FORT PIERRE –– The Wessington Springs Spartans, seeded fourth in the SoDak 16, jumped out early on the Timber Lake Panthers and never looked back on the way to a 75-49 victory.

Karter Mebius led the Spartans, 21-2, with 25 points. Colby Flowers added 19 points.

Ryder Michalek put in 10 points for Wessington Springs and grabbed nine rebounds.

Kenton Hung led Timber Lake (15-8) with 12 points. Treyden Beer added 10 points.

The Spartans will open the State B tournament on March 20 in Aberdeen as the fourth seed, facing the Wall Eagles in the first round at 1:45 p.m.

In the other opening round matchups, No. 8 Lyman plays No. 1 Castlewood at noon; No. 2 St. Mary’s plays Aberdeen Christian at 6 p.m. and No. 3 Viborg-Hurley plays No. 6 Freeman at 7:45 p.m.

Timber Lake 8 24 39 49
Wessington 24 42 62 75

Timber Lake (15-8): Gavin Farlee 0 1-4 1, Cole Ducheneaux 1 0-0 3, Braden Lawrence 1 2-4 4, Broc Bauer 2 1-3 5, Holden Gill 1 0-0 2, Treyden Beer 3 2-3 10, Jackson Bigger 0 1-2 1, Treyton Du Preez 1 4-5 6, Pete Maher 0 1-2 1, Kenton Hunt 4 4-6 12, Rance Martin 1 2-3 4. Totals: 14 18-32 49.

Wessington Springs (21-2): Karter Mebius 8 7-9 25, Wesley Molnar 3 2-4 9, Sam Poncelow 2 1-2 5, Colby Flowers 7 1-3 16, Ryder Michalek 5 0-1 10, Ranick Fjerstad 1 0-0 2, Richard Cardona 1 0-2 2, Branden Flowers 1 0-0 2, Grady Gran 2 0-0 4. Totals: 30 11-21 75.

FG: TL - 14/44 32%; WS - 30/54 56%. 3-pt FG: TL - 3/17 (Beer 2, Ducheneaux); 4/10 (Mebius 2, CFlowers 2). Rebounds: TL 17, WS 35 (Michalek 9). Steals: TL 7, WS 14 (Mebius, Molnar 3). Turnovers: TL 20, WS 22. Fouls: TL 23 (Lawrence out), WS 26.