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Tuesday, December 15, 2009 at 7:56 p.m. BROOKINGS, S.D. - Lorenzo Keeler had 21 points and Kyle Odister added 17 as Cal Poly defeated South Dakota State 73-66 Tuesday night.

Brandon Fields scored 20 points to lead Nevada past South Dakota State 92-72 Saturday night in Reno.

For South Dakota State basketball coach Scott Nagy, it was one step forward and a thousand steps backward.

The Southwest Minnesota State University men's basketball team suffered its second straight loss of the season, this one coming at the hands of Division I South Dakota State University.

" South Dakota State junior Michael Palarca came off the bench to score 12 of his career-high 14 points in the second half, including two key three-pointers, to lead the Jackrabbits to an 80-74 win over Western Illinois on Saturday in Macomb, Ill.

South Dakota State overcame a 14-point, second-half deficit to defeat Western Illinois 80-74 Saturday.

Denver shot 67 percent from the field and added nine 3-pointers to rally past the South Dakota State men 83-80 on Saturday night at Frost Arena.

GAME NOTES: The Boston College Eagles and the South Dakota State Jackrabbits will square off today as part of the Paradise Jam in St.

ST. THOMAS, Virgin Islands -- Jontae Sherrod hit five 3-pointers and scored a career-high 23 points to lead East Carolina to an 82-73 victory over South Dakota State on Monday in the seventh place game of the Paradise Jam.

ST. THOMAS, Virgin Islands - South Dakota State gave No. 7 Purdue all it could handle on Saturday in the first round of the U.S. Virgin Islands Paradise Jam, but the Boilermakers came out strong in the second half to hold on for a 74-63 win.

E'Twaun Moore scored 22 points and No. 7 Purdue beat South Dakota State 74-63 on Friday night in the first round of the U.S. Virgin Islands Paradise Jam.

The team will now be without its starting point guard longer than initially expected.

Brandon Hazzard scored 29 points and had 10 rebounds and Yamene Coleman added a career-high 20 points to lead Troy to a 104-88 victory over William Carey on Monday night.

BROOKINGS - Judging by the number of minutes logged by freshmen, it looked like South Dakota State coach Scott Nagy had decided prior to tipoff to let the rookies ride it out against NAIA Mayville State in the home opener Monday night.

BROOKINGS - For the first time since moving to the NCAA Division I level in 2004, the South Dakota State men's basketball team has the makings of a winner.

South Dakota State wins 77-61 over Wyoming Eds: APNewsNow. South Dakota St 77, Wyoming 61.

Twelve different South Dakota State players scored at least two points and all 17 Jackrabbits on the roster cracked the stat sheet in a 72-58 SDSU win in its lone exhibition game of the season on Monday at Frost Arena.