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Tuesday, February 5, 2008

rabbit punched. south dakota st. beats ipfw in ot; maintains first place.

The four-way tie for third place on the women's side was broken last night by a pair of road wins for the Dakota schools. By virtue of IUPUI's home victory over Southern Utah, the Jags currently sit all alone in third place. Oral Roberts was idle last night, trailing IUPUI by a half game.

Monday Results
Southern Utah – 46 @ IUPUI – 71
North Dakota State – 58 @ Oakland – 54
South Dakota State – 74 @ IPFW – 72 (OT)
UMKC – 46 @ Western Illinois – 56


That latest standings:
1. South Dakota State 9-2/16-6
1. Western Illinois 9-2/11-11
3. IUPUI 7-4/11-12
4. Oral Roberts 6-4/12-9
5. Oakland 6-5/13-8
5. North Dakota State 6-5/11-10
5. IPFW 6-5/9-13
8. Southern Utah 3-8 5-17
9. UMKC 2-9/9-13
10. Centenary 0-10/3-17

Saturday's games:
IPFW @ Oral Roberts — 2:05 p.m.
IUPUI @ North Dakota State — 2 p.m.
Oakland @ Centenary — 3 p.m.
Western Illinois @ South Dakota State — 5 p.m.
Oakland @ Centenary — 5:30 p.m.
UMKC @ Southern Utah — 5 p.m.

It's almost too difficult to pick just one featured game this weekend, since all but one has post-season implications. But the Game of the Week is going to be Western at South Dakota State. Despite SDSU being ineligible for the tournament, this is the battle for first place. Everything else falls behind that game.