South Dakota
NDSU Women’s Basketball Drops 65-58 Decision Against South Dakota State
FARGO, N.D. – (NDSU Athletics) Heaven Hamling dropped a game-high 18 points as the North Dakota State women’s basketball team came up short against South Dakota State, 65-58, on Thursday night at Scheels Center in front of 1,683 fans.
After trailing by one point at the half, 27-26, NDSU (11-9, 5-2 Summit) put together a 7-3 run early in the third frame to lock the contest, 36-36, following a free throw from Abbie Draper at the 6:32 mark. The Jackrabbits (16-5, 8-0 Summit) responded with seven straight points regain the edge, 43-36, after Brooklyn Meyer delivered a pair of free throws with 3:26 on the clock.
NDSU battled back in the fourth quarter with an 11-3 run of its own to cut the deficit down to two, 55-53, following two free throws from Hamling with 3:20 to play. After Tori Nelson drained a layup for the Jackrabbits, Elle Evans answered for the Bison with four straight points at the free throw line to lock the contest, 57-57, with 1:40 remaining. However, the Jackrabbits closed out the remaining time on an 8-1 run to seal the 65-58 win.
Hamling led the way for the Bison with a game-high 18 points to go along with six rebounds. The Grand Rapids, Minn., native also reached the 1,500-career points mark and ranks seventh on the Bison all-time scoring list with 1,507 points at NDSU. Elle Evans tallied double digits in scoring for the seventh straight game with 17 points and six rebounds. Draper also grabbed a game-high seven rebounds and added six points.
As a team, the Bison shot 35.3 percent (18-51) from the field. NDSU also shot 69.2 percent (18-26) from the free throw line, including going 11-of-12 from the stripe in the fourth quarter.
NDSU will be back in action at North Dakota on Saturday. Tip-off is set for 1:00 p.m.
Game Recap: Women’s Basketball | 2/1/2024 10:29:00 PM
South Dakota
Republican businessman Toby Doeden advances to primary runoff in South Dakota governor’s race
Republican businessman Toby Doeden has advanced to a runoff in South Dakota governor’s race, NBC News projects.
Gov. Larry Rhoden, who replaced Kristi Noem last year when President Donald Trump nominated her to lead the Department of Homeland Security, was battling with Rep. Dusty Johnson and former state House Speaker Jon Hansen for a second spot in the July 28 runoff. The primary will go to a runoff because no candidate eclipsed 35% of the vote.
Trump did not issue an endorsement in the race. Doeden branded himself on his campaign website as “a total political outsider who’s tired of the government’s failure to deliver on its promises” and one of Trump’s “fiercest supporters.”
Rhoden, a former lieutenant governor, agriculture secretary and lawmaker, campaigned on property tax cuts and lowering crime in his bid for a four-year term.
Johnson is the state’s lone representative in the House, where he previously was chair of the Republican Main Street Caucus. Hansen, who was elected to the South Dakota House in 2010, held several leadership positions before he became speaker.
The Republican nominee will be the favorite to win the general election in the solidly red state this fall. A Democrat has not served as governor in South Dakota since the 1970s, and Trump carried the state by 29 points in 2024.
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Agronomist: eastern South Dakota crops hit and miss
An agronomist in eastern South Dakota says corn and soybeans are hit and miss as the growing season begins.
Steven Zemlicka with AgTegra Cooperative tells Brownfield, “We’ve got corn anywhere from V1 all the way up to V4. Biggest stuff’s maybe touching V5. Corn’s coming right along, looks pretty good. A little bit of hail here too, but I don’t think it’s going to be much of an issue. Stands for the most part are pretty good, pretty solid.”
Zemlicka says soybean emergence has been slow due to the wet, cool conditions, and there are a few fields that still need planted.
“People were still working on planting soybeans when we got the recent rain.”
He says recent rain totals ranged from a half inch to as much as four inches in the northeast part of South Dakota; the southern part of the state has been drier.
South Dakota’s corn is rated 61 percent good to excellent, with soybean conditions rated 57 percent good to excellent, according to USDA’s first condition ratings of the season.
RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) – The South Dakota Community Foundation is encouraging nonprofits to apply for funding this June.
Beth Massa and Ginger Niemann joined us live with what you need to know before applying.
Watch the full interview above.
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