Jacks head for Omaha

Saturday, January 6

Omaha, Neb.

7 p.m.

South Dakota State University

Omaha

Tickets

Photo by: Inertia Sports Media/Dave Eggen

1/4/2018 3:34:00 PM | Men's Basketball

GAME 19: South Dakota State (13-5, 1-0) at Omaha (5-12, 0-1)

When	Saturday, Jan. 6
Where	Baxter Arena \| Omaha, Neb.
Radio	Jackrabbit Sports Network \| WNAX 570 AM \| Tyler Merriam
Live Video	Mavericks All-Access
Live Audio	Jackrabbits All-Access
Live Stats	GoJacksLive.com
Game Notes	South Dakota State \| Omaha \| Summit League
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Previewing the Game
South Dakota State closes a two-game road swing the weekend, taking on the Omaha Mavericks Saturday at Baxter Arena. Tipoff from Omaha, Nebraska is set for 7 p.m.

The Jackrabbits (13-5, 1-0 Summit League) are coming off an 87-80 win at North Dakota State in its league opener. SDSU has won four straight and entered the new year with 12 wins for the first time since 2011-12.

Omaha (5-12, 0-1 Summit League) picked up a 100-60 win over Doane last Tuesday after falling in its Summit League opener at Oral Roberts, 93-74. The Mavericks are 3-2 in their last five games.

This is the 87th meeting all-time between the schools, with the Jackrabbits holding a 54-32 edge dating back to the 1919-20 season. The latest matchup was a 79-77 State victory in the 2017 Summit League Championship, and last season the Jacks were 2-1 against the Mavericks. At the Division I level, South Dakota State is 8-3 against Omaha with a 4-1 record in road games.

About South Dakota State
The Summit League Preseason Player of the Year Mike Daum is the nation's top returning scorer and is off to another strong start, averaging a team-best 22.5 points and 8.4 rebounds per contest. He has seven double-doubles on the campaign and has reached double figures in 17 of 18 contests, including six of his 80 career 30-point performances. He is also one of five players to have over 1,800 points as a Jackrabbit.

For his career, Daum has eight 35-point double-double (five more than another other player since 2010) and nine 30-point double-doubles, breaking a tie with Doug McDermott for most in the NCAA over the last eight seasons. He also has three 35-point, 15-rebound games, more than any other player in that span.

David Jenkins Jr. is off to a torrid pace in his first season at the collegiate level, sitting second on the team with 14.3 points per game and 14 double figure scoring performances. He has led the team in scoring three times (13 against UCI, 23 against Iowa and 19 against Concordia) and is shooting 40.7 percent from the field this season.

Jenkins has reached the 20-point mark four times this season, including his first career 30-point game, where he dropped 31 at Colorado with seven 3-pointers.

The Tacoma, Washington native is just behind Mike Daum for the team-lead in 3-pointers, hitting 44 at a clip of 39 percent compared to Daum's 45 made 3-pointers.

Reed Tellinghuisen has risen to 22nd all-time in career points at SDSU (1,250) this year and is averaging 12.9 points per game, hitting double figures in 11 of the last 12 contests. Tellinghuisen is pulling down 4.7 rebounds every night, and on Dec. 22 posted his third career double-double, finishing with a team-best 16 points and 10 rebounds at UMKC. On Jan. 3 at NDSU, Tellinghuisen posted his fourth career 20-point game, finishing with 22 while going 9-for-13 from the field.

The Sac City, Iowa native is shooting over 52 percent for the year and is 38-for-85 (44.7 percent) from 3-point range.

Tevin King is putting up 9.1 points per game, just below double figures while grabbing 89 total rebounds, second-most on the team. He has 49 assists and a team-best 33 steals while shooting 53.8 percent from the field.

From Chicago, King has hit 12 3-points this season and has scored 10 or more nine times.

The Jackrabbits are 22nd nationally in scoring offense, putting up 85.8 points per game with a plus-10.9 scoring margin. SDSU is shooting 41.8 percent from deep combined, a mark that ranks ninth in NCAA Division I while the team is hitting 48 percent from the field overall

On the boards, SDSU has a plus-4.3 rebounding margin and is first nationally with 699 total rebounds.

About Omaha
Omaha boasts a perfect 5-0 record at home this season and is led by five double-figure scorers. Zach Jackson (17.3 points per game) paces the Mavericks and is shooting 52.9 percent from the field with 24 made 3-pointers. His 116 total rebounds (6.8 per game) is the top among active players, and he is tied for the team lead with 18 steals.

Daniel Norl (12.6) is second on the team in scoring and has 15 steals, shooting 47.2 percent from the field with 26 3-pointers.

Mitch Hahn (12.2 ppg) has played in just six games this season due to injury, and has been out since Dec. 9. Still, Hahn ranks as the third-highest scorer for the Mavericks and was averaging 7.3 rebounds per contest before the injury bug struck.

JT Gibson (10.9 ppg) and KJ Robinson (10.3 ppg) are in double figures as well, with Gibson making a team-high 32 3-pointers while matching Jackson and Ayo Akinwole with 18 steals. Robinson has not played in the last three games due to injury as well, but could return Saturday. He is shooting 36.4 percent from the field and has hit 26 3-pointers in addition to his 42 assists (team-high) and 16 steals.

As a team, Omaha is scoring 78.4 points per contest and shooting 46.3 percent combined. The Mavericks are 145-of-391 from beyond the arc but are shooting just 67 percent from the charity stripe.

Defensively, the Mavericks are allowing 84.8 points per game with teams shooting 47.4 percent against them. On the boards, Omaha is minus-1.7 in rebounding margin.

Derrick Hansen is in his 13th season leading the Mavericks and holds a 202-178 record at the helm.

A South Dakota State Win Would ...
Give SDSU its 14th win of the season ... move SDSU to 55-32 all-time against the Mavericks and move its series streak to three games ... push Otzelberger to 32-22 at South Dakota State ... send the Jackrabbits to 1,497-1,029-1 all-time.

A South Dakota State Loss Would ...
Put the Jacks at 13-6 ... give SDSU its third straight win in the series and move the Jacks to 54-33 all-time against the Mavericks ... make Otzelberger 31-23 at South Dakota State ... drop SDSU to 1,496-1,030-1 all-time.

Daum Racks Up Weekly Honors
Mike Daum earned his third Summit League Player of the Week nod Dec. 26, picking up the nod for the second-straight week. Daum is a seven-time Summit League Player of the Week for his career, the fourth-most all-time in league history.

Dec. 26 -- Averaged a double-double over two starts, putting up 23.5 points and 10.5 rebounds per game alongside a 61.3 field goal percentage. Started the week with a 35-point, 14-rebound double-double against Drake on Dec. 19. He matched his career-high of 14 field goals and hit four 3-pointers in the game. Daum added 12 points and seven rebounds at UMKC (Dec. 22), going 5-for-7 from the field.
Dec. 18 -- Averaged a double-double over two starts, with 31 points and 11 rebounds per contests. Scored 37 points with 12 rebounds at Colorado (Dec. 15) and had 25 points with 10 boards against North Dakota (Dec. 12).
Nov. 20 -- Posted double-doubles in both games, averaging 25.5 points and 12.0 rebounds per contest. He shot 50 percent from the field (16 of 32) and hit eight 3-pointers while going 11-for-13 at the charity stripe. Notched his 13th career 30-point game against Alabama State (11/14) to go along with 13 rebounds while adding 21 points and 11 rebounds against Kansas (11/17).

Tough Tests
South Dakota State played five Power Five (ACC, SEC, Big 12, Big 10, Pac-12) opponents this season and has two wins those games.

The Jackrabbits knocked off Ole Miss (Nov. 28) in overtime after a win over Iowa (Nov. 21) at the Cayman Islands Classic.

SDSU also faced Kansas (Nov. 17) and Colorado (Dec. 15) in addition to a road matchup at then-No. 6 Wichita State (a member of the American Athletic Conference), with narrow losses against the Shockers and Buffaloes. At WSU, the Jacks led for over 28 minutes of game action, but a late charge helped the Shockers defend their home court. SDSU charged back from an early deficit in Colorado to force overtime, but could not pull off the comeback in a double overtime affair that saw SDSU play just eight Jackrabbits in 50 minutes of game action.

South Dakota State has seven wins over Power Five programs since joining The Summit League in 2007, picking up wins over Iowa State (2008), Iowa (2010 and 2017), Washington (2011), TCU (2015), Minnesota (2015) and Ole Miss (2017).

SDSU's wins over Iowa and Ole Miss this season came in the shortest time frame of any Summit League team since 1998 (seven days). The Jackrabbits are the fifth league team to post a win over separate Power Five conferences in the same regular season, and the first to do it since 2009.

Jenkins Jr. Named National Freshman of the Week
CBS Sports and the U.S. Basketball Writers Association have named South Dakota State's David Jenkins Jr. as the National Freshman of the Week, announced Dec. 19 on CBSSports.com.

Jenkins averaged 23 points, four 3-pointers, four rebounds and 1.5 steals per game last week, shooting 47.2 percent from the field with an 8-for-17 effort from long range.

He made the most of his first career start against North Dakota on Dec. 12, playing 29 minutes with 15 points and a career-high seven rebounds in a 99-63 Jackrabbit victory.

The 6-2 guard continued his hot play against Colorado last Friday, breaking the school's Division I freshman single-game scoring mark with 31 while burying seven 3-pointers, tied for fourth-most in a Division I game at SDSU. He teamed with Mike Daum to become the first duo in the school's Division I history to each have 30 or more points in the same game.

Daum Named November Athlete of the Month
South Dakota State's Mike Daum was selected as the Summit League's November Male Athlete of the Month, announced Dec. 7 by the conference office.

Daum helped the Jacks to a 7-2 record through the opening part of the season and averaged a near-double-double, posting 20.1 points and 8.2 rebounds per game while hitting 22 3-pointers. The Kimball, Nebraska native scored in double figures for all nine contests, including two 30-point performances and five games with 20 or more.

The forward had three consecutive double-doubles from Nov. 12-17, racking up 22 points and 13 rebounds against Mary and 30 points with 13 rebounds against Alabama State before closing the streak with a 21-point, 11-board performance at then-No. 3 Kansas.

Let It Rain
South Dakota State's 3-point offense ranks among the nation's best for the second-straight season, as the team leads the nation in 3-pointers made and is eighth in attempts for the Jan. 4 stats release. The Jacks are 15th nationally with 10.8 3-pointers per game and their 421.8 long range shooting percentage is ninth in Division I.

Last season, the Jacks had three players that hit 60 or more 3-pointers last season, including two returners in Mike Daum (79) and Reed Tellinghuisen (74). That duo ranked 13th nationally among active returning duos in combined 3-pointers from a year-ago. State has three already with 35 or more 3-pointers this year: Mike Daum (45), David Jenkins Jr. (44), and Reed Tellinghuisen (38). All three rank among the nation's best, with Daum sitting 33rd and Jenkins, 40th.
Through 18 games last season, SDSU was 162-for-450 beyond the arc. This year, the Jacks are 195-for-466 from long distance.
Nov. 28 saw the Jackrabbits reset the school's Division I record for 3-pointers made and attempted in a game for the third (makes) and fourth (attempts) time, going 18-for-41 beyond the arc.
Since the arrival of T.J. Otzelberger, the Jacks now hold all of the top five spots in the record book for 3-pointers made in a Division I game, and hold all but one of the spots in the top five of attempts.
The Otzelberger-led Jackrabbits have hit 14 or more 3-pointers in 10 games over the last two seasons, and prior to his arrival a State team had hit 14 or more 3-pointers in just six games.
Through the first 12 seasons of Division I basketball (starting in the first transition year of 2003-04), SDSU had 71 games of 10 or more 3-pointers, with a max of 13 in one season (2010-13). The Jackrabbits did it 13 times last year and this season has hit 10 or more 3-pointers in 10 games.
Under T.J., the Jackrabbits have attempted 30 or more 3-pointers in a game 11 times. The Pre-Otzelberger era Jackrabbit teams did it on 11 total occasions since the adoption of the 3-point line in 1986. It happened three times at the Division I level and eight times between 2003-04 and 2015-16, the last season Scott Nagy led the program.

Pointing The Way
Tevin King and Brandon Key have shared the point guard role through 18 games this season, complimenting each other and helping the team rank 27th nationally with 253 total assists.

Key has a team-high 64 assists (3.8 per game) to go with 6.6 points per game. He five double-figure scoring games and has dished three or more assists on 12 occasions, including a pair of seven-assist efforts against Alabama State and DSU. He has five or more assists in eight games.

King has 49 assists and is averaging 9.1 points per contest while leading the team with 33 steals. The Chicago, Illinois native has already surpassed his 3-point total from a year ago, sitting with 12 made 3s this season to go alongside a field goal percentage of 53.8. He has nine double figure scoring games this season.

Daum, Tellinghuisen Continue Rise on Scoring Chart
Mike Daum entered the top five for career points at South Dakota State Dec. 12 against North Dakota, and now has 1,801 points as a Jackrabbit. Next on the list is Austin Hansen, who scored 1,815 points between 1999-2003.

Reed Tellinghuisen joined the top 25 in all-time scoring Dec. 12, and is currently 22nd with 1,250 career points. He is less than 200 points from the top 10 after joining the 1,000 points club in The Summit League Tournament last season.

The complete 1,000 point club can be found on page 10 of the game notes.

Dynamic Duo
Teammates Mike Daum and Reed Tellinghuisen are back after leading the team in scoring a year ago, and rank among the nation's best as a scoring duo with over 3,000 points between them in their careers. The Jacks are third in total career points as a pair as of Jan. 1, 2018.

Tacoma Talent
Tacoma, Washington native David Jenkins Jr. has burst on the scene through his first month of collegiate basketball, racking up 258 points and 44 3-pointers through 18 games. He has hit at least two 3-pointers in 13 contests and on Dec. 15 at Colorado set the school's freshman single-game scoring record at the Division I level with 31.

The lone West coach native on the Jackrabbit roster has reached double figures in 14 of 18 games, becoming the first freshman to accomplish the feat at SDSU since Steve Holdren did it in 11 of his first 18 appearances in 2004-05.

Jenkins and Holdren are also the only two Jackrabbit freshmen to lead the team in scoring in their first collegiate game over the last 17 years (dating back to 2000-01 when game-by-game stats were readily available).

Jenkins is second on the team with 14.3 points per game in 2017-18 and has shot 41.1 percent from the field, and 39.6 percent from long distance.

He was named the National Freshman of the Week by CBS Sports and the U.S. Basketball Writers Association Dec. 19 after averaging 23 points, four 3-pointers, four rebounds and 1.5 steals per game over two games that week.

He is on pace to challenge Mike Daum's freshman scoring record of 518 points, set in 2015-16. Jenkins has 258 points through 18 games, compared to Daum's 224 points in that span.

Fellow Tacoma native Isaiah Thomas, currently with the Cleveland Cavaliers, had 286 points and 16 double figure games through 17 games of his freshman year at Washington.

Jenkins scored over 2,000 points in his high school career before spending a year at Sunrise Christian Academy Prep School. He was named as a newcomer to watch in The Summit League by TheAthletic.com's John Rohde.

As of Thursday, Jan. 4 Jenkins sits ninth among Division I freshmen this season in total points.

#FearFrost
The Jacks own an 82-5 record at Frost Arena over the last six seasons dating back to 2011-12, which includes perfect home records in four of the last five years entering the current season. That span includes two home winning streaks of 30 or more games.

South Dakota State won 34 consecutive games from Jan. 30, 2014 to Dec. 28, 2016. It ended as the nation's second longest active streak.
The Jackrabbits won 30 consecutive home games from Jan. 29, 2011 to Nov. 14, 2013.
SDSU put together undefeated seasons inside Frost Arena the following years: 1984-85 (18-0), 2002-03 (17-0), 2011-12 (14-0), 2012-13 (13-0), 2014-15 (13-0), and 2015-16 (12-0). SDSU is 7-0 at home this year.
Since 2011-12, South Dakota State has won 94.2 percent of its home games, a mark that ranks fourth among all Division I programs.
South Dakota State has won 28 consecutive home nonconference games inside Frost Arena. That mark ranks eighth nationally.

Team Quick Hits

Mike Daum and David Jenkins Jr. became the first Jackrabbit duo in Division I to score 30 or more points in the same game when the pair went for 37 and 31, respectively at Colorado Dec. 15.
South Dakota State has scored 100 or more three this season. Prior to the Jackrabbits' 103-67 win over Concordia (Neb.), the previous 100-point game for SDSU was Feb. 28, 2013. The last time SDSU had two or more 100-point games in a season was 2011-12, when the Jackrabbits did it twice. The Division I program record for 100-point games in a season is five, set in 2004-05 and the overall program record is six, set in 1997-98, 1991-92 and 1968-69.
The Jackrabbits have passed the 90-point mark eight times this season and have scored 80 or more in 13 games.
The Jacks are 10-2 when winning the rebounding battle and 3-3 when being out-rebounded. Twice this year the Jacks have posted a plus-20 rebounding margin. SDSU was 16-1 when outrebounding its opponent last year and 2-16 in games with the same or fewer rebounds. State currently sits fourth nationally with 540 total rebounds.
South Dakota State forced 11 steals against Concordia (Neb.) on Dec. 8, tallying 10-or-more steals in a game for the first time since Nov. 19, 2015 at Illinois State (11).
Six Jackrabbits reached double figures against Concordia (Neb.) on Dec. 8 for the first time in a game since Feb. 28, 2013 at Omaha, and did it again Dec. 22 at UMKC.
Four times this season the Jackrabbits have had two players score over 20 points in the same game. It last happened Jan. 3 at NDSU when Daum scored 37 and Tellinghuisen added 22.
South Dakota State is now four wins away from the program's 1,500th victory. The Jacks won their 500th game in Frost Arena last season.
2017-18 marked the third time State has started 3-0 at the Division I level (dating back to transition year of 2004-05). The Jacks also did it in 2010-11 and 2015-16, when the team started an Division I-best 6-0.
At least one Jackrabbit has scored in double figures over the last 327 games dating back to Jan. 12, 2008 at IUPUI when Anthony Cordova had nine points to lead the Jacks.
From Jan. 31, 2009 through the 2013-14 season, SDSU put together a streak of 179 games with at least one 1,000 point scorer on the floor. SDSU snapped a streak of 90 games without a 1,000 point scorer when Mike Daum joined the club on Jan. 21, 2017. SDSU has now restarted a streak of 31 games with at least one 1,000-point scorer on the court.
State has made at least one 3-pointer in 356 consecutive games. The last time the Jackrabbits did not make a 3-point field goal was Jan. 25, 2007 at Utah State when the team went 0-for-13.
SDSU is 92-18 all-time in home openers (where records available). Dating back to 2004-05, SDSU's first year of DI transition, SDSU is 12-2.
SDSU is 73-39 in season-openers all-time. The Jacks are 6-8 in season-opening games at the Division I level.
The Jackrabbits are 6-5 in Summit League openers.

Daum Named to Award Watch Lists
Mike Daum has earned a spot on three national award watch lists for the 2017-18 season, being named a preseason favorite for the Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year, Oscar Robertson Player of the Year and Lute Olson Player of the Year awards.

The Karl Malone Award is presented by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Named after Hall of Famer and two-time NBA Most Valuable Player Karl Malone, the annual honor in its fourth year recognizes the top power forwards in Division I men's college basketball. By mid-February, the watch list of 20 players for the 2018 Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year Award will be narrowed to just 10. In March, five finalists will be presented to Mr. Malone and the Hall of Fame's selection committee. The winner of the 2018 Karl Malone Award will be presented at the ESPN College Basketball Awards Show presented by Wendy's in Los Angeles, CA on Friday, April 6, 2018.
Daum was selected as one of 32 players on the 2017-18 Oscar Robertson Trophy Preseason Watch List, announced Nov. 6 by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association. The award is presented to the national player of the year by its namesake at the NCAA Final Four in San Antonio. In mid-March, the USBWA will announce its 2017-18 All-America Team and, at that time, finalists will also be chosen for the player of the year. Once finalists are announced, the entire USBWA membership will vote for the winner of the Oscar Robertson Trophy.
He was announced as one of 40 selections on the CollegeInsider.com Lute Olson Award Watch List Nov. 6 as well. The Lute Olson Award is presented annually to the nation's top Division I player who has played at least two seasons. The 2017-18 Lute Olson National Player of the Year Award will be announced on March 31, 2018 at the CollegeInsider.com Awards Event in San Antonio, site of the men's NCAA Basketball Championship.

Jacks 15th in Mid-Major Top 25
The Jackrabbits moved up to 15th in the College Sports Madness Mid-Major poll, released Jan. 2 by the organization

The Jacks fell out of the top 25 two weeks for the first time this season, but have since bounced back, sitting 22nd in the final poll of 2017 before sliding into its current ranking.

SDSU has been ranked as high as 13th.

The latest edition of the poll features 2017-18 opponents Missouri State (No. 9), South Dakota (No. 10) and Fort Wayne (RV-1).

SDSU Signs Three
Owen King, Aaron Fiegen and Matthew Mimms signed their National Letters of Intent to join South Dakota State, announced Nov. 11 on National Signing Day.

King (Caledonia, Minnesota) averaged 19 points, five rebounds and six assists per game as a junior for Caledonia High School. He enters his senior season as the school's all-time leading scorer (1,925 points) and in December was named Minnesota's Associated Press High School Football Player of the Year.
Fiegen (Madison, South Dakota) was a First Team All-State pick last year, averaging 15.5 points, 5.1 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game in 2016-17.
Mimms (Fairfax, Iowa) is a two-time Iowa State Champion with Xavier High School. He averaged 15.5 points, five assists and 2.3 steals per game as a junior.

Jacks Fifth at Cayman Islands Classic
South Dakota State took fifth at the inaugural Cayman Islands Classic, closing the tournament with wins over Iowa and Buffalo after falling in its first game to Wyoming.

Reed Tellinghuisen was named to the Cayman Classic All-Tournament Team, averaging 12.7 points and 4.0 rebounds per game. Mike Daum led all Jackrabbits with 54 total points at the tournament, hitting double figures all three games, including a season-best 34 against Buffalo.

David Jenkins Jr. shot 41.2 percent (7 of 17) beyond the arc, adding 14.7 points and 4.7 rebounds per game while Tevin King, playing 26.3 minutes per game, dished out five assists, came up with eight steals, scored 31 points (10.3 ppg) and grabbed 17 rebounds (5.7 per game).

No. 12 Cincinnati won the tournament, beating Wyoming in the finals.

Preseason All-Conference Team; Jacks Picked First
Mike Daum and Reed Tellinghuisen made repeat appearances on the Summit League's Preseason All-League teams, announced early-October. Daum was the Preseason Player of the Year with First Team honors while Tellinghuisen picked a Second Team nod for the second straight season.

Daum is the second Jackrabbit to be named Preseason All-Conference and the first to do it twice, joining Nate Wolters (2012-13).

As a team, South Dakota State was picked to win the league for the fourth time in program history.

SDSU Last Time Out (Jan. 3, 2018)
FARGO, N.D. -- Mike Daum scored 37 points, Reed Tellinghuisen added 22 and the South Dakota State men's basketball team claimed an 87-80 road win Wednesday evening, taking down North Dakota State in its Summit League opener.

SDSU (13-5, 1-0 Summit League) shot over 50 percent for the fourth straight game, hitting 29-of-57 from the field with seven 3-pointers. The Jacks cleaned up at the charity stripe, draining 22-of-25 free throws.

Daum added 15 rebounds en route to a monster double-double, hitting all 16 of his free throw attempts over 33 minutes.

Tellinghuisen buried 9-of-13 field goals and four 3-pointers on his way to a season-high in points.

Tevin King rounded out the trio of double figure scorers, finishing with 10 and a pair of assists.

NDSU (8-7, 0-1) shot 40 percent as a team and hit 10 3-pointers. Paul Miller led the Bison with 36 points.

Momentum swings provided four ties and four lead changes in the opening 20 minutes, with SDSU falling behind as many as 11 midway through before charging back to take the lead late in the half.

Even at 14 after a King layup at 14:28, the Jackrabbits saw North Dakota State go on a 13-2 run over the next four minutes to open up a double-digit lead. From there, SDSU began its climb back and cut it to four (31-27) on an old-fashioned 3-point play from Daum with six minutes left.

Tellinghuisen hit a 3-pointer at 4:32 to make it a two-point game (34-32), and carried the Jacks into the break by scoring all but two of their final 16 points, providing a 3-pointer at 1:04 that put SDSU in the lead (43-41) to complete a 7-1 burst.

The teams traded buckets in the final minute of the half, and although the Jacks took a two-point lead with six seconds left, a foul on the defensive end allowed NDSU to hit three free throws and send SDSU to the half behind, 46-45.

The back-and-forth action continued early in the second before SDSU broke out on a 17-4 rally to create breathing room, leading 64-55 at 13:48. The lead reached double figures (68-57) moments later on a Daum jumper, and the Jacks led by as many as 13 on the night.

NDSU stayed within striking distance the rest of the way, but the Jacks continued to hit shots, limiting any Bison runs while closing out the victory.

Opponent Last Time Out (Jan. 2, 2018)
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OMAHA, Neb. -- The Omaha men's basketball team improved to a perfect 5-0 at home Tuesday night, defeating Doane 100-60 at Baxter Arena.

Leaders for Omaha
Freshman Matt Pile led six scorers in double figures with his first career double-double, finishing with career highs of 18 points and 10 rebounds on 9-of-11 shooting with a block and a steal.

Senior Daniel Norl followed with 17 points, four rebounds, two assists and a steal, while junior Zach Jackson had 16 points, six boards and a steal. Senior Renard Suggs chipped in another 13 points, and freshman Ayo Akinwole was a perfect 5-of-5 from the field en route to career highs of 12 points, nine rebounds and seven assists. Sophomore JT Gibson rounded it out with 11 points alongside six assists.

Leaders for Doane
Doane's Trace Tupper scored a team-leading 13 points on 5-of-7 shooting. Landon Zarybnicky and Nick Howard added another nine points apiece.

Team Stats
Omaha shot .597 (40-of-67) to Doane's .348 (23-of-66) and finished at .476 (10-of-21) from 3-point range. The Mavericks outrebounded the Tigers 47-26 and outscored them 50-18 in the paint.

Inside the First Half
Omaha shot .595 (22-of-37) in the first half, and Norl (14), Jackson (10) and Pile (10) all reached double figures, with Pile adding seven rebounds for an efficient 10 minutes on the floor. The freshman had six points as part of a 16-0 Maverick run that made it 30-11 midway through the half. By the break, the advantage stood at 58-23, marking the most points Omaha has scored in a half this season.

Inside the Second Half
The Mavericks upped their shooting to .600 (18-of-30) in the second stanza. They took their largest lead of the night on a Daniel Meyer free throw with 3:53 remaining to lead 96-50, then reached the 100-point plateau on an Alex Allbery jumper with 17 seconds left to play.

Omaha is now 5-12 (0-1 Summit League) on the season, while Doane, for whom tonight's game counts as an exhibition, remains 8-9 (3-4 GPAC).

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