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• Bittle lost his dribble near midcourt when Austin Hollins and Elliott Eliason converged on him near the 5-minute mark, and Hollins took the ball the other way for an uncontested double-pump dunk to stretch Minnesota's lead to 30-18.
• "We have been on that side. When people are hitting shots, it is discouraging. It's tough to come back from something like that, especially when you can't stop it," Austin Hollins said.
• South Dakota State coach Scott Nagy lowered his head and buried it in his hands as soon as Bittle lost the ball. Andre Hollins followed with a 3-pointer on the next possession, off another steal by Austin Hollins.
• "I didn't care what the score was. I just didn't see us compete like I want us to compete. I told the guys about it. The talk was they believed they could play well and believed they could win, but they didn't play like it. That was my frustration," Nagy said.
• The Jackrabbits have a 21-game winning streak on their home court, but this four-hour drive from their campus in Brookings was a long way from that comfort.
• Without Wolters, they sure missed a lot. The 6-foot-3 senior, who in 2011-12 became just the fifth player in NCAA history to average at least 20 points, five rebounds and five assists per game over a season, could only watch in his warm-ups.
• "You wish you were out there, especially the way it went. You want to help your team. It would've been a good opportunity for us, but you've just got to move on," said Wolters, who has missed only two games in his career.
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