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South Dakota State University Athletics
Friday, November 11
Berkeley, Calif.
7 p.m. PT / 9 p.m. CT
South Dakota State University
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Photo by: Inertia Sports Media/Dave Eggen
Jacks head West to begin regular season
11/8/2016 8:35:00 AM | Men's Basketball
South Dakota State men's basketball opens the 2016-17 regular season with a two-game road swing through the Golden State, beginning with a 7 p.m. PT/9 p.m. CT contest at California on Friday.Â
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Scouting the Bears
California welcomes South Dakota State to Haas Pavilion this Friday for both team's season openers, with tipoff set for 7 p.m. PT/9 p.m. CT. The Bears are coming off an 81-73 win over Cal Baptist last Thursday in their lone exhibition of the preseason. Grant Mullins and Kameron Rooks each turned in 16-point performances in the exhibition win and will be two of the key contributors for the Bears in the upcoming season. Mullins is a graduate transfer who spent the previous four seasons at Columbia, where he averaged 11.7 points and 3.8 rebounds over 84 appearances for his career. Rooks enters his junior season looking to take another big step in his career after posting averages of 3.6 points and 4.9 rebounds per game with 28 blocks for the year over 33 appearances. Forward Ivan Rabb was projected as a top 10 NBA draft pick last season but elected to return to the Bears for a sophomore season. Rabb was selected to the Pac-12 All-Freshman and All-Pac-12 Second Team last season, and was tabbed as an Associated Press Preseason All-American for 2016-17. Rabb is the top returner for the Bears in points (12.5) and rebounds (8.6) per game and shot 61.5 percent from the field last year. Rabb did not play in the Bears' exhibition and was day-to-day with a foot injury as of Nov. 3. California was picked fourth in the PAC-12 Preseason Poll behind Oregon, Arizona and UCLA. The Bears currently sport the nation's eighth-longest home winning streak, claiming their previous 19 matchups inside Haas Pavilion dating back to 2014-15. This is the first-ever meeting between SDSU and Cal. The two teams had a near-miss encounter in the 2016 NCAA Tournament, when Cal was a No. 4 seed and SDSU was a No. 12 in the Spokane, Wash., regional. Had both teams won, the two would have squared off in the round of 32, but the Golden Bears were upset by 13th-seeded Hawaii and SDSU fell short of upsetting fifth-seeded Maryland.
Jackrabbits' Last Time Out
South Dakota State shook off a sluggish start in its lone exhibition game of the 2016-17 season with a strong second half to take down South Dakota Mines, 85-64, at Frost Arena on Thursday, Nov. 3. Reed Tellinghuisen posted a 23-point, 11-rebound double-double alongside his team-leading four assists and three blocks, and Mike Daum led the team in scoring with 27 points, thanks in part to a 13-of-14 effort from the charity stripe as the team captains combined for 50 of SDSU's points. Andre Wallace finished in double figures as well, finishing with 10 points off the bench. As a team, South Dakota State shot 46.3 percent from the field and hit 9-of-22 (.409) from long range. The Jackrabbits won the rebounding battle, 48-35 and both teams had 14 assists for the night. SD Mines had three reach the ten-point margin as well, as Brian Orr scored 11 to lead the Hardrockers while Jamall Taylor and Jake Heath added 10. A turnover plagued opening five minutes of action put SDSU in an 8-5 deficit at the first media, but soon after a pair of Tellinghuisen sent SDSU on its first of many double-digit runs as the team took a 16-10 lead just outside the under 12 media timeout. SD Mines answered briefly inside 10 minutes to go, hitting a three-pointer at 9:11 to match the score, 19-all, but just 19 seconds later Daum's layup sprung the Jacks to another double figure run, going up 29-19 just past the six-minute mark. Daum had seven of SDSU's 10 points during that three-minute span. The Hardrockers cut into that advantage slightly, but the Jacks took a 38-33 lead into the half. Early in the second, SD Mines continued to charge and took a brief 46-43 lead off a eight-point burst, but the Jacks answered immediately on the other end when Tellinghuisen hit a jumper in transition, breaking off on a 15-2 spurt that ended with 13 unanswered, putting SDSU in the lead for good, up 68-48 with 10 minutes to play. SDSU went cold from the field over the next three minutes of play as SD Mines made one last push, climbing back within five, but down the stretch it was all Jackrabbits as the home team outscored SD Mines over the final seven minutes, 25-6.
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) and 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.
Broadcast Information
| Radio/Audio Talent | Justin Allegri |
| Live Radio | Jackrabbit Sports Network (Flagship WNAX 570 AM / 99.9 FM |
| Free Live Audio | Jackrabbit All-Access |
| Live Stats | GoJacksLive.com |
| Live Video | PAC-12 Network |
| Television | PAC-12 Bay Area (Channels 406, 409 and 5438 DISH Network) |
Scouting the Bears
California welcomes South Dakota State to Haas Pavilion this Friday for both team's season openers, with tipoff set for 7 p.m. PT/9 p.m. CT. The Bears are coming off an 81-73 win over Cal Baptist last Thursday in their lone exhibition of the preseason. Grant Mullins and Kameron Rooks each turned in 16-point performances in the exhibition win and will be two of the key contributors for the Bears in the upcoming season. Mullins is a graduate transfer who spent the previous four seasons at Columbia, where he averaged 11.7 points and 3.8 rebounds over 84 appearances for his career. Rooks enters his junior season looking to take another big step in his career after posting averages of 3.6 points and 4.9 rebounds per game with 28 blocks for the year over 33 appearances. Forward Ivan Rabb was projected as a top 10 NBA draft pick last season but elected to return to the Bears for a sophomore season. Rabb was selected to the Pac-12 All-Freshman and All-Pac-12 Second Team last season, and was tabbed as an Associated Press Preseason All-American for 2016-17. Rabb is the top returner for the Bears in points (12.5) and rebounds (8.6) per game and shot 61.5 percent from the field last year. Rabb did not play in the Bears' exhibition and was day-to-day with a foot injury as of Nov. 3. California was picked fourth in the PAC-12 Preseason Poll behind Oregon, Arizona and UCLA. The Bears currently sport the nation's eighth-longest home winning streak, claiming their previous 19 matchups inside Haas Pavilion dating back to 2014-15. This is the first-ever meeting between SDSU and Cal. The two teams had a near-miss encounter in the 2016 NCAA Tournament, when Cal was a No. 4 seed and SDSU was a No. 12 in the Spokane, Wash., regional. Had both teams won, the two would have squared off in the round of 32, but the Golden Bears were upset by 13th-seeded Hawaii and SDSU fell short of upsetting fifth-seeded Maryland.
Jackrabbits' Last Time Out
South Dakota State shook off a sluggish start in its lone exhibition game of the 2016-17 season with a strong second half to take down South Dakota Mines, 85-64, at Frost Arena on Thursday, Nov. 3. Reed Tellinghuisen posted a 23-point, 11-rebound double-double alongside his team-leading four assists and three blocks, and Mike Daum led the team in scoring with 27 points, thanks in part to a 13-of-14 effort from the charity stripe as the team captains combined for 50 of SDSU's points. Andre Wallace finished in double figures as well, finishing with 10 points off the bench. As a team, South Dakota State shot 46.3 percent from the field and hit 9-of-22 (.409) from long range. The Jackrabbits won the rebounding battle, 48-35 and both teams had 14 assists for the night. SD Mines had three reach the ten-point margin as well, as Brian Orr scored 11 to lead the Hardrockers while Jamall Taylor and Jake Heath added 10. A turnover plagued opening five minutes of action put SDSU in an 8-5 deficit at the first media, but soon after a pair of Tellinghuisen sent SDSU on its first of many double-digit runs as the team took a 16-10 lead just outside the under 12 media timeout. SD Mines answered briefly inside 10 minutes to go, hitting a three-pointer at 9:11 to match the score, 19-all, but just 19 seconds later Daum's layup sprung the Jacks to another double figure run, going up 29-19 just past the six-minute mark. Daum had seven of SDSU's 10 points during that three-minute span. The Hardrockers cut into that advantage slightly, but the Jacks took a 38-33 lead into the half. Early in the second, SD Mines continued to charge and took a brief 46-43 lead off a eight-point burst, but the Jacks answered immediately on the other end when Tellinghuisen hit a jumper in transition, breaking off on a 15-2 spurt that ended with 13 unanswered, putting SDSU in the lead for good, up 68-48 with 10 minutes to play. SDSU went cold from the field over the next three minutes of play as SD Mines made one last push, climbing back within five, but down the stretch it was all Jackrabbits as the home team outscored SD Mines over the final seven minutes, 25-6.
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) and 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
- At least one Jackrabbit scored in double figures in every game of the 2015-16 season, stretching SDSU's streak in that category to 277 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 304 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. Reed Tellinghuisen (608 points) and Mike Daum (518 points) are the two Jackrabbits closest to joining the club.
- 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 and teammate George Marshall were the only two players in The Summit League to score at least 10 points in every league game.
- Daum is the first-ever SDSU freshman (at both DI and DII levels) to earn all-league/all-conference honors.
- South Dakota State has never won a game in the Golden State of California. The Jacks are 0-11 since the first year of Division I transition (2004-05) in California, and all-time have gone 0-14. SDSU has beaten teams from California, last defeating Bakersfield in 2014-15 at the World Vision Classic in Ogden, Utah.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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