Cold weather, Jacks welcome Racers to Frost Arena

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The Setup
South Dakota State closes the home portion of its 2016-17 non-conference schedule this Saturday when Murray State comes to town on a day where temperatures are not expected above zero degrees and could reach as low as -30. Tipoff inside a warm Frost Arena is set for 4 p.m.

Scouting the Racers

Murray State is a perfect 4-0 at home this season but has not won a road contest entering the weekend. The Racers have picked up wins over Illinois State, Green Bay, Alabama A&M, Detroit Mercy and Bethel with losses at Middle Tennessee, UMKC, Bowling Green, Southern Illinois, Evansville and Ole Miss.
The Racers are averaging 80.2 points per game as a team and are firing at 44.1 percent from the field. Beyond the arc, Murray State has hit 104 of its 297 3-point attempts (35.0 percent). On the boards, Murray State holds a minus-0.9 rebounding margin with 38.4 rebounds per game compared to opponents' 39.3 rebounds per contest.
Opponents are scoring 76.1 points per game against the Racers and have hit 42.7 percent of their field goals this season with an 35.2 percent mark on 3-point shots.
Individually, four players are in double figures in scoring average, led by Jonathan Stark's 19.8 points per game. Stark is averaged 3.4 rebounds as well and has dished out a team-high 58 assists for the year. Terrell Miller Jr., who leads the team with 6.9 rebounds per contest, is second in scoring at 13.5 points per game. Bryce Jones has averaged 12.6 points per game while shooting 88.7 (47 of 53) at the charity stripe and Damarcus Croaker is at 11.2 points per game.
The game is the second meeting all-time between the teams, with the Racers winning the previous matchup, 73-62, in a 2013 ESPN BracketBuster contest in Murray, Ky. That game features two 2013 NBA Draft Picks - SDSU's Nate Wolters and Murray State's Isaiah Canaan.

Zoned In
After allowing 80.0 points per game over its first five contests, South Dakota State made a switch to a primarily zone defense before the Sanford Pentagon Showcase, and in the seven games since have allowed opponents to score just 68.7 points per game. Twice in that span, SDSU held its opponent to under 60 points and allowed over 70 points just twice. As well, the defense has forced 101 turnovers in the last seven games after only 57 opponent turnovers in the opening five games.

Charity Stripe Success

South Dakota State has gotten to the free throw line more than its opponents in 10 of 12 games this season, and have trailed in free throw attempts in only one game. The Jacks are firing at just under 80 percent from the line this season and have six players hitting above that mark for the year.
SDSU started 21 of 21 on free throws against Idaho on Dec. 10 and finished 25 of 26 for the night. It was the first time SDSU shot 90 percent of better from the field since March 18, 2016 against Maryland when the team went 16 of 17.
Mike Daum set a new career high with 13 made free throws, which is second most in a game in Jackrabbit history. His 13 of 13 effort also tied the school record for free throw percentage in a single game.
South Dakota State holds a plus-8.25 advantage in free throw shots per game this year and have hit nearly 100 more free throws than opponents through 12 games (217 to 125).
As of Dec. 14, the Jackrabbits rank 24th nationally in free throw attempts, 10th nationally in free throws made and ninth nationally in free throw percentage.
Mike Daum is the national leader (as of Dec. 14) in free throw attempts (100) and makes (89) and is 41st in free throw percentage.

Tale of Two Teams
When taking a look at cumulative stats between SDSU's losses and wins, a number of stark contrasts stick out.

SDSU is averaging 62.3 points per game in games it loses, but in wins the team is putting up 81.6 points per contest.
Opponents are scoring 78.3 points per game in SDSU losses but only 66.6 points per game in SDSU wins.
The Jacks are firing at 54.5 percent from the field in their seven wins, way beyond SDSU's 33.2 percent field goal percentage in losses.
SDSU is 65 of 214 3-pointers (30.4) in losses and 46 of 110 (41.7 percent) in wins.
The Jacks are minus-6.8 in rebounding margin in losses and hold a plus-5.6 rebounding margin edge in wins.

Daum-inating

Mike Daum has stepped into a new role as the go-to scorer for the Jackrabbits in 2016-17, but has picked up where he left off after his redshirt freshman season ended with All-Summit League First Team, All-Newcomer and Newcomer of the Year honors. Daum was picked as the 2016-17 Summit League Preseason Player of the Year, and is living up to the hype with 20.8 points and 8.6 rebounds per contest so far this year.
Daum has hit double figures in 11 of 12 games this season and has scored at least 20 in seven contests.
Set new or matched career-highs for points (32), field goals (10), free throws made-attempted (11 of 13), assists (six) and minutes (36) on Nov. 27 against Milwaukee.
Reset new career highs in points 933) free throws made
Daum recorded back-to-back double-doubles against UC Irvine and East Tennessee State at the Sanford Pentagon Showcase, March 25-26. The last time a Jackrabbit had recorded back-to-back double-doubles in a game was Nov. 14 and 17, 2014 when Cody Larson achieved the feat in the opening two games of the 2014-15 season.
Daum was named to the Sanford Pentagon Showcase All-Tournament Team after posting averages of 24.0 points, 11.0 rebounds and 3.6 assists per game in three contests over the weekend event in Sioux Falls, S.D.
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, but has only missed scoring 10 or more once this season and five times in 46 career games.
Daum now has five career double-doubles and 14 career games with 20-plus points. He has hit the 20-point mark in back-to-back games six times, including a stretch of four straight games this season and a stretch of three straight last season.
Daum set the school's freshman scoring record with 518 last season. The previous record was Matt Caldwell's 453 points from 2006. He was also the first-ever SDSU freshman (at both DI and DII levels) to earn all-league/all-conference honors.
Daum's 33-point effort against Idaho on Dec. 10 moved him into first on the active career scoring list with 768 total points. If he continues his pace of 20.8 points per game, Daum is projected to join the 1,000 points club by the end of January 2017.

#FearFrost

The Jacks own a 66-3 record at Frost Arena over the last five seasons, which includes perfect home records in four of the last five years and the last two with a 4-0 record thus far in 2016-17. That span includes two home winning streaks of 30 or more games.
SDSU is currently on a 33-game home winning streak, which is the second longest active streak at the Division I level as of Dec. 3, after Kentucky saw its 42-game home winning streak end against UCLA.The nation's longest active home winning streaks can be found on page four of the game notes.
SDSU won 30 consecutive home games from Jan. 29, 2011 to Nov. 14, 2013.
SDSU completed its sixth perfect season inside Frost Arena last year with a win over Oral Roberts on Feb. 27.
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 (4-0).

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 324 3-pointers this season, up from 238 3-point attempts through 12 games last season.
Those 324 3-point attempts represent 52.1 percent of SDSU's 622 total field goal attempts.
SDSU shot a season-high 57.1 percent (12-of-21) from long range against Minnesota Crookston after hitting 11-of-20 (55.0 percent) of its 3-pointers against Milwaukee in the game prior to that on Nov. 27.
As of Dec. 14, the Jacks rank fifth in NCAA Division I in 3-point attempts and are 10th nationally in 3-pointers made.

Player Quick Hits

Twice this season South Dakota State has had two players score over 20 points in the same game. 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 Daum and Reed Tellinghuisen reached that mark. On Dec. 3 against Kansas City, Andre Wallace (21) and Daum (22) broke the 20-point mark in a win for the first time since Daum and George Marshall did it on Feb. 13, 2016 against South Dakota.
Five different players hit double figures for SDSU in the win over Minnesota Crookston on Nov. 30, 2016. The last time that happened was Jan. 1, 2016 against Denver.
Entering the Nov. 30 game with Minnesota Crookston, the most assists an SDSU player had in a game was six this season. Sergio El Darwich matched that in the opening half against UMC and finished ith eight for the night.
Over a span of three games from Nov. 21 to Nov. 26, South Dakota State saw A.J. Hess, Reed Tellinghuisen and Mike Daum all reach double figures and score a majority of SDSU's points. Of the 200 points SDSU scored in those games, the three Jackrabbits had 161, or 80.5 percent of the points. Daum scored 63 points in that stretch (31.5 percent), Hess had 57 points (28.5 percent) and Tellinghuisen had 41 points (20.5 percent). Mike Daum posted his first-ever 30-point game against Milwaukee on Nov. 27, finishing with 32 points off of 10-for-13 shooting in the field and an 11-for-13 effort from the charity stripe. Daum also dished out a career-high six assists.
A.J. Hess' 16 first half points against Idaho 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 at Idaho (scoring 31) since Nov. 26, 2013 when Jordan Dykstra had 32 against Lehigh. Mike Daum recorded SDSU's second 30-point game of the season on Nov. 27, finishing with 32 against Milwaukee.
Reed Tellinghuisen has hit double figures in nine of 12 games this season, pushing his career mark in that category to 40 games with double figures. Tellinghuisen is 252 points away from joining the Jacks' 1,000 points club.

Team Quick Hits

South Dakota State has rolled out five different starting lineups in 12 games this season but has kept the same for the last five games.
The Jackrabbits were whistled for only 10 fouls on Nov. 30 against UMC, which is the third time this season SDSU has had under 15 fouls called on them this season.
At least one Jackrabbit has scored in double figures over the last 288 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 316 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 81 games without a 1,000 point scorer.
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.

Jackrabbits' Last Time Out -- Dec. 10, 2016
South Dakota State men's basketball took a double digit lead through the middle of the second half and hung on late in a 80-77 win over Idaho Saturday evening at Frost Arena.
SDSU (5-7) won its 33rd consecutive home game and evened the season series with Idaho (4-5), who won the matchup in Moscow earlier this year.
The Jacks used a stellar 25 of 26 effort from the charity stripe as a team and shot 47.9 from the field in the contest. Additionally, the team hit nine of 25 from long range.
Mike Daum finished with a career-high 33 points, hitting 13 of 13 free throws for career highs in free throws made and free throw percentage as well. Daum added eight rebounds to just miss a double-double.
A.J. Hess added 18 points with four 3-pointers and a 6 of 6 effort from the charity stripe while Tevin King and Andre Wallace each added eight points.
Reed Tellinghuisen dished out a team-high five assists.
For Idaho, Victor Sanders (17 points), Nate Sherwood (14 points) and Trevon Allen (11 points) all finished in double figures.
Trailing early, SDSU saw a 13-4 deficit open up just past the 15-minute mark before Reed Tellinghuisen and Andre Wallace drained consecutive 3-pointers to draw SDSU back within two (13-10) less than a minute later. Those jumpers were part of a 22-6 run for SDSU that saw SDSU take a 26-19 lead with 8:06 remaining in the half. That stretch ended with nine straight for the Jacks as Idaho was held without a field goal for six minutes.
An A.J. Hess 3-pointer at 4:45 ended a stretch of nearly five minutes without an SDSU field goal to give the Jacks a 33-25 lead, but the Jacks hit 10 of 10 free throws during that span to minimize the damage from the cold streak.
Less than a minute later, another set of Daum free throws pushed the Jacks' lead to 10 (35-25) with 4:21 before the half, but the Vandals charged down the stretch and used a 7-0 run inside the final 90 seconds to cut into the Jacks' lead (37-35), but an alley-oop on its final possession sent SDSU into the locker room ahead, 39-35.
South Dakota State stretched its lead back to 15 (51-36) in the opening four minutes of the second half thanks to a 12-0 run as Idaho was held scoreless for more than four minutes as the game moved inside the 16-minute mark.
Idaho answered with eight straight of their own to cut the lead to 51-44 to force an SDSU timeout at 13:41, and SDSU stopped the run with a Chris Howell jumper out of the reset. The Vandals went cold once again over the next three minutes as SDSU pushed its margin back to double digits, 55-44.
A pesky Vandal squad, however, did not go away and continued to chip until clawing within three (74-71) with 1:33 to play. Daum sunk a pair of free throws with 59 seconds on the clock, but an old-fashioned 3-point play on the opposite end moved Idaho back within two, 76-74, with 41.5 seconds play.
A free throw battled ensued, and though Idaho came within one (78-77) with three free throws at the 20 second mark, the Jacks hung on for the win as Daum's dunk on the other end sealed it.

Racers' Last Time Out -- Dec. 15, 2016
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The Murray State Racers nearly erased a 20-point deficit but fell short in a 78-73 loss to the Ole Miss Rebels at the Pavilion at Ole Miss Thursday in Oxford, Miss.
Terrell Miller scored 27 points and hauled in 10 rebounds, but it wasn't enough to keeping the Racers from falling to 5-6.
The Rebels went into the intermission leading the Racers 43-31 after MSU struggle on offensive and went more than eight minutes without a field goal.
Murray State fell behind 62-42 with 10:55 remaining and still trailed by 12 with 3:00 on the clock. The Racers managed to get back into the game and cut the Ole Miss lead to single digits when Jonathan Stark hit a pair of free throws with 1:02 left. The Racers forced a turnover and Damarcus Croaker scored to make it a 76-70 game with 45-seconds left. After Miller made one of two from the line, MSU forced Ole Miss into another turnover, but Miller missed a 3-point try that would've cut the lead to one with :16 left.
Croaker added 13 points and eight rebounds to the Racer attack and Stark added 12 points.
The Racers hit 36 percent from the field on 22-of-61, while Ole Miss hit 36 percent on 22-of-62. Both teams hit seven threes in the game and the Rebels won the rebound stat 49-42.

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.

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.

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