The North Dakota State Bison play the South Dakota State Jackrabbits on Tuesday in the championship game of the Summit League tournament at Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. North Dakota State defeated Oral Roberts 92-72 in the semifinals on Monday. Sam Griesel was the leading scorer for North Dakota State with 26 points. The Bison have won three straight and nine of the last 10.
Rocky Kreuser is the leading scorer and rebounder for North Dakota State with averages of 16.0 points and 7.9 rebounds per game, while Sam Griesel is the second leading scorer and the leader in assists with averages of 13.4 points and 3.1 assists per game. North Dakota State has four players averaging double-figures in scoring and as a team is scoring an average of 74.5 points per game.
South Dakota State defeated South Dakota 83-60 in it's semifinal in the Summit League tournament on Monday. Douglas Wilson was the leading scorer for South Dakota State with 21 points and Baylor Scheierman scored 18 points. South Dakota State scored 55 points in the first half and just 28 in the second but coasted to the easy victory as the bench played several minutes after half-time.
Baylor Scheierman is leading South Dakota State in scoring and rebounding with averages of 16.3 points and 8.0 rebounds per game. Scheierman is also the leader and assists with an average of 4.6 assists per game. Douglas Wilson is the second leading scorer with an average of 16.2 points per game. South Dakota State is scoring an average of 87.2 points per game.
