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6 p.m.
Women's Basketball
vs Augustana (Exhibition)
South Dakota State University Athletics
Saturday, December 19
Green Bay, Wis.
5:00 PM
South Dakota State University
at
Green Bay
Road Swing Begins in Wisconsin
12/18/2015 10:08:00 AM | Women's Basketball
South Dakota State (9-2) vs.
Green Bay (7-2)
Dec. 19, 2015
| COACHES | |
| South Dakota State: | Aaron Johnston (Gustavus Adolphus '96) is 374-128/16th |
| Green Bay: | Kevin Borseth (Lake Superior State '76) is 85-20/4th |
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| TRENDS | |
| Series Record vs. Green Bay: | 1-2 |
| Current Streak: | L, 1 game |
| Longest Streak: | L, 1 game |
| Last Five Games: | 1-2 |
| Last Meeting with Green Bay: | Dec. 10, 2014, L, 77-75 in Frost Arena |
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| BROADCAST INFORMATION | |
| Live Video: | ESPN3.com |
| Radio: | WNAX-FM 104.1, KJJQ 910 AM, KORN 1490 AM, |
| Â | KSDR 1480 AM, KJOE 106.1 FM |
| Talent: | Kent Sommerfeld |
| Live Stats: | www.statbroadcast.com |
| Twitter: | @GoJacksWBB |
BROOKINGS, S.D.—After playing its final home game of 2015, the South Dakota State women's basketball team begins a four-game road trip with its first stop at Green Bay Saturday at 5 p.m.
- SDSU, 9-2, extended its win streak to six Tuesday with an 88-79 upset of No. 16 DePaul.
- Summit League Player of the Year candidate Macy Miller led four Jackrabbits in double digits in scoring with 19 points.
- Green Bay defeated Loyola (Chicago), 65-51, Wednesday. The Phoenix are 7-2 overall and 3-0 at home. They will be protecting a four-game winning streak. Green Bay's last lost was to Rutgers in the Paradise Jam Nov. 28.
- It will be the fourth meeting between the Jacks and the Phoenix. Green Bay leads the series, 2-1.
Noteworthy
- Two of the top 10 teams in the mid-major rankings square off Saturday. Green Bay is third in the CollegeInsider Mid-Major poll while the Jackrabbits are seventh.
- Both teams limit their opponents in scoring. The Phoenix give up 56.3 points per game and SDSU 64.5 while averaging 65.8 and 69.8 points per game, respectively.
- South Dakota State has a 328-219 (.599) record in road games during the program's 50-year history. It has won six of its last seven games. The last nonconference road loss was at Marist, 82-64, Dec. 21, 2014.
- Macy Miller has scored in double digits in all 11 games this season and in 20 of her last 21 games.
- The Jackrabbits' two losses this season have been to then-No. 3 Notre Dame and then-No. 6 Maryland.
- In the last five games, the Jackrabbits are limiting opponents to 68.6 points per game and outscoring them by 5.4 points.
- With its 10 3-pointers Tuesday, the Jacks have 39 treys in the last five outings and 10-or-more treys in three outings.
Jackrabbits in Mid-Major Poll
- South Dakota State jumped up six spots to No. 7 in the CollegeInsider Mid-Major poll this week. The Jacks' losses are to two top-10 teams.
- The last time the Jackrabbits ranked in the top 10 was Dec. 30, 2014.
- SDSU has been ranked in the Mid-Major Top 25 Poll 68 of the last 69 weeks.
- The Jackrabbits finished 19th in the final 2014-15 poll.
A Quick Glance at South Dakota State
- Sixteenth-year head coach Aaron Johnston's probable starters for the Green Bay game are:
           - Macy Miller, point guard
           - Madison Guebert, guard
           - Kerri Young, guard
           - Ellie Thompson, forward
           - Clarissa Ober, forward
- Miller is SDSU's leading scorer at 17.7 points per game and ranked 16th in total points (195) in the NCAA. She is also the top playmaker (2.7 apg). Young (12.0) is the other Jack averaging in double digits in scoring as SDSU averages 69.8 points per game.
- On the boards, Ober grabs a team-leading 8.2 caroms an outing and SDSU is outrebounding opponents by 1.6.
- Two Jackrabbits are dishing two-or-more assists a game and the team has a plus-1.0 assist-to-turnover ratio.
- The Jackrabbits are shooting 40.4 percent from the field, 36.5 percent from 3-point range and 67.2 percent from the free-throw line.
A Look at Green Bay
- Green Bay is 7-2 on the season and riding a four-game winning streak after knocking off Loyola, 65-51, Wednesday.
- The Phoenix' two losses have been vs. Virginia, 68-59, and Rutgers, 54-43, at the Paradise Jam Nov. 26 & 28.
- Green Bay has three players averaging double digits in scoring. Sophomore guard Allie LeClaire is averaging 14.6 points per game, senior guard Kaili Lukan 12.6, and sophomore guard/forward Jessica Lindstrom, 10.6.
- On the boards, the Phoenix have a 2.2 rebound margin and are led by Lindstrom, who averages 7.2 caroms an outing.
- Lukan dishes a team-high 3.2 assists per game and tops the squad and is seventh in the NCAA with 3.2 steals per outing.
- The Phoenix are shooting 43.6 percent from the field, 39.5 percent from 3-point range and 66.9 percent from the free-throw line. They are 10th in the NCAA in 3-point percentage.
- Green Bay is outscoring its opponents by 9.4 points per game and averaging 65.8 points an outing while giving up 56.3 points per game.Â
Green Bay Series
- Saturday's game marks the fourth meeting between South Dakota State and Green Bay.
- The Phoenix took a 2-1 lead in the series after upsetting the Jackrabbits, 77-75, in Frost Arena Dec. 10, 2014.
- SDSU's lone win in the series was at Green Bay in 2013. Mariah Clarin registered a double-double with 13 points and a game-high 15 rebounds to lead three Jackrabbits in double figures in scoring.
- Green Bay won the first contest Jan. 18, 2005, 86-52, also in Green Bay. Five Green Bay players scored in double figures, led by Nicole Soulis' game-high 19 points. SDSU's Sarita DeBoer had a team-best 12 points. The Phoenix shot 65.4 percent from the field, including 62.5 percent from 3-point range.
- The Jackrabbits are 15-5 vs. teams from the Horizon League and are 12-8 against teams from the Badger State.
SDSU/UWGB Connections
- Former Jackrabbit Megan Vogel is one of Green Bay's assistant coaches.
- Vogel graduated from South Dakota State in May 2007 after starting all 120 of the Jackrabbits' contests during her standout four-year career. She finished second all-time on the program's scoring list with 1,850 points.
- Additionally, she notched 194 career 3-pointers and 783 career rebounds, good for the third- and fifth-best marks, respectively, in program history.
- During her time with the SDSU program, Vogel was an ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America with a 3.8 cumulative GPA and a top 30 finalist for the 2007 NCAA Woman of the Year Award.
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