Montana State Bobcats @ South Dakota State Jackrabbits

Big Sky-Summit Challenge

6-9, 2-5 Away

Final

	1	2	T
Montana St MTST	26	35	61
S Dakota St SDST	49	40	89

South Dakota State JackrabbitsS Dakota StSDST

8-8, 5-2 Home

South Dakota State defeats Montana State 89-61

Jan 7, 2024, 11:33 am

BROOKINGS, S.D. -- — William Kyle III's 21 points helped South Dakota State defeat Montana State 89-61 on Saturday night.

Kyle also contributed six rebounds for the Jackrabbits (8-8, 1-0 Summit League). Zeke Mayo scored 19 points and added six rebounds and seven assists. Luke Appel shot 5 of 5 from the field and 1 for 3 from the line to finish with 11 points.

Brian Goracke finished with 13 points for the Bobcats (6-9, 1-1 Big Sky Conference). Eddie Turner III added 10 points for Montana State. Sam Lecholat also recorded eight points.

Both teams play again on Thursday. South Dakota State visits St. Thomas and Montana State hosts Northern Arizona.

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Game Information

Brookings, SD

Referee:John Yorkovich

Referee:Rob Kueneman

Referee:Lewis Garrison

NCAA Division I

Big Sky Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
Portland State	13-5	-	20-11
Montana State	12-6	1	18-14
Eastern Washington	11-7	2	14-19
Northern Colorado	10-8	3	20-12
Montana	10-8	3	18-16
Weber State	10-8	3	16-16
Idaho	9-9	4	21-15
Sacramento State	6-12	7	10-21
Idaho State	5-13	8	13-20
Northern Arizona	4-14	9	10-22

Summit League	CONF	GB	OVR
North Dakota State	14-2	-	27-8
St. Thomas-Minnesota	12-4	2	24-10
North Dakota	10-6	4	18-17
South Dakota	8-8	6	16-16
Omaha	8-8	6	16-17
Denver	8-8	6	15-17
South Dakota State	7-9	7	14-18
Oral Roberts	4-12	10	10-23
Kansas City	1-15	13	4-27

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