BROOKINGS, S.D. — The storylines all week leading up to the North Dakota State at South Dakota State game on Saturday night centered on the quarterbacks. What about Cole Payton's season? Will Chase Mason play?

There wasn't much attention, for whatever reason, paid to the best receiver in the Division I Football Championship Subdivision. Bryce Lance showed why in the first half and let his play do the talking.

The senior had five catches and 103 yards in the first two quarters alone, boosting the Bison to a big first half lead on way to a 38-7 Dakota Marker victory in front of a facility record 19,477 fans at Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium.

Not only were Lance's grabs productive in yardage, but it's when they came that were also important. He had an eight-yard reception on third-and-6 on NDSU'

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