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• After two free throws in the second half gave Hofstra (1-2) a 33-32 lead, South Dakota State took the lead at 39-38 after two free throws by Tony Fiegen. That was the last time the Jackrabbits led.
• South Dakota State tied the game on a 3-pointer by Wolters with 32 seconds left before Stokes hit his winning shot for Hofstra.
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South Dakota defeats NC Central 81-69
• LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) -- Tyler Flack had 21 points and eight rebounds to help South Dakota to its first win of the season with an 81-69 victory over North Carolina Central on Friday afternoon in Wyoming's Global Hoops Sports Showcase.
• Karim Rowson and Juevol Myles each added 13 points for the Coyotes (1-2), who trailed 35-30 at the half. Jay Copeland finished with 18 points for the Eagles (2-3).
• South Dakota tied it at 37 early in the second half on Myles' 3-pointer, and took the lead on a pair of free throws from Rowson. The Coyotes extended the lead to 56-48 midway through the half on a 3-pointer from senior Jordan Boots, son of coach Dave Boots.
• The Eagles closed to within 67-63 on Copeland's layup and free throw with 5:33 left, but it was as close as they would come.
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AP News in Brief
Israel broadens air assault on rocket operations, Hamas targets in Gaza
• GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) -- Israel bombarded the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip with nearly 200 airstrikes early Saturday, the military said, widening a blistering assault on militant rocket operations to include the prime minister's headquarters, a police compound and a vast network of smuggling tunnels.
• The new attacks followed an unprecedented rocket strike aimed at the contested holy city of Jerusalem that raised the stakes in Israel's violent confrontation with Palestinian militants and dramatically extended the battlefield.
• Israeli aircraft also kept pounding their original targets, the militants' weapons storage facilities and underground rocket launching sites. They also went after rocket squads more aggressively. The military has called up thousands of reservists and massed troops, tanks and other armored vehicles along the border with Gaza, (Continued on page 25)
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