Men’s basketball: Tommies win Summit playoff opener

The second-seeded St. Thomas men’s basketball team quelled an early uprising from No. 7 seed South Dakota State to defeat the Jackrabbits 80-67 in the Summit League quarterfinals on Thursday at the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls, S.D. South Dakota State came out of the gates hot and led by seven with 9:16 remaining in the first half. The Jackrabbits still led by five with 3:27 to ...