South Dakota vs. Montana State: Recap, Stats, and Box Score

South Dakota 85

(9-18, 4-11 away)

Montana State 74

(10-15, 8-5 home)

Venue: Worthington Arena

3:00PM ET / 12:00PM PT, February 24, 2013

Box Score

	1st	2nd	Final
South Dakota	36	49	85
Montana State	29	45	74

Top Performers

	Points	Rebounds	Assists
South Dakota	B Bos 21	T Gruis 7	J Myles 7
Montana State	X Blount 16	P Egwuonwu 10	M Colbert 2

South Dakota got a win on the road against Montana State 85-74 on Sunday, Feb. 24. Brandon Bos played well for the Coyotes and put up a game-high 21 points and three rebounds. Juevol Myles also had a great game, scoring 16 points and adding seven assists. Xavier Blount finished with a team-high 16 points and two rebounds for the Bobcats. The next game will be on Thursday, Feb. 28 when South Dakota (9-18, 4-10 Summit League) heads to IUPUI (5-23, 1-13 Summit League).

South Dakota Game Notes

USD beat the spread by 15 points. That makes the 11th time this season the Coyotes have beaten the spread.
The Coyotes have won 75 percent of the time this season (6-2) after recording 15 or more assists.
This season South Dakota has won 100 percent of the time (5-0) when Brandon Bos has five free throws made or more.
USD set a season low for blocks (zero).
The Coyotes have recorded more free throws made than their opponents for the past five games.
Juevol Myles recorded a team season high in assists with seven.
The top two scorers (Brandon Bos and Juevol Myles) accounted for 43.5 percent of the points.
The top two rebounders (Trevor Gruis and Steve Tecker) accounted for 41.9 percent of the rebounds.
Brandon Bos has led the team in scoring in three out of 27 games this season.
Trevor Gruis has led the team in rebounding in 14 out of 27 games this season.
This marks the third 20-point game of Brandon Bos's career.
Juevol Myles has four straight double-digit point games.

Montana State Game Notes

This loss extended the Bobcats losing streak to five games.
Paul Egwuonwu recorded a team season high in defensive rebounds with nine.
The top two scorers (Xavier Blount and Antonio Biglow) accounted for 41.8 percent of the points.
Paul Egwuonwu accounted for 34.4 percent of the team's rebounds.
Xavier Blount has led the team in scoring five times in 25 games this season.
Paul Egwuonwu has led the team in rebounding 15 times in 25 games this season.
Xavier Blount set a career high with a 83 percent field goal percentage.
Paul Egwuonwu recorded the third double-digit rebound game of his career.

USD Players		Mins	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
A+	Brandon Bos	40	21	3	2	1	0	1
A+	Juevol Myles	38	16	4	7	2	0	1
A	C. Kasperbauer	37	14	4	4	3	0	1
A	Steve Tecker	17	9	6	0	1	0	2
B+	Trevor Gruis	32	14	7	2	1	0	4
C+	Tyler Flack	26	11	3	0	1	0	2
-	Jordan Boots	4	0	0	0	0	0	1
-	Karim Rowson	3	0	2	0	0	0	0
-	Eric Robertson	3	0	0	0	0	0	0

MTST Players		Mins	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
A	Antonio Biglow	19	15	2	1	1	0	2
B	Xavier Blount	33	16	2	1	0	0	3
B	Michael Dison	13	2	3	1	2	0	0
C+	Marcus Colbert	23	6	4	2	1	0	1
C+	Flavien Davis	33	11	1	1	1	0	0
C+	Paul Egwuonwu	24	7	10	0	1	1	5
C+	Christian Moon	30	12	2	0	0	0	1
C-	Jeff Budinich	5	3	1	0	0	0	0
D	Blake Brumwell	12	0	1	1	0	0	0
-	Calen Coleman	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
-	Eric Norman	3	2	2	0	0	0	0