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[kiyoat]

Starting things off against DePaul....

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The Coyotes

South Dakota is heading into its first road contest with two-straight wins under its belt. The Coyotes hosted Mount Marty on Nov. 6 in their season opener and defeated the Lancers 85-53. On Nov. 10, South Dakota defeated UTRGV 100-79 behind a double-double and a career-high 24 points from Lahat Thioune.

Thioune, a UCF transfer, is one of nine newcomers that joined the Coyote roster this season. Utah transfer Bostyn Holt and Louisiana Tech transfer Kaleb Stewart join Thioune in the Coyotes' starting lineup this season. Stewart averages 12.5 points per game and had a career-high 19 points on 6-of-17 shooting from the floor and 3-of-8 shooting from three in the win over UTRGV. Holt has scored in double-figures in both of his starts as a Yote, including a career-high 16 points in South Dakota's opening night win over Mount Marty.

The Blue Demons

DePaul (0-2) is looking for its first win of the season. The Blue Demons fell to Purdue Fort Wayne 82-74 on Nov. 7 to open the season. On Nov. 11, DePaul fell to Long Beach State 77-73 after nearly overcoming a 22-point deficit. The Blue Demons shot 58.8 percent as a squad in the second half but fell short in the final seconds.

The Blue Demons are led on offense by guard Elijah Fisher. The sophomore had a career-night for DePaul in the close loss to Long Beach State, dropping 25 points on 10-of-14 shooting. 20 of his 25 points came in the second half, and his .714 field goal percentage ranks as one of the top-15 individual performances across the NCAA this season and is the highest in the Big East.

[Yotes]

DePaul was picked last in the Big East preseason poll and it's easy to see why. Losses to IPFW and Long Beach State to start the year. Both at home.

[soofooyote]

Great opportunity for us to get a win over a Big east opponent tonight!

[Yotes]

Team definitely not on the same page most of the 1st half. Not pretty.

[dbyote]

We definitely traded some offensive skill for athleticism. Some of it is inexperience with each other but we're definitely missing a mid range game. We're without a doubt more talented top to bottom than we've been but we're going to have droughts. I'm not sure if we have a run stopper.

[seayote]

Another double-double for Lahat. He seems like the real deal. Paul Bruns needs to find his range. He's 2-15 from the field over two games. I expect he/they will figure it out. Too good of a pure shooter for that to continue.

[burbankbob]

Outside shooting isn’t up to par yet. Inside game is vastly improved. I’m optimistic. Go Yotes

[marco]

nice win I think we play about 10 players some very good young players

[dbyote]

I think we're going to have very balanced scoring on this team.

[dbyote]

We lost on turnovers and 3 point shooting today. We outshot them and outrebounded them