Air Force will face South Dakota in a men’s basketball game on Saturday, November 29 at Summit Arena at The Monument in Rapid City, South Dakota. The matchup is scheduled for 2 p.m. Mountain Time and will be available to watch on Midco Sports with a subscription. Fans can also listen to the radio broadcast via the Varsity Sports App or AM 740 KVOR, with Jim Arthur providing play-by-play coverage. Live statistics will be accessible through Statbroadcast.
Air Force enters the contest with a record of 3-5 after losing their last game 71-53 against Northern Colorado. South Dakota stands at 4-3 following an 82-81 win over South Carolina State. Air Force’s next game is set for December 3 against Pacific, while South Dakota will play Portland State on the same date.
Joe Scott leads Air Force as head coach in his tenth season overall and sixth since returning to the program. His current record at Air Force is 97-174, and he has an overall coaching record of 281-351 across 22 seasons. Eric Peterson serves as head coach for South Dakota, now in his fourth season with a school record of 47-56 and a career mark of 98-71 over seven seasons.
The series between the two teams dates back to February 7, 1959, when Air Force won their first meeting. Overall, Air Force leads the series nine games to one and has won the last two matchups, including a narrow victory (58-57) on November 26, 2023.
This meeting marks the fourth time these programs have played each other in five seasons. Air Force is currently celebrating its seventieth season of basketball and returns seven players from last year’s roster while welcoming nine freshmen for the new campaign. So far this season, nearly half (46.1 percent) of team scoring has come from freshmen over the first seven games.
Ethan Taylor, who graduated from Air Force in 2025, was recently selected ninth overall in the NBA G-League Draft by Greensboro Swarm before being traded to Santa Cruz Warriors—the affiliate team of Golden State Warriors.
Following this matchup against South Dakota, Air Force will host Pacific on Wednesday, December 3 at home with tipoff scheduled for 7 p.m. Mountain Time.
