South Dakota State University NCAA News

Denver slips past South Dakota State 83-80 Eds: APNewsNow. Denver 83, S Dakota St 80.

Marc Mariani scored his third touchdown of the game on a 2-yard touchdown pass from Andrew Selle with 1:08 to play Saturday to cap a 27-point second-half comeback and give top-seeded Montana a 61-48 victory over South Dakota State in the first round of the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs.

MISSOULA - More often than not, the NCAA selection committee sends a warm-weather football program to chilly Missoula for the first round of the FCS playoffs, and more often than not, it works out pretty well for the Montana Grizzlies.

Of course, the climate change was jarring. But that was only part of it. Home was 1,500 miles away.

MACOMB, Ill. a ' The 12th-ranked South Dakota State University football team made a final statement toward locking up a Division I Football Championship Subdivision playoff berth Saturday afternoon, downing Western Illinois, 27-7, at Hanson Field.

Unfortunately for the Jackrabbits, they represent the latter, as East Carolina erased a 20-point South Dakota State lead to beat the Jacks 82-73 on the final day of the tournament.

It will be the battle-tested veterans against the rookies Saturday in the first round of the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision playoffs.

Kyle Minett ran for 147 yards and two touchdowns Saturday as South Dakota State defeated Western Illinois 27-7. Minett's 39-yard run, on the second play from scrimmage following Aaron Rollin's 45-yard kickoff return, gave the Jackrabbits a fast 7-0 lead.

St. Thomas, Virgin Islands -- - Joe Trapani dropped in a game- high 21 points and the Boston College Eagles handled the South Dakota State Jackrabbits, 75-58, as part of the Paradise Jam in St.

E'Twaun Moore helped Purdue break open a close game in the second half Friday and the No.

The South Dakota State Jackrabbits have the unenviable task of the opening the Paradise Jam in the U.S. Virgin Islands tonight against the seventh-ranked Purdue Boilermakers.

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

MINNEAPOLIS - Minnesota coach Tim Brewster's postgame commentary predictably started with the positive: After an ugly win, the Gophers qualified for a bowl game.

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.

The Jackrabbits have been able to open running lanes all season for tailback Kyle Minett, a Ruthton, Minn., native.

MINNEAPOLIS - It hasn't been pretty, but South Dakota State - in its first game against a Big Ten team since 1937 - is hanging around with the University of Minnesota.

Clint Sargent scored 18 points as South Dakota State defeated Wyoming 77-61 Friday in the season opener for both teams.

Minnesota doesn't have to be reminded about the last game against a lower-division opponent from a bordering state, and that memory isn't pleasant.

The Salukis are headed to familiar territory - the playoffs. In a game that secured the Salukis a share of the conference title, No.

SIU senior linebacker Brandin Jordan said the Saluki defense had something to prove this weekend.