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South Dakota State University Athletics
SDSU men host UND in home opener
11/21/2014 12:41:00 PM | Men's Basketball
South Dakota State opens its home schedule tonight against longtime foe North Dakota. The Jacks come home after a tough season-opening road trip that saw the Jacks drop both games, falling at Buffalo a week ago tonight and at Idaho on Monday.
THE JACKRABBITS (0-2, 0-0 Home)
Despite the losses, the young Jackrabbits can find some positives, as Cody Larson posted a double-double in each game, pushing his streak to three straight games with at least 10 points and 10 rebounds and giving him eight for his career. The Jacks also led in the second half of both games and the large group of young players acquired some much-needed experience.
Four players scored in double figures in both games, with Larson, Jake Bittle doing so in both, Zach Horstman at Buffalo and Deondre Parks at Idaho. Additionally, both Larson and Horstman tallied double-doubles at Buffalo, the first-career double-double for Horstman.
TONIGHT'S OPPONENT
NORTH DAKOTA (1-1, 0-1 Away): Picked to finish ninth in both the Big Sky preseason coaches and media polls, North Dakota opened the season with a 64-52 loss at Northern Iowa last Saturday, and then bounced back with a dominating 76-39 win over in-state foe Mayville State on Tuesday.
UND trailed by two points at halftime on Saturday at Northern Iowa, but the Panthers used a 9-0 run early in the second half to seal the win. Jaron Nash, Terrel de Rouen and Quinton Hooker all finished with 11 points in the loss.
Nash hit double figures again in the win over the Comets, posting his first-career double-double in the process. He finished with 16 points and 12 rebounds in the win, one of three UND players in double figures. Hooker again finished with 11, while Josiah Coleman added 13 points off the bench.
Following tonight's game, North Dakota heads to Salt Lake City, Utah for three games next week.
THE SERIES vs. North Dakota: North Dakota leads the all-time series 104-81. SDSU won the last two meetings; 77-70 on Dec. 21, 2013 in Grand Forks, and 71-70 on Nov. 28, 2012, when Chad White hit a 3-pointer at the final buzzer to secure the win.
ON THE RADIO
The pregame show on the Jackrabbit Sports Network begins 30 minutes prior to tip with 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. Subscribers can also watch every home game streaming live in HD on the internet for fee.
LIVE STATS
Find live stats for all home games online at GoJacksLive.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
Tonight's game can be seen live on Midco Sports Net with Tom Nieman on the play-by-play and Brad Newitt as the analyst.
NEXT UP FOR THE JACKRABBITS
SDSU returns to action on Monday against Chadron State. The Jacks and Eagles tip at 8:30 p.m., following the Jackrabbit women's game against Sam Houston State, which begins at 6 p.m.
SDSU then plays Florida Gulf Coast on Sunday at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls at 4 p.m.
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