For just the second time in two seasons, the South Dakota men’s basketball team suffered defeat on its home floor in an 84-79 setback to North Dakota State Saturday afternoon inside the Sanford Coyote Sports Center.

Both losses inside the building have been to the Bison, who improve to 9-7 overall and 1-1 in Summit League action behind 35 points from redshirt freshman Cameron Hunter and 24 from senior Paul Miller. The Coyotes fall to 14-5 overall and 2-1 in league action.