South Dakota senior Tyler Flack scored a career-high 29 points on 13 of 15 shooting to lead the Coyotes to their second key road win in as many games.

The Coyotes scored 56 points in the second half and shot 56 percent from the field in beating preseason Summit League favorite Fort Wayne 93-82 Wednesday at Memorial Coliseum. South Dakota sweeps the Mastodons for the first time in six years as Summit League foes. 

Matt Mooney added 21 points for the Coyotes (17-10, 8-4 Summit), who took sole possession of second place in the Summit.. In addition, South Dakota clinched its fifth straight Summit League Tournament appearance with Western Illinois’ win against Oral Roberts. 

Bryson Scott made four 3-pointers and scored 20 points to lead Fort Wayne (16-9, 5-6), which lost inside Memorial Coliseum for the first time this season and for the second time at home all year. The Mastodons made 14 of 32 three-pointers, but were outscored at the free-throw line 16-4 and outrebounded 34-30. Mo Evans, the Summit’s third-leading scorer at 17 points per game, had just eight Wednesday on 3 of 13 shooting.