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Jacks and Bison Battle for Summit Supremacy
3/10/2015 1:33:00 PM | Men's Basketball
SIOUX FALLS – For the third time in four years, South Dakota State advanced the finals of The Summit League Championships, this time with a convincing 78-65 win over rival South Dakota on Monday night at the Denny Sanford PREMIER Center.
The win sends the top seeded Jackrabbits to the finals, where they face No. 2 seed North Dakota State in a rematch of the 2013 tournament title tilt at the Sioux Falls Arena, a game the Jackrabbits won 73-67 behind 27 points from tournament MVP and future NBA player Nate Wolters. That 2013 game marks the only meeting between the rival school at The Summit League Championships.
The Jacks and Bison split the regular season series, with each team winning on its home floor. NDSU came out hot and led by as many as 21 points in the game in Fargo, and then held off a late SDSU charge to win 72-69.
In the second meeting, this time at Frost Arena, SDSU led for the majority of the game, but only pulled out the 10-point win with a pair of late free throws in a game that saw just one lead change, but four tie scores.
The defending tournament champion Bison advanced to the tournament title game for the third straight season with a 61-50 win over No. 7 seed Denver in the opener and a 60-56 win over No. 3 seed Oral Roberts on Monday.
THE OPPONENT
NORTH DAKOTA STATE BISON (22-9, 12-4 Summit): Picked to finish fifth in the preseason poll, the defending tournament champion Bison earned the No. 2 seed after sharing the regular season title with the Jackrabbits. NDSU downed No. 7 seed Denver 61-50 in the first round and No. 3 seed Oral Roberts 60-56 in the tournament semifinals on Monday night.
THE SERIES vs. NORTH DAKOTA STATE
The Bison lead the all-time series 112-99 after each team won on its home floor this season. The Jacks won the only meeting in The Summit League Championships on March 12, 2013, when SDSU downed the Bison 73-67 to win in The Summit League title.
TOURNAMENT CENTRAL
Find links to live radio, live stats, highlights, post game press conferences and more on the Tournament Central page on GoJacks.com
ON THE RADIO
The pregame show on the Jackrabbit Sports Network begins 30 minutes prior to tip with Tyler Merriam on the play-by-play and Brad Newitt as the analyst.
Originated from the AM 570 WNAX studios in Yankton, S.D., every SDSU men's basketball game can be heard live on a total of seven stations on the Jackrabbit Sports Network.
WNAX - 570 AM – Yankton
KJJQ - 910 AM – Brookings
KDSJ - 980 AM – Deadwood
KORN - 1490 AM – Mitchell
KJOE - 106.1 FM – Pipestone, Minn.
KSDR - 1480 AM – Watertown
ON THE INTERNET
Subscribers to the Jackrabbit Extra can listen to every game streaming live on the Internet at no cost.
LIVE STATS
Find live stats for all home games online at GoJacksLive.com
Click here for live stats vs. North Dakota State
ON SOCIAL MEDIA
TWITTER: @GoJacksMBB
Follow the team's official Twitter account for live in-game updates for every game, home and on the road.
ON TELEVISION
Network: ESPN2/ESPN3
Play-by-play: Clay Matvick
Analyst: Sean Harrington
NEXT UP FOR THE JACKRABBITS
A Jackrabbit win earns them The Summit League's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. Should the Jackrabbits lose, they await an opponent in the NIT.
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