MACOMB, Ill. (AP) - Ceola Clark scored 27 points as Western Illinois held on for a 61-59 victory against South Dakota on Saturday night to set up a rematch in the Summit League tournament.
Jack Houpt added 15 points for the Leathernecks (21-7, 13-3), who are the No. 2 seed in the tournament and face the No. 7 seed Coyotes on March 9 in Sioux Falls, S.D.
Trevor Gruis and Juevol Myles had 19 points each for South Dakota (10-19, 5-11), which nearly overcame a seven-point deficit in the final 49 seconds.
Myles' 3-pointer made the score 60-59 with 18 seconds remaining, and after Adam Link missed the front end of a one-and-one, the Coyotes had the ball with a chance to go ahead. But Myles' jumper with six seconds remaining missed, and South Dakota could not get a shot off after Remy Roberts-Burnett hit 1 of 2 free throws with two seconds to play.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| South Dakota (10-19) | 23 | 36 | 59 |
| Western Illinois (21-7) « | 23 | 38 | 61 |
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| South Dakota Coyotes | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Flack, F | 19 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| T. Gruis, C | 35 | 6-7 | 7-8 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 19 |
| C. Kasperbauer, G | 39 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| J. Myles, G | 37 | 8-17 | 0-0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 19 |
| J. Boots, G | 20 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| B. Bos | 28 | 2-7 | 4-4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| S. Tecker | 15 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| K. Rowson | 7 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 21-48 | 11-12 | 34 | 6 | 15 | 59 | |
| 43.8% | 91.7% | ||||||
| Western Illinois Leathernecks | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Houpt, F | 38 | 5-11 | 2-3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15 |
| A. Link, F | 35 | 2-5 | 3-5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| M. Ochereobia, C | 14 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| C. Clark III, G | 39 | 10-15 | 1-1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 27 |
| J. Foster, G | 26 | 0-6 | 1-2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Roberts-Burnett | 33 | 2-6 | 1-3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| D. McAvoy III | 15 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals | 22-51 | 8-14 | 27 | 12 | 13 | 61 | |
| 43.1% | 57.1% | ||||||
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