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MBB vs. Drake 12/18/20
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Coyotes host Mount Marty

12.19.2020

By: Caleb Christensen, USD Sports Information
VERMILLION, S.D. – The South Dakota Coyotes take on the Mount Marty Lancers on Sunday, Dec. 20 at 4 p.m. inside the Sanford Coyote Sports Center. The contest will be the Yotes final non-conference game of the season.
 
Ty Chisom    Game information
 
    Date/Time: Sunday, December 20 – 4 p.m. 
    Where: Sanford Coyote Sports Center 
    Listen: KVHT 106.3 (Yankton/Vermillion)
               KQSF 95.7 (Sioux Falls)
    Live Stats: Yote.us/MBBstats
    Watch: GoYotes.com/watch
 
    
    TIP OFF
  • The Coyotes are 10-0 all-time against the Lancers and 9-0 all-time in Vermillion.
  • Umude unleashed on in-state rival SDSU this past week at the Dakota Showcase. He recorded a career-high 41 points in the win. Umude tied Iowa's Luka Garza for the most points scored by a Division I player this season.
  • Umude's 41 is the eighth-highest scoring game in Coyote history and best since Turner Trofholz dropped 42 on Nebraska-Kearney in March of 2005. It is also the most points scored by a Division I men's basketball player inside the Sanford Pentagon.
  • Brady Heiman leads the Summit League with nine blocks this season.
  • Tasos Kamateros and Xavier Fuller made their first career starts at the Dakota Showcase, Kamateros recorded 12 points in his first start while Fuller scored 15 points in his first start
  • A.J. Plitzuweit is tied for second in the Summit League with 4.1 assists per game. He recorded 19 assists over the Dakota Showcase.
  • Umude leads the Summit League in points per game with 22.6 points.
About Mount Marty
The Lancers are from nearby Yankton and are members of the NAIA and the GPAC conference. Mount Marty is 7-6 on the season.

Jailen Billings leads the Lancers with 14.6 points per game on 43 percent shooting from the field and 38 percent from deep. Elijah Pappas and Chad Moran round out the double-digit scoring with 13.7 and 12.3 points per game.

Kade Stearns and Pappas are the only two that have started every game for the Lancers on the season. Stearns averages 6.8 points on 24.8 minutes per game. As a team, they average 75 points per game and allow 71 points.
 
 
     Series HistoryMBB vs. Drake 12/18/20
        South Dakota leads 10-0
        Home: 9-0
        Away: 1-0









 
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