Men Host Gauchos in Final Non-League Home Game

South Dakota State plays its final non-conference home game and its final home game of the calendar year on Sunday, when the Jackrabbits welcome the UC?Santa Barbara Gauchos to Frost Arena at 2 p.m.

Off to its best start at the Division I level at 8-1, SDSU played at Minnesota every year from 2005-13, and returned home with a loss every time. That ended on Tuesday though, as the Jacks got a career-high 25 points from Jake Bittle and 21 more from Deondre Parks in an 84-70 win at Williams Arena, the team's first in 17 tries overall since 1930.

SDSU, which also got a double-double from Reed Tellinghuisen in the win over the Golden Gophers with 14 points and a career-high 11 rebounds, used runs of 12-0 and 10-0 in the first half to take a 75-22 halftime lead, and led by as many as 24 points in the wire-to-wire win, its second over a "Power Five" foe this season, the first being a 76-67 win at TCU on Nov. 21.

THE OPPONENT
UC SANTA BARBARA GAUCHOS (2-4, 2-2 Away): Picked to finish second behind UC?Irvine in the Big West Preseason Coaches Poll, the Gauchos come to Frost Arena with a 2-4 overall record, but all four of those losses came at the hands of Pac-12 opponents, including a 75-63 decision to USC at home in their last outing on Dec. 3.

UCSB?opened the season with a 60-59 win at Omaha, the only common opponent with the Jackrabbits on the schedule.

THE SERIES vs. UC SANTA BARBARA
Series tied 1-1. SDSU won the first meeting, 79-65 at the Division II?Elite 8 Tournament on March 16, 1961 in Evansville, Ind., while the Gauchos won the last meeting, 83-64, on Nov. 29, 2013 in Santa Barbara, Calif.

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 and Brad Newitt as the analyst.

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 eight 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
KCCR - 1240 AM, Pierre
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 home game streaming live for a monthly or annual fee.

LIVE STATS?
Click here for live stats vs. UC Santa Barbara

ON SOCIAL MEDIA?
TWITTER: @GoJacksMBB

Follow the team's official Twitter account for live in-game updates for every home game and select road games

ON TELEVISION?
Network: Midco SN/ESPN3
Play-by-Play: Tom Nieman
Analyst: Brad Newitt

NEXT UP FOR THE JACKRABBITS
DSU hits the road for its next four games, starting at Texas Tech on Wednesday, followed by games at FGCU?on Dec. 19 and at Weber State on Dec. 22. The Jacks then play Middle Tennessee State at the Sanford Pentagon on Dec. 27, before beginning Summit League play at home on Jan. 1, 2016, against Denver.

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