South Dakota State vs Merrimack Final

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South Dakota State

9-9

MVFC

75 - 66

Final

Field of 68 Opening Day Marathon

Merrimack

10-8

FCS Independents

Tuesday, November 04, 2025

02:00 AM EST

Sanford Pentagon

Box Score

Team	1st	2nd	Final
South Dakota State	38	37	75
Merrimack	33	33	66

Betting Lines

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Game Analysis

South Dakota State

Points

Merrimack

42.1%

South Dakota State

Field Goal %

32.1%

Merrimack

South Dakota State

Total Rebounds

Merrimack

South Dakota State

Assists

Merrimack

38.9%

South Dakota State

Three Point %

27.6%

Merrimack

76.9%

South Dakota State

Free Throw %

81.5%

Merrimack

South Dakota State

Turnovers

Merrimack

Statistic	SDST	MRMK
SCORING
Total Points	75	66
FIELD GOALS
Field Goals Made-Attempted	24-57	18-56
Field Goal Percentage	42.1%	32.1%
Two Point FG Made-Attempted	17-39	10-27
Two Point FG Percentage	43.6%	37.0%
Three Point FG Made-Attempted	7-18	8-29
Three Point FG Percentage	38.9%	27.6%
Effective Field Goal Percentage	48.2%	39.3%
True Shooting Percentage	54.8%	48.6%
FREE THROWS
Free Throws Made-Attempted	20-26	22-27
Free Throw Percentage	76.9%	81.5%
Free Throw Rate	45.6%	48.2%
REBOUNDING
Total Rebounds	44	31
Offensive Rebounds	14	9
Defensive Rebounds	30	22
Offensive Rebound Percentage	31.8%	29.0%
BALL HANDLING & ASSISTS
Assists	17	9
Turnovers	14	11
Turnover Ratio	20.0%	15.7%
DEFENSE
Steals	4	8
Blocks	4	6
FOULS
Total Fouls	18	21
Technical Fouls	0	0
Flagrant Fouls	0	0
ADVANCED ANALYTICS
Possessions	70	70
Points Per Possession	1.07	0.94
Team Rating	107.1	94.3
SPECIAL SITUATIONS
Fast Break Points	9	14
Points Off Turnovers	9	13
Points in Paint	28	20
GAME FLOW
Largest Lead	9	5

Player Statistics

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	2PT	3PT	FT	TO	PF	OREB	DREB	FG%	2PT%	3PT%	FT%	eFG%	TS%	A/TO	FTR	OREB%	USG%	ORTG	DRTG	NET	GmSc
Jaden Jackson #14 • Guard	38	23	5	3	0	0	8-18	3-10	5-8	2-3	2	3	1	4	44.4	30.0	62.5	66.7	58.3	59.5	1.5	16.7	20.0	27.2	121.9	101.2	+20.7	14.0
Kalen Garry #10 • Guard	35	9	7	4	1	0	2-7	0-1	2-6	3-4	1	0	1	6	28.6	0.0	33.3	75.0	42.9	51.4	4.0	57.1	14.3	13.5	123.2	94.2	+29.0	9.8
Matthew Mors #11 • Forward	31	16	9	3	3	2	4-9	4-9	0-0	8-9	1	3	4	5	44.4	44.4	0.0	88.9	44.4	61.7	3.0	100.0	44.4	21.8	142.3	81.5	+60.8	19.5
Damon Wilkinson #34 • Center	19	10	7	1	0	0	3-7	3-7	0-0	4-5	1	2	2	5	42.9	42.9	0.0	80.0	42.9	54.3	1.0	71.4	28.6	26.0	118.1	93.0	+25.1	7.7
Joe Sayler #3 • Guard	19	8	4	1	0	0	3-5	3-4	0-1	2-2	2	3	1	3	60.0	75.0	0.0	100.0	60.0	68.0	0.5	40.0	25.0	20.1	108.0	98.3	+9.7	4.8
Luke Haertle #2 • Guard	18	4	1	2	0	0	2-6	2-5	0-1	0-0	3	1	0	1	33.3	40.0	0.0	0.0	33.3	33.3	0.7	0.0	0.0	24.3	58.9	103.8	-44.9	-1.1
Caleb Delzell #5 • Forward	14	2	3	2	0	0	1-3	1-2	0-1	0-0	1	3	1	2	33.3	50.0	0.0	0.0	33.3	33.3	2.0	0.0	33.3	13.9	83.5	98.9	-15.4	0.8
Alec Squires #35 • Center	14	3	2	1	0	2	1-1	1-1	0-0	1-3	0	2	2	0	100.0	100.0	0.0	33.3	100.0	64.7	-	300.0	100.0	8.0	143.5	97.7	+45.8	4.6
Trey Buchanan Guard	12	0	1	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-1	0-0	3	1	0	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	16.2	0.0	102.3	-102.3	-3.8

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	2PT	3PT	FT	TO	PF	OREB	DREB	FG%	2PT%	3PT%	FT%	eFG%	TS%	A/TO	FTR	OREB%	USG%	ORTG	DRTG	NET	GmSc
Tye Dorset #4 • Guard	35	19	2	2	1	0	7-12	4-6	3-6	2-3	0	2	1	1	58.3	66.7	50.0	66.7	70.8	71.3	-	25.0	50.0	19.3	150.0	115.4	+34.6	15.6
Ernest Shelton #3 • Guard	34	15	3	0	3	1	2-8	0-2	2-6	9-11	0	4	0	3	25.0	0.0	33.3	81.8	37.5	58.4	-	137.5	0.0	19.2	130.1	103.0	+27.1	12.4
Kevair Kennedy #5 • Guard	32	10	3	2	1	0	3-10	3-9	0-1	4-4	4	2	0	3	30.0	33.3	0.0	100.0	30.0	42.5	0.5	40.0	0.0	25.0	72.5	111.2	-38.7	2.7
Andrés Marrero #10 • Guard	27	13	3	1	1	0	3-8	2-2	1-6	6-7	1	3	0	3	37.5	100.0	16.7	85.7	43.8	58.7	1.0	87.5	0.0	22.7	118.0	109.3	+8.7	8.6
Todd Brogna #20 • Forward	22	0	3	3	1	1	0-8	0-0	0-8	0-0	2	4	0	3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.5	0.0	0.0	23.0	18.3	104.7	-86.4	-4.5
KC Ugwuakazi #23 • Forward	17	1	3	0	1	3	0-2	0-2	0-0	1-2	0	2	1	2	0.0	0.0	0.0	50.0	0.0	17.4	-	100.0	33.3	8.6	51.2	99.2	-48.0	2.8
Malik Edmead #9 • Guard	14	0	1	1	0	0	0-3	0-3	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	100.0	14.5	20.9	120.9	-100.0	-1.7
Dylan Veillette Forward	7	0	4	0	0	1	0-1	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	4	0	4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-0.4
Jaylen Stinson #1 • Guard	7	6	1	0	0	0	2-2	0-0	2-2	0-0	3	0	0	1	100.0	0.0	100.0	0.0	150.0	150.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	2.7
Aliou Cisse #2 • Forward	5	2	1	0	0	0	1-2	1-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	50.0	50.0	0.0	0.0	50.0	50.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	1.3

Column Legend

MIN: Minutes Played

PTS: Points

REB: Total Rebounds

AST: Assists

STL: Steals

BLK: Blocks

FG: Field Goals Made-Attempted

2PT: Two-Point Field Goals

3PT: Three-Point Field Goals

FT: Free Throws Made-Attempted

TO: Turnovers

PF: Personal Fouls

OREB: Offensive Rebounds

DREB: Defensive Rebounds

FG%: Field Goal Percentage

2PT%: Two-Point Percentage

3PT%: Three-Point Percentage

FT%: Free Throw Percentage

eFG%: Effective Field Goal %

TS%: True Shooting Percentage

A/TO: Assist-to-Turnover Ratio

FTR: Free Throw Rate

OREB%: Offensive Rebound Rate

USG%: Usage Rate

ORTG: Offensive Rating

DRTG: Defensive Rating

NET: Net Rating (ORTG - DRTG)

GmSc: Game Score