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• Red Cloud 68, Hot Springs 36
• Sioux Falls Washington 62, Sioux Falls Roosevelt 52
• Sisseton 42, Redfield/Doland 36, OT
• Sturgis 50, Spearfish 38
• Sully Buttes 61, Faulkton 34
• Viborg-Hurley 73, Flandreau Indian 32
• Wall 49, Hill City 46, OT
• Winner 78, Mobridge-Pollock 15

Denver clobbers Nebraska-Omaha 72-60

• DENVER (AP) -- Chris Udofia scored 12 points with 11 rebounds and Cam Griffin added 14 points as Denver clobbered Nebraska-Omaha 72-60 on Saturday night.
• Marcus Byrd came off the bench to score 12 points for the Pioneers (15-12, 8-4 Summit). Nate Engesser added 11 and Bryant Rucker nine.
• The Pioneers went 14 of 16 (87.5 percent) from the line during the contest and sank 44 percent from the field.
• Nebraska jumped to an 18-9 advantage early in the first but Denver came back with Byrd, Engesser and Brett Olson combining for six 3-pointers, moving the Pioneers to a 41-34 halftime lead.
• With Denver up 54-40 at 12:23 in the second, Udofia and Griffin engineered a 14-5 run to give the Pioneers a comfortable 68-45 edge with 7:46 to play.
• CJ Carter led the Mavericks (15-13, 4-8) with 12 points and five rebounds.

USD, SDSU partner in food drive for nonprofit

• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- The University of South Dakota and South Dakota State University are working together in a food drive that will benefit Feeding South Dakota.
• The universities are encouraging Coyote and Jackrabbit fans to deposit food in barrels at seven Hy-Vee grocery stores in Sioux Falls and in the stores in Brookings and Vermillion.
• The food drive began Saturday and will end March 2 after the women's basketball game in Vermillion.
• Feeding South Dakota is the state's largest hunger-relief organization. A similar drive in November raised more than 35,000 pounds of food for the organization.
• Food will be distributed through local food banks and pantries.

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