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Kangaroos hop into Frost Arena
12/5/2014 10:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
South Dakota State closes a short two game homestand on Saturday against former Summit League foe Kansas City at Frost Arena, the Jackrabbits and Kangaroos tip at 1:05 p.m.
The Jacks played the first of two straight at home on Wednesday against Wayne State, and cruised to an 89-55 win over the Wildcats, marking the seventh straight home win for the Jackrabbits, which gives them an even 3-3 record on the season.
The Jacks opened the game on a 10-2 run and then put the game away in the first 10 minutes of the second half, using a 21-5 run over an eight-minute span that ended with the Jacks leading 63-34.
Cody Larson led the Jackrabbits with 16 points in the win, followed closely by Deondre Parks with 14. Larson also added a team-high six rebounds. Reed Tellinghuisen scored a career-high 10 points, while Anders Broman finished with eight points and a career-high four rebounds.
Jordan Cornelius Led the visitors with 10 points, with Kendall Jacks adding nine and Patrick Kuth eight points. The Wildcats also got six points from Tyler Nagy, who returned home to play his dad's Jackrabbits for the first time, also a first for the elder Nagy.
TODAY'S OPPONENT
KANSAS CITY KANGAROOS (3-5, 1-4 Away): The Kangaroos opened the season with a 69-61 win at in-state foe Missouri, but enter tonight's game still in search of another win over a Division I opponent in five tries. UMKC did post wins over Division II schools Missouri S&T and William Jewell to go along with losses to Kansas State, UALR, Samford, Youngstown State and Milwaukee, which downed the 'Roos 65-56 on Wednesday night in Milwaukee.
Now in its second season in the WAC, UMKC posted a 10-20 record last year under first-year head coach Kareem Richardson and a 7-9 mark in conference play, good for a tie for fifth place.
The 2014-15 WAC Preseason Poll tabbed the Kangaroos to finish fifth again in the six-team league.
THE SERIES VS. KANSAS CITY
The Jackrabbits lead the all-time series 11-5, with wins in nine of the last 10 meetings, including a 65-60 win in Kansas City last season on Dec. 28. SDSU won an 88-57 contest in the last meeting in Frost Arena on Feb. 2, 2013.
ON THE RADIO
The pregame show on the Jackrabbit Sports Network begins 30 minutes prior to tip with Steve Imming 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, and can watch every game streaming live in HD for a fee.
LIVE STATS
Find live stats for all home games online at GoJacksLive.com, or to the schedule page on GoJacks.com and click on the live stats link.
Click here for a direct link to SDSU vs. UMKC live stats
ON SOCIAL MEDIA
Follow @GoJacksMBB on Twitter for live in-game updates for every game, home and on the road.
ON TELEVISION
Today's game can be seen live on KSMO in the Kansas City television market only, with Neil Harwell on the play-by-play and with JC Pearson as the analyst.
NEXT UP FOR THE JACKRABBITS
SDSU hits the road for one game at Saint Louis on Tuesday, and then returns home to host the rematch with Idaho on Dec. 13, in the final home game of the calendar year.
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