Sunday,  Feb. 09, 2014 • Vol. 16--No. 208 • 28 of 36

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• Warner 41, Groton Area 28
• Webster 54, Leola/Frederick 26
• Wheaton/Herman-Norcross, Minn. 53, Rosholt 49
• Wilmot 75, Langford 37
• Winner 68, Cheyenne-Eagle Butte 36
Cornbelt Conference Classic
Canistota 49, Bridgewater-Emery 48
• Hanson 75, Freeman 53
• Howard 61, Oldham-Ramona/Rutland 50
• Menno 33, Marion 30
Highmore Classic
Highmore-Harrold 53, Herreid/Selby Area 40
• Ipswich 45, Jones County 36
• Lower Brule 54, Iroquois 23
• Wessington Springs 54, Eureka/Bowdle 38

Olson leads Denver past South Dakota 75-67

• DENVER (AP) -- Brett Olson scored a career-high 30 points to lead Denver, which committed a season-low five turnovers, past South Dakota 75-67 Saturday.
• Olson also set career-highs for field goals (eight) and 3-point field goals (six).
• After Tyler Flack's jumper with 7:55 left in the first half pulled South Dakota (9-14, 3-5 Summit) within one, but Denver closed the period with a 19-8 run -- capped by a Jalen Love 3-pointer -- to take a 38-26 advantage into the intermission.
• The Coyotes trailed by as many as 17 points in the second half and didn't pull within single-digits until Casey Kasperbauer hit a 3 with 21 seconds remaining.
• USD scored eight straight points over a 26 second span, including a 3-pointer by Trey Norris with 7 seconds to go, to make it 73-67, but Olson hit a pair of free throws two seconds late to seal the win for Denver (12-11, 5-3).

S. Dakota St. routs IUPUI 83-59, wins 4th straight

• BROOKINGS, S.D. (AP) -- Jordan Dykstra scored 17 points as South Dakota State won its fourth straight with an 83-59 victory over IUPUI on Saturday.
• South Dakota State (14-10, 6-3 Summit League) built a 42-27 halftime advantage and led by as many as 31 in the second half en route to its ninth straight win over IUPUI (5-21, 0-9).

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