Heading into the Indiana University/Purdue
University Fort Wayne game, South Dakota State guard Nate Wolters was leading
the Summit League in scoring averaging 22.2 points per game plus had been named
a finalist for the Bob Cousy Award given to the nation’s best guard.
Thursday against the Mastodons he proved why he
deserves national recognition.
Wolters was 17-of-28 from the field, 9-of-14 from
3-point range and 10-of-11 from the free throw line Thursday night against
IPFW. Add those numbers up and you have
an impressive 53 point performance in the Jackrabbits come-from-behind 80-74
win over the Mastodons.
Stating the obvious here, Wolters 53 points is a
school record, the previous Jackrabbit record was 44 points by Dave Thomas in
1973.
"They were sagging off of me and it felt pretty
good tonight, I was able to knock a couple down and just got into a little bit
of a rhythm," Wolters said.
The win by SDSU improves their Summit League record
to 10-2 tied for first place with Western Illinois.
The Jackrabbits might be one of those mid-majors you
want to watch if South Dakota State can win the Summit League tournament and
get the automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament.
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