South Dakota made this closer than expected, but Eckman hit his free throws down the stretch.
Code:
Abilene Christian 67, South Dakota 61
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South Dakota (1-1, 0-0):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Linwood Carmona C 23 2-3 0-0 0 4 0 5 4
Tyron Dixon PF 29 1-5 2-2 3 7 1 2 4
Joseph Conner SF 33 4-8 0-0 0 6 5 1 10
Graig Pohl SG 33 7-14 2-4 1 6 2 3 19
Eloy Lacroix PG 31 3-6 1-1 0 1 2 2 7
Buford Bonney PG 15 4-8 0-1 1 1 0 1 11
Marcellus Newcomb SG 3 0-0 2-2 0 0 0 1 2
Don Turner C 21 1-2 2-2 2 3 4 4 4
Deandre Heath SF 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Lazaro Riggins PF 6 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Turnovers: 16 (L.Carmona 2, T.Dixon 2, J.Conner 2,
G.Pohl 5, E.Lacroix 4, L.Riggins 1)
Blocked Shots: 2 (L.Carmona 1, T.Dixon 1)
Steals: 2 (L.Carmona 1, G.Pohl 1)
3P FGs: 8-21 (T.Dixon 0-3, J.Conner 2-3, G.Pohl 3-6,
E.Lacroix 0-2, B.Bonney 3-7)
Abilene Christian (4-0, 0-0):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Jobu Eckman C 36 8-13 7-7 1 7 0 4 23
Rob Nielsen PF 28 3-7 0-0 0 4 0 4 7
Dean Hoo SF 36 3-12 2-2 1 6 4 1 9
Norris Daniel SG 37 2-4 6-11 1 4 3 2 11
Jeeber DeMack PG 29 6-8 0-2 1 2 3 4 17
Dennis McKellar PF 18 0-0 0-0 2 3 1 2 0
James Binion C 5 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 0
Tony Curl PG 7 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 0
Oscar Straka PF 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0
Turnovers: 12 (J.Eckman 3, R.Nielsen 1, N.Daniel 5,
J.DeMack 2, T.Curl 1)
Blocked Shots: 5 (J.Eckman 2, R.Nielsen 1, D.McKellar 2)
Steals: 8 (J.Eckman 1, R.Nielsen 2, D.Hoo 1, N.Daniel
3, J.DeMack 1)
3P FGs: 8-19 (R.Nielsen 1-4, D.Hoo 1-4, N.Daniel 1-3,
J.DeMack 5-7, T.Curl 0-1)
Player of Game: C Jobu Eckman (ACU)