The South Dakota Coyotes and the South Dakota State Jackrabbits meet in college basketball action from Frost Arena on Saturday night.
The South Dakota Coyotes will look to rebound from a 68-57 loss to Kansas City last time out. Kruz Perrott-Hunt leads the Coyotes in scoring and assists with 13.7 PPG and 2.2 APG while Xavier Fuller and Mason Archambault each have 12+ PPG and 4+ RPG to cap off the trio of double-digit scorers for South Dakota up to this point in the year. Hunter Goodrick has a team-high 7.6 RPG to lead the Coyotes on the glass this season. As a team, South Dakota is averaging 71.5 PPG on 44.5% shooting from the field, 32.9% from three and 71.1% from the foul line while allowing 68 PPG on 44.1% shooting from the field and 38.8% from three this season.
The South Dakota State Jackrabbits will look to build on their 90-86 win over North Dakota State last time out. Noah Friedel leads the Jackrabbits in scoring with 18 PPG while Douglas Wilson has 14.7 PPG with 5.4 RPG and Baylor Scheierman has 14.1 PPG with team-highs of 8.6 RPG and 3.9 APG to cap off the trio of double-digit scorers for South Dakota State so far this season. As a team, South Dakota State is averaging 87.3 PPG on 51.2% shooting from the field, 44% from three and 74.1% from the foul line while allowing 76.1 PPG on 44.6% shooting from the field and 35.5% from three this season.
South Dakota is 1-6 ATS in their last 7 road games and 7-1-1 ATS in their last 9 games following a double-digit loss at home while the over is 6-1 in their last 7 road games. South Dakota State is 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games as a home favorite and 1-5 ATS in their last 6 games following a win while the over is 9-1 in their last 10 Saturday games.
I get the allure of points in a rivalry game, but this is one of those rivalries where it’s really not that close. I just don’t think that the Coyotes have the offensive punch to go toe-to-toe with the Jackrabbits and I think South Dakota State just runs right past the Coyotes on the way to a 20+ point win here.