January 22, 2024
 

MADISON, S.D. – The Dakota State University Athletics department and local ag businesses will be hosting their fifth annual Ag Ball event on Friday evening.  The Trojan basketball squads take on Mayville State (N.D.) in the battle of the top teams in both women's and men's North Star Athletic Association action.

Ag Ball is an event of DSU Athletics in a way of saying thank you to agriculture businesses and recognizing the economic importance of agriculture businesses in the local Madison area.

The women's game tips off at 5:30 p.m. with the 11^th-ranked Trojans taking on the 13^th-ranked Comets.  Both teams are undefeated in the North Star conference, with DSU holding a 5-0 record (17-4 overall record) and MSU holding a 4-0 record (15-2 overall record).

The Trojan men's team holds a one-half game lead in the North Star Athletic Association standings over MSU and Dickinson State (N.D.).  Dakota State is 4-1 record in the conference (14-7 overall record), while Mayville State is 3-1 record in the league (15-4 overall record).  The men's game tips off at 7:30 p.m. 

All ag producers will be given free tickets to the game and will be fed a free pork loin meal with beverages, courtesy of the local Madison agriculture businesses.  Thank you to the following Ag Ball sponsors:

• Lake County International
• Mustang Seeds
• BankWest
• Dairy Queen
• Dakota Ethanol
• East River Electric Power Coop
• F & M Coop Oil
• Farmers Ag Center
• First Bank & Trust
• First Interstate Bank
• First PRMIER Bank and PREMIER Bankcard
• Kibble Equipment
• Madison Farmer's Elevator
• Prostrollo Auto Mall
• Sioux Valley Energy
• State Farm Insurance
• Sunshine Foods
• Trojan Athletic Club

The pork loin meal will start serving from 5 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. and during between games (after the conclusion of the women's basketball game and before the start of the men's basketball game).  Make sure to receive the tickets to the Ag Ball event through the ag sponsors list above.