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Scott scores 23; Idaho beats S Dakota St 82-77

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MOSCOW, Idaho (AP) Mike Scott scored 23 points and Bira Seck added 13 points and 12 rebounds to help Idaho beat South Dakota State 82-77 on Monday night.

Idaho (2-0) trailed 74-75 when Scott found Perrion Callandret for a 3-pointer with 56 seconds left.

South Dakota State's Skyler Flatten missed a 3 on the other end but, after grabbing the offensive rebound, Cody Larson missed a layup before Scott hit a 3-pointer coming out of a timeout to make it 80-75 with 10 seconds left.

Deondre Parks got a quick layup 2 seconds later and immediately fouled Scott, who hit a pair of free throws and closed the scoring at 82-77 with 6 seconds left.

Parks and Jake Bittle scored 18 apiece for South Dakota State (0-2). Larson finished with 14 points and 10 rebounds and Flatten scored 13.

Idaho made 8 of 15 from behind the arc and grabbed 16 offensive rebounds.