Upcoming Event: Men's Basketball versus Mayville State (Exhibition) on October 29, 2025 at 8:30 p.m.
/
8:30 p.m.
Men's Basketball
vs Mayville State (Exhibition)
South Dakota State University Athletics
Sunday, December 27
Sioux Falls, S.D. [Sanford Pentagon]
4:30 p.m.
South Dakota State University
vs
Middle Tennessee State
Sanford Pentagon Hosts Final Non-League Game
12/25/2015 1:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Two monster road trips in the books, South Dakota State returns to their home state to take on Middle Tennessee State at the Sanford Pentagon on Sunday at 4:30 p.m. in the Jackrabbits final nonconference game of the season.
The Jackrabbits went on a five game, 11 day road trip earlier in the season and posted a 4-1 record, including the Mayan Division title of the Cancun Challenge, but the recently completed nine day, three game trip did not go quite as well, as the Jacks posted a 1-2 mark, with a 79-67 loss at Texas Tech and a 99-95 loss at Weber State bookending a grind-it-out 56-52 win at FGCU.
The Jackrabbits lost more than just two games though, as senior Jake Bittle suffered an injury before the Weber State game, and joins senior point guard George Marshall and sophomore swing man Skyler Flatten on the bench with various injuries.
It's not all bad news for SDSU though, as all three expect to return to the lineup yet this season.
THE OPPONENT
MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE BLUE RAIDERS (7-3, 2-0 Neutral): Picked to finish third in the 14-team Conference USA Preseason Poll, MTSU's second three game winning streak of the season came to an end on?Tuesday at Georgia State.
The first three game streak came with a trio of wins at the Great Alaskan Shootout with wins over Alaska-Anchorage, UNC?Ashville and Toledo, while the second streak saw wins at home over South?Alabama and Belmont sandwiched around a win at Auburn.
MTSU head coach Kermit Davis, like Scott Nagy, should see their 400th career win this season, as Davis needs five wins and Nagy six to reach the milestone in their 21st year of coaching. Â
THE SERIES vs. MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE
The Blue Raiders lead the all-time series 2-0, with an 89-82 overtime win on Feb. 13, 2006 in Murfreesboro and a 57-56 win in Brookings on Jan. 29, 2007.
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.
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    Â
KBFS - 1450 AM, Belle Fourche       Â
KJJQ - 910 AM, Brookings
KDSJ - 980 AM, Deadwood  Â
KORN - 1490 AM, Mitchell     Â
KCCR - 1240 AM, Pierre
KJOE - 106.1 FM, Pipestone, Minn.   Â
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. Middle Tennessee State
ON SOCIAL MEDIA?
TWITTER: @GoJacksMBB
Follow the team's official Twitter account for live in-game updates for every game
ON TELEVISION?
Network: Fox Sports North
Play-by-Play: Brendan Burke
Analyst: Kevin Lynch
Sidelines: Kevin Gorg
NEXT UP FOR THE JACKRABBITS
SDSU returns to Frost Arena on?Jan. 1, to open Summit League Play against Denver at 7 p.m., and then plays host to Western Illinois on Sunday, Jan. 3 at 2 p.m., before playing its first league road game at IUPUI on Jan. 7.
Players Mentioned
G
/ Men's Basketball
G
/ Men's Basketball
G
/ Men's BasketballVolleyball Weekly Update (09.16.2025)
Tuesday, September 16
Cross Country Weekly Update (09.16.25)
Tuesday, September 16
Soccer Weekly Update (09.16.25)
Tuesday, September 16
Dan Jackson Show (09.15.2025)
Tuesday, September 16