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Isaac Johnson
98
Winner South Dakota State SDSUM 17-5 (5-0)
70
Western Illinois WIUM 10-8 (1-4)
Winner
South Dakota State SDSUM
17-5 (5-0)
98
Final
70
Western Illinois WIUM
10-8 (1-4)
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
South Dakota State SDSUM 44 54 98
Western Illinois WIUM 30 40 70

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | WIU Athletic Communications

Men's Basketball Drops League Match To South Dakota State

Isaac Johnson recorded a career-high 19 points.

MACOMB, Ill. – Three Leathernecks finished in double-figures Saturday night, stamped by a career-high 19 points from Isaac Johnson, but it wasn't enough as the Western Illinois University men's basketball team fell 98-70 to the two-time reigning Summit League champions South Dakota State.
 
Kobe Webster recorded 17 points and C.J. Duff added 16 while Brandon Gilbeck finished the evening with eight points and eight rebounds.
 
"When it was 22-22, we were doing some really good things but we kind of got anxious on the defensive end. We had guys that were out of position. We did not do a really good jod, particularly in transition defense," said head coach Billy Wright.
 
Webster scored the first nine points of the contest to push the Leathernecks up, 9-6, with 16:32 on the clock in the first quarter, and the teams went back-and-forth through the midpoint of the frame before stalling at a 22-all tie (10:28).
 
The deadlock marked the final of the game as the Jackrabbits pressured for a 7-0 run. The visitors ended the half with a 44-30 lead.
 
While limiting WIU to 14 points in the first 10 minutes of the second half, the Jackrabbits tacked on 30 on the opposite end of the floor. SDSU capped the game shooting 50 percent from the floor (33-for-66), which included a 50 percent effort from beyond the arc (14-for-28).
 
After shooting 37.1 percent from the floor (13-for-35) in the first half, the Leathernecks turned on the heat in the latter period to shoot 51.9 percent (14-for-27).
 
Western continues its conference stretch with a pair of road tilts at Denver (Jan. 25) and North Dakota State (Jan. 27). The game times are 8 p.m. and 2 p.m., respectively. 
 
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