WEDNESDAY SPORTS, FEBRUARY 11, 2026
MITCHELL KERNELS
— Mitchell Kernels boys basketball had a season best defensive performance, defeating Aberdeen Central 54-34 on Tuesday night. The Kernels opened the game on a 19-1 run and had a 34-15 halftime lead. Colton Smith had a season-high 28 points and 10 rebounds on 13-of-19 shooting. Mitchell also held Aberdeen to just 25% shooting and outrebounded the Golden Eagles 39-27. The Kernels improve to 7-8 on the season and will be at SF Washington next Tuesday.
— Mitchell Kernels girls basketball lost a third quarter lead, losing at No. 5 Aberdeen Central 57-52 on Tuesday night. The Kernels were outscored 16-9 in the fourth quarter after holding a lead for much of the third quarter. 8th grader CeCe Morgan finished with a career-high 19 points, all in the first three quarters, while Addie Siemsen had a game-high 20 points. Mitchell falls to 11-5 on the season and will host No. 3 SF Washington next Tuesday.
— Mitchell Kernels gymnastics hosts the Class A and AA state gymnastics meet on Friday at Mitchell High School.
— Mitchell Kernels boys wrestling will compete at the Region 3A qualifying tournament on Saturday, February 21 at Mitchell high school.
— Mitchell Marlins boys hockey travels to Fort Pierre on Friday, while the girls return home February 21st and 22nd to host Sioux Center, Iowa, and Brookings.
DAKOTA WESLEYAN
— No. 9 Dakota Wesleyan women’s basketball will be at Waldorf on Wednesday at 5 pm. The Tigers are 16-2 this season in the GPAC, one game behind first place Dordt and two games in front of third place Concordia.
— Dakota Wesleyan men’s basketball is at Waldorf on Wednesday at 6:45 pm. The Tigers are 8-8 in the GPAC, alone in sixth place in the conference.
— Dakota Wesleyan softball, 4-0 on the season, travels to Aberdeen to face Northern State for a doubleheader on Thursday at 1 pm.
— Dakota Wesleyan baseball, 2-2 on the season, travel to Joplin, Missouri, this weekend as they take on Clark (Iowa) on Saturday at Noon.
— Dakota Wesleyan men’s wrestling gets ready for the GPAC Championships on Friday, Feb. 20 and Saturday, Feb. 21 in Orange City, Iowa.
SOUTH DAKOTA STATE
— South Dakota State softball dropped to 4-2 on the season after a 10-2 loss at Baylor on Tuesday night. With the score tied at 1-1, Baylor would score seven runs in the bottom of the fourth inning. SDSU heads to Abilene, Texas, next to face Abilene Christian. The Jackrabbits will play a doubleheader on Wednesday at 2 p.m.
— South Dakota State women’s basketball host North Dakota on Thursday at 7 pm.
— South Dakota State men’s basketball is at Denver on Thursday at 8 pm CST
— South Dakota State softball will be at Baylor on Tuesday for a single game at 5 pm.
— South Dakota State wrestling hosts the Jackrabbit Open in Brookings on Sunday at 11 am.
SOUTH DAKOTA
— USD men’s basketball hosts North Dakota on Wednesday at 7 pm.
— USD women’s basketball hosts Kansas City on Thursday at 7 pm.
— USD softball travels to Phoenix for five games starting on Friday against Northern Colorado and Sacramento State.
NFL
— Seattle’s Super Bowl victory over New England on Sunday night didn’t break viewership records. The game averaged 124.9 million viewers across NBC, Peacock, Telemundo, NBC Sports Digital, and NFL+, according to Nielsen. This is less than the 127.7 million who watched Philadelphia beat Kansas City last year. Bad Bunny’s halftime show also fell short of records. It averaged 128.2 million viewers, making it the fourth-most watched halftime show.
— New England Patriots quarterback Drake Maye doesn’t plan to have any surgical procedures on his throwing shoulder after receiving a pain-relieving injection before the Super Bowl. Despite the long playoff run, Maye doesn’t think he put any extra stress on this arm this season. He believes an extra hit in the AFC title game likely triggered the soreness that led to the pain injection.
MLB
— Justin Verlander is going back to his first big league team, agreeing to a $13 million, one-year contract with the Detroit Tigers. Verlander, who turns 43-year-old next week, is looking to rebound from a frustrating year with San Francisco where he finished with a 4-11 record despite a better than league average 3.85 ERA. Verlander’s 266 victories are tied with Bob Feller for 34th on baseball’s career list, while his 3,553 career strikeouts are eighth and just behind Don Sutton.
GOLF
— Charlie Woods, the son of Tiger Woods, has verbally committed to play golf at Florida State and will be a member of the 2027 recruiting class. Woods, a junior at The Benjamin School in Palm Beach, Florida, skyrocketed to 21st in the Junior Golf Association rankings after winning the Team TaylorMade Invitational with a 54-hole total of 15-under last May. He tied for ninth at the Boys Junior PGA Championship in July and for 18th at the Rolex Tournament of Champions in November.
NBA
— Victor Wembanyama scored 37 of his season high-tying 40 points in the first half of the San Antonio Spurs’ fifth straight victory, 136-108 over the Los Angeles Lakers. Wembanyama had the highest-scoring first half in the NBA this season, going 12 of 17 from the field with three 3-pointers against a Lakers lineup missing Luka Doncic, LeBron James and Austin Reaves. Wembanyama played only the first eight minutes of the second half. He also became just the third player in the past 50 seasons to score at least 40 points while playing 27 minutes or fewer. He also had 12 rebounds.
— Pascal Siakam scored 30 points as the Indiana Pacers held off the New York Knicks with a 137-134 overtime victory. The Pacers scored the first nine points of overtime and overcame a Knicks run over the final 24 seconds, during which they scored eight points in 20 seconds. Jalen Brunson had 40 points and eight assists for New York, while Josh Hart finished with a triple-double of 15 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists.
— Dillon Brooks scored 23 points as the Phoenix Suns beat Dallas 120-111 to send the Mavericks to their eighth consecutive loss. Cooper Flagg finished with 27 for Dallas, which hasn’t won since beating Golden State at home on Jan. 22.
— Kevin Durant scored 26 points and Alperen Sengun added 22 to help the Houston Rockets to a 102-95 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers. Kawhi Leonard led the Clippers with 24 points.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL – TUESDAY
No. 13 Purdue 80, No. 7 Nebraska 77 (OT)
Wisconsin 92, No. 8 Illinois 90 (OT)
No. 3 Houston 66, Utah 52
No. 4 Duke 70, Pittsburgh 54
TCU 62, No. 5 Iowa State 55
Miami 75, No. 11 North Carolina 66
GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL – TUESDAY
No. 3A Wagner 51, No. 9B Sanborn Central/Woonsocket 41 – Ashlyn Koupal had 36 points, 18 rebounds and five three-pointers. Liz Boschee had 19 points and seven rebounds.
No. 4 Colman-Egan 46, Howard 27
No. 5 Ethan 61, Mt. Vernon/Plankinton 43
No. 10 Corsica-Stickney 61, Kimball/White Lake 25 – Braylee Bordewyk with a game-high 27 points, while Sophie DeLange scored 19 points.
No. 10 West Central 70, McCook Central/Montrose 37
Freeman 52, Hanson 49 – Rylee Peters with 25 points.
Avon 42, Bridgewater-Emery 39
Gregory 37, Platte-Geddes 34
Scotland/Menno 32, Canistota 21
Irene-Wakonda 36, Tripp-Delmont/Armour 35
AA GIRLS BASKETBALL – TUESDAY
No. 1 Brandon Valley 65, No. 3 SF Washington 60 – Alyvia Padgett with 37 points.
No. 2 O’Gorman 62, SF Lincoln 15
Huron 58, Pierre 36
Tea Area 43, Harrisburg 37
SF Jefferson 59, Watertown 26
SF Roosevelt 55, Brookings 47
Spearfish 48, Sturgis 35
BOYS HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL – TUESDAY
No. 4 Freeman 54, Hanson 38 – David Walter with 17 points and nine rebounds.
Ethan 72, Mt. Vernon/Plankinton 58 – Tuff Martin with 30 points for Ethan. Tyce Feistner had a game-high 33 points.
Sanborn Central/Woonsocket 54, Wagner 43 – McCoy Schultz with 18 points and 15 rebounds.
Corsica-Stickney 50, Kimball/White Lake 48 (OT) – Brooks Blom with 18 points and 13 rebounds. Keaton Christensen had 28 points for the Wildkats.
Bridgewater-Emery 56, Avon 38
Platte-Geddes 55, Gregory 45 – Issac Leader with 22 points and seven rebounds.
Howard 45, Colman-Egan 42
Tripp-Delmont/Armour 57, Irene-Wakonda 48
Madison 69, McCook Central/Montrose 56
AA BOYS BASKETBALL – TUESDAY
No. 1 SF Lincoln 69, O’Gorman 67
No. 2 SF Roosevelt 72, Brookings 61
No. 3 Harrisburg, No. 5 Tea Area (OT)
No. 4 Huron 54, Pierre 39 – Davis Chase had 27 points and 12 rebounds.
Watertown 92, SF Jefferson 73
SF Washington 50, Brandon Valley 49