Friday,  Jan. 24, 2014 • Vol. 16--No. 192 • 20 of 38

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• Warner 63, Northwestern 36
• Waverly-South Shore 46, Rosholt 43
• Webster 55, Tiospa Zina Tribal 45
281 Conference Tournament
• Seventh Place
Iroquois 29, Wolsey-Wessington 27
Fifth Place
Hitchcock-Tulare 51, Sunshine Bible Academy 45
Third Place
Wessington Springs 55, James Valley Christian 37
Little Moreau Conference Tournament
• First Round
Faith 40, Harding County 36
• Lemmon 81, Bison 18
• McIntosh 45, Dupree 28
Southern Plains Conference Tournament
• First Round
Lyman 51, Colome 35
• South Central 55, Gregory 23
• White River 60, Stanley County 47

Western Illinois cruises by South Dakota 79-61

• MACOMB, Ill. (AP) -- Garret Covington scored 21 points to lead hot-shooting Western Illinois to a 79-61 win over South Dakota on Thursday to give Jim Molinari his 300th win as a head coach.
• The Leathernecks (8-11, 2-2 Summit League) hit 7 of 10 3-pointers on the way to a 62 percent shooting night and made 16 of 18 free throws. Jabari Sandifer had 13 points and Michael Ochereobia and Tate Stensgaard added 10 apiece.
• Tyler Flack led the Coyotes (8-10, 3-1), which shot just 38.5 percent, with 11 points, Brandon Bos and Adam Thoseby had 10 each.
• Western Illinois out-rebounded South Dakota by 15, limiting the Coyotes to 19 boards.
• The Leathernecks were leading 15-14 12 minutes into the game but then went on an 11-0 run. Jordan Foster started it with a 3 and ended it with a layup. In between, Covington knocked two consecutive 3's.
• It was 33-21 at the break.

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