The Gopher football scored a 4th quarter touchdown to beat visiting South Dakota State 28-21 Thursday night at TCF Bank Stadium. Mohammed Ibrahim scored the go-ahead touchdown with 5:39 remaining.
The 14th ranked Gopher men's basketball team won 88-64 at home against South Dakota State Tuesday night. The Jackrabbits played without top scorer guard Nate Wolters. The St. Cloud Tech High School graduate missed the game due to a sprained ankle the day before the game.
The 14th ranked Gopher men's basketball team will host South Dakota State tonight at 7pm, pregame on AM 1390-the Fan at 6:30. The Gophers are 8-1 and are ranked in both national polls this week. Minnesota is #14 in the Associated Press Poll and #21 in the USA Today Poll.
St. Cloud Tech graduate Nate Wolters scored 22 points in South Dakota State's 78-71 home win in Brookings over Tennessee State. Jordan Dykstra made 4 3-point shots to help the Jackrabbits. Wolters was 6-11 from the field. Wolters led Tech to back to back 3rd place finishes in Class 4A boys basketball.
The South Dakota State Jackrabbbits play in the 2nd round of the NCAA tournament Thursday night at 6:27pm in Albuquerque, New Mexico as the #14 seed in the South Region against 3rd seeded Baylor. The top scorer for South Dakota State is junior guard Nate Wolters, a St. Cloud Tech graduate.