South Dakota State tied a single-game program record by making 15 3-pointers, but Omaha shot 59 percent from the floor and hung on for the 96-92 win, spoiling the Jackrabbits first chance at reaching 20 wins for the season.
The loss snaps the Jackrabbits five game winning streak and drops them to 19-6 on the season overall and to 8-3 in The Summit League, while the host Mavericks improve to 16-10 overall and to 8-4 in league play.
SDSU led 67-63 midway through the second half, when Omaha used a 13-2 run take a 76-69 lead with just under eight minutes to play. That lead would grow to as many as nine at 81-72 a couple of minutes later.
Down nine again at 84-75 with just over six minutes left, the Jackrabbits used a 9-0 run to tie the game on an old fashioned 3-point play from Daum with 4:34 left, and then extended the run to 12-1 to go up 87-85 just 30 seconds later.
The Mavs quickly regained the lead, and minus a Marshall triple that the game at 92 with just over a minute left, led for the remainder of the game.
Reed Tellinghuisen led the Jackrabbits with 21 points on 7 of 9 shooting from beyond the arc. Mike Daum finished with 20 points, while George Marshall added 18 and Deondre Parks 15 points in the loss.
Tra-Deon Hollins scored a game-high 28 points for the Mavs, with Tre-Shawn Thurman adding 19, Jake White 18 and Devin Patterson 15 points. Hollins also added a game-high nine rebounds.
