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pointer with two seconds remaining to give South Dakota State a victory as the Jackrabbits defeated North Dakota 71-70 on Wednesday night.
• South Dakota State (5-2) trailed by four points with just over a minute remaining, but Tony Fiegen's layup got it with a basket, and White's shot from behind the arc was the difference -- repeating his feat from Nov. 17 in a 78-77 win against Marshall in the 2K Sports Classic in Hempstead, N.Y.
• White finished with nine points on three 3-pointers, and Jordan Dykstra and Nate Wolters had 21 points each for the Jackrabbits. Wolters had five rebounds, six assists and five steals.
• Josh Schuler scored 13 points and Jamal Webb and Mitch Wilmer had 11 each for North Dakota (1-4).
• In a game featuring eight ties and 14 lead changes, Webb missed the front end of a one-and-one for North Dakota with 12 seconds left, and South Dakota State moved the ball to its end, where Brayden Carlson's pass set up White's shot.
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SD panel urges reform of criminal justice system
CHET BROKAW,Associated Press
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- South Dakota should make sweeping changes in its criminal justice system to lock up only dangerous offenders while treating more of those convicted of nonviolent crimes outside prison walls, which could save up to $212 million in prison costs in the next decade, a state panel has recommended.
• The 18-member work group, appointed by state leaders from all three branches of government, recommended an expansion of programs that keep drug and alcohol offenders out of prison by placing them in intensive treatment programs. Other proposals include focusing probation and parole services on offenders most at risk of getting into trouble, changing sentencing laws and putting more people convicted of low-level felonies on probation.
• The panel was appointed by Gov. Dennis Daugaard, Supreme Court Chief Justice David Gilbertson and legislative leaders. Those officials will decide which of the recommendations are submitted to the South Dakota Legislature in January.
• The 13-page report said the package of recommendations would improve public safety, hold offenders more accountable and cut prison costs by focusing spending on violent, chronic and career criminals.
• If nothing is done, South Dakota would be faced with building two new prisons -- one for men and one for women -- in the next decade, the report said. The reforms would avoid adding up to 755 prison beds in the next decade, saving between $197 (Continued on page 21)
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