Parks, South Dakota State hold off Idaho, 87-85

Dec 13, 2014, 07:40 pm

BROOKINGS, S.D. -- Deondre Parks scored 20 points and Reed Tellinghuisen scored a career-high 17 to lead South Dakota State past Idaho 87-85 on Saturday.

Cody Larson added 15 points and Jake Bittle finished with 13 and seven assists for South Dakota State (6-4), which avenged a Nov. 17 loss to Idaho.

A 3-pointer by Tellinghuisen with 7:40 left gave South Dakota State its biggest lead, 71-61.

Idaho slowly climbed back into the game, pulling within two, 84-82, when Mike Scott hit a 3 with 1:19 remaining.

Bittle made a layup on the other end before another Scott 3-pointer made it 86-85 with 34 seconds to go.

The Vandals were forced to foul and Parks made 1 of 2 free throws 9 seconds later.

Scott and Sekou Wiggs each missed shots in the waning seconds.

Idaho (4-5) shot a season-high 60 percent (29 of 48) from the field, but committed 18 turnovers.