Jacks Survive in OT against Idaho State

Thursday, December 18

Logan, Utah

6:30 PM

South Dakota State University

Idaho State

12/18/2014 11:45:00 PM | Men's Basketball

By: SDSU Sports Info

LOGAN, Utah – George Marshall scored 15 points and grabbed eight rebounds in his South Dakota State debut, Connor Devine scored a career-high 13 and the Jackrabbits got 17 Points from Cody Larson and 15 from Deondre Parks, but need overtime to secure a 75-72 win over Idaho State in the first game of the World Vision Classic in Logan, Utah.

The Jacks fifth straight win boosts their record to 7-3, while the Bengals fall to 3-6.

“We need to practice better. We've not practiced well for whatever reason, and it's showing up in the way that we played,” head coach Scott Nagy said. “It's hard for us to enjoy wins when we know we're not playing like we're capable of playing.”

Down four at 60-56 under two minutes to play, the Jacks got buckets from Devine and Parks, but the Bengals got one as well, so SDSU trailed buy two with under a minute to play, when Jake Bittle drew a foul with 47 seconds left and sank both free throws to tie the game for the 10th time, this time at 60-all.

ISU would get a look on the other end with 14 seconds left, but missed, giving SDSU a chance to win it in regulation, but a Marshall triple and a Devine put-back attempt fell short, sending the game to overtime.

Parks opened the extra frame with a 3-pointer, and the Jacks pushed that lead to as many as seven at 70-63 with 1:18 left, but the Bengals fought back to within one at 73-72 with five seconds left, but Marshall sank a pair of free throws with three seconds left and Idaho State's 3-point attempt at the final buzzer fell short.

Idaho State's Jeffrey Solarin led all players in the game with both 22 points and with 10 rebounds, and Chris Hansen scored 21 points in the loss for the Bengals.

The Jackrabbits look to extend the streak on Friday against Bakersfield at 5:30 p.m. MT, 6:30 p.m. CT.

NOTES: SDSU improves to 1-1 this season in neutral site games, and to 2-1 all-time against Idaho State … SDSU also improves to 6-1 when leading at the half, to 3-1 in games decided by three or fewer points … to 32-37 all-time in overtime games and to an even 14-14 in overtime games under head coach Scott Nagy … the Jacks played their first overtime game since a 79-78 double overtime loss at Bakersfield on Feb. 20, 2013 … SDSU committed a season-low eight turnovers in the game … George Marshall played a game- and career-high 43 minutes in his Jackrabbit debut … Connor Devine played a career-high minutes for the second game in a row (25) and scored in double figures for the first time in his career (13) … four Jackrabbits scored in double figures for the fifth time this season