JACKS CLAIM TOUGH WIN IN KANSAS CITY

Monday, January 30

Kansas City, MO

7 p.m.

South Dakota State University

12-11,7-4Summit League

Kansas City

10-14,6-5Summit League

South Dakota St.

Kansas City

Photo by: SDSU Athletics

1/30/2023 9:35:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

By: Andrew Pedersen

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The South Dakota State men's basketball team made just enough plays late as the Jackrabbits defeated Kansas City, 67-66, at the Swinney Center on Monday.

The host Roos battled back from a seven-point halftime deficit and took their first lead of the contest on a RayQuawndis Mitchell 3-pointer with 11 minutes, 52 seconds remaining, and went up 49-47. It began a see-saw matchup over the final 11 minutes of play.

SDSU had two separate three-point leads over Kansas City, but the Roos continued to hang in with the Jackrabbits and had leads of 59-57 and 61-59 as the clock reached the three-minute mark.

Four lead changes occurred in a two-minute span as SDSU's Zeke Mayo connected on a 3-pointer, Kansas City's Babacar Diallo made a layup, Matt Mims drained a 3 for the Jacks and a Shemarri Allen 3-pointer for the Roos put them ahead 66-65 with 37 seconds to play.

The Jacks put the ball in the hands of Mayo on their next possession. The sophomore guard drove into the paint and drew contact on a field goal attempt as the clock stood at 12 seconds. Mayo hit both of his free throws to put SDSU up 67-66.

Kansas City's Allen had two opportunities to propel the Roos to a win, but his fadeaway shot with seconds left followed by a drawn-up out of bounds play that saw him try to finish with a tip-in with less than a second to go was no good.

The matchup was a tight one late despite a strong start early for SDSU. The Jacks went up 12-1 in the opening moments of the game as the Roos started 0-for-7 from the field. SDSU led by as many as 13 before Kansas City whittled the deficit to 39-32 at the halftime break. The Jackrabbits shot 55.6% in the opening half, however a 13-for-21 (61.9%) performance at the free throw line allowed the Roos to work back into the contest.

South Dakota State improved to 12-11 overall and 7-4 in Summit League Play behind the victory. Kansas City fell to 10-14 overall (6-5 Summit).

Notes

Mayo led SDSU with 24 points which included a 4-for-7 clip from 3-point range. It was his fifth straight game with 20-plus points.
William Kyle III scored a career-high 20 points (8-12 FG) for the Jackrabbits. He also matched Matt Dentlinger with a team-high seven rebounds.
All seven Jackrabbits that appeared in Monday's contest scored. They included Mims, Dentlinger, Matthew Mors, Broden Lien and Tanner Te Slaa.
Allen paced Kansas City with 23 points while he was followed by Mitchell who finished with 19. The Roos went just 3 of 19 (15.8%) from the 3-point line.
South Dakota State earned its eighth straight victory in the all-time series over Kansas City.

Up Next
South Dakota State returns to Brookings for its next three matchups. The Jackrabbits will face North Dakota next in Frost Arena at 7 p.m. on Thursday.

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