Boys Basketball- Day 1 of 3 of State A Tournament at the Premier Center in Sioux Falls

No. 1 Dakota Valley vs. No. 8 Hot Springs, noon

No. 4 Sioux Valley vs. No. 5 Hamlin, 1:45 p.m.

No. 2 St. Thomas More vs. No. 7 Elk Point-Jefferson, 6 p.m.

No. 3 Sioux Falls Christian vs. No. 6 Mount Vernon/Plankinton, 7:45 p.m.

Boys State B Tournament in Aberdeen

No. 1 Lower Brule vs. No. 8 Castlewood, noon

No. 4 Faith vs. No. 5 White River, 1:45 p.m.

No. 2 Aberdeen Christian vs. No. 7 Ethan, 6 p.m.

No. 3 De Smet vs. No. 6 Viborg-Hurley, 7:45 p.m.

Boys State AA Tournament at the Monument in Rapid City

1pm- Harrisburg vs Jefferson

2:45- Yankton vs Washington

7pm- Lincoln vs Roosevelt

8:45- Pierre vs Mitchell

The Lower Brule and White River boys basketball teams will be in action tomorrow for the afternoon session of the State B Boys Basketball Tournament in Aberdeen. Lower Brule is the number one overall seed and will play in game one against eight seeded Castlewood at Noon. The White River Tigers go in as the five seed and will play four seeded Faith. Coverage of the Faith and White River game will be on Country 1260. Pre-game coverage will start at around 1:10 as tipoff is scheduled for 1:45.

The South Dakota State Women’s Basketball team will take on USC this Friday in Blacksburg, Virginia in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament. Tipoff is scheduled for 7pm central. The Lady Jackrabbits go into the tournament as the number 9 seed while USC is the 8 seed. SDSU is 28-5 on the season while USC is 21-9. The winner of Friday’s game will march on to play the winner of the Virginia Tech and Chattanooga game in the second round on Sunday.

This Thursday, we will have coverage of the State B Boys Basketball Tournament on Country 1260 when the White River Tigers battle the Faith Longhorns inside the Barnett Center in Aberdeen on Day 1 of the State Tournament, Tip-off is scheduled for 1:45. Pregame will start at around 1pm.

Class AA

Championship: Sioux Falls Washington defeated Pierre 54-36

3^rd/4^th: Sioux Falls Jefferson defeated Harrisburg 55-34

5^th/6^th: O’Gorman defeated Mitchell 70-33

7^th/8^th: Rapid City Stevens defeated Watertown 53-51

Class A

Champoinship: Hamlin defeated Wagner 58-55

3^rd/4^th: Sisseton defeated Red Cloud 55-47

5^th/6^th: Sioux Falls Christian defeated Flandreau 46-43

7^th/8^th: Rapid City Christian defeated Lakota Tech 66-52

Class B

Champoinship: Viborg-Hurley defeated Wall 71-61

3^rd/4^th: Wolsey-Wessington defeated Ethan 60-55

5^th/6^th:  Castlewood defeated Jones County  48-43

7^th/8^th: Howard defeated Sully Buttes 54-44

Girls Basketball

Class AA
7^th/8^th: #7 Rapid City Stevens vs #8 Watertown at Noon
5^th/6^th: #3 O’Gorman vs #12 Mitchell at 1:45
3^rd/4^th: #4 Sioux Falls Jefferson vs #6 Harrisburg at 5
Championship: #1 Sioux Falls Washington vs #2 Pierre at 7:45
Class A
7^th/8^th: #5 Lakota Tech vs #7 Rapid City Christian at Noon
5^th/6^th: #Sioux Falls Christian vs #8 Flandreau at 1:45
3^rd/4^th: #4 Red Cloud vs #6 Sisseton at 6
Championship: #1 Hamlin vs #2 Wagner at 7:45
Class B
7^th/8^th: #4 Sully Buttes vs #6 Howard at Noon
5^th/6^th: #7 Castlewood vs #8 Jones County at 1:45
3^rd/4^th: #1 Wolsey-Wessington vs #2 Ethan at 6
Championship: #5 Wall vs #3 Viborg-Hurley at 7:45

Girls Basketball

Class AA
Consolation
#12 Mitchell defeated #8 Watertown 48-37
#3 O’Gorman defeated #7 Rapid City Stevens 56-48
Semifinals
#1 Sioux Falls Washington defeated #4 Sioux Falls Jefferson 46-43
#2 Pierre defeated #6 Harrisburg 51-37

Class A
Consolation
#8 Flandreau defeated #5 Lakota Tech 55-41
#3 Sioux Falls Christian defeated #7 Rapid City Christian 52-42
Semifinals
#1 Hamiln defeated #4 Red Cloud 57-35
#2 Wagner defeated #6 Sisseton 63-45

Class B
Consolation
#8 Jones County defeated #4 Sully Buttes 47-38
#7 Castlewood defeated #6 Howard 51-47

Semifinals

#5 Wall defeated Wolsey-Wessington 76-72

Viborg Hurley defeated #4 Ethan, 52-34