Friday,  March 1, 2013 • Vol. 14--No. 225 • 17 of 40 •  Other Editions

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DeSmet 58, Oldham-Ramona/Rutland 44
Region 3B
Sully Buttes 53, Herreid/Selby Area 42
Region 4B
Parker 55, Centerville 53

South Dakota State rips Nebraska-Omaha 100-82

• OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- Chad White scored 23 points, including a career-high six 3-pointers, and South Dakota State clinched a share of the Summit League title with a 100-82 victory over Nebraska-Omaha Thursday night.
• All five Jackrabbit starters scored in double figures as did reserve Marcus Heemstra. Nate Wolters had 18 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists while Jordan Dykstra scored 14 points and grabbed a career-high 17 rebounds.
• The Jackrabbits (22-9, 13-3) will be the No. 1 seed in the Summit tournament and will play IUPUI in the first round on March 9.
• Tony Fiegen scored 14 points, Brayden Carlson 13 and Heemstra scored 10 for SDSU, which shot 58 percent.
• Justin Simmons led Omaha with 29 points and Alex Welhouse scored 16. The Mavericks (11-19, 6-9) had won three in a row. They aren't eligible for the Summit tournament because they are new members of the league.

Gruis scores 26, South Dakota defeats IUPUI 87-69

• INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Trevor Gruis scored 26 points, helping South Dakota post an 87-69 victory over IUPUI on Thursday night.
• South Dakota (10-18, 5-10 Summit) also had three other players score in double figures. Juevol Myles had 18 points, Casey Kasperbauer had 13 and Jordan Boots had 11, including three 3-pointers. Myles also had five assists.
• South Dakota made 20 of 25 free throws, compared to just 4 of 11 for IUPUI (6-24, 1-14).
• Mitchell Patton scored 24 points to lead IUPUI. Donovan Gibbs and Sean Esposito scored 12 and Greg Rice had 10.
• Esposito also had seven assists and Rice collected seven rebounds.



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