BROOKINGS, S.D. – The Omaha men's basketball team celebrated KJ Robinson reaching the 1,000 career points milestone Saturday afternoon but fell 81-64 to South Dakota State at Frost Arena.
 
Omaha is now 12-13 (5-5 Summit League), while the league-leading Jackrabbits improve to 18-8 (9-2) and extend their home win streak to 21 games.
 
Leaders for Omaha
Robinson, who became the 41st 1,000-point scorer in program history, led the Mavericks with 20 points, hitting three 3-pointers and going 7-of-8 at the line. The senior added two rebounds, three assists and a steal. Playing his 110th career game, he entered the day with 986 points and now sits at 38th all-time with 1,006.
 
Matt Pile recorded his ninth double-double of the season, scoring 10 points and bringing down 12 rebounds. Marlon Ruffin finished with 14 points on 6-of-10 shooting and a pair of threes.
 
Leaders for South Dakota State
Douglas Wilson led all scorers with 24 points alongside eight rebounds, five blocks, three assists and a steal. Matt Dentlinger added 19 points and seven boards while shooting 9-of-12, and Alex Arians also had 19 points. David Wingett rounded it out with another 10 along with eight rebounds and four assists.
 
Team Stats
SDSU shot 51.7% (30-of-58) to Omaha's 36.7% (22-of-60) and had a 39-32 rebounding advantage.
 
Omaha was held to no fastbreak points for the day.
 
Inside the First Half
SDSU used a 16-1 run to take an early 21-8 lead, and Omaha was 3-of-13 from the field in the first eight minutes before a Ruffin jumper ended a 1-of-8 slump.
 
Omaha pulled within four when back-to-back Gibson threes cut SDSU's lead to 30-26, then saw Robinson drill back-to-back triples to tie the game at 33-33 with 2:56 left. But the Jacks finished the half on a 7-0 run, going up 40-33 at the midway point.
 
Inside the Second Half
Wanjang Tut poured one in to start the second half, but SDSU quickly regained a double-digit lead and maintained it the rest of the way.
 
Robinson finally hit his 1,000th point by hitting at pair at the stripe with 12:39 left.
 
Noting Today's Game
-KJ Robinson has had a 20-point scoring performance in five of his last six games -- including three straight with today's effort -- and has scored in double figures in eight straight contests.
-Omaha's senior duo of Robinson and JT Gibson are both now in the record books as 1,000-point scorers. The last time the Mavericks counted two 1,000-point scorers on the roster was 2016-17 with Marcus Tyus and Tre'Shawn Thurman.
 
Up Next
Omaha continues its road swing at Oral Roberts on Wednesday, Feb. 12, with tipoff set for 7 p.m. at the Mabee Center in Tulsa, Okla. The game will be broadcast live on ESPN3, and Gary Sharp will have the radio call on 1180 Zone 2. Links to live video, audio and stats will be available on OMavs.com.