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Jackrabbits return to Georgia for CBE Classic
11/18/2011 6:52:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Just three days after getting back to Brookings from Athens, Ga., South Dakota State returns to the state of Georgia this week for three games in Macon, Ga., at the CBE Classic.
The Jackrabbits open the week against Niagara on Monday at 4:30 p.m. ET, and then play Sam Houston State on Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. ET, before wrapping up the week against host Mercer on Wednesday at 7 p.m. ET.
Playing its first-ever game in the state of Georgia on Wednesday, SDSU hung tough against Georgia, and led by as many as seven points in the second half, but the Bulldogs kept pounding and eventually took a lead they would not relinquish in a 72-61 win over the Jackrabbits.
Nate Wolters led a trio of Jackrabbits in double figures with 15 points, Taévaunn Prince added 13 points, all in the first half, and led the team with nine rebounds. Chad White pitched in with 10 points in the loss, all of them in the second half.
Donte' Williams led four Bulldogs in double figures with 17 points, Gerald Robinson added 15, while both Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and Nemanja Djurisic both finished with 14 points. Marcus Thornton added seven points and led Georgia with a game-high 10 rebounds.
The Jacks went on an 8-0 run to go up 17-13 with 7:06 left in the first half, only to see Georgia fight back to take a 20-19 lead as both teams heated up late in the half before going to the break tied at 29.
The Jackrabbits opened the second half on a 9-2 run to take their second seven point lead of the game, but Georgia turned a pair of SDSU turnovers into five points and then used a couple of three-pointers to take a 43-40 lead with 14:10 to play in the game.
Georgia would extend that lead to as many as eight points before the Jacks could cut it to three, but the Bulldogs kept pushing and slowly extending its lead.
RABBITS ON THE RADIO - Originated from the AM 570 WNAX studios in Yankton, S.D., SDSU men's basketball games can be heard on a total of five stations throughout South Dakota on the Jackrabbit Sports Network.
- 570 AM - WNAX - Yankton
- 910 AM - KJJQ "The Ranch" - Brookings
- 1060 AM - KGFX - Pierre
- 950 AM KWAT or 96.9 FM KDLO - Watertown
- 99.5 FM - KRKI - Rapid City
Pierre, S.D., native Tyler Merriam takes over the play-by-play duties in 2011-12, replacing six-time winner of the South Dakota Associated Press Sportscaster of the Year and 1998 National Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association South Dakota Sportscaster of the Year, Steve Imming, who retired in the summer of 2011.
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 NOW"
THE JACKRABBIT INSIDER ON FOX - Fans of South Dakota State Athletics can get a weekly behind-the-scenes look at all 21 Jackrabbit varsity sports teams by tuning into "The Jackrabbit Insider."
Hosted by Tyler Merriam, the show airs on Sundays on KTTW FOX 17 at 10:30 p.m., and can also be seen on Fox Sports North at 6 p.m. on Tuesdays.
WOLTERS CLOSES IN ON 1,000-POINT MILESTONE - Junior Nate Wolters set the sophomore scoring record last season with 604 points. Add that to his 303 points as a freshman, and the standout point guard entered the 2011-12 season needing just 97 points to become the 42nd member of the SDSU 1,000-Point Club. His 67 points through three games gives him 974 for his career and leaves him 26 shy of joining the club.
WOLTERS CHASES SCORING RECORD - Nate Wolters scored 303 points as a freshman, and then set the SDSU sophomore scoring record with 604 points. Double his two-year point total of 907 points, and it does not appear that he enters his junior season on pace to break the all-time SDSU scoring record of 1,931 points, but if he can average 512 points per season over his last two years, the record, set by Mark Tetzlaff from 1981-85, would indeed fall.
WOLTERS DRAWS NATIONAL ATTENTION - Following a sophomore season that saw Nate Wolters garner numerous postseason awards after shattering the SDSU sophomore scoring record with 604 points, and after leading the Jackrabbits with 19.5 points per game and the league with 6.1 assists per game, a number of different media outlets took notice:
College
Basketball's Top 25 Players you might not know, but should
CBSsports.com
25th ranked Point Guard
CBSsports.com
Summit Pre-Season Player of the Year
Rivals.com
All-Summit First Team, Ballin' is a Habit Mid Major Second Team
NAGY NEARS MILESTONE WIN - Already the most prolific coach in SDSU history, Jackrabbit head coach Scott Nagy entered the 2011-12 season with 289 wins, just 11 shy of reaching the 300-win milestone. A win in the Jacks opener leaves Nagy 10 wins shy of the milestone.
THIS WEEK'S OPPONENTS
Niagara Purple Eagles (1-1, 0-1 Away) - Niagara opened the season at home on Nov. 14, with a 102-93 overtime win over Central Connecticut, and the dropped an 83-52 game on Thursday at No. 24/25 Missouri in Columbia, Mo.
Juan'ya Green leads the Purple Eagles though two games with 16.5 points per game and with eight assists. He also adds 4.5 rebounds per game. Marvin Jordan averages 14.5 points and 2.5 rebounds per game, while Antoine Mason rounds out the double-digit scorers with 11.0 points per game. He also shares team-high honors with two other players with 5.0 rebounds per game.
The Series vs. Niagara - First Meeting
Sam Houston State Bearkats (1-1, 0-1 Away) - The Bearkats opened the season at home on Nov. 12, with a convincing 76-42 win over Division III foe Howard Payne, and then dropped their first road game of the season 74-41 at Notre Dame on Wednesday.
The Bearkats open the CBE Classic on Monday against host Mercer before taking on the Jackrabbits on Tuesday.
Steven Werner and Marcus James both lead the Bearkats with 12.0 points per game through two games. Werner adds a team-high 9.5 rebounds per game, while James adds 6.0 rebounds per game. Konner Tucker averages an even 11 points and four rebounds per game.
The Series vs. Sam Houston State - First Meeting
Mercer Bears (2-1, 1-0 Home) - The Bears opened the season at home on Nov. 12, with a 66-57 homecoming win over Emory, before dropping their first road game of the season on Nov. 14., 81-63 at No. 24/25 Missouri. The Bears bounced back with a 66-46 win at Furman on Thursday.
The host Bears host Sam Houston State on Monday and Niagara on Tuesday before wrapping up the CBE Classic on Wednesday against the Jackrabbits.
Bud Thomas leads the Bears after three games with 12.3 points per game and adds 5.78 rebounds per game. Daniel Coursey ranks second on the team with 10.7 points with 6.3 rebounds per game. Jakob Gollon averages 9.3 points per game and leads the team with 6.7 rebounds per game and with 15 assists.
The Series vs. Mercer - First Meeting
NEXT UP FOR THE JACKRABBITS - Before making it back to Brookings, the Jackrabbits stop off in Lincoln, Neb., on Saturday to take on the Nebraska Cornhuskers at 1 p.m.
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