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8:30 p.m.
Men's Basketball
vs Mayville State (Exhibition)
South Dakota State University Athletics
Jackrabbits and rival Bison meet in Frost Arena
1/21/2009 1:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
South Dakota State comes back to Frost this week to start a three-game homestand and looking to recover from a tough two-point loss at UMKC on Thursday and a heartbreaking overtime loss at Southern Utah on Saturday of last week that dropped its record to 8-12 overall and 3-5 in The Summit League.
The last time the Jackrabbits played at home, they knocked Western Illinois from its spot atop The Summit League and soundly beat IUPUI to get back to an even 3-3 record in league play and an 8-10 overall record.
Now with the past behind them, the Jacks look to knock the new conference front-runner from its perch tonight, as they welcome rival North Dakota State to Frost Arena. The Bison come into the game with a league-best 7-1 record to go along with their 13-5 overall record.
SDSU NOTES ? Garrett Callahan leads the Jackrabbit offensive with 16.6 points per game, with 47 assists and with 20 steals. Clint Sargent enters the week averaging 14.9 points, while Kai Williams, who led the Jacks in scoring in each of his first two years on the team, averages 9.9 points, a team-high 6.8 rebounds to go along with his team-best six blocks.
Anthony Cordova, who along with Callahan are the only two players to start all 20 games, ranks third on the team with 10.2 points and second with 6.7 rebounds per game.
As a team, the Jacks shoot .441 from the floor overall and .362 from three-point range for an average of 69.6 points per game. Jackrabbit opponents shoot .474 from the field, .348 from long distance in scoring 70.4 points per game. The Jacks hold a 0.5 rebounding edge over their opponents, but enter the game with 33 fewer blocks, 31 fewer steals and with 18 more turnovers.
last week's action ? Garrett Callahan and Clint Sargent both scored 22 points and Kai Williams pulled down a season-high 15 rebounds, but Sargent's three-pointer for the win missed its mark and Williams' putback attempt for a tie rimmed out just before the buzzer sounded, sending SDSU to a 69-67 loss to UMKC at historic Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Mo.
Sargent led all players with 24 points and Garrett Callahan scored 16, including a three-pointer with three seconds left in regulation, but Southern Utah's Jake Nielson sank a 30-foot prayer at the buzzer to tie the game at 75 and force overtime, where the Thunderbirds outscored the Jackrabbits 10-5 for an 85-80 win.
The two losses keep the Jacks winless in Summit League road games, increasing the mark to 13 straight.
RABBITS ON THE RADIO ? All Jackrabbit men's basketball games, home and on the road, can be heard live on AM 570 WNAX, with Steve Imming doing the play-by-play. The pre-game show begins 15 minutes before tipoff.
THE JACKRABBIT EXTRA ON GoJacks.com ? Subscribers to the Jackrabbit Extra on GoJacks.com watch every Jackrabbit home game and select road games streaming live on the internet. In addition, subscribers can listen to every game, home and on the road, streaming live on the internet.
To learn more about the Jackrabbit Extra, or to subscribe, log onto GoJacks.com and click on “sign up” or just click on the link at the top of the page.
SUMMIT TV ON TheSummitLeague.org ? Subscribers to Summit TV on TheSummitLeague.org can watch every Summit League men's and women's basketball game streaming live on the internet.
To learn more about Summit TV, log onto TheSummitLeague.org
RABBITS ON TELEVISION ? South Dakota State and KSFY Television reached an agreement to broadcast both the Jackrabbit men's and women's basketball home games against North Dakota State this week.
The men play on Friday, followed by the women on Saturday. Tipoff is set for 7:05 p.m. each night at Frost Arena, with live television coverage beginning at 7 p.m. The broadcasts can also be seen on KXJB-TV in Fargo, N.D.
Replays of Jackrabbit men's and women's home games, along with coaches' shows can be seen several times a week on the Mediacom Connections Channel in South Dakota and Minnesota. Check your local listings for show times.
COUNTDOWN TO 1,000 POINTS ? Kai Williams enters the week with 966 career points, 34 shy of becoming the 39th member of the SDSU 1,000-Point Club and the first to score all of them at the Division I level. The Junior from Regina, Saskatchewan led the Jackrabbits in scoring and rebounding in each of his first two years at SDSU.
Fellow junior Garrett Callahan, who leads the Jacks with 16.6 points per game, enters the week with 903 points, 97 shy of joining the club.
TRANSITION OVER ? The NCAA Division I Management Council Administrative Committee, acting on behalf of the DI Management Council, announced in late June that South Dakota State University met the requirements to become an active member of NCAA Division I, starting at the beginning of the 2008-09 academic year.
The last time the Jackrabbits played at home, they knocked Western Illinois from its spot atop The Summit League and soundly beat IUPUI to get back to an even 3-3 record in league play and an 8-10 overall record.
Now with the past behind them, the Jacks look to knock the new conference front-runner from its perch tonight, as they welcome rival North Dakota State to Frost Arena. The Bison come into the game with a league-best 7-1 record to go along with their 13-5 overall record.
SDSU NOTES ? Garrett Callahan leads the Jackrabbit offensive with 16.6 points per game, with 47 assists and with 20 steals. Clint Sargent enters the week averaging 14.9 points, while Kai Williams, who led the Jacks in scoring in each of his first two years on the team, averages 9.9 points, a team-high 6.8 rebounds to go along with his team-best six blocks.
Anthony Cordova, who along with Callahan are the only two players to start all 20 games, ranks third on the team with 10.2 points and second with 6.7 rebounds per game.
As a team, the Jacks shoot .441 from the floor overall and .362 from three-point range for an average of 69.6 points per game. Jackrabbit opponents shoot .474 from the field, .348 from long distance in scoring 70.4 points per game. The Jacks hold a 0.5 rebounding edge over their opponents, but enter the game with 33 fewer blocks, 31 fewer steals and with 18 more turnovers.
last week's action ? Garrett Callahan and Clint Sargent both scored 22 points and Kai Williams pulled down a season-high 15 rebounds, but Sargent's three-pointer for the win missed its mark and Williams' putback attempt for a tie rimmed out just before the buzzer sounded, sending SDSU to a 69-67 loss to UMKC at historic Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Mo.
Sargent led all players with 24 points and Garrett Callahan scored 16, including a three-pointer with three seconds left in regulation, but Southern Utah's Jake Nielson sank a 30-foot prayer at the buzzer to tie the game at 75 and force overtime, where the Thunderbirds outscored the Jackrabbits 10-5 for an 85-80 win.
The two losses keep the Jacks winless in Summit League road games, increasing the mark to 13 straight.
RABBITS ON THE RADIO ? All Jackrabbit men's basketball games, home and on the road, can be heard live on AM 570 WNAX, with Steve Imming doing the play-by-play. The pre-game show begins 15 minutes before tipoff.
THE JACKRABBIT EXTRA ON GoJacks.com ? Subscribers to the Jackrabbit Extra on GoJacks.com watch every Jackrabbit home game and select road games streaming live on the internet. In addition, subscribers can listen to every game, home and on the road, streaming live on the internet.
To learn more about the Jackrabbit Extra, or to subscribe, log onto GoJacks.com and click on “sign up” or just click on the link at the top of the page.
SUMMIT TV ON TheSummitLeague.org ? Subscribers to Summit TV on TheSummitLeague.org can watch every Summit League men's and women's basketball game streaming live on the internet.
To learn more about Summit TV, log onto TheSummitLeague.org
RABBITS ON TELEVISION ? South Dakota State and KSFY Television reached an agreement to broadcast both the Jackrabbit men's and women's basketball home games against North Dakota State this week.
The men play on Friday, followed by the women on Saturday. Tipoff is set for 7:05 p.m. each night at Frost Arena, with live television coverage beginning at 7 p.m. The broadcasts can also be seen on KXJB-TV in Fargo, N.D.
Replays of Jackrabbit men's and women's home games, along with coaches' shows can be seen several times a week on the Mediacom Connections Channel in South Dakota and Minnesota. Check your local listings for show times.
COUNTDOWN TO 1,000 POINTS ? Kai Williams enters the week with 966 career points, 34 shy of becoming the 39th member of the SDSU 1,000-Point Club and the first to score all of them at the Division I level. The Junior from Regina, Saskatchewan led the Jackrabbits in scoring and rebounding in each of his first two years at SDSU.
Fellow junior Garrett Callahan, who leads the Jacks with 16.6 points per game, enters the week with 903 points, 97 shy of joining the club.
TRANSITION OVER ? The NCAA Division I Management Council Administrative Committee, acting on behalf of the DI Management Council, announced in late June that South Dakota State University met the requirements to become an active member of NCAA Division I, starting at the beginning of the 2008-09 academic year.
THIS WEEK'S COMPETITION
North Dakota State Bison (13-5, 7-1 Summit, 4-4 Away) ? The Bison enter the game sitting atop The Summit League with a 7-1 conference record, a half game better than 6-1 Oral Roberts, who the Bison beat 83-75 earlier this season in Fargo.
Senior sensation Ben Woodside leads the Bison, and The Summit League with 23.9 points per game, thanks in large part, to a school and league record 60 point outing in a triple overtime loss against Stephen F. Austin (Texas) earlier this season.
Fellow senior Brett Winkelman ranks second on the team, and in the league, with 18.5 points per game to go along with his team-best 7.2 rebounds per game. Senior Mike Nelson also averages in double figures with 11.7 points per game.
The Bison, who rank at or near the top in almost every conference statistical category, shoot .485 from the floor and .415 from three-point range for an average of 81.7 points per game.
NDSU pulls down almost six more rebounds per game than its opponents and holds a significant edge in assists, turnovers and steals over the competition, but does enter the game with six fewer blocks than the opposition.
The Series vs. NDSU ? Friday's game marks the 197th meeting between the Jackrabbits and Bison, with NDSU holding a 103-93 edge in the overall series and a 6-3 advantage in the Division I era, including wins in the last four meetings.
The last SDSU win in the series came on Feb. 18, 2006, in Frost Arena, when the Jacks erased an 11-point NDSU first-half lead and hung on to win 67-65 in front of 4,040 fans.
THE ROSTER ? The 2008-09 SDSU men's basketball roster features 15 players from seven different states and one Canadian province. Of the 15 players, six hail from South Dakota, two each from Colorado and Illinois and one each from California, Nebraska, Minnesota and Iowa. The Jacks also
Mackenzie Casey and Troy Wipf represent the SDSU senior class, with Garrett Callahan, Kai Williams Brandon DeBoer Mark Engen and current redshirt Anthony Davis rounding out the upperclassmen in the junior class.
The sophomores include Michael Palarca, Dale Moss, Clint Sargent Anthony Cordova and a redshirting Dwight Pederson. Josh Cassaday and Griffan Callahan play as redshirt freshman, while James Rader represents the freshman class alone.
The 2008-09 roster also features one set of brothers in Garrett and Griffan Callahan.
NEXT UP FOR THE JACKRABBITS
South Dakota State continues its season-long three game homestand next week when the Jackrabbits start their second trip through The Summit League against IPFW on Thursday at 7 p.m. and against Oakland (Mich.) on Saturday in the back end of a doubleheader at 7:30 p.m.
The Mastodons trampled the Jacks in the first meeting of the season on Jan. 2, 2009, running away with a 100-66 win in Fort Wayne, Ind.
The Golden Grizzlies also won their first meeting against SDSU, 86-81, on Dec. 31, 2008, in Rochester, Mich.
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