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South Dakota State University Athletics
Jackrabbits host rematch with the Bison
2/15/2012 10:54:00 AM | Men's Basketball
All of their road trips behind them, the Jackrabbits return home for the final four games of the season, starting with a rematch against North Dakota State on Wednesday at 7 p.m., followed by a SEARS BracketBusters matchup with Buffalo on Saturday at noon. Midcontinent Cable subscribers can watch Thursday's game against the Bison on Midco Sports Net, while Saturday's game can be seen nationwide on ESPNU.
The Jackrabbits return home to Frost Arena for the final four games of the regular season, where they boast a perfect 10-0 record. They also come home fresh off a 75-62 win at UMKC on Saturday.
The Jackrabbits overcame a slow start and an early nine point deficit to get back on the winning track with a 75-62 win over UMKC on Saturday
The host Kangaroos made their first four shots, and got some help with two early SDSU turnovers, in building a 12-4 lead with less than four minutes off the clock, but the Jacks would battle back to tie the game at 23 on a Jordan Dykstra three-pointer with 8:44 left in the first half.
The Kangaroos would get the lead back on a Kirk Korver three, but a Brayden Carlson three-pointer and a Nate Wolters layup put the Jacks up for good at 28-26, and sparked a 15-2 SDSU run that included a layup, and one, and a three-pointer, and one, for Carlson, and ended with the Jacks up 41-28 before taking a 41-29 lead into the locker room at halftime.
The Jacks then opened the second half on a 9-2 run to take a commanding 50-31 lead, and never let the 'Roos get any closer than 11 points for the rest of the game, and that only came with 28 seconds left in the game, with the outcome long since decided.
Wolters led four Jackrabbits in double figures with a game-high 20 points and a game-high eight rebounds. Dykstra finished with 16 points and seven boards, Carlson added 15 points and Griffan Callahan 12 points in the win.
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 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. That select list includes Saturday's game at Western Illinois. 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 BASKETBALL RADIO SHOW - Hosted by Tyler Merriam live from Cubby's Sports Bar and Grill in downtown Brookings, the show airs on Tuesdays from 6-7 p.m., and can be heard live on the Jackrabbit Sports Network. Subscribers to the Jackrabbit Extra on GoJacks.com can also listen to the broadcasts streaming live on the Internet.
The hour-long show features 30 minutes with SDSU men's head coach Scott Nagy and 30 minutes with Jackrabbit women's coach Aaron Johnston.
ESPNU TO TELEVISE SEARS BRACKETBUSTERS AT FROST ARENA - The South Dakota State men's basketball team learned on Jan. 310 that they would host the University at Buffalo Bulls in the SEARS BracketBusters on Saturday, Feb. 18, at 12 p.m. live on ESPNU.
Buffalo currently ranks second in the MAC East Division with a 16-6 overall record and a 9-2 record in conference play, while the Jackrabbits rank second in The Summit League standings with a 20-7 overall record and an 12-3 mark in league play.
The game between the Jackrabbits and Bulls not only marks the first meeting between the two teams, but it also marks the first-ever nationally televised game from Frost Arena.
THE JACKRABBIT INSIDER ON FOX - Fans of SDSU 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.
JACKS FALL OUT OF MID-MAJOR TOP-25 - After cracking the collegeinsider.com Mid Major Top-25 for the first time this season at No. 25 on Dec. 19., the Jacks moved up to No. 23 in the poll released on Dec. 26, and moved up to No. 21 in the Jan. 2 poll, but fell out of the poll to receiving votes in the next four polls. The Jacks climbed back into the poll on Feb. 6, at No. 22, only to fall out of the poll completely in the poll released on Feb. 13.
WOLTERS CLIMBS THE 1,000-POINT CLUB LADDER - Junior Nate Wolters became the 42nd member of the SDSU 1,000-Point Club in a win over Sam Houston State on Nov. 22, and instantly began the climb up the all time list. Wolters enters tonight's game with 1,465 career points, good for seventh all-time at SDSU, 24 points shy of passing Don Jacobsen (1,488 points from 1958-61) for sixth on the all-time list, and 41 points away from cracking the top-five.
WOLTERS NEARS SDSU JUNIOR SCORING RECORD - Wolters enters tonight's game with 558 points so far this season, 75 points shy of breaking the junior scoring record at SDSU of 633 points. With a spot in The Summit League Championships already secure, he would need to average 15 points per game over the next five games to break the record, set by Chris White in 1990-91.
WOLTERS CHASES ALL-TIME SCORING RECORD - Nate Wolters scored 907 points in his first two years as a Jackrabbit, including the SDSU sophomore record with 604 points. He entered the 2011-12 season needing to average 512 points per season over his last two years to top the record of 1,931, set by Mark Tetzlaff from 1981-85.
MORE THAN JUST A SCORER - In addition to his scoring prowess, Nate Wolters continues his climb up the all-time assists charts at SDSU. His 188 assists as a sophomore last year represents the third best single-season total in SDSU history, and his 431 career assists ranks third all-time at SDSU and puts him well on pace to break the all-time mark of 605 assists, set by Brian Norberg from 1995-99.
NOT JUST NATE - Nate Wolters leads the Jacks with 21.5 points per game and reached double figures in all 26 games he played in this season, but he gets plenty of help. In addition to Wolters' 26 games in double figures, the Jackrabbits combined for 70 double-figure performances this season in 27 games. At least four Jackrabbits scored 10 points in the same game 13 times this season, with five players reaching double figures five times and six players once.
CALLAHAN FOR THREE - SDSU's lone senior Griffan Callahan entered the season with 88 career three-pointers and a season-high of 55, set last year as a junior. Callahan enters tonight's game with 64 threes this season for a career total of 152, good for sixth all-time at SDSU. In addition to the career total, Callahan hit a career-high seven three-pointers at Nebraska on Nov. 26, which ties him for third all-time at SDSU in a single game, something his older brother Garrett did twice.
IN THE MERRY OLD LAND OF OZ - The Jackrabbits beat major conference foes Iowa State in 2008 and Iowa in 2010, but neither the Big 12 Cyclones nor the Big Ten Hawkeyes entered those games with a 32 game non-conference winning streak at home or entered those seasons after making three-straight NCAA Tournament Appearances. The Pac 12's Washington Huskies brought both of those credential into their game with the Jackrabbits on Dec. 18, and while they still may make their four straight NCAA Tournament, the Jacks snapped the Huskies 32 game non-conference home winning streak with a convincing 92-73 win at Alaska Airlines Arena in Seattle, Wash.
Nate Wolters led the Jackrabbits with a season-high 34 points, adding five rebounds, seven assists and no turnovers. Four other Jackrabbits also scored in double figures, led by Griffan Callahan with 16 points. Chad White finished with 12 points, all of which came from beyond the three-point line, Jordan Dykstra added 11 and Tony Fiegen 10 points in the win.
NAGY NOTCHES 300th CAREER WIN - Already the most prolific coach in SDSU history, head coach Scott Nagy entered the 2011-12 season with 289 wins, just 11 shy of reaching the 300-win milestone, which he reached in the Jackrabbits 94-58 win over IPFW on Dec. 28. Nagy enters tonight's game with a 309-197 career record and a .611 winning percentage.
JACKS POST FIRST 20-WIN SEASON AT DIVISON I - The South Dakota State Men's Basketball team beat UMKC 75-62 on Feb. 11, for their 20th win of the season, and first at the Division I level. The program now boasts 20 seasons with at least 20 wins, nine of which came during the Scott Nagy era, with the last being a school-record 27 win season in 2003-04, the program's final season in Division II.
NAGY TEAMS WITH SAMARITANS FEET - Head coach Scott Nagy teamed up with Samaritan's Feet in each of the last three seasons to raise money and shoes for children around the world, including Haiti, and the cause really hits home for Nagy and his family, especially after a major earthquake shook the country on Jan. 12, 2010.
"My wife Jamie and I adopted our daughter Naika from Haiti, so we've seen first-hand the need for shoes there," Nagy said.
Nagy raised over $6,000 for the relief efforts in Haiti after the devastating 2010 earthquake, and then took it to another level last season, when the entire Jackrabbit coaching staff coached in their bare feet against IPFW on Jan. 22, to raise money for shoes and shelters in Zimbabwe.
Nagy made it four years in a row this season when he coached barefoot in an 85-58 win over UMKC in Frost Arena on Jan. 14.
Jackrabbit fans can play their part again in 2012 by logging onto Go.Jacks.com and clicking on the banner at the top of the page to make a difference in a child's life.
THIS WEEK'S OPPONENT
North Dakota State Bison (16-9, 9-6 Summit, 5-7 Away) - Currently three games behind the Jackrabbits for second place in the league standings, the Bison fell 72-61 at UMKC last Thursday, but bounced back to beat South Dakota 82-71 on Saturday in the DakotaDome.
Taylor Braun leads the Bison with 16.0 points and with 6.8 rebounds per game. Freshman point guard Lawrence Alexander averages 12.5 points and 3.8 rebounds per game to go along with his team-high 123 assists. Marshall Bjorklund rounds out the double-digit scorers for the Bison with 11.4 points per game and adds 6.0 rebounds per game.
The Series vs. North Dakota State - The Bison lead the all-time series 108-95, with wins in 10 of the last 11 meetings. The last Jackrabbit home win in the series came on Feb. 18, 2006, when the Jacks hung on for a 67-65 win in front of 4,040 fans at Frost Arena.
The Last Meeting: Jan. 21, 2012, Fargo, N.D. - SDSU led by as many as 11 points late in the second half at North Dakota State, but the host Bison erased that double-digit lead and forced overtime, but the Jacks responded, and held on for a 91-88 overtime win in front of 5,011 fans inside Bison Sports Arena in Fargo. N.D.
The win snapped a 10 game overall losing streak to the Bison, and marked the first Jackrabbit win in Fargo since the 2004-05 season.
Despite leading by as many as 11 points in the second half on three different occasions, the last being at the 5:55 mark in the second half, SDSU could not keep the potent NDSU offense bottled up, as the Bison chipped away at the lead, until they eventually tied the game at 76-76 with eight seconds left in regulation.
Wolters nailed a three to get the Jacks within one point and Griffan Callahan hit a free throw for the first of four ties in OT to get the Jacks back in the game. The lead then changed hands three times, before Callahan put the Jacks up for good at 84-83 with 2:22 left in the OT.
Wolters finished with 27 points in the win, adding seven rebounds and a game-high seven assists. Dykstra scored a season-high 20 points, Callahan added 19 and White 11 points in the win.
Taylor Braun led all scorers with 28 points before fouling out in overtime. He also finished with a game-high 12 rebounds. TrayVonn Wright added 16 points, Lawrence Alexander 14 and Dylan Hale 11 points in a losing cause.
NEXT UP FOR THE JACKRABBITS - The Jackrabbits return to action on Saturday at noon against Buffalo in the SEARS BracketBusters. The first-ever nationally televised game from Frost Arena can be seen live on ESPNU.
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