Idaho State visits South Dakota after Forte’s 20-point showing

Idaho State Bengals (3-4) at South Dakota Coyotes (6-3)

Vermillion, South Dakota; Wednesday, 8 p.m. EST

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Coyotes -4.5; over/under is 154.5

BOTTOM LINE: South Dakota hosts Idaho State after Chase Forte scored 20 points in South Dakota’s 96-79 loss to the Nebraska Cornhuskers.

The Coyotes are 5-0 in home games. South Dakota averages 87.1 points while outscoring opponents by 10.7 points per game.

The Bengals are 1-4 on the road. Idaho State is seventh in the Big Sky with 22.6 defensive rebounds per game led by Jake O’Neil averaging 5.4.

South Dakota makes 46.4% of its shots from the field this season, which is 5.1 percentage points higher than Idaho State has allowed to its opponents (41.3%). Idaho State averages 7.7 made 3-pointers per game this season, 0.2 fewer makes per game than South Dakota allows.

TOP PERFORMERS: Forte is scoring 12.9 points per game and averaging 2.4 rebounds for the Coyotes.

Dylan Darling is averaging 13.1 points and 5.6 assists for the Bengals.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.