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Summit League basketball: South Dakota State holds off Kansas City
BROOKINGS — Usually if a basketball team has a stretch in a game where they outscore their opponent 20-0, they’re going to win that game.
South Dakota State had a 20-0 run in the first half of their Summit League game against Kansas City on Thursday, and they did indeed secure a 75-66 win in front of 2,012 Frost Arena fans.
But the Kangaroos did not go quietly.
Trailing by 15 late in the first half after that huge scoring stretch by the Jacks and by 10 at the break, UMKC came out hot in the second half, cutting the Jackrabbit lead to three points eight minutes in and taking a 61-59 lead with 6:32 to go.
It was tied at 66 with 2:46 to go when Luke Appel expanded the range on his patented one-hander, sinking a left-handed hook to put the Jacks on top for good, starting a 9-0 run to close out the game and send SDSU to 5-1 in Summit League play (12-9 overall).
“I just knew the shot clock was running out,” said Appel, who made the game-winner after grabbing the rebound when his first attempt was blocked by UMKC’s Jeff Ngandu. “I had just got blocked again so I just had to get something up there.”
“It was a good shot,” teammate Charlie Easley nodded approvingly.
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After Matt Mims had made it a two-score game with a pair of free throws, Zeke Mayo, who struggled much of the night, made an aggressive drive through the lane for a layup that made it a six-point lead and put the Kangaroos away.
“You have to love conference games – there’s always gonna be some excitement and there was tonight,” said Jacks coach Eric Henderson. “(UMKC) got hot in the second half. They made some hard shots. I was proud of our guys showing resiliency and finishing the game.”
The Jacks started slow, as both teams were a little sleepy on offense in the early going. Then came the 20-0 run, in which the Jacks defense kept the Kangaroos (8-13, 2-4) out of the paint and their offense dominated by sending it in there. The only two 3-pointers they made all night — both by Mims — also came during the 20-0 stretch.
“Our urgency defensively was really good and we rebounded better during that stretch,” Henderson said. “They only had four paint touches in the first half. We got ‘er cookin’. When you’re able to get stops and play with good pace on the offensive end you’ve seen this team be pretty efficient.”
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Appel had 19 points to lead both teams, while Mims had 15. William Kyle had 13 points and seven boards and Easley had 11 points and a career-high 12 rebounds. Mayo had nine points, seven rebounds and four assists.
The Jacks shot 49 percent to UMKC’s 36. SDSU outscored the visitors 17-3 at the line and 48-14 in the paint. The ‘Roos (who were led by Jamar Brown’s 17 points) were 15-of-38 from deep to SDSU’s 2-for-11, but ultimately SDSU’s dominance inside won out.
“Credit to (UMKC), they hit shots in the second half,” Easley said. “They started off hot and that’ll get you back in the game. They made it close — the next step for us is learning how to close games better.”
Women extend winning streak to eight
The Jackrabbit women picked up their eighth win in a row and improved to 6-0 in Summit League action with a 72-49 win over Kansas City at the Swinney Center in Kansas City.
Tori Nelson and Paige Meyer had 14 points each to lead the Jackrabbits (14-5 overall), with Nelson adding six rebounds, four assists and three steals and Meyer dishing a game-high five assists. Madison Mathiowetz had 12 points and five boards and Brooklyn Meyer added 11 points, seven rebounds and a whopping seven steals, a career-high.
No one scored in double figures for the Kangaroos, who shot 30 percent for the game and had 21 turnovers.
SDSU will return home to face Oral Roberts on Sunday for a 3 p.m. tip.
Matt Zimmer is a Sioux Falls native and longtime sports writer. He graduated from Washington High School where he played football, legion baseball and developed his lifelong love of the Minnesota Twins and Vikings. After graduating from St. Cloud State University, he returned to Sioux Falls, and began a long career in amateur baseball and sports reporting. Email Matt at mzimmer@siouxfallslive.com.
One of the top prospects in the 2027 boys’ high school basketball recruiting class recently trimmed his list of suitors, and the Kansas Jayhawks find themselves firmly in the mix.
KU is one of eight schools to make the cut for 2027 five-star small forward Demarcus Henry, according to On3 National Basketball Reporter Joe Tipton. His list of eight includes some of the best programs in the country: Kansas, Ohio State, Kentucky, North Carolina, BYU, Arkansas, UConn, and Louisville.
The 6-foot-7 Charlotte, North Carolina, native is one of the best players in the 2027 class. He’s currently ranked as the No. 5 player overall and the No. 1 player at his position, according to the most recent On3.com 2027 player rankings.
As a junior this past year at Compass Prep High School in Chandler, Arizona, Henry averaged 15.5 points, 8.2 rebounds, and 2.2 steals per game as he helped lead his team to a 25-3 record.
He followed that up with an impressive performance at the NBPA Top 100 camp this summer, leading all attendees in scoring (20.0 points per game) and rebounding (9.3 rebounds per game). He was also a member of the 2026 USA Men’s U18 National Team that earned a silver medal at the FIBA U18 AmeriCup earlier this summer in León, Mexico.
When speaking about his game, Henry mentions his versatility and how he’s developed over the past year.
“I’m just very versatile,” Henry told Rivals in a previous interview. “I can play one through four and just help my teammates and hit shots and play defense. I watch a lot of KD (Kevin Durant) and Paul George. How they score it, and how they could shoot off the dribble, shoot off the catch. I’ve gotten tougher and just more aggressive when I transferred AZ Compass and just being able to get downhill, I feel like that’s really developed for me.”
When asked about what he’s looking for in a potential home at the college level, Henry says he wants to be challenged and grow his game for the NBA.
“What I’m looking for in school is someone that just pushes me to be better,” Henry said. “Help me grow into the person I know I can be and someone who will help me reach my potential. I want to play for a coach that will hold me accountable and help me make me uncomfortable and keep growing and keep getting better and just help me reach the NBA, which is my ultimate goal.”
Early Contenders
Right now the early favorite to land Henry may be the basketball program with the least amount of notoriety of the final eight schools – and that is Ohio State.
Henry has a lot of familial ties to the university as his older brother Chris Henry Jr. is a five-star incoming freshman wide receiver for the Buckeyes football team this year, and his older sister Seini Henry is a talented women’s basketball player at Ohio State.
He’s already taken an unofficial visit to the school and has also taken an unofficial visit to BYU. Thus far, they are the only schools to have received a visit.
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The Royals have been linked to shortstop Jacob Lombard out of Gulliver Prep (Fla.) — if he makes it that far — left-hander Gio Rojas out of Stoneman Douglas (Fla.) HS, outfielder Eric Booth Jr. out of Oak Grove (Fla.) HS, UC Santa Barbara right-hander Jackson Flora and Georgia Tech outfielder Drew Burress, among others. Maybe they shake up the board and go with Huntington Beach (Calif.) HS left-hander/outfielder Jacob Grindlinger, who is just 17 years old after reclassifying for this year’s Draft and has legitimate upside as a two-way player. Grindlinger is No. 16 on MLB Pipeline’s Top 250 Draft prospects list and is rising on boards as Draft day nears.
Prep players usually mean a lot of upside but with more risk, while college players bring a higher floor and more experience — often with a chance to move quickly. Over the full Draft, the Royals are going to value both.
“There’s a good mix of high school and college,” Bridges said. “To tell you the truth, our range is pretty broad. There’s a clear-cut four players, five players in this Draft, and then believe it or not, where we’re picking, you can go a number of different directions. So we have a pretty good balance of what we’re looking at, both high school and college.”
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