The Game
The Coyotes will host North Dakota State in the final home game of the season on Thursday inside the Sanford Coyote Sports Center. Senior Lahat Thioune will be honored prior to tip-off in a senior night celebration.
 
Tip-off is set for 7 p.m. The game will be streamed on the Summit League Network available via the Midco Sports Plus app. Fans can also tune into the game on the Coyote Sports Network with John Thayer on KVHT 106.3 FM in Yankton/Vermillion, KQSF 95.7 in Sioux Falls, or by using the Varsity Network app.
 
The Coyotes
South Dakota (11-18, 4-10 Summit) is coming off a 77-76 win over Oral Roberts in Vermillion on Feb. 24. Bostyn Holt scored the game-winning layup with five seconds to play in regulation and scored a game-high 25 points for the Coyotes. Thioune followed with 19 points and was one rebound shy of his 12^th double-double.
 
Thioune leads the Summit in all four rebounding categories: rebounds (268), defensive rebounds per game (6.0), offensive rebounds per game (3.5), and rebounds per game (9.6). His 11 double-doubles also lead the Summit and rank 29th nationally. He has three more double-doubles than any other Summit player. Thioune grabbed a career-high 19 rebounds at NDSU on Dec. 29.
 
The Bison
North Dakota State (15-14, 8-6 Summit) is coming off an undefeated weekend with wins over St. Thomas and North Dakota.
 
Andrew Morgan scored game highs in both wins for the Bison with 27 points against North Dakota and 17 points against St. Thomas. Morgan has scored in double-digits in 12 of 14 Summit games and averages 16.4 points per game in league play.
 
The Bison own the best team three-point percentage in the Summit at 37.8 percent from behind the arc (18th in the NCAA).  

The Series
Saturday's matchup marks the 192nd meeting between South Dakota and North Dakota State. The Coyotes traveled to Fargo to open Summit play on Dec. 29 and defeated the Bison 75-66 in Scheels Center.
 
Up Next
South Dakota wraps up the regular season at North Dakota on Saturday. Tip-off is set for 1 p.m. in Grand Forks.