SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- Road wins are always hard to come by for college basketball teams. The numbers do not lie. So, for a trio of Summit League teams to find those elusive victories last week was impressive. The League had combined for just five through the first three weeks before St. Thomas ousted Western Michigan, Denver knocked off Idaho and South Dakota took down Western Illinois over the last seven days.
The Tommies' victory was the most impressive as they built a 27-point halftime lead on the Broncos and eventually won by 14. The Pioneers and Coyotes both used late-game heroics to capture their road wins. DU's Isaiah Addo-Ankrah drilled a half-dozen 3-pointers against the Vandals and his sixth with just over five seconds to play lifted the Pioneers to their second true road win of the campaign.
In Macomb, the Coyotes outlasted former Summit League foe Western Illinois on a floater by Bostyn Holt at the buzzer to give the visitors a 70-68 win.
With League play looming after Christmas, learning how to win on the road in non-conference play is a vital trait that could serve these teams well with eight road games on each of their Summit League slates.
AROUND THE LEAGUE
Wednesday, Dec. 6
Omaha at Texas Tech (ESPN+) | 7 p.m. CT
Milwaukee at St. Thomas (SLN) | 7 p.m. CT
Denver at Colorado State (MWC) | 7 p.m. MT
Thursday, Dec. 7
Portland at NDSU (WDAYX/ESPN+) | 7 p.m. CT
Saturday, Dec. 9
Portland at North Dakota (MS/SLN) | 1 p.m. CT
Kansas City at Lindenwood (ESPN+) | 3:30 p.m. CT
Omaha at TAMU-Corpus Christi (ESPN+) | 3:30 p.m. CT
UC-Bakersfield at South Dakota (SLN) | 6 p.m. CT
South Dakota State at Wichita State | 6 p.m. CT
Ozark Christian at Oral Roberts (SLN) | 7 p.m. CT
Sunday, Dec. 10
Oak Hills Christian at NDSU (WDAYX/SLN) | 1 p.m. CT
St. Thomas at Chicago State (YT) | 2 p.m. CT
Tuesday, Dec. 12
Tabor at Kansas City (SLN) | 7 p.m. CT
Waldorf at North Dakota (SLN) | 7 p.m. CT
Oral Roberts at Texas Tech (ESPN+) | 8 p.m. CT
Rankings: (AP/Coaches)
All times local to site
# Multi-Team Event
Key: MS (Midco Sports), PTB (PassTheBall Live), ESPN+ (ESPN Plus), MWC (Mountain West Conference Live), SLN (Summit League Network), YT (YouTube)
TEAM TRACKER
DENVER PIONEERS (6-3; 0-0 SL) | @DU_MensHoops
Next Up: at Colorado State (12/6; 7 p.m. MT); at BYU (12/13; 7 p.m. MT)
Previous Game: at Idaho (W, 67-65); Colorado College (W, 90-66)
The Pioneers moved to 6-3 on the season on the strength of a three-game winning streak ... The middle win of that stretch came in dramatic fashion at Idaho when Isaiah Addo-Ankrah buried his sixth 3-pointer of the game in the waning seconds to give DU a 67-65 win ... DU then picked up a 90-66 win over visiting Colorado College Saturday ... The League’s highest-scoring tandem was at it again vs. the Tigers as Touko Tainamo (23) and Tommy Bruner (19) combined for 42 points, which is just below their combined average of 42.8 ppg through nine contests ... Grand Canyon transfer Isaiah Carr blocked a career-high nine shots in the win over CC and moved into the top five in the country with that effort ... Utah grad transfer Jaxon Brenchley has one of the top assist-to-turnover ratios in the country, having dished out 32 assists while committing only seven turnovers ... Brenchley’s 3.6 apg are second among Summit League players, while Bruner, whose eight assists against CC were the most by a Summit League player in a game this season, ranks third in that category (3.4 apg) ... DU travels up the road to Fort Collins Wednesday for a tilt at Colorado State.
KANSAS CITY ROOS (3-6; 0-0 SL) | @KCRoosMBB
Next Up: at Lindenwood (12/9; 3:30 p.m. CT); Tabor (12/12; 7 p.m. CT)
Previous Game: SEMO (W, 74-44); at (2/3) Kansas (L, 88-69)
The Roos routed visiting SEMO 74-44 to bring an end to a five-game losing skid before falling 88-69 to (2/3) Kansas at Allen Fieldhouse Tuesday ... Jamar Brown paced KC in the win over SEMO, scoring a season-high 19 on 7-of-9 shooting from the field ... For Brown, it was his sixth double-digit scoring game of the season as he leads the Roos with a 12.9 ppg clip in his first season with the squad ... Fellow newcomer Cameron Faar had 16 in the win over the Redhawks and equaled his season-high with 18 against the Jayhawks ... Faar has reached double figures in five of his last six games and is shooting 49 percent from 3-point range (24-for-49) ... Khristion Corseault equaled Faar for team-high scoring honors at KU as he scored his season-high 18 points on 7-of-12 shooting ... When Corseault plays 30-plus minutes, he is averaging 16.5 ppg and 4.5 apg for head coach Marvin Menzies ... The Roos remain on the road to play at Lindenwood Saturday.
NORTH DAKOTA FIGHTING HAWKS (6-3; 0-0 SL) | @UNDMBasketball
Next Up: Portland (12/9; 1 p.m. CT); Waldorf (12/12; 7 p.m. CT)
Previous Games: at Cal State Fullerton (L, 64-54); at UC Riverside (L, 68-62)
The Fighting Hawks saw their six-game winning streak come to an end in the Golden State dropping back-to-back games at Cal-State Fullerton and UC Riverside ... The Titans pulled away late for a 64-54 triumph while the Highlanders held on for a 68-62 win Sunday ... Iowa State transfer Eli King led UND with season-highs in points (14) and rebounds (9) against Fullerton and added 13 points against Riverside ... King went 11-for-19 from the field, including a 4-for-7 effort from beyond the arc ... After being held to a season-low six points against the Titans, sophomore B.J. Omot led the Fighting Hawks with 19 against the Highlanders ... He has hit double figures in seven of nine games and ranks fifth in the League in scoring with a 16.2 ppg clip ... UND returns home for back-to-back games starting with a visit from West Coast Conference foe Portland on Saturday.
NORTH DAKOTA STATE BISON (5-4; 0-0 SL) | @NDSUMBB
Next Up: Portland (12/7; 7 p.m. CT); Oak Hills Christian (12/10; 1 p.m. CT)
Previous Game: at San Jose State (L, 78-65); San Jose State (W, 83-78; OT)
The Bison overcame a poor night of shooting from the foul line to earn a season split with San Jose State, pulling away in overtime for an 83-78 victory ... Six different NDSU players reached double figures with redshirt freshman Noah Feddersen leading that group with a career-high 17 off the bench ... He was joined in double figures by each member of NDSU’s starting quintet, who was paced by Jacari White’s 13 points ... Sophomore Tajavis Miller recorded his second double-double of the season, going for 10 points and 10 rebounds while also dishing out a season-high five assists ... Demari Wheeler-Thomas made his last three free throws in the extra session to seal the win over a San Jose State that beat NDSU by 13 just a week ago ... The Bison went just 13-for-27 from the foul stripe in regulation but were 4-for-5 in the extra session ... NDSU will return to actoin Friday against Portland.
OMAHA MAVERICKS (5-4; 0-0 SL) | @OmahaMBB
Next Up: at Texas Tech (12/6; 7 p.m. CT); at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (12/9; 3:30 p.m. CT)
Previous Game: MACU (W, 76-59); York (W, 104-68); Bellevue (W, 78-59)
The Mavericks return to facing Division I opposition with an upcoming two-game swing through the Lone Star State starting with a Wednesday clash at Texas Tech ... Omaha improved its overall winning streak to three and moved over the .500 mark with a 19-point win over Bellevue ... Forward Marquel Sutton paced the Mavericks by recording his first career double-double, scoring a season-high 22 points to go with a career-high 13 rebounds ... Sutton went 7-for-9 from the field to lead a 49 percent shooting effort by the Mavericks ... Frankie Fidler chipped in 12 points and is the only Mavericks averaging in double figures (14.1 ppg) ... The trio of Nick Davis (9.8 ppg), Tony Osburn (9.8 ppg) and Sutton (9.7 ppg) are closing in on that plateau through nine contests ... Fidler, Grant Stubblefied and J.J. White all share the team lead with 20 assists.
ORAL ROBERTS GOLDEN EAGLES (3-4; 0-0 SL) | @ORUMBB
Next Up: Ozark Christian (12/9; 7 p.m. CT); at Texas Tech (12/12; 8 p.m. CT)
Previous Game: Texas Southern (W, 65-63); at Kansas State (L, 88-78, OT); Tulsa (W, 79-70)
The Golden Eagles won their third consecutive Mayor’s Cup and pushed their homecourt winning streak to 19 with a 79-70 triumph over crosstown rival Tulsa ... ORU's 19 straight home wins is tied for the third longest streak in the nation - UCLA owns the longest at 29 ... Senior Issac McBride eclipsed the 20-point plateau for the fifth consecutive game and earned his second TicketSmarter weekly accolade after leading ORU with 22 points ... DeShang Weaver opened the game by drilling his first five 3-point attempts and scored all of his season-high 20 points in the opening half that saw Tulsa build a 39-36 advantage ... Kareem Thompson (40:28) and McBride (40:13) rank first and second, respectively, in minutes player as neither has left the court for more than four combined minutes over the course of seven games ... McBride (22.1 ppg), Weaver (13.7 ppg), newcomer Jailen Bedford (12.9 ppg) and Thompson make up the only Summit League quartet averaging double figures ... ORU will look to push its Mabee Center winning streak to 20 when Ozark Christian visits Saturday.
ST. THOMAS TOMMIES (4-4; 0-0 SL) | @TommieMBBall
Next Up: Milwaukee (12/6; 7 p.m. CT); at Chicago State (12/10; 2 p.m. CT)
Previous Games: at Green Bay (L, 64-51); at Western Michigan (W, 65-51)
The Tommies raced out to a 41-14 halftime lead at Western Michigan and were able to hold off a mild comeback attempt by the Broncos to secure a 65-51 their first road win of the season ... Graduate student Parker Bjorklund led the way by equaling his season-high with 22 points ... Bjorklund went 7-for-12 from the field and 3-for-6 from distance as UST got back to the .500 mark with a home game against Milwaukee up next on Wednesday ... Ben Nau also drilled a trio of 3-pointers and added a season-high 11 points off the bench for a Tommies’ squad that made double digit triples for the fourth time this season with 11 ... After going scoreless in his Tommies’ debut at California, Raheem Anthony has scored at least eight points in UST’s last seven games and is averaging 12.3 ppg during that stretch.
SOUTH DAKOTA COYOTES (6-3; 0-0 SL) | @SDCoyotesMBB
Next Up: Cal State Bakersfield (12/9; 6 p.m. CT); at UC Irvine (12/16; 7 p.m. PT)
Previous Game: Air Force (L, 58-57); Waldorf (W, 93-71); at Western Illinois (W, 70-68)
The Coyotes used a buzzer-beater from Bostyn Holt to post a 70-68 victor at former Summit League foe Western Illinois ... WIU led by as many as nine in the second half but Holt’s driving floater as time expired lifted USD to its sixth win of the season ... Holt finished with 14 and has hit double figures in a season-high three consecutive games ... The Utah transfer is averaging 13.3 ppg during that span while shooting 62 percent from the field (18-for-29) ... Paul Bruns led USD with a season-high 19 against the Leathernecks ... The junior is scoring 16.8 ppg over his last four games after averaging just 7.2 ppg in his first five this season ... The Coyotes are one of the top rebounding teams in the country, leading all Summit League teams with a 46.0 rpg clip, which ranks fifth nationally ... The team’s 16.0 offensive rpg is sixth best nationally ... USD will play CSU Bakersfield at home Saturday.
SOUTH DAKOTA STATE JACKRABBITS (4-5; 0-0 SL) | @GoJacksMBB
Next Up: at Wichita State (12/9; 7 p.m. CT); Mayville State (12/14; 7 p.m. CT)
Previous Games: vs. Towson (Sioux Falls) (W, 61-48); Kent State (L, 82-73)
The Jackrabbits earned a 61-48 win over Towson at the Sanford Pentagon last Friday before falling 82-73 to a Kent State team ranked No. 18 in the CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top 25 at Frost Arena Tuesday ... In the 13-point win over the Tigers, the 48 points allowed were a season low by the Jackrabbits’ defense ... Zeke Mayo scored 20 to record his fourth 20-plus point game of the campaign and added 12 in the loss to the Golden Flashes ... Sophomore William Kyle Ill has reached double figures off the bench in three straight games, including 14 against Towson and 16 against Kent State ... He is leading the League in field goal percentage, making 59.3 percent of his attempts (48-for-81) ... Charlie Easley went 5-for-10 from beyond the arc against Kent State while the rest of the Jackrabbits were just 3-for-18 ... Easley led the way with 17 points and added six rebounds and five assists ... SDSU travels to play Wichita State Saturday in a matchup against reigning Summit League Coach of the Year Paul Mills, who is now leading the Shockers.
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