Jacks, Bucs clash Saturday at the Pentagon

Saturday, November 26

Sioux Falls, S.D.

4:30 p.m.

South Dakota State University

East Tennessee State

Photo by: Inertia Sports Media/Dave Eggen

11/26/2016 10:44:00 AM | Men's Basketball

SDSU Game Notes

Broadcast Information

Radio/Audio Talent	Tyler Merriam (Play-by-play) and Brad Newitt (Analyst)
Live Radio	Jackrabbit Sports Network (Flagship WNAX 570 AM / 99.9 FM)
Free Live Audio	Jackrabbit All-Access
Live Stats	http://www.sidearmstats.com/pentagon/bball/

The Setup
South Dakota State and East Tennessee face off Saturday at 4:30 p.m., in Sioux Falls, S.D., at the Sanford Pentagon Showcase. The earlier game of the day at the Sanford Pentagon begins at 2 p.m., and will feature UC Irvine against Milwaukee.

Scouting the Bucs

East Tennessee State enter's Saturday's contest at 3-1 on the year and is coming off an 86-62 win over Milwaukee as part of Friday's action at the Sanford Pentagon Showcase. In addition to that win, ETSU has taken down Fordham and Detroit Mercy at home with a loss at UNC-Willingham.
T.J. Cromer leads the program with 18.8 points per game behind 49 percent field goal shooting as one of four Bucs averaging double figures. Devontavius Payne (11.8 ppg), Hanner Mosquera-Perea (10.8 ppg) and David Burrell (10.0) points per game are also above the 10-point margin on average and have played in all four games.
On the boards, Tevin Glass paces the sqaud with 6.4 rebounds per game while Mosquera-Pera is averaging 5.5 rebounds per contest.
Cromer has dished out 16 assists on the season and leads the team in minutes played, averaging 30.0 per contest
As a team, ETSU is shooting a lights-out 57.8 percent from the field and opponents are shooting 44.1 percent against the Buc defense. From beyond the arc, ETSU is at .400 on 3-point field goals and opponents are shooting 37.8 percent.
The Bucs lone weak spot on the floor is the charity stripe, where ETSU is at just 59.4 percent as a team (60-of-101)
This is the first ever meeting between the two schools.

Jackrabbits' Last Time Out -- Nov. 25, 2016
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- South Dakota State forced 19 turnovers and allowed a season-low in points but fell, 63-52, to UC Irvine on Friday evening at the Sanford Pentagon.
SDSU (1-5) shot 25.5 percent from the field in the second game of the night at the Sanford Pentagon Showcase, as UCI (3-2) finished 35.7 percent from the field.
Mike Daum posted his fourth career double-double to lead the Jacks, pulling down a career-high 18 rebounds to go alongside 23 points. Reed Tellinghuisen and A.J. Hess joined Daum in double figures with 11 and 10, respectively.
Down 3-0 early, Daum put SDSU on the board in the second offensive possession of the night, driving from the wing to throw down a dunk that brought the fans to their feet with 18:33 to go in the first. That opened a stretch of 11 unanswered for the Jacks that included 3-pointers from Tellinghuisen and Daum before the media timeout at 15:20. UCI ended the burst with a second chance layup at 13:38, making it 11-5 in SDSU's favor.
UC Irvine responded to bring the game within two (12-10) over the next four minutes of game action before Gentry hit a jumper in the lane at 9:02, and though SDSU built its lead back to six after a pair of free throws from Ian Theisen, the Anteaters closed the half on a 23-4 run to lead, 33-20, at the break.
The second half saw SDSU close the gap to 10, 35-25, in the opening three minutes and climb back within single digits, 38-29, off a fast break layup from Hess at 14:43. A UCI layup 20 seconds later put the 'Eaters back up 11 before a cold streak hit both teams over the next four minutes as neither team scored until Andre Wallace's layup at 10:33 put SDSU back down nine, 40-31.
All told, SDSU held UCI without a field goal for over five minutes midway through the second half, but couldn't shrink the deficit as the 'Eaters matched SDSU's defensive efforts in that span.
South Dakota State made a final push over the last 4:06 of gameplay and outscored the Anteaters down the stretch, but it wasn't enough for the Jacks.

Bucs' Last Time Out -- Nov. 25, 2016
(ETSUBucs.com)
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Nov. 25, 2016) – The crowd inside the Sanford Pentagon witnessed a tale of two halves Friday night.
After going 1-of-6 from the free throw line and allowing the Milwaukee Panthers to shoot 63 percent from the field in the first half, the ETSU men's basketball team improved to 15-of-21 from the charity stripe and held the Panthers to 18 percent shooting in the second half, as the Buccaneers cruised to an 86-62 win on the opening day of the Sanford Pentagon Showcase.
With the win, the Bucs improve to 3-1 on the season, while the Panthers dropped to 1-3. ETSU will move on to face South Dakota State on Saturday with game time set for 5:30 p.m. inside the Sanford Pentagon.
The Bucs indeed found their rhythm on both ends of the floor after the break, as the lockdown defense led to a 21-9 edge in points off turnovers, while the inside strength led to a dominating 46-22 advantage for points in the paint. ETSU ultimately finished with six players in double figures and every player on the Bucs' bench scored points in the game.
Senior post Hanner Mosquera-Perea (Istmina, Colombia) led the way offensively with 15 points, while fellow senior A.J. Merriweather (Jackson) pitched in 13, junior transfer David Burrell (Milwaukee) netted 12, and junior guard Devontavius Payne (Carbondale, Ill.) collected 11. In addition, both senior guard T.J. Cromer (Albany, Ga.) and senior forward Tevin Glass (Norcross, Ga.) each scored 10 points, with Cromer dishing out a game high six assists. Burrell also had a game high nine rebounds.
The Bucs led the majority of the first half, only falling behind by five at 16-11 with 11 minutes left before the break. At that point, a 10-2 run gave ETSU the advantage at 21-18 and from there they increased the lead to as many as seven at 37-30 and 39-32.
However, despite shooting 55 percent from the field, the Bucs issues at the free-throw line allowed the Panthers to stay close. In fact, a 3-pointer from guard Brock Stull with five seconds left in the half made it 41-38 at the break. For the half, Milwaukee matched the Bucs hot shooting from outside by hitting on 63 percent of its shots.
After the break, the Bucs turned up the heat on defense, going to an aggressive 1-3-1, trapping zone defense to force multiple Milwaukee turnovers. ETSU cashed in on the offensive end, putting together an 11-1 run highlighted by a pair of 3-pointers from Payne, and building its lead to 58-42.
From there, the Bucs continued to stymie the Panthers' offense, while also improving on their free throw shooting, going 11-of-12 at the line over the next eight minutes to build a 71-51 lead with seven minutes left in regulation. The Bucs never looked back at that point and went on to enjoy the 24-point victory.

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 189 3-pointers through six games this season, up from 128 3-point attempts through six games last season.
Those 189 3-point attempts represent 55.2 percent of SDSU's 342 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 five of six games this season, pushing his career mark in that category to 35 games with double figures. Tellinghuisen is 324 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 four career double-doubles and 11 career games with 20-plus points. He has hit the 20-point mark in back-to-back games six times, including his current stretch of four straight games and a stretch of three straight last season.
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

SDSU is 0-2 as part of the Sanford Pentagon Showcase this season.
The Jackrabbits are 1-2 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. This year, SDSU is 0-1 with two more games on the schedule.
SDSU's 20 first half points on Nov. 25 against UC Irvine was a season-low for the Jackrabbits, but the defense also held UC Irvine to a season-low 33 first half points.
At least one Jackrabbit has scored in double figures over the last 283 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 310 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 75 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.

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.