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6/29/2010 3:51:00 PM | Men's Basketball
JONESBORO, Ark. - Arkansas State took control early with a 14-point lead at halftime and kept it up, pinning a 88-61 men's basketball loss on South Dakota State on Saturday.
ASU led 39-25 at halftime, and was up 51-31 three minutes into the second half, stretching it to 70-35 when Dewarick Spencer hit his sixth three-pointer of the game with 11:22 to play.
Arkansas State is 13-7 overall while SDSU fell to 5-14. The Jacks host Winona State on Tuesday.
Freshman Steve Holdren led the Jacks with a career-high 23 points and also led the team in rebounds, with eight. Ben Beran added 13 points and Joe Green 12 points.
South Dakota State (5-14)
Steve Holdren 10-16 3-4 26, Joe Green 4-9 3-6 12, Ben Beran 3-9 4-4 10, Luke Geiver 0-2 2-2 2, Brady Hokenson 0-4 0-0 0, Mackenzie Casey 0-1 0-0 0, Andy Kleinjan 1-6 0-0 2, Ben DeWaard 0-0 0-0 0, Jared DeJong 1-2 3-6 5, Michael Loney 2-2 0-0 4. Totals 21-51 15-22 61.
Arkansas State (13-7)
Lorenzo Hampton 6-9 0-0 12, Kitus Witherspoon 2-2 2-4 6, Dewarick Spencer 9-16 1-1 25, J.J. Montgomery 5-12 8-9 18, Derek Tipler 3-5 0-0 6, Andre King-Holland 0-0 0-0 0, Jerry nichols 2-7 3-3 9, Joseph Bailey 0-1 0-0 0, Yual Banks 1-1 0-0 2, Tyler King 0-1 0-0 0, Evgueni Sokolov 0-1 0-0 0, Isaac Wells 3-8 0-0 8, Theo Little 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 32-64 14-17 88.
Halftime: ASU 39, SDSU 25. SDSU .412, ASU .500. 3-pt FG - SDSU 4-16 (Holdren 3-6, Green 1-4, Geiver 0-1, Hokenson 0-2, Kleinjan 0-3), ASU 10-21 (Spencer 6-9, Wells 2-4, Nichols 2-5, Montgomery 0-1, Bailey 0-1, Sokolov 0-1). Rebounds - SDSU 30 (Holdren 8), ASU 37. Fouls - SDSU 15, ASU 20. Fouled out - ASU Nichols. Assists - SDSU 9, ASU 19 (Tipler 6). Steals - SDSU 5, ASU 11 (Spencer 4). Blocked shots - SDSU 4, ASU 4 (Witherspoon 2). Turnovers - SDSU 18, ASU 12. Attendance - 3,141.