University of St. Thomas Athletics
Saturday, January 28
St. Paul, Minn.
7:00 p.m. Central
14-10,5-6Summit League
67
vs
81
South Dakota
10-12,5-5Summit League
1
2
F
South Dakota
35
46
81
St. Thomas (MN)
26
41
67
Team Stats
SD
UST
FG%
.558
.393
3FG%
.450
.300
FT%
.700
.778
RB
38
24
TO
12
7
STL
2
4
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
26
FGM
9
3FGM
5
FTM
3
Pts
24
FGM
9
3FGM
4
FTM
2
Pts
7
FGM
2
3FGM
0
FTM
3
Pts
5
FGM
1
3FGM
0
FTM
3
Players Mentioned
F
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/ Men's Basketball
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Photo by: Wesley Dean
South Dakota hands St. Thomas its first home loss of the season
1/28/2023 9:21:00 PM | Men's Basketball
St. Paul, Minn. – The St. Thomas Men's Basketball Team fell to the University of South Dakota 81-67 falling to 14-10 on the season and 5-6 in Summit League action. The Coyotes improved to 10-12 on the season and 4-5 in the Summit.
Freshman Andrew Rohde got the scoring started as both teams went scoreless for nearly three minutes before Rohde's three.
After one of his best games at the collegiate level, freshman Ahjany Lee once again provided a spark off the bench for the Purple. Lee started a flurry of blocks, blocking two shots himself in addition to senior Brooks Allen recording a pair of blocks on the same possession.
Freshman Kendall Blue snapped a scoring streak by the Yotes with an old-fashioned three-point play to cut the USD lead to six, 32-26 with 1:20 remaining in the first half. It marked the game's first free-throw and the lone shot from the charity stripe in the first 20 minutes. The Coyotes took a 35-26 lead into intermission.
St. Thomas was limited to a 3-of-11 showing from behind the arc in the first half and 11-of-29 from the field in the first half. Freshman Andrew Rohde led all scoring with 13 first-half points.
The Tommies started the second half on an 8-0 run to start the second half cutting the USD lead to one point, 35-34 before knotting it up at 37-37 with 16 minutes to play. Grad Student Parker Bjorklund scored all 11-straight points to start the second half.
A pair of free throws from Blue gave St. Thomas its first lead of the second half, 39-37 with just over 15 minutes to play.
With the Tommies down six, 62-56, with six minutes to play before getting within three points before the Yotes pushed their lead to seven, 66-59 with four minutes remaining. The Tommies were unable to complete the comeback, falling by a score of 81-67.
Bjorklund and Rohde combined for 50 points with the grad student scoring 26 and the freshman matching his career-best 24 points. Bjorklund entered the game with 12 career-made three pointers before connecting on 5-of-7 attempts from deep tonight. Rohde added four three-pointers while the rest of the team missed a combined 14 threes. Blue added five points, four rebounds and two blocks.
The Tommies connected on 39 percent (22-of-56) of their shots from the field and 30 percent (9-of-30) from behind the arc. The Purple forced 12 USD turnovers. St. Thomas posted a Division 1 era record seven blocks in the game.
After a combined 10 fouls and one free throw attempt in the first half, the two teams combined for 30 second-half fouls and 37 second-half free throws.
The Tommies continue conference action on Thursday as they travel to Omaha to face the Mavericks.
Freshman Andrew Rohde got the scoring started as both teams went scoreless for nearly three minutes before Rohde's three.
After one of his best games at the collegiate level, freshman Ahjany Lee once again provided a spark off the bench for the Purple. Lee started a flurry of blocks, blocking two shots himself in addition to senior Brooks Allen recording a pair of blocks on the same possession.
Freshman Kendall Blue snapped a scoring streak by the Yotes with an old-fashioned three-point play to cut the USD lead to six, 32-26 with 1:20 remaining in the first half. It marked the game's first free-throw and the lone shot from the charity stripe in the first 20 minutes. The Coyotes took a 35-26 lead into intermission.
St. Thomas was limited to a 3-of-11 showing from behind the arc in the first half and 11-of-29 from the field in the first half. Freshman Andrew Rohde led all scoring with 13 first-half points.
The Tommies started the second half on an 8-0 run to start the second half cutting the USD lead to one point, 35-34 before knotting it up at 37-37 with 16 minutes to play. Grad Student Parker Bjorklund scored all 11-straight points to start the second half.
A pair of free throws from Blue gave St. Thomas its first lead of the second half, 39-37 with just over 15 minutes to play.
With the Tommies down six, 62-56, with six minutes to play before getting within three points before the Yotes pushed their lead to seven, 66-59 with four minutes remaining. The Tommies were unable to complete the comeback, falling by a score of 81-67.
Bjorklund and Rohde combined for 50 points with the grad student scoring 26 and the freshman matching his career-best 24 points. Bjorklund entered the game with 12 career-made three pointers before connecting on 5-of-7 attempts from deep tonight. Rohde added four three-pointers while the rest of the team missed a combined 14 threes. Blue added five points, four rebounds and two blocks.
The Tommies connected on 39 percent (22-of-56) of their shots from the field and 30 percent (9-of-30) from behind the arc. The Purple forced 12 USD turnovers. St. Thomas posted a Division 1 era record seven blocks in the game.
After a combined 10 fouls and one free throw attempt in the first half, the two teams combined for 30 second-half fouls and 37 second-half free throws.
The Tommies continue conference action on Thursday as they travel to Omaha to face the Mavericks.
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