It was a tale of two halves for the South Dakota State men’s basketball team in a 74-67 double-digit comeback win over Oral Roberts Saturday afternoon at Frost Arena.
Playing in front of 3,917 fans for the 2017 Lamb Bonanza, the Jackrabbits shook off a rocky start and outscored the Golden Eagles by 22 over the final 13 minutes to win their third straight contest.
SDSU (12-14, 5-6 Summit League) now sits alone in sixth place of the conference standings. The Jacks finished 37.9 percent from the field, but hit 50 percent of their second half field goals and were 23 of 32 at the line for the night.
Additionally, State scored 22 points off of ORU’s 13 turnovers while committing just eight turnovers of their own.
Oral Roberts (7-18, 3-8 Summit League) shot 45 percent from the field but finished only 8 of 15 at the free throw line.
Mike Daum and Chris Howell combined for 58 of SDSU’s points as both Jacks recorded double-doubles. Daum led the team with 38 points and 17 rebounds with a 7 of 8 effort at the line. Howell had 20 points and 12 rebounds and was 14 of 19 at the charity stripe.
