VERMILLION, S.D. – Sophomore Stanley Umude tallied a career-high 19 points as the South Dakota men's basketball team toppled CSU Bakersfield 68-56 Saturday inside the Sanford Coyote Sports Center.
 
Umude tallied his career mark on 5-of-8 shooting and sank 8-of-10 free throws as the Coyotes improve to 4-3 on the season. The Roadrunners fall to 3-4 overall. The contest was part of the Summit League vs. Western Athletic Conference Challenge, which the WAC currently leads 3-2.

Umude slams home the dunk to put the Coyotes up 10-7. ?? pic.twitter.com/dc7DLmTSSM

— Coyote Basketball (@SDCoyotesMBB) December 1, 2018

 
Leading 22-16 with 4:20 remaining in the first half, South Dakota closed on a 13-5 run to enter intermission leading 35-21. Umude tallied eight of the Coyotes' 13 points in the run.

When your fast break is too fast for the camera man to keep up. ????? pic.twitter.com/6bmBSaXbQi

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Senior Trey Burch-Manning hit a 3-point basket to open the second half and give the Coyotes a 17-point advantage at 38-21. However, CSU Bakersfield embarked on a 19-7 run to cut the Coyotes lead to just five points with 11:43 remaining in the game.
 
Senior Logan Power flipped the Roadrunner script when he sparked a 7-0 run with a layup and a pair of free throws. Junior Tyler Peterson ended the run with an old-fashioned 3-point play.

Power for ??! The Coyotes lead 47-40 with just over 10 minutes to play. #GoYotes pic.twitter.com/piPNb1rL9Z

— Coyote Basketball (@SDCoyotesMBB) December 1, 2018

 
From there, the Coyotes rebuilt their lead to as many as 14 points before closing the game with the 68-56 final score.
 
"I thought our guys battled well against a team that is bigger than us," USD head coach Todd Lee said. "We only had four turnovers in the second half and I thought that was a key to the game.
 
"Defensively, I thought our guys did a good job holding them to 37 percent (shooting) and 21 percent from three."
 
Umude not only tallied a career best in points, but he also set a new career standard with eight rebounds. Peterson totaled 14 points while Logan Power added 11 points in 16 minutes off the bench. South Dakota totaled a season-best 30 points off the bench.  
 
South Dakota also shot a season-high 83.9 percent from the free-throw line, hitting 26-of-31 shot attempts. From the field, the Coyotes shot 45.2 percent, sinking 19-of-42 field goal attempts.
 
James Suber and Rickey Holden led the Roadrunners with 14 points each as Suber completed a double-double with 11 rebounds.
 
South Dakota returns to the road on Tuesday for an 8 p.m. (CST) tipoff at Colorado.