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South Dakota State University Athletics
Jacks Open Summit Play Friday
12/31/2014 11:09:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Game #14
South Dakota State Jackrabbits (9-4, 0-0) vs. Denver Pioneers (3-11, 0-0)
Friday, Jan. 2 at 7 p.m. in Frost Arena (6,100) in Brookings, S.D.
| Tip-off: | 7 p.m. |
| Video: | GoJacks.com |
| Audio: | GoJacks.com |
| Live Stats: | GoJacksLive.com |
| Twitter: | @GoJacksSDSU; @GoJacksWBB |
| Radio: | Jackrabbit Sports Network with Brad Peterson on WNAX 570 AM. |
| Records: | South Dakota State is 9-4, 0-0. |
| Denver is 3-11, 0-0. | |
| Rankings: | South Dakota State is ranked No. 9 in the CollegeInsider Mid-Major poll and Denver is not ranked. |
| Coaches: | South Dakota State head coach Aaron Johnston (Gustavus Adolphus '96) is 350-121 in 15 seasons with the Jackrabbits. |
| Denver's Kerry Cremeans (Florida '94) is 24-51 in her 3rd season with the Pioneers. | |
| The Series: | Sixth meeting. SDSU leads 5-0. |
Jacks Open Summit Play Friday
- The seven-time defending Summit League champion South Dakota State women's basketball team begins its eighth season of league play Friday when it hosts Denver at 7 p.m. in the friendly confines of Frost Arena.
- The Jackrabbits, who finished the nonconference portion of their schedule 9-4, bring a modest two-game home winning streak into the opener while Denver has lost 6 out of its last 7 games and went 3-11 in nonconference play.
- SDSU closed 2014 with a 74-60 win at Northern Iowa Dec. 29. Freshman Macy Miller led the Jackrabbits with a career-high 25 points on 9-of-12 shooting. Senior Megan Waytashek added 19 points.
- Denver snapped a five-game losing streak with a 63-55 win at North Texas Dec. 28.
- Friday's game marks the sixth meeting between South Dakota State and Denver. The Jackrabbits lead the series 5-0 after beating the Pioneers twice last year.
Noteworthy
- South Dakota State is 5-2 in Summit League openers and is 3-1 in Frost Arena. It is 3-0 in its last three openers.
- SDSU is 54-6 (.900) all-time at home in Summit League contests.
- The Jackrabbits are 102-18 overall in Summit League games joining the league in 2007-08. The Jacks have won their last five regular-season Summit League games, dating to a 71-60 win over Omaha Feb. 13.
- Denver sports a 1-4 road record. The Pioneers ended a 13-game road losing streak with their win at North Texas. DU has not won a road Summit League game since joining the league last season.
- SDSU head coach Aaron Johnston won his 350th game Monday. He enters Friday's game with a 350-121 record and a 152-40 league mark.
- SDSU has had a player score 20-or-more points in 8 of its 13 games and in 6 of the last 8 outings.
- Megan Waytashek has scored in double figures in 10 of 13 games, made at least one three-point field goal in 19 of her last 25 games and enters Friday's game with 1,141 career points, 14 points short of passing Rachel Halsrud (1990-93) for 26th on the South Dakota State 1,000-point list.
Tracking the Jacks
- The Jackrabbit Sports Network with Brad Peterson will broadcast Friday'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 moved up one spot to ninth in the CollegeInsider Mid-Major poll released Tuesday.
- SDSU has been ranked in the Mid-Major Top 25 Poll 53 of the last 54 weeks.
- The Jackrabbits finished ninth in the final 2013-14 poll.
A Quick Glance at South Dakota State
- In its 13 games, SDSU has started seniors Mariah Clarin and Megan Waytashek, sophomores Kerri Young and Chynna Stevens and freshman Macy Miller. The lineup is 9-4 on the season.
- Waytashek is the Jackrabbits' leading scorer at 14.4 points per game and is shooting 44.1 percent from three-point range. Miller averages 12.7 points and is shooting a team-leading 50 percent from the floor. Clarin averages 10.5 points per game and leads the team in rebounds (6.7). SDSU averages 68.8 points per game.
- On the boards, SDSU outrebounds its opponents by 7.3 and five Jacks average 4.0 rebounds per outing.
- Two Jackrabbits are dishing two-or-more assists a game, led by Young's 3.1 average.
- The Jackrabbits are shooting 41.7 percent from the field, 35.1 percent from three-point range and 77.7 percent from the free-throw line.
A Glance at Denver
- Denver opens Summit League play after posting a 3-11 nonconference record. In their last outing, the Pioneers won at North Texas, 63-55, ending a five-game losing streak.Â
- Junior guard Paige Bradley leads the Pioneers in scoring, averaging 11.8 points per game while senior guard Morgan Van Riper-Rose is chipping in 11 points per outing. Denver is scoring at a 60.8 clip and has a -9.2 scoring margin.
- On the boards, three Pioneers average 4-or-more rebounds per game led by sophomore forward Alecia Espinoza's 5.8 average. DU is being outrebounded by 5.5 per game.
- Bradley dishes a team-best 3.6 assists per game.
- The Pioneers are shooting 36.8 percent from the field, 31.7 percent from three-point range and 68 percent from the free-throw line.
- Denver has held its last three opponents to 65-or-fewer points.
- The Pioneers returned three starters among seven letterwinners.
Breaking Down the Denver Series
- Friday's game will be the sixth meeting between SDSU and Denver and the Jacks lead the series, 5-0.
- SDSU won both meetings last season, 72-61, Jan. 30 in Frost Arena and 69-55 at Denver Feb. 27.
- The teams first met in 1983 in Denver, and South Dakota State came away with a 77-71 win. During the 1994-95 season, the Jacks won the regular-season meeting, 82-73, Dec. 10, 1994, in Denver and beat the Pioneers, 95-59, Mar. 7, 1995, in the first-round game of the NCAA Division II Tournament in Brookings.
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