Sioux Falls rallied from a 47-36 deficit with 13:30 remaining as the Cougars defeated Wayne State College 65-60 Thursday in Northern Sun Conference men's basketball played at the Stewart Center in Sioux Falls.  The host Cougars improve to 6-2 and 1-1 in the league while WSC drops to 6-2 and 1-1 in NSIC play.
            The Wildcats opened the contest with a 9-5 lead thanks to a three-point play from sophomore guard Jay Saunders with 15:24 to go in the half.
            Sioux Falls went on an 11-4 run and took their biggest lead of the first half at three, 16-13, at the 8:43 mark.
            WSC came back to tie the score at 21-21 and then scored nine of the next 10 points to take a 30-22 lead following a David Harmon 3-pointer with 2:33 left in the half before Wayne State closed with a 30-25 advantage at intermission.
            The 'Cats started strong in the second half and built a pair of 11 point leads, the first coming on a Jordan Janssen basket with 14:02 to play giving Wayne State a 45-34 lead.
            But Wayne State went cold from the field and did not make a basket for the following 7:50 as the host Cougars came back from a 47-36 deficit to tie the score at 50-50 with 6:28 remaining.
            A basket from Janssen gave WSC a short-lived 52-50 lead at the 6:12 mark.  The final lead for WSC was 53-52 with 5:01 to play after a Cody McCullough free throw.
            Sioux Falls took the lead for good on the next possession with a 3-pointer and the Cougars canned 10 of 10 free throws late to hold off Wayne State in the 65-60 come-from-behind win.
            Janssen made 12 of 18 shots from the field and scored a game-high 27 points for the Wildcats.  McCullough was the only other WSC player in double digits with 10.
            Wayne State shot 39 percent from the field making just 22 of 56 shots.  The 'Cats were 3 for 16 behind the arc and 13 of 15 at the charity stripe.
            Matt Cartwright scored 21 points for Sioux Falls with Chase Grinde adding 12.
            The Cougars made 22 of 54 shots for 40.7 percent and hit 8 of 22 shots from the 3-point line.  USF was 13 of 16 at the foul line.
            Sioux Falls out-rebounded Wayne State 36-29 with McCullough hauling in 10 boards for the 'Cats. 
            Wayne State will be at home Saturday evening hosting Southwest Minnesota State at 5:30 p.m.