Short Turnaround for the Jackrabbits

Sunday, December 11

Brookings, S.D.

1 p.m.

South Dakota State University

George Washington

Photo by: Inertia Sports Media/Dave Eggen

12/10/2016 6:11:00 PM | Women's Basketball

GAME 10: --/RV South Dakota State [7-2] vs. George Washington [7-3]

When	Sunday, Dec. 11, 2016 l 1 p.m.
Where	Frost Arena I Brooking, S.D.
TV	Jackrabbit All-Access
Radio	Jackrabbit Sports Network I WNAX 104.1 FM I Jackrabbit All-Access I Scotty Kwas
Live Stats	GoJacksLive.com
SDSU Links	Game Notes
GW Links	Game Notes
Summit League Links	Weekly Notes I Website
Social Media	Twitter I #EarsUp

The South Dakota State women's basketball team has a short turnaround before meeting George Washington Sunday at 1 p.m. in the friendly confines of Frost Arena.

SDSU had its three-game win streak and nine-game home win streak snapped Friday with a 67-43 loss to Green Bay. Madison Guebert led the Jacks with 10 points and Clarissa Ober added 9 rebounds. State drops to 7-2 overall and 3-1 in Frost Arena.

George Washington had its four-game winning steak snapped Wednesday with a 66-61 overtime loss at American. The loss drops the Colonials to 7-3 overall and 1-2 on the road.

Sunday's game is the second meeting between the Jackrabbits and Colonials. GW leads the series 1-0.

Noteworthy

SDSU is 70-9 (.886) overall in home games, including 27-7 (.794) in home nonleague games, in the last five years.
State has won 404 of its last 500 home encounters, good for a remarkable .808 winning percentage.
South Dakota State was ranked second behind Green Bay in Graham Hays' espnW mid-major poll Dec. 9.
The Jackrabbits entered the weekend atop the CollegeInsider Mid-Major Poll for the fourth consecutive week.
17th-year head coach Aaron Johnston takes his second crack at winning his 400th career game Sunday.
SDSU ranks 23rd in field goal percentage and sixth in 3-point defense in the latest NCAA rankings.

Poll Positions

SDSU dropped out of the Associated Press poll Monday. In Tuesday's USA Today Sports Coaches poll, the Jackrabbits received 22 votes.
The Jackrabbits received 5 votes in the AP preseason poll and 28 in the preseason Coaches poll.
The last time the Jacks were ranked in either preseason poll was Nov. 9, 2009.
The Jackrabbits' votes are the first since the Jackrabbits received votes in the Jan. 11, 2016, AP poll and April 6, 2016, Coaches polls.
The highest SDSU has ever been ranked is 16th in the AP poll March 9, 2009, and 14th in the Coaches poll March 2, 2009.

Jackrabbits in Mid-Major Poll

South Dakota State was ranked first in the CollegeInsider Mid-Major poll for the fourth consecutive week after earning the top spot in the preseason poll.
SDSU has been ranked in the Mid-Major Top 25 Poll 86 of the last 87 weeks.
With its 26 first-place votes in the preseason poll, SDSU is the first team in The Summit League history to earn a top national preseason ranking.
The Jackrabbits were ranked first in the final 2015-16 poll, their highest-ever ranking.

A Quick Glance at South Dakota State

Seventeenth-year head coach Aaron Johnston's probable starters for the second consecutive year are:

            Macy Miller, point guard
            Madison Guebert, guard
            Kerri Young, guard
            Ellie Thompson, forward
            Clarissa Ober, forward

The starting lineup is 7-2 this season and 34-9 overall. Of the nine losses, four were against ranked opponents.
The starting lineup is shooting 48.8 percent from the field, 38.7 percent from 3-point range and 74.1 percent from the free-throw line.
Miller is SDSU's leading scorer and ranks sixth in The Summit League, averaging 14.9 points per game.
Guebert (14.0) and Thompson (10.8) are the other Jacks averaging double digits in scoring.
SDSU averages 71.7 points per game. Four different Jackrabbits have led the team in scoring this season.
State has held six of its nine opponents to less than 65 points, including four to less than 50.
There have been at least three Jackrabbits scoring in double digits in six of the nine games.
On the boards, Ober grabs a team-leading 8.3 caroms an outing and ranks second in the league. SDSU is outrebounding opponents by 3.2.
The Jackrabbits' top 3-point threat is Guebert, who is sinking 3.5 treys per game and shooting 48.5 percent.
Young is the Jacks' top playmaker, dishing 3.4 assists per game.
Three Jackrabbits are dishing two-or-more assists a game and the team has a plus-1.0 assist-to-turnover ratio.
The Jackrabbits are shooting 44.9 percent from the field, 33.2 percent from 3-point range and 70.1 percent from the free-throw line.

George Washington

George Washington is 7-3 on the season after having its four-game win streak snapped at American Wednesday. Its other losses have been at Georgetown and vs. No. 11/18 Syracuse.
The Colonials have two players averaging double digits in scoring. Senior forward Caira Washington leads the team, averaging 12.5 points per game while senior guard Hannah Schaible is scoring 11.9 points per game.
Washington averages a team-leading 7.8 rebounds. GW is outrebounding opponents by 9.9 caroms a game.
Schaible and sophomore guard Mei-Lyn Bautista are dishing 3.2 and 3.0 assists per game, respectively.
Senior guard Shannon Crenshaw (14-34, .412), junior guard Camila Tapias (11-31, .355) and Bautista (10-34, .294) are the Colonials 3-point threats.
George Washington is shooting 43.0 percent from the field, 32.7 percent from 3-point range and 64.0 percent from the free-throw line.

George Washington Series

Sunday's game marks the second meeting between South Dakota State and George Washington.
The Colonials lead in the series, 1-0, after defeating the Jackrabbits, 65-60, in the GW Thanksgiving Classic in Washington, D.C., Nov. 23, 2007.
SDSU and GW almost met in 2014-15 when the Jacks and the Colonials played at Oregon State in the 2015 NCAA Tournament. State lost to the Beavers and GW lost to Gonzaga.
George Washington is the first Atlantic 10 team South Dakota State has faced.

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