DULUTH, Minn. – Southeastern Oklahoma State falls to red-hot shooting Minnesota-Duluth 115-81 in the 2024-25 season opener.
SE (0-1) finished shooting 43.3 percent (29-67) from the field and 45.4 percent (10-22) from the three-point line but lost the battle at the glass 42-32. UMD converted 57.1 percent from the floor and finished 14-23 (60.9 percent) from beyond the arc.
DJ Dill led the scoring for the blue-and-gold with 16 points on 5-13 shooting from the field and was 2-2 from beyond the arc.
Mihailo Stijovic paced the side with five rebounds and added 13 points to his totals, while
Ethan Wilkerson and
Santiago Camacho Gomez combined for 21 points.
Briley provided the Storm with their first two baskets at 4-all, but the Bulldogs soon dialed in from deep, knocking down 3 triples to jump ahead 15-9. Dill cut the gap down to one point moments later with a triple for his first basket of the contest, 15-14.
From there, the Southeastern fell into a scoring drought with one basket in the following five minutes, which allowed UMD to build a 12-2 run to extend its advantage to 27-16. Stijovic got hot, scoring the Storm's next eight points before Dill provided seven more points to cut the gap to 37-31. UMD picked up the pace again, closing out the final one and a half minutes on a 10-0 run to carry a 51-34 lead into halftime.
Minnesota-Duluth carried the momentum into the second half as the Bulldogs built a 12-0 run in the first three minutes to stretch the lead to 63-34. Gomez and
Jalen Williams knocked down successive triples to get the offense going before Gomez made his second three-pointer of the game minutes later.
Southeastern continued to attack from deep as Condiff, Halldorsson, and Hughey knocked down triples. In the final seven minutes of the game, the two sides went point-for-point, with Minnesota-Duluth staying in control for a 115-81 win. The Savage Storm wraps up the American Insurance Classic against Minot State tomorrow at 1 p.m.
