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Jacks and Vandals Clash in Moscow, Idaho
11/17/2014 1:07:00 PM | Men's Basketball
South Dakota State looks to rebound from a season-opening 69-76 loss on Friday night at Buffalo with a win on Monday in Moscow, Idaho, where the Jacks and Idaho Vandals clash at 7 p.m. PT, 9 p.m. CT.
The Jackrabbits flew over the snowy Midwest on Saturday on their way to Moscow, Idaho, via Spokane, Wash., to play the Vandals for the first time since Dec. 15, 2007, when the Jacks completed a season sweep at Frost Arena.
The Jacks and Vandals also played a home-and-home during the 2006-07 season, with Idaho winning both games. The two teams last met in Idaho on Nov. 28, 2007, a 76-58 SDSU win.
THE JACKRABBITS (0-1, 0-1 Away)
Both Jackrabbit seniors posted a double-double and grabbed career-high rebounds, but SDSU still came up short in a 69-67 loss at Buffalo in both team's 2014-15 season opener.
Cody Larson finished with 15 points and 15 rebounds, while Zach Horstman scored 13 points to go with his 12 rebounds, two of four Jackrabbits to score in double figures in the game. Those same four players also combined to go 11 for 21 from the free throw line, part of the team's 14 for 29 night at the charity stripe.
“I thought the effort was good, but the execution was awful. We've had a lot of practice, and our execution should be a lot better than it was,” head coach Scott Nagy said. “We played good enough defense, but it's hard to overcome 15 missed free throws. Really, it doesn't matter what you say, if you miss 15 free throws, then you don't deserve to win.”
Jake Bittle led the Jackrabbits with 16 points in the loss, with Skyler Flatten joining him, Larson and Horstman in double figures with 11 points in his Jackrabbit debut.
TONIGHT'S OPPONENT
IDAHO VANDALS (1-0, 1-0 Home): Idaho returns to the Big Sky Conference this season after a 20-year stint in the WAC, and enter the season picked to finish seventh in the 12-team league after finishing in a tie for fifth in its final season in the WAC, when they advanced to the conference tournament finals, where they lost to New Mexico State.
The Vandals opened the season on Friday night with a win over NAIA foe Eastern Oregon.
THE SERIES
Series tied 2-2. Idaho won both games played in 2006, while the Jackrabbits won both games in 2007, the last being a 70-59 win on Dec. 15, 2007 at Frost Arena.
ON THE RADIO
The pregame show on the Jackrabbit Sports Network begins 30 minutes prior to tip with Tom Morris filling in for Tyler Merriam on the play-by-play.
Originated from the AM 570 WNAX studios in Yankton, S.D., every SDSU men's basketball game can be heard live on a total of seven stations on the Jackrabbit Sports Network.
WNAX - 570 AM – Yankton
KBFS - 1450 AM – Belle Fourche
KJJQ - 910 AM – Brookings
KDSJ - 980 AM – Deadwood
KORN - 1490 AM – Mitchell
KJOE - 106.1 FM – Pipestone, Minn.
KSDR - 1480 AM – Watertown
ON THE INTERNET
Subscribers to the Jackrabbit Extra can listen to every game streaming live on the internet at no cost.
LIVE STATS
Find live stats for all home games online at GoJacksLive.com
For live stats at IDAHO, log onto the men's basketball schedule page on GoJacks.com
ON SOCIAL MEDIA
TWITTER: @GoJacksMBB
Follow the team's official Twitter account for live in-game updates for every game, home and on the road.
ON TELEVISION
No Television for SDSU at Idaho
NEXT UP FOR THE JACKRABBITS
The Jacks return home to open the home schedule against North Dakota on Friday at 7 p.m., and then host Chadron State the following Monday in the back end of a doubleheader at 8:30 p.m.
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