South Dakota plays Western Illinois after Forte’s 25-point showing

Western Illinois Leathernecks (6-4) at South Dakota Coyotes (8-4)

Vermillion, South Dakota; Saturday, 12 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: South Dakota faces Western Illinois after Chase Forte scored 25 points in South Dakota’s 82-81 win against the Wyoming Cowboys.

The Coyotes are 7-0 in home games. South Dakota leads the Summit League averaging 40.2 points in the paint. Cameron Fens leads the Coyotes with 7.5.

The Leathernecks have gone 2-2 away from home. Western Illinois averages 10.9 turnovers per game and is 2-1 when turning the ball over less than opponents.

South Dakota averages 86.8 points, 19.8 more per game than the 67.0 Western Illinois gives up. Western Illinois averages 8.5 made 3-pointers per game this season, 0.1 more makes per game than South Dakota gives up.

TOP PERFORMERS: Forte is averaging 14.8 points, 3.4 assists and 2.1 steals for the Coyotes.

Marko Maletic is averaging 15.7 points for the Leathernecks.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.