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South Dakota State University Athletics
Jacks Back in Action Monday
12/28/2014 2:12:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Game #13
South Dakota State Jackrabbits (8-4) vs. Northern Iowa Panthers (4-6)
Monday, Dec. 29 at 7 p.m. in McLeod Center (6,500) in Cedar Falls, Iowa
| Tip-off: | 7 p.m. |
| Video: | GoJacks.com |
| Audio: | GoJacks.com |
| Live Stats: | UNIPanthers.com |
| Twitter: | @GoJacksSDSU; @GoJacksWBB |
| Radio: | Jackrabbit Sports Network with Scotty Kwas on WNAX 570 AM. |
| Records: | South Dakota State is 8-4. |
| Northern Iowa is 4-6. | |
| Rankings: | South Dakota State is ranked No. 10 in the CollegeInsider Mid-Major poll and Northern Iowa is not ranked. |
| Coaches: | South Dakota State head coach Aaron Johnston (Gustavus Adolphus '96) is 349-121 in 15 seasons with the Jackrabbits. |
| Northern Iowa's Tanya Warren (Creighton '88) is 108-97 in her 18th season with the Panthers. | |
| The Series: | Ninth meeting. SDSU leads 5-3. |
Jacks Back in Action Monday
- The South Dakota State women's basketball team plays its final nonconference game of the regular season when it travels to Cedar Falls, Iowa, Monday for a 7 p.m. game against Northern Iowa.
- The Jackrabbits, 8-4, had their three-game road winning streak snapped Dec. 21, losing 82-64 at Marist College.
- Freshman Macy Miller led the Jacks with a team-high 18 points on 7-of-12 shooting from the field. Classmate Ellie Thompson scored 12 points off the bench, sinking 4 of 8 shots.
- Northern Iowa, 4-6, won its third consecutive game Dec. 21, defeating Northern Illinois, 51-42. The Jackrabbits are the Panthers' fifth home game in a five-game homestand that started Dec. 8.
- Monday's game marks the ninth meeting between South Dakota State and Northern Iowa. The Jackrabbits lead the series 5-3 after beating the Panthers last year, 80-44, Nov. 17, 2013, in Frost Arena.
Noteworthy
- South Dakota State plays its final nonconference game Monday, looking for its ninth win of the season and fifth road victory.
- Northern Iowa sports a 3-1 record in McLeod Center. Its lone loss came Dec. 8 vs. Creighton.
- SDSU head coach Aaron Johnston is one win shy of her 350th career win. He enters Monday's game with a 349-121 record.
- SDSU has had a player score 20-or-more points in 7 of its 12 games and in 5 of the last 7 outings.
- Megan Waytashek has scored in double figures in 9 of 12 games, made at least one three-point field goal in 19 of her last 24 games and enters Monday's game with 1,122 career points, 4 points short of passing Dawn Hull (1992-95) and moving into 29th and 8 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 Monday'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 third consecutive week in the CollegeInsider Mid-Major poll released Tuesday.
- SDSU has been ranked in the Mid-Major Top 25 Poll 52 of the last 53 weeks.
- The Jackrabbits finished ninth in the final 2013-14 poll.
A Quick Glance at South Dakota State
- In its 12 games, SDSU has started seniors Mariah Clarin and Megan Waytashek, sophomores Kerri Young and Chynna Stevens and freshman Macy Miller. The lineup is 8-4 on the season.
- Waytashek is the Jackrabbits' leading scorer at 14.0 points per game and is shooting 44 percent from three-point range. Miller averages 11.7 points and is shooting 46.9 percent from the floor. Clarin averages 11.2 points per game and leads the team in rebounds (7.1) and field goal percentage (.523). SDSU averages 68.3 points per game.
- On the boards, SDSU outrebounds its opponents by 7.0 and five Jacks average 4.0 rebounds per outing.
- Three Jackrabbits are dishing two-or-more assists a game, led by Young's 3.4 average.
- The Jackrabbits are shooting 41.3 percent from the field, 34.8 percent from three-point range and 77.2 percent from the free-throw line.
A Glance at Northern Iowa
- The Panthers are 4-6 on the season after beating Northern Illinois, 51-42, Dec. 21 for their third consecutive win.Â
- Sophomore guard Madison Weekly leads the Panthers in scoring, averaging 13.2 points per game while junior forward Jen Keitel and sophomore guard Stephanie Davison are scoring 11.9 and 11.4 points per outing, respectively. The Panthers are scoring at a 59.5 clip and has a -3.0 scoring margin.
- On the boards, four Panthers average four-or-more rebounds per game led by Keitel's 7.4 average. UNI is being outrebounded by 4.6 per game.
- Senior guard Brooke Brown dishes a team-best 2.1 assists per game.
- The Panthers are shooting 36 percent from the field, 30.5 percent from three-point range and 66.5 percent from the free-throw line.
- UNI has held its last four opponents to 60-or-fewer points.
- The Panthers return all five starters and welcomed 11 newcomers.
- Northern Iowa was picked to finish second in the Missouri Valley Conference. It posted records of 17-13 overall and 13-5 in the conference last year.
The Series
- Monday's game vs. Northern Iowa marks the ninth meeting between the Jackrabbits and the Panthers.
- South Dakota State holds a 5-3 series lead. The Jacks are 2-1 vs. the Panthers in Cedar Falls. SDSU won the last game at home, 80-44 Nov. 17, 2013.
- In last year's meeting in Frost Arena, the Jacks used a 15-0 run to start the game and never trailed, beating Northern Iowa, 80-44.
- SDSU is 9-6 vs. Missouri Valley teams and 5-6 against teams from Iowa.
Jacks Tame the Panthers
- Using a 15-0 run to start the game, South Dakota State defeated Northern Iowa, 80-44, in front of 1,512 fans at Frost Arena in 2013.
- The Jackrabbits forced Northern Iowa to miss its first eight shots while six different players scored for SDSU.
- For the second consecutive game, Steph Paluch led the team in scoring with a game-high 16 points. The guard was 6 of 10 from the field and sank a career-high four three-pointers.
- Kerri Young tallied 13 points off the bench while Chynna Stevens scored nine points and grabbed eight rebounds.
- After leading 15-0 with 14:39 left in the first half, South Dakota State pushed the lead to 23 points, 30-7, on a pair of free throws by Young. Chloe Cornemann scored a career-high nine points, including eight points in the first half.
- SDSU held a 17-point lead at halftime, 34-17.
- In the second half, Northern Iowa got to within 18 points, 48-30, with 12:58 left in the game, but the Jacks went on a 10-0 run to push their lead to 58-33 at 8:29. South Dakota State then finished the game on an 11-3 run for the win.
- Jen Keitel paced Northern Iowa with 14 points and Ty Smith added 12.
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