Continued: Basketball Summit League Tournament

For South Dakota, they were led by Plitzuweit with 17 points. Perrott-Hunt also had 16 points and six assists (season high). Kamateros had 11 points and 12 rebounds.

The Bison competed against South Dakota State on March 6 where they defeated the Jackrabbits 89-79. They will compete in their fifth straight Summit League Championship game against No. 1 Oral Roberts tonight at 8 p.m. at the Denny Sanford Premier Center.

“This is about as proud I’ve been as a group in my tenure,” North Dakota State men’s head coach David Richman said. “They’ve coined the phrase, ‘The Baby Bison.’ We have seven guys that have never been in this building and we just played a team that all their main six or seven guys have been playing multiple games in here.”

As Peterson prepares for next season, he hopes to build the program standard around the mentality of his two true seniors in Hayes and Archambault.

“About two weeks ago, when we had a little diversity with our team, I met with Mason and Damani and said ‘our program is going to be built on what you guys are about.’ To bring it every day in practice. They never complain, they show up, they’re leaders, they’re great people to be around and they love South Dakota,” Peterson said.