Upcoming Event: Men's Basketball versus Mayville State (Exhibition) on October 29, 2025 at 8:30 p.m.
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8:30 p.m.
Men's Basketball
vs Mayville State (Exhibition)
South Dakota State University Athletics
Friday, November 25
Sioux Falls, S.D.
8 p.m.
South Dakota State University
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UC Irvine
Photo by: Inertia Sports Media/Dave Eggen
Sanford Pentagon Showcase on tap for Jacks
11/23/2016 2:46:00 PM | Men's Basketball
South Dakota State and UC Irvine will square off for a second time this season on Friday at the Sanford Pentagon Showcase in Sioux Falls, S.D. Tipoff is set for 8 p.m., after the first game of the day between East Tennessee State and Milwaukee.
Scouting the Anteaters
UC Irvine carries a 2-2 record in this weekend's event, splitting the opening four games with a loss to Utah State, a win over SDSU, a loss to California and a win over Pacific. UCI defeated South Dakota State, 73-58, in Irvine on Nov. 14 in Irvine. That game was also part of the Sanford Pentagon Showcase. In that contest, Jaron Martin scored a 24 points to lead the Anteaters while SDSU was led by Skyler Flatten's 12 points. UCI is led offensively by Martin, who is averaging 15.5 points per game with a 39.3 shooting percentage from the field. He was named the Big West Conference Player of the Week last week after averaging 19.7 points, 5.3 rebounds and 3.7 assists over three games. Ionnis Dimakopoulos is also averaging double figures for the 'Eaters with 11.5 per game. On the boards, Jonathan Galloway is averaging 6.0 rebounds per game to pace the team. Luke Nelson was named to the All-Big West Preseason Poll earlier this year after earning First Team honors last season, but has not played thus far in 2016-17 due to injury. Nelson is the only starter back for the Anteaters in 2016-17 and is one of six letterwinners remaining from last year's team. Nelson scored 13.7 points per game to lead the team, putting together six 20-plus scoring efforts. As a team, UCI is shooting 42.4 percent from the field and limiting opponents to just 35.6 percent on field goals, which ranks 22nd nationally as of Nov. 21. The Anteaters are also winning the rebounding battle as a team, 38.2 to 37.5 per game. The previous matchup this season was the first and only contest all-time between the teams.
Jackrabbits' Last Time Out -- Nov. 21, 2016
  MOSCOW, Idaho -- A.J. Hess hit a buzzer-beater 3-pointer to force overtime, but South Dakota State's late-game magic ran out in overtime in a 96-89 loss at Idaho on Monday.
  SDSU (1-4) shot 43.3 percent from the field and hit a school record 16-of-37 3-pointers, adding a 21-of-24 effort from the charity stripe. Idaho (3-1) finished with a 52.2 field goal percentage on the night, including 14-of-31 3-point attempts while going just 12-of-20 from the free throw line.
  Hess led the team with 31 points on the night, finishing 7-of-12 from long range and 10-of-11 from the free throw line. Mike Daum put together his third consecutive 20-plus scoring effort, finishing with 23 points to go alongside six rebounds.
  Reed Tellinghuisen (15 points) and Cole Gentry (10 points) reached double figures as well, with Tellinghuisen knocking down 3-pointers and Gentry dishing four assists, matching Tevin King in that category. Tellinghuisen also added four steals.
  South Dakota State scored the first five points of the game as part of an 8-2 run in the opening two and a half minutes of action, thanks in part to a pair of Hess 3-pointers. Tellinghuisen hit a 3-point shot of his own just inside the 15-minute mark to put SDSU ahead, 11-4, but the Vandals responded with five straight to cut the lead to two, 11-9, moments later.Â
  With less than 12 minutes to go in the half, Tellinghuisen hit another 3-pointer to push the Jacks' lead back to five, 16-11, and opened a minute-long string of seven unanswered to take a 20-11 lead. That nine-point advantage was short-lived, however, as Idaho found a rally in transition and ran off eight unanswered of its own to force an SDSU timeout at 9:24.
  Out of the pause, Tellinghuisen had a 4-point play, sinking a contested 3-pointer and a free throw after a foul was called, but Idaho responded with a 3-pointer of its own to keep things close, 24-22.
  A Vandal 3-pointer gave Idaho the lead, 27-26, just outside the seven-minute mark and started a back-and-forth stretch where the lead changed five times over a span of nearly four minutes, sending the Jacks to the under-four media down, 32-30.
  A scoreless stretch of nearly three minutes hurt the Jackrabbits late in the half, but a strong defensive effort kept things close enough for Hess to hit a 3-pointer at 2:42 and give SDSU a one-point lead, 33-32.Â
  Inside one minute to play in the period, Idaho went up three and looked to take a lead into the break, but with four seconds on the clock Hess hit his fourth 3-pointer of the night and tied things up at half, 38-all.
  Hess scored the final eight points of the half for SDSU and led all scorers with 16 at the break. Tellinghuisen wasn't far behind, hitting three 3-pointers for 12 points for the Jacks.
  As hot as both teams were from the field in the opening 20 minutes, neither team found a rhythm early second as there was only one field goal apiece through the first 4:30 of play. Daum scored on a reverse layup and drew a foul, sending the team to the under-16 media at 15:30 with the Jacks ahead, 44-40.
  Tied up at 47 inside 13 minutes to play, Idaho outscored the Jacks, 9-5, over the next four minutes with three 3-pointers to force a Jackrabbit timeout, down 58-52 at 9:19.
  Out of the reset, King and Gentry hit 3-pointers on back-to-back possessions to draw back even, 58-58, though Idaho responded with seven more unanswered to lead, 65-59, after a media timeout at 6:23.
  South Dakota State hung tough, however, closing the deficit to one on two occasions before the 1:46 mark when A.J. Hess hit a deep 3-pointer to give SDSU a 73-71 lead.
  Tied up 73-all with 1:25 to go, Idaho hit its 12th 3-pointer of the night to go up 76-73 before Daum drew the team back within one with a layup off the glass.
  The late game drama continued when Idaho missed the front end of a one-and-one from the charity stripe, but after the Jacks were unable to handle the rebound, the Vandals went back to the line with 12.1 seconds to go, where they hit both layups to go up 78-75.
  As time wound down, a missed 3-pointer from the Jacks looked to seal things before Daum gathered an offensive rebound and dished it to Hess in front of the Jackrabbit bench with the senior knocked down the game-tying shot from long range at the buzzer.
  Idaho ran off six straight to begin the overtime period before an SDSU timeout at 2:56, and though the Jacks pushed down the stretch, that deficit was insurmountable for a charging SDSU offense.
  Over the final minute, SDSU within four or less four separate times, but Idaho hit shots down the stretch to keep the Jacks at bay.
Anteaters' Last Time Out -- Nov. 19, 2016
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  IRVINE, Calif. --- Senior center Ioannis Dimakopoulos scored a career-high 20 points and freshman forward Tommy Rutherford added 11 to lead UC Irvine over Pacific, 72-65, in a non-conference game at the Bren Events Center Saturday night.
  Dimakopoulos hit 9 of 13 from the field and added a pair of blocked shots as the Anteaters improved to 2-2 on the season.
  Senior guard Jaron Martin posted career highs of eight rebounds and six assists to go along with nine points as he hit 7 of 7 from the free-throw line.
   Redshirt freshman guard Max Hazzard also scored nine points and tied his career highs with six boards and three assists.
  Sophomore guard Spencer Rivers scored a career-high eight points, all in the first half and including a three as time expired just before halftime.
  Jack Williams led the Tigers (1-2) with 17 points and seven rebounds while David Taylor scored 16 and Jacob Lampkin 14.
  UCI led by as many as seven points in the first half, but Pacific took a 32-31 lead on a layup by T.J. Wallace with 1:01 remaining before Rivers nailed the trey at the buzzer to put the Anteaters up 34-32 at the break.
  The 'Eaters built their largest lead of the night at 46-35 on a basket by Eyassu Worku with 14:15 left in the game.
  The Tigers battled back to tie the game twice midway through the second half, the last coming at 50-50 after two free throws by Ray Bowles with 8:49 remaining.
  Back-to-back buckets by Dimakopoulos and one from Rutherford gave UCI a 56-50 lead and the margin grew to 60-53 on a three by Brandon Smith with 4:26 left.
  Four straight free throws by Lampkin drew the Tigers within 60-57 at the 3:17 mark, but Dimakopoulos hit a three up top with 2:57 remaining for a six-point UCI lead and the Anteaters gained control from there, hitting 7 of 8 free throws in the final 1:13.
  UCI shot a season-high 51 percent from the field and limited Pacific to 31 percent as the 'Eaters have won 58 of their last 62 games when holding the opposition to under 40 percent.
  The Anteaters outrebounded the Tigers, 42-37, as Worku and freshman center Brad Greene added four boards on the evening. Green also registered two blocked shots.
  UCI outscored Pacific in the paint, 40-14.Â
From Long Range
- South Dakota State set a new school record for 3-point field goal attempts in a single game on Nov. 19, 2016 at Wyoming, firing 37 shots from beyond the arc. The previous record was 33, set twice, last at Oakland on Jan. 26, 2012.
- The Jacks tied the previously set record for 3-point attempts against Idaho, Nov. 21, and set a new record for made 3-pointers in that game, knocking down 16. The previous mark was 15, set at Oakland on Dec. 31, 2008.
- SDSU has fired 159 3-pointers through five games this season, up from 106 3-point attempts through four games last season.
- Those 159 3-point attempts represent 55.4 percent of SDSU's 287 total field goal attempts.
Player Quick Hits
- A.J. Hess' 16 first half points was tied for the most from a Jackrabbit in a period this season, matching Mike Daum's 16 first half points at Wyoming.
- A.J. Hess put together SDSU's first 30-point game since Nov. 26, 2013 when Jordan Dykstra had 32 against Lehigh.
- Reed Tellinghuisen has hit double figures in four of five games this season, pushing his career mark in that category to 34 games with double figures. Tellinghuisen is 335 points away from joining the Jacks' 1,000 points club.
- 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.
- Mike Daum now has three career double-doubles and 10 career games with 20-plus points. He has hit the 20-point mark in back-to-back games five times, including two stretches of three straight games, one of which he is currently in the midst of.
- Mike Daum set the school's freshman scoring record with 518 last season. The previous record was Matt Caldwell's 453 points from 2006.
- Mike Daum is the first-ever SDSU freshman (at both DI and DII levels) to earn all-league/all-conference honors.
Team Quick Hits
- The Jackrabbits are 1-1 all-time when playing at the Pentagon. SDSU lost to Florida Gulf Coast, 71-58, in 2014-15 before claiming a 65-61 win over Middle Tennessee last season.
- At least one Jackrabbit has scored in double figures over the last 282 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 309 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. SDSU has now gone 74 games without a 1,000 point scorer.
- SDSU had two players (A.J. Hess [31] and Mike Daum [23]) score 20-plus in a loss for the first time since Feb. 10, 2016 at Omaha when Mike Daum and Reed Tellinghuisen reached that mark.
- South Dakota State did not attempt a free throw in the first half of its game at Wyoming. The last time that happened was March 18, 2016 in the NCAA Tournament First Round game with Maryland.
- 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.
- SDSU is 91-18 all-time in home openers (where records available). Dating back to 2004-05, SDSU's first year of DI transition, SDSU is 11-2. Since joining the Summit League in 2007-08, SDSU is 9-2 in home openers.
- SDSU is now 72-39 in season-openers all-time. The Jacks are 5-8 in season-opening games at the Division I level.
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 64-3 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 30-game home winning streak, the third-longest home winning streak in Division I as of Nov. 16. 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) and so far in 2016-17 (1-0).
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
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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