South Dakota
Watch South Dakota Coyotes vs. N. Dak. State Bison: How to live stream, TV channel, start time for Thursday’s NCAA Basketball game
Who’s Playing
N. Dak. State Bison @ South Dakota Coyotes
Current Records: N. Dak. State 15-14, South Dakota 11-18
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N. Dak. State has enjoyed a two-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They and the South Dakota Coyotes will face off in a Summit battle at 8:00 p.m. ET on Thursday at Sanford Coyote Sports Center. Both teams come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
On Saturday, N. Dak. State’s game was all tied up 33-33 at the half, but luckily for them it didn’t stay that way. They came out on top against the Fighting Hawks by a score of 73-68.
N. Dak. State can attribute much of their success to Andrew Morgan, who scored 27 points along with five rebounds. It was the first time this season that Morgan scored 20 or more points. Another player making a difference was Jacari White, who scored 13 points along with seven rebounds and three steals.
Meanwhile, South Dakota came into Saturday’s matchup having lost three straight, but that streak is now in the rearview. They skirted by the Golden Eagles 77-76 on Saturday on a last-minute layup from Bostyn Holt with 5 seconds left in the second quarter.
Lahat Thioune and Holt were among the main playmakers for South Dakota as the former almost dropped a double-double on 19 points and nine rebounds and the latter scored 25 points along with five rebounds. It was the first time this season that Holt scored 20 or more points.
The Bison pushed their record up to 15-14 with that victory, which was their fifth straight at home. As for the Coyotes, their win bumped their record up to 11-18.
Some high-performance offense is likely on the agenda as the pair are some of the highest scoring teams in the league. N. Dak. State hasn’t had any problem running up the score this season, having averaged 75.9 points per game. However, it’s not like South Dakota struggles in that department as they’ve been averaging 76.5 points per game. With both teams so easily able to put up points, the only question left is who can run the score up higher.
N. Dak. State came up short against the Coyotes when the teams last played back in December of 2023, falling 75-66. Can N. Dak. State avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We’ll find out soon enough.
Series History
N. Dak. State has won 7 out of their last 10 games against South Dakota.
- Dec 29, 2023 – South Dakota 75 vs. N. Dak. State 66
- Mar 05, 2023 – N. Dak. State 70 vs. South Dakota 68
- Feb 02, 2023 – South Dakota 71 vs. N. Dak. State 62
- Jan 07, 2023 – N. Dak. State 73 vs. South Dakota 61
- Feb 07, 2022 – N. Dak. State 76 vs. South Dakota 74
- Jan 27, 2022 – N. Dak. State 74 vs. South Dakota 62
- Mar 08, 2021 – N. Dak. State 79 vs. South Dakota 75
- Feb 28, 2021 – N. Dak. State 89 vs. South Dakota 77
- Feb 27, 2021 – South Dakota 80 vs. N. Dak. State 71
- Dec 11, 2020 – N. Dak. State 74 vs. South Dakota 67
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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