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Sioux Falls, South Dakota–There will be 4 Summit League Basketball Teams left playing this season tomorrow, and St. Thomas is one of them. The Tommies rallied from down ten with around 12 minutes to go to win by seven over the Western Illinois Leathernecks. This group has earned the chance to play the number one…
St. Thomas made history today, winning its first Summit League Tournament and Division I postseason game. The Tommies defeated the Western Illinois Leathernecks 61-50 in the opening round of the conference tournament in Sioux Falls. While the shots would not fall, defense told the story for both teams today. Autam Mendez notched 40% of the…
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With tipoff just a couple of hours away, welcome to my team-focused preview of this year’s Western Illinois Leathernecks. If you haven’t yet to checked out my individual breakdowns of the seven newcomers I see making the biggest impact on this year’s roster the links can be found here: Backcourt Frontcourt The good news…
Welcome to Part Two of my Western Illinois newcomers preview, this time focused on four frontcourt additions I think will make an impact this season. If you haven’t checked out Part One yet, click here. Stats Glossary (can skip and come back to reference if need be): GP: Games Played GS: Games Started PPG:…
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As I’m sure many of you are aware, we live in a completely different era of college basketball than we did just a few short years ago. Transfers are more prominent than ever and getting to know these new young men putting on your favorite teams’ jerseys can certainly be a hassle. So I’m here…
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If you missed part 1 go back and read it. It Covers Oral Roberts, South Dakota State, South Dakota, North Dakota State, and Denver. The following covers the remaining 5 teams. Oral Roberts: 13-5 Conference record. No one runs away with it this year. The Golden Eagles finish at the top of a 3 or…
Last year’s version of the Western Illinois Leathernecks had a luxury very few Summit teams historically do – two 6’10 bigs who each brought different skill sets that allowed them to effectively share the floor. It provided a size advantage that proved to be huge to the Leathernecks’ success. Just how huge? Let’s find out….
Anyone who has spent time with me talking Summit League basketball knows that even when Elijah Lufile was playing 8 minutes a game I was trying to say Lufile was going to do big things and be a difference-maker in the Summit League. At least for one night that was proven prophetic. Lufile was dominant…
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The South Dakota Coyotes defeated the Western Illinois Leathernecks yesterday 75-49 in front of over 8,000 fans at the Denny Sanford Premier Center. With the win, USD will face the winner of (3) Kansas City and (6) North Dakota State Monday afternoon at 3:00pm. True freshman Grace Larkins led all scorers with 23 points on…
The Reaching the Summit Voters have cast their ballots and it’s time to share their votes. There will not be any real narrative on the selections today. I will post my picks on each category with reasoning tomorrow. Since this is a consensus of the voters the narrative will be brief and instead just discuss…