Griesel carries North Dakota St. over South Dakota 89-77
VERMILLION, S.D. -- — Sam Griesel scored a career-high 26 points as North Dakota State defeated South Dakota 89-77 in the regular-season finale on Sunday.
Griesel shot 10 of 15, including 4 of 7 from 3-point distance. Tyree Eady added 18 points for North Dakota State (13-11, 11-5 Summit League), matching his career high. Jarius Cook and Rocky Kreuser each added 13 points.
The win wraps up the No. 3 seed into the Summit League tournament for NDSU. The Bison face No. 6 seed UMKC.
Stanley Umude scored 39 points for the Coyotes (13-10, 12-6), who enter the Summit tournament as the second seed. Tasos Kamateros scored a career-high 22 points. Xavier Fuller had eight rebounds.
South Dakota takes on No. 7 seed Western Illinois.
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2020-2021 Summit League Standings
TEAM | CONF | GB | OVR |
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South Dakota State | 9-3 | - | 16-7 |
South Dakota | 11-4 | +0.5 | 14-11 |
North Dakota State | 11-5 | - | 15-12 |
Oral Roberts | 10-5 | 0.5 | 18-11 |
North Dakota | 8-8 | 3 | 9-17 |
UM Kansas City | 7-7 | 3 | 11-13 |
Western Illinois | 5-9 | 5 | 7-15 |
Omaha | 3-11 | 7 | 5-20 |
Denver | 1-13 | 9 | 2-19 |