at the Division I level.
Nick Daniels led IPFW with 16 points, Ben Botts and David Carson added 13 each and Jakari Johnson 11 points in the loss, which drops the Mastodons to 8-13 overall and 3-7 in league play.
SDSU shot 48 percent from the floor on 24-of-50 shooting overall and 43 percent from three-point range on 6-of-14 shooting. IPFW shot 45 percent on the night (28-of-62) and went 44 percent from beyond the arc (8-of-18).
The Jacks won the game at the free throw line, cashing in on 22 of their 26 attempts (85 percent). IPFW shot just ten free throws all night and made six of them. SDSU also won the battle on the boards 38-28.
The Jackrabbits came out hopping, scoring on five of their first six possessions and led 11-3 with just three minutes and 17 seconds off the clock, prompting IPFW to call a timeout.
The Mastodon's responded with a 7-0 run following the timeout to get back to within one point at 11-10 and eventually worked their way into a lead at 19-18 with 9:05 left in the opening frame.
Four ties and five lead changes later, the Jacks emerged with the lead and took a 34-31 lead into the lockerroom at halftime.
Daniels tied the game at 34 with a three-pointer early in the second half, and started a back-and-forth battle over the next seven minutes that saw three more ties and three more lead changes before a Williams three-pointer with 12:40 remaining put the Jacks up for good.
The got the lead up to as many as six points and the ?Don's got as close as two with 1:47 left in the game, but the Jacks went 6-for-7 at the line down the stretch to seal the win.
The Jackrabbits return to action on Saturday, when they host Oakland in the 37th Annual Pork Classic in Frost Arena in the back end of a doubleheader at 7:30 p.m.
The Golden Grizzlies won the first meeting with the Jacks 86-81 on Dec. 31, 2008 in Rochester, Mich.
Garrett Callahan led the Jacks, who improve to 9-13 overall and 4-6 in The Summit League with the win, with 22 points, ten of which came from the free throw line. Anthony Cordova added 15 points and picked up a game-high 11 rebounds for his fourth double-double of the season.
Clint Sargent scored 13 points, Kai Williams 11 and Griffan Callahan ten points to round out the double-digit scorers for SDSU. Williams needs to score 15 points on Saturday against Oakland to become the 39th member of the SDSU 1,000 point club and the first to score all of them at the Division I level.
Nick Daniels led IPFW with 16 points, Ben Botts and David Carson added 13 each and Jakari Johnson 11 points in the loss, which drops the Mastodons to 8-13 overall and 3-7 in league play.
SDSU shot 48 percent from the floor on 24-of-50 shooting overall and 43 percent from three-point range on 6-of-14 shooting. IPFW shot 45 percent on the night (28-of-62) and went 44 percent from beyond the arc (8-of-18).
The Jacks won the game at the free throw line, cashing in on 22 of their 26 attempts (85 percent). IPFW shot just ten free throws all night and made six of them. SDSU also won the battle on the boards 38-28.
The Jackrabbits came out hopping, scoring on five of their first six possessions and led 11-3 with just three minutes and 17 seconds off the clock, prompting IPFW to call a timeout.
The Mastodon's responded with a 7-0 run following the timeout to get back to within one point at 11-10 and eventually worked their way into a lead at 19-18 with 9:05 left in the opening frame.
Four ties and five lead changes later, the Jacks emerged with the lead and took a 34-31 lead into the lockerroom at halftime.
Daniels tied the game at 34 with a three-pointer early in the second half, and started a back-and-forth battle over the next seven minutes that saw three more ties and three more lead changes before a Williams three-pointer with 12:40 remaining put the Jacks up for good.
The got the lead up to as many as six points and the ?Don's got as close as two with 1:47 left in the game, but the Jacks went 6-for-7 at the line down the stretch to seal the win.
The Jackrabbits return to action on Saturday, when they host Oakland in the 37th Annual Pork Classic in Frost Arena in the back end of a doubleheader at 7:30 p.m.
The Golden Grizzlies won the first meeting with the Jacks 86-81 on Dec. 31, 2008 in Rochester, Mich.
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