South Dakota
South Dakota visits Omaha following Djobet’s 25-point game
South Dakota Coyotes (10-10, 2-3 Summit League) at Omaha Mavericks (9-11, 2-3 Summit League)
Omaha, Nebraska; Wednesday, 8 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Omaha plays South Dakota after Paul Djobet scored 25 points in Omaha’s 73-62 win against the Oral Roberts Golden Eagles.
The Mavericks are 6-3 in home games. Omaha ranks fourth in the Summit League with 14.0 assists per game led by Ja’Sean Glover averaging 3.3.
The Coyotes are 2-3 in conference matchups. South Dakota is 5-2 when it has fewer turnovers than its opponents and averages 12.6 turnovers per game.
Omaha is shooting 47.0% from the field this season, 3.7 percentage points lower than the 50.7% South Dakota allows to opponents. South Dakota averages 6.1 more points per game (83.1) than Omaha allows to opponents (77.0).
The matchup Wednesday is the first meeting of the season for the two teams in conference play.
TOP PERFORMERS: Lance Waddles is shooting 42.1% from beyond the arc with 2.8 made 3-pointers per game for the Mavericks, while averaging 15 points. Djobet is shooting 51.7% and averaging 13.2 points over the last 10 games.
Isaac Bruns is shooting 44.5% and averaging 20.7 points for the Coyotes. Cameron Fens is averaging 14.9 points over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Mavericks: 6-4, averaging 76.0 points, 30.8 rebounds, 14.6 assists, 5.8 steals and 2.0 blocks per game while shooting 47.3% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 72.1 points per game.
Coyotes: 5-5, averaging 82.5 points, 30.2 rebounds, 13.1 assists, 5.9 steals and 2.3 blocks per game while shooting 47.2% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 86.3 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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.
News
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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