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South Dakota State University Athletics
Wednesday, November 16
Brookings, S.D.
7 p.m.
South Dakota State University
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Wayne State (Neb.)
Photo by: Inertia Sports Media/Dave Eggen
Jacks return to Frost to face Wildcats
11/15/2016 7:45:00 AM | Men's Basketball
South Dakota State welcomes Division II opponent Wayne State (Neb.) to Frost Arena on Wednesday for the Jackrabbits' regular season home opener. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m
Scouting the Wildcats
WSC enters the game at 1-1 overall, splitting its weekend at the HIllyard Tipoff Classic in St. Joseph, Mo. WSC defeated Missouri Western, 70-57, in its season opener and lost to No. 6 Northwest Missouri State, 76-58, last Sunday. Preseason, the Wildcats took on Division I Creighton in an exhibition and fell, 93-46. Through two games, WSC's Kendall Jacks leads the team with 15.0 points per game, shooting 57.1 percent from the field to pace the team. Brian Goodwin is second with 9.5 points per game. On the boards, Jordan Cornelius has grabbed 4.5 rebounds on average through two games. South Dakota State leads the all-time series with Wayne State, 15-1, losing its lone contest in the series in 2004-05. Since moving to the DI level, SDSU has played WSC three times, all coming since 2013-14. This is the fourth consecutive year the teams have played inside Frost Arena.
Jackrabbits' Last Time Out
  IRVINE, California -- A cold spell late in the first provided separation that South Dakota State could not recover from as the men's basketball team dropped a 73-58 contest on Monday at UC Irvine.
  SDSU (0-2) shot 28.8 percent from the field and hit five-of-30 from long range. UC Irvine (1-1) was 28-of-61 (45.9) from the field and made seven three-pointers.
  Skyler Flatten led the team in scoring with 12 points on the night while Reed Tellinghuisen dropped 11 points with two three-pointers.
  Mike Daum just missed a double-double, finishing with nine points and team-high eight rebounds. Chris Howell had nine points as well, notching every score over the final four minutes.
  For the Anteaters, Jaron Martin led all scorers with 24 points and Jonathan Galloway pulled down 14 points.
  SDSU found itself in an 8-0 hole in the opening two minutes of action, but an alley-oop dunk from Tellinghuisen to Daum put SDSU on the board at 17:26 and started a 10-2 run that tied it, 10-all near the 14-minute mark.
  UC Irvine responded over the next four minutes to lead 17-13 at the under 12 media timeout, whistled at 10:14, and though the Anteaters pushed it to 19-13 out of the break, SDSU climbed back within one (19-18) after Tellinghuisen scored four straight for the Jacks.  UCI, however, outscored SDSU, 18-5, to end the half and took a 37-24 lead into the locker rooms ahead. SDSU did not make a field goal over the final 8:48 of the first.
  At the half, Tellinghuisen lead the team with eight points and five rebounds while dishing out two assists. Daum had seven points for the Jacks.
  A physical start to the final frame saw six fouls being called in the opening four minutes, but UCI kept its lead at 14 (41-27) as the teams traded buckets during that span.  The even play continued over the next 10 minutes as SDSU was unable to significantly cut into the deficit. UCI's lead hit 20 at 6:43 but a Cole Gentry three-pointer just seconds later moved it back to 17, 60-43.
  Over the final six minutes, SDSU pushed the tempo but couldn't make up the deficit, falling in the opening game of the Sanford Pentagon Showcase.
Wildcats' Last Time Out
(Mike Grosz, Wayne State Athletics)
  #6 Northwest Missouri State led from start to finish to defeat Wayne State College 76-58 Sunday afternoon at the 25th annual Hillyard Men's Basketball Tip-Off Classic in St. Joseph, Missouri.  The Bearcats improve to 2-0 on the season while the Wildcats slip to 1-1.
  Northwest Missouri State jumped out to an 18-3 lead in the opening eight minutes of the contest and maintained a double digit lead the rest of the contest.
  The Bearcats used 64 percent shooting in the first half (16 of 25) to take a 45-27 halftime lead.  Sophomore forward Kendall Jacks had 13 of Wayne State's 27 points in the first half going 4 of 9 from the field and 4 for 6 at the free throw stripe.
  Both teams scored 31 points in the second half as the Bearcats never let WSC closer than 15 points in the second half as Northwest Missouri State finished with the 76-58 victory.
  Wayne State finished the game making 18 of 51 shots from the field for 35.3 percent.  The 'Cats were 5 of 16 behind the 3-point line and 17 for 22 at the charity stripe.
  Jacks was Wayne State's lone double figure scorer with 21 points, finishing 8 of 15 from the field and 4 of 6 at the foul stripe.  Matt Thomas and Tony Bonner each added eight points for WSC.
  Northwest Missouri State made 25 of 48 shots for 52 percent, but only 3 of 13 from 3-point range.  The Bearcats were 23 of 34 from the free throw line.
  Justin Pitts paced NMSU in scoring with 21 points followed by Anthony Wood with 20 and Xavier Kurth with 10 points and 11 rebounds.
  NMSU controlled the rebounding battle on Wayne State 44-27 as Kurth grabbed 11 boards for the Bearcats while Wayne State's top rebounders were Jacks, Jordan Cornelius, Luke TerHark and Tony Bonner with three apiece.
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Jackrabbit Season Preview
South Dakota State enters the 2016-17 campaign with several new faces, but similar goals coming off its third NCAA Tournament appearance in the past five seasons. The Jackrabbits were picked second in The Summit League's preseason poll, finishing behind Fort Wayne and ahead of North Dakota State in the top three spots. Individually, Mike Daum headlined the preseason poll as the 2016-17 The Summit League Preseason Player of the Year alongside his First Team honors. Reed Tellinghuisen was picked Second Team. Daum is coming off a stellar redshirt freshman campaign where, despite starting only two games, led the team in points (15.2) and rebounds (6.1) and scored in double figures 30 times, including the final 21 games. He was named a Kyle Macy All-American, the Summit League Newcomer and Sixth Man of the Year (with First Team and All-Newcomer Team honors). Tellinghuisen started 34 games last season and shot 36.8 percent beyond the arc, averaging 9.0 points and 4.8 rebounds per contest. He is the most experienced Jackrabbit on the floor (69 games, 57 starts). Other key returners include Ian Theisen, Tevin King, Skyler Flatten and Lane Severyn. Theisen started all 34 games last season and put up averages of 6.1 points and 3.4 rebounds. King started two games, played in 34 and led the team with with 27 steals. Flatten has battled injuries but enters 2016-17 healthy. He last played in 2014-15 where he played in 31 games as a reserve. Severyn played in 27 games last season. Three redshirt freshmen, Adam Dykman, Beau Brown and Cole Gentry enter the season with the chance to compete for spots as well. The Jacks feature several new faces expected to contend for playing time, including A.J. Hess and Michael Orris, a pair of graduate transfers from Southern Utah and Northern Illinois, respectively. Two other transfers, Chris Howell (Butler Community College) and Andre Wallace (Iowa Western) will be part of the conversation as well.
New Faces, Great Places
South Dakota State's hiring of first-year head coach T.J. Otzelberger was a nod to the state's motto, "Great Faces, Great Places." The new face of the program, announced April 14, 2016, is in his first-ever heading coaching role, but has been groomed for the position over several assistant stops, working with Lorenzo Romar (Washington), Fred Hoiberg (Iowa State), Greg McDermott (Iowa State) and Steve Prohm (Iowa State). Alongside Otzelberger, new members of the coaching staff include Ben Walker, a Creighton hall of fame member who last coached at Jackson State, Eric Henderson, a former Wayne State (Neb.) standout who spent last season with SDSU's rival, North Dakota State, and Tyler Glidden, the director of operations who has worked at Creighton and Iowa State. Rob Klinkefus was the lone holdover from former head coach Scott Nagy's staff, and enters his 11th season at SDSU.
#FearFrost
The Jacks own a 63-3 record at Frost Arena over the last five seasons, which includes perfect home records in four of the last five years, including 2015-16. That also includes a 30-game home winning streak from Jan. 29, 2011 through Nov. 14, 2013, and their current 29-game home winning streak, the third-longest home winning streak in Division I at the end of the 2015-16 season. South Dakota State completed its sixth perfect record at Frost Arena last on Feb. 27, with its win over Oral Roberts. SDSU put together undefeated seasons inside Frost Arena the following years:
   1984-85 (18-0)   2002-03 (17-0)   2011-12 (14-0)
   2012-13 (13-0)   2014-15 (13-0)   2015-16 (12-0)
20-Win Seasons
Reaching the 20-win mark has become a standard at South Dakota State University over the previous five seasons, as the Jackrabbits have done in four times in that span and 23 times in the program's history.Â
Scoring Streaks and Quick Hits
2015-16 Season Review
The 2015-16 Jackrabbit Men's Basketball season featured several highlights throughout the campaign, including a trip to the NCAA Tournament, a conference tournament title and earning a share of The Summit League's regular season championship. The Jackrabbits earned the No. 12 seed in last year's West Region, narrowly missing an upset over fifth-seeded Maryland in the first round, falling 79-74. Prior to that, SDSU earned the nickname "Cardiac Jacks" with a run through the conference tournament, pulling off three-point quarterfinal and one-point semifinal wins before earning the automatic bid with a 67-59 win over NDSU in the final. Mike Daum was named the tournament MVP and Deondre Parks was a member of the All-Tournament team. For the regular season, SDSU posted its second consecutive undefeated home record while three players garnered All-Conference honors in addition to other national awards. Mike Daum was named the Summit League Freshman and Sixth Man of the Year in addition to earning spots on the All-Conference First Team and the All-Newcomer Team. George Marshall was an All-Conference First Team selection and Deondre Parks claimed an honorable mention nod. On the national level, Marshall and Parks earned NABC Division I All-District 12 honors with First and Second Team nods, respectively, and Daum was named a Kyle Macy All-American. After the season, longtime head coach Scott Nagy resigned after completing his 21st season at the helm.
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Scouting the Wildcats
WSC enters the game at 1-1 overall, splitting its weekend at the HIllyard Tipoff Classic in St. Joseph, Mo. WSC defeated Missouri Western, 70-57, in its season opener and lost to No. 6 Northwest Missouri State, 76-58, last Sunday. Preseason, the Wildcats took on Division I Creighton in an exhibition and fell, 93-46. Through two games, WSC's Kendall Jacks leads the team with 15.0 points per game, shooting 57.1 percent from the field to pace the team. Brian Goodwin is second with 9.5 points per game. On the boards, Jordan Cornelius has grabbed 4.5 rebounds on average through two games. South Dakota State leads the all-time series with Wayne State, 15-1, losing its lone contest in the series in 2004-05. Since moving to the DI level, SDSU has played WSC three times, all coming since 2013-14. This is the fourth consecutive year the teams have played inside Frost Arena.
Jackrabbits' Last Time Out
  IRVINE, California -- A cold spell late in the first provided separation that South Dakota State could not recover from as the men's basketball team dropped a 73-58 contest on Monday at UC Irvine.
  SDSU (0-2) shot 28.8 percent from the field and hit five-of-30 from long range. UC Irvine (1-1) was 28-of-61 (45.9) from the field and made seven three-pointers.
  Skyler Flatten led the team in scoring with 12 points on the night while Reed Tellinghuisen dropped 11 points with two three-pointers.
  Mike Daum just missed a double-double, finishing with nine points and team-high eight rebounds. Chris Howell had nine points as well, notching every score over the final four minutes.
  For the Anteaters, Jaron Martin led all scorers with 24 points and Jonathan Galloway pulled down 14 points.
  SDSU found itself in an 8-0 hole in the opening two minutes of action, but an alley-oop dunk from Tellinghuisen to Daum put SDSU on the board at 17:26 and started a 10-2 run that tied it, 10-all near the 14-minute mark.
  UC Irvine responded over the next four minutes to lead 17-13 at the under 12 media timeout, whistled at 10:14, and though the Anteaters pushed it to 19-13 out of the break, SDSU climbed back within one (19-18) after Tellinghuisen scored four straight for the Jacks.  UCI, however, outscored SDSU, 18-5, to end the half and took a 37-24 lead into the locker rooms ahead. SDSU did not make a field goal over the final 8:48 of the first.
  At the half, Tellinghuisen lead the team with eight points and five rebounds while dishing out two assists. Daum had seven points for the Jacks.
  A physical start to the final frame saw six fouls being called in the opening four minutes, but UCI kept its lead at 14 (41-27) as the teams traded buckets during that span.  The even play continued over the next 10 minutes as SDSU was unable to significantly cut into the deficit. UCI's lead hit 20 at 6:43 but a Cole Gentry three-pointer just seconds later moved it back to 17, 60-43.
  Over the final six minutes, SDSU pushed the tempo but couldn't make up the deficit, falling in the opening game of the Sanford Pentagon Showcase.
Wildcats' Last Time Out
(Mike Grosz, Wayne State Athletics)
  #6 Northwest Missouri State led from start to finish to defeat Wayne State College 76-58 Sunday afternoon at the 25th annual Hillyard Men's Basketball Tip-Off Classic in St. Joseph, Missouri.  The Bearcats improve to 2-0 on the season while the Wildcats slip to 1-1.
  Northwest Missouri State jumped out to an 18-3 lead in the opening eight minutes of the contest and maintained a double digit lead the rest of the contest.
  The Bearcats used 64 percent shooting in the first half (16 of 25) to take a 45-27 halftime lead.  Sophomore forward Kendall Jacks had 13 of Wayne State's 27 points in the first half going 4 of 9 from the field and 4 for 6 at the free throw stripe.
  Both teams scored 31 points in the second half as the Bearcats never let WSC closer than 15 points in the second half as Northwest Missouri State finished with the 76-58 victory.
  Wayne State finished the game making 18 of 51 shots from the field for 35.3 percent.  The 'Cats were 5 of 16 behind the 3-point line and 17 for 22 at the charity stripe.
  Jacks was Wayne State's lone double figure scorer with 21 points, finishing 8 of 15 from the field and 4 of 6 at the foul stripe.  Matt Thomas and Tony Bonner each added eight points for WSC.
  Northwest Missouri State made 25 of 48 shots for 52 percent, but only 3 of 13 from 3-point range.  The Bearcats were 23 of 34 from the free throw line.
  Justin Pitts paced NMSU in scoring with 21 points followed by Anthony Wood with 20 and Xavier Kurth with 10 points and 11 rebounds.
  NMSU controlled the rebounding battle on Wayne State 44-27 as Kurth grabbed 11 boards for the Bearcats while Wayne State's top rebounders were Jacks, Jordan Cornelius, Luke TerHark and Tony Bonner with three apiece.
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Jackrabbit Season Preview
South Dakota State enters the 2016-17 campaign with several new faces, but similar goals coming off its third NCAA Tournament appearance in the past five seasons. The Jackrabbits were picked second in The Summit League's preseason poll, finishing behind Fort Wayne and ahead of North Dakota State in the top three spots. Individually, Mike Daum headlined the preseason poll as the 2016-17 The Summit League Preseason Player of the Year alongside his First Team honors. Reed Tellinghuisen was picked Second Team. Daum is coming off a stellar redshirt freshman campaign where, despite starting only two games, led the team in points (15.2) and rebounds (6.1) and scored in double figures 30 times, including the final 21 games. He was named a Kyle Macy All-American, the Summit League Newcomer and Sixth Man of the Year (with First Team and All-Newcomer Team honors). Tellinghuisen started 34 games last season and shot 36.8 percent beyond the arc, averaging 9.0 points and 4.8 rebounds per contest. He is the most experienced Jackrabbit on the floor (69 games, 57 starts). Other key returners include Ian Theisen, Tevin King, Skyler Flatten and Lane Severyn. Theisen started all 34 games last season and put up averages of 6.1 points and 3.4 rebounds. King started two games, played in 34 and led the team with with 27 steals. Flatten has battled injuries but enters 2016-17 healthy. He last played in 2014-15 where he played in 31 games as a reserve. Severyn played in 27 games last season. Three redshirt freshmen, Adam Dykman, Beau Brown and Cole Gentry enter the season with the chance to compete for spots as well. The Jacks feature several new faces expected to contend for playing time, including A.J. Hess and Michael Orris, a pair of graduate transfers from Southern Utah and Northern Illinois, respectively. Two other transfers, Chris Howell (Butler Community College) and Andre Wallace (Iowa Western) will be part of the conversation as well.
New Faces, Great Places
South Dakota State's hiring of first-year head coach T.J. Otzelberger was a nod to the state's motto, "Great Faces, Great Places." The new face of the program, announced April 14, 2016, is in his first-ever heading coaching role, but has been groomed for the position over several assistant stops, working with Lorenzo Romar (Washington), Fred Hoiberg (Iowa State), Greg McDermott (Iowa State) and Steve Prohm (Iowa State). Alongside Otzelberger, new members of the coaching staff include Ben Walker, a Creighton hall of fame member who last coached at Jackson State, Eric Henderson, a former Wayne State (Neb.) standout who spent last season with SDSU's rival, North Dakota State, and Tyler Glidden, the director of operations who has worked at Creighton and Iowa State. Rob Klinkefus was the lone holdover from former head coach Scott Nagy's staff, and enters his 11th season at SDSU.
#FearFrost
The Jacks own a 63-3 record at Frost Arena over the last five seasons, which includes perfect home records in four of the last five years, including 2015-16. That also includes a 30-game home winning streak from Jan. 29, 2011 through Nov. 14, 2013, and their current 29-game home winning streak, the third-longest home winning streak in Division I at the end of the 2015-16 season. South Dakota State completed its sixth perfect record at Frost Arena last on Feb. 27, with its win over Oral Roberts. SDSU put together undefeated seasons inside Frost Arena the following years:
   1984-85 (18-0)   2002-03 (17-0)   2011-12 (14-0)
   2012-13 (13-0)   2014-15 (13-0)   2015-16 (12-0)
20-Win Seasons
Reaching the 20-win mark has become a standard at South Dakota State University over the previous five seasons, as the Jackrabbits have done in four times in that span and 23 times in the program's history.Â
Scoring Streaks and Quick Hits
- Wayne State (Neb.) is the alum of current Jackrabbit assistant coach Eric Henderson. Henderson played at WSC from 1996-2000 and was a part of two NCAA Tournament teams with the Wildcats. He currently ranks first all-time at WSC in career blocks, second in career steals and fourth in career rebounds.
- At least one Jackrabbit has scored in double figures over the last 279 games dating back to Jan. 12, 2008 at IUPUI when Anthony Cordova has nine points to lead the Jacks.
- SDSU has made at least one three-pointer in 306 games. The last time the Jackrabbits did not make a three-point field goal was Jan. 25, 2007 at Utah State when the team went 0-for-13.
- From Jan. 31, 2009 through the 2013-14 season, SDSU put together a streak of 179 games with at least one 1,000 point scorer on the floor. Entering 2016-17, SDSU has now gone 70 games without a 1,000 point scorer.
- Mike Daum set the school's freshman scoring record with 518 last season. The previous record was Matt Caldwell's 453 points from 2006.
- Daum is the first-ever SDSU freshman (at both DI and DII levels) to earn all-league/all-conference honors.
- After having 20 turnover's in last week's exhibition, SDSU trimmed that mark to 12 turnovers against the Golden Bear and Anteater defenses
- SDSU is now 72-39 in season-openers all-time.
- Jacks are 5-8 in season-opening games at the Division I level.
- Mike Daum saw his streak of 22 consecutive games in double figures come to an end Nov. 14 at UC Irvine when he finished with nine points and eight rebounds.
- The last time SDSU went 0-2 to open the year was 2014-15 when the squad finished with a 24-11 overall record and was a Summit League regular season co-champion.
2015-16 Season Review
The 2015-16 Jackrabbit Men's Basketball season featured several highlights throughout the campaign, including a trip to the NCAA Tournament, a conference tournament title and earning a share of The Summit League's regular season championship. The Jackrabbits earned the No. 12 seed in last year's West Region, narrowly missing an upset over fifth-seeded Maryland in the first round, falling 79-74. Prior to that, SDSU earned the nickname "Cardiac Jacks" with a run through the conference tournament, pulling off three-point quarterfinal and one-point semifinal wins before earning the automatic bid with a 67-59 win over NDSU in the final. Mike Daum was named the tournament MVP and Deondre Parks was a member of the All-Tournament team. For the regular season, SDSU posted its second consecutive undefeated home record while three players garnered All-Conference honors in addition to other national awards. Mike Daum was named the Summit League Freshman and Sixth Man of the Year in addition to earning spots on the All-Conference First Team and the All-Newcomer Team. George Marshall was an All-Conference First Team selection and Deondre Parks claimed an honorable mention nod. On the national level, Marshall and Parks earned NABC Division I All-District 12 honors with First and Second Team nods, respectively, and Daum was named a Kyle Macy All-American. After the season, longtime head coach Scott Nagy resigned after completing his 21st season at the helm.
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