South Dakota junior guard Casey Kasperbauer scored 18 points as the Coyotes upended  North Dakota State 71-67 Wednesday night inside the DakotaDome to move into a tie for first place in the Summit league standings.

The Coyotes (9-9, 3-1 Summit) have won three in a row and six of their last seven to reach the .500 mark for the first time this season. It was USD’s first win in the series since 2004. South Dakota takes on South Dakota State (12-7, 3-2) Saturday in Brookings.

North Dakota State (11-6, 3-1) had won 12 consecutive games against Summit League opponents dating back to last season and brought a season-best five-game winning streak to Vermillion.

South Dakota’s Tyler Larson recorded his eighth double-double of the season, registering 10 points and a career-best 14 rebounds. His offensive board and put back in the paint broke a 63-63 tie with a minute remaining. Teammate Trey Norris made two free throws with 37 seconds left that made it 67-63. Brandon Bos made four free throws in the final 13 seconds to seal the win for the Coyotes.

Lawrence Alexander made a layup as time expired to finish with a game-high 20 points for the Bison. Kory Brown and Carlin Dupree added 15 and 12 points, respectively. Both had seven rebounds.

Bos finished 7 of 7 from the line and South Dakota was 24 of 27 from the stripe compared to 6 of 9 for North Dakota State. Bos had 12 points and Norris had 10 points, three assists and three steals.

Kasperbauer made 7 of 10 shots and was 4 of 5 from beyond the arc. He is 21 of 32 from downtown in his last five games (65 percent). Kasperbauer’s first trey tied the game at 16 after the Bison had jumped out to an 8-0 advantage. His fourth trey came at the 12:28 mark of the second half and gave South Dakota its largest lead of eight points, 47-39.