1 week Ago By Marcus Traxler
VERMILLION — After a pesky opening 10 minutes from their NAIA visitors from Dakota Wesleyan, the University of South Dakota men’s basketball team pulled away and picked up a home victory 92-69 on Thursday night at the Sanford Coyote Sports Center. USD shot 60.6% from the field in the opening 20 minutes but it took a 25-5 Coyote run to end the first half to shake the Tigers and lead 49-29 at intermission.
Isaac Bruns had a game-high 23 points from off the bench, finishing 10-for-14 from the field and drilling three 3-pointers. ADVERTISEMENT Kaleb Stewart had 13 points and Chase Forte finished with 11 points for the Coyotes, who shot 58% from the field in the game. Alongside Bruns, Quandre Bullock and Mayuom Buom each had eight points to add to a 50-point night off the bench for the Coyotes, who moved to 3-1 on the season with the victory, USD’s second over an NAIA team this season after beating fellow Great Plains Athletic Conference squad Mount Marty University on Sunday.
The Coyotes finished with a 30-15 edge on points off turnovers and 44-24 for points in the paint. The Tigers whittled the USD lead down to nine points with 10:03 left in the game on a pair of free throws from Vermillion native Jakob Dobney but USD answered with a 14-2 run to push the lead to nearly 20 points. DWU, which played the game as an exhibition, had a strong effort from Blaze Lubbers, who had 15 points and six rebounds on 6-for-11 shooting.
Tampa Scott IV had 13 points and Sam Aslesen posted nine points for the Tigers, who finished 8-for-22 on 3-pointers in the game and 42.4% from the field overall. USD (4-1) will have the weekend off and will hit the road for a Wednesday, Nov.
20 game at Western Michigan in Kalamazoo, Michigan. DWU (3-1) will play at Doane University on Saturday, Nov. 16, opening GPAC play at 3:45 p.
m. in Crete, Nebraska. South Dakota 92, Dakota Wesleyan 69 Dakota Wesleyan (3-1): Sam Aslesen 2-7 4-4 13 Blaze Lubbers 6-11 1-2 15 Tampa Scott IV 5-8 2-2 13 Tyson Stevenson 5-8 2-2 13 Randy Rosenquist Jr.
2-7 0-0 5 Anthony Riggans 2-2 2-2 7 Jakob Dobney 2-5 2-2 Steele Morgan 1-2 0-0 3 Ethan Determan 1-6 0-0 2 Wade Autenreith 1-2 0-0 2 Deman Botts 1-1 0-0 2 Jared Perry 0-2 0-0 0 Jayden Amiot 0-0 0-0 0 Lane Kuchenbecker 0-0 0-0 0 Connor Martinez 0-0 0-0 0 Brayden Simon 0-0 0-0 0 Jacob Jorenby 0-0 0-0 0 Totals 25-59 11-12 69 South Dakota (4-1): Kaleb Stewart 5-7 0-0 13 Chase Forte 5-10 0-1 11 Paul Bruns 3-7 0-0 7 Cameron Fens 3-5 0-2 6 Max Burchill 1-2 2-2 5 Isaac Bruns 10-14 0-0 23 Quandre Bullock 3-8 1-2 8 Mayuom Buom 4-4 0-0 8 Ashton Smith 1-2 4-4 6 Shay Eberwein 1-1 2-2 5 Jevon Hill 0-0 0-0 0 Totals 36-62 9-13 92 ADVERTISEMENT Halftime: USD 49-29. 3-point field goals: DWU 8-22 (Lubbers 2-3, Riggans 1-1, Scott 1-3, Rosenquist 1-3, Morgan 1-2, Aslesen 1-2, Stevenson 1-2, Dobney 0-2, Determan 0-4), USD 11-28 (Stewart 3-5, I. Bruns 3-5, Eberwein 1-1, Forte 1-3, P.
Bruns 1-5, Burchill 1-2, Bullock 1-5, Hill 0-2) Rebounds: DWU 32 (Lubbers 6, Aslesen 6), USD 29 (P. Bruns 5, Fens 4, Burchill 4, I. Bruns 4.
Assists: SDSU 11 (Scott 3, Rosenquist 3), USD 13 (Forte 6). Turnovers: DWU 16, USD 10. Total fouls: DWU 12, USD 10.
Fouled out: None. Blocks: DWU 2 (Stevenson, Perry), USD 6 (Fens 2, Smith 2). Steals: DWU 5 (Dobney 3), USD 10 (Burchill 2, I.
Bruns 2, Bullock 2). A — 1,610..
