San Jose State (3-3) kept the lead 98% of the time over the South Dakota Coyotes (4-3) in a 61-52 win, but as with the typical ebb and flow of a game, things still got really rough.
“We started missing inside shots. We had four or six shots right at the rim and missed them all and it all goes wrong,” said head coach Tim Miles on withstanding the Coyotes 16-0 run in the middle of the second half. “Their physicality gets us on our heels and the lead goes from 19 all the way down to three.