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South Dakota State University Athletics
Jacks Travel to the Empire State
12/19/2014 3:26:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Game #12
South Dakota State Jackrabbits (8-3) vs. Marist Red Foxes (5-5)
Sunday, Dec. 21 at Noon in McCann Arena (3,200) in Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
| Tip-off: | Noon |
| Video: | GoJacks.com |
| Audio: | GoJacks.com |
| Live Stats: | GoRedFoxes.com |
| Twitter: | @GoJacksSDSU; @GoJacksWBB |
| Radio: | Jackrabbit Sports Network with Scotty Kwas on WNAX 570 AM. |
| Records: | South Dakota State is 8-3. |
| Marist is 5-5. | |
| Rankings: | South Dakota State is ranked No. 10 in the CollegeInsider Mid-Major poll and Marist is receiving votes in the poll. |
| Coaches: | South Dakota State head coach Aaron Johnston (Gustavus Adolphus '96) is 349-120 in 15 seasons with the Jackrabbits. |
| Marist coach Brian Giorgis (SUNY Cortland '77) is 309-91 in his 13th season with the Red Foxes. | |
| The Series: | Second meeting. Marist leads 1-0. |
Jacks Travel to the Empire State
- A winner in seven of the last eight games, the South Dakota State women's basketball team (8-3) travels to Poughkeepsie, N.Y., Sunday for a noon game against Marist College.
- The Jackrabbits' defense powered them to a 67-42 win over UALR Thursday.   Â
- For the second time this season, SDSU had five players score in double digits, led by freshman Ellie Thompson's first collegiate double-double with a team-high 12 points and a game-high 11 rebounds vs. the Trojans.
- Marist, 5-5, won its fourth consecutive game Dec. 13, defeating Boston University, 77-50. The Jackrabbits are the Red Foxes' final home game in a five-game homestand that started Dec. 5.
- Sunday's game marks the second meeting between South Dakota State and Marist. The Red Foxes lead the series 1-0 after beating the Jackrabbits 57-49 Nov. 25, 2011, in the Cancun Challenge in Cancun, Mexico.
Noteworthy
- The Jackrabbits are making their first trip to the Empire State—New York—in the SDSU program's 49 years.
- South Dakota State has a three-game road winning streak after winning the UNLV Lady Rebel Round-Up (UNLV), upsetting then-No. 25 Arkansas Dec. 4 and defeating Northern Colorado Dec. 6.
- Marist sports a 4-1 record in McCann Arena. Its lone loss came Nov. 24 vs. St. John's.
- SDSU head coach Aaron Johnston is one win shy of her 350th career win. He enters Sunday's game with a 349-120 record.
- SDSU has had a player score 20-or-more points in 7 of its 11 games and in 5 of the last 6 outings.
- Megan Waytashek has scored in double figures in 9 of 11 games, made at least one three-point field goal in 19 of her last 23 games and enters Sunday's game with 1,119 career points, 7 points short of passing Dawn Hull (1992-95) and moving into 29th and 11 points shy of passing Lisa Kannegieter (1990-93) for 28th on the South Dakota State 1,000-point list.
Tracking the Jacks
- The Jackrabbit Sports Network with Scotty Kwas will broadcast Sunday's game.
- The free live audio stream can be heard on GoJacks.com and on WNAX-AM 570 AM, KSDR 1480 AM, KORN 1490 AM, KJJQ 910 AM and KJOE 106.1 FM.
Jackrabbits in Mid-Major Poll
- South Dakota State is ranked No. 10 for the second consecutive week in the CollegeInsider Mid-Major poll released Tuesday.
- SDSU has been ranked in the Mid-Major Top 25 Poll 51 of the last 52 weeks.
- The Jackrabbits finished ninth in the final 2013-14 poll.
A Quick Glance at South Dakota State
- In its first 11 games, SDSU has started seniors Mariah Clarin and Megan Waytashek, sophomores Kerri Young and Chynna Stevens and freshman Macy Miller. The lineup is 8-3 on the season.
- Waytashek is the Jackrabbits' leading scorer at 15.0 points per game and is shooting 46 percent from three-point range. Clarin averages 11.5 points per game and leads the team in rebounds (6.7) and field goal percentage (.55.1). SDSU averages 68.7 points per game.
- On the boards, SDSU outrebounds its opponents by 7.0 and four Jacks average 4.0 rebounds per outing.
- Three Jackrabbits are dishing two-or-more assists a game, led by Young's 3.5 average.
- The Jackrabbits are shooting 42.4 percent from the field, 35.3 percent from three-point range and 77.1 percent from the free-throw line.
Marist
- Marist is 5-5 on the season and has won its last four games, including a 77-50 win vs. Boston University Dec. 13. It has been idle since.
- Junior guard/forward Madeline Blais leads the Red Foxes in scoring, averaging 15.5 points per game while senior forward Tori Jarosz is chipping in 15.0 points per outing and junior guard Sydney Coffey 11.9. The Red Foxes are scoring at a 61.0 clip and outscoring their opponents by 0.2 points per game.
- On the boards, four Red Foxes average four-or-more rebounds per game led by Jarosz's 7.3 average. Marist is being outrebounded by 7.7 caroms per game.
- Senior guard Natalie Gomez-Martinez dishes a team-leading 2.5 assists per game.
- The Red Foxes are shooting 35.9 percent from the field, 27.6 percent from three-point range and 75.9 percent from the free-throw line.
- Marist has held 6 of its 10 opponents to 60-or-fewer points.
- The Red Foxes return two starters among 10 letterwinners.
- Marist was picked to finish first in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference along with Quinnipiac. It posted records of 27-7 overall and 19-2 in the league last year.
Marist Series
- Sunday's game will be the second meeting between SDSU and Marist. The Red Foxes won the first meeting, 57-49, Nov. 25, 2011, at the Caribbean Challenge in Cancun, Mexico.Â
- Marist is the only team from the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference and from the Empire State that the Jackrabbits have played.
First Half Lifts Marist
- South Dakota State dropped its finale at the Cancun Challenge in Cancun, Mexico, to Marist, 57-49.
- SDSU played a solid first half, gaining a one-point halftime advantage thanks to some decent determined play. The Jacks shot 32 percent from the floor, 22 percent from three-point range and made five of seven free throws.
- The Jacks led 25-24 at the break.
- In the second half, Marist was able to find a little more offensive rhythm and it proved to be too much for SDSU. Behind a 33-point second half, the Red Foxes pulled away for the 8-point victory.
- Jennie Sunnarborg led the way for the Jacks with 11 points and 9 rebounds. Ashley Eide hauled in 11 rebounds to go with 8 points, 5 assists and 3 steals. The other three starters; Katie Lingle, Jill Young and Steph Paluch; scored 8 points each.
- The Red Foxes overcame an eight-point deficit in the second half to beat SDSU.
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