The South Dakota men’s basketball team held the Summit League’s top team in terms of field goal percentage to just 32.7 percent from the field as the Coyotes topped Western Illinois 62-50 Wednesday inside the Sanford Coyote Sports Center.
South Dakota scored its final 12 points at the free throw line, going 12-for-13 from the charity stripe over the final 2:17 of action.
South Dakota, 14-4 overall, improves to 2-0 in the Summit League for just the second time. Western Illinois, who entered the game shooting 50.5 percent from the field to rank first in the conference, falls to 8-5 overall and 0-1 in league action.
