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2 p.m. MT / 3 p.m. CT
Women's Basketball
at Northern Arizona
South Dakota State University Athletics
Sunday, December 18
Brookings, S.D.
Noon
South Dakota State University
vs
Bowling Green
Photo by: Inertia Sports Media/Dave Eggen
Jackrabbits Return Home
12/16/2016 12:00:00 PM | Women's Basketball
| GAME 12: South Dakota State [8-3] vs. Bowling Green [4-6] |
| Â When | Â Sunday, Dec. 18, 2016 l Noon |
|  Where |  Frost Arena I Brookings, S.D. |
|  TV |  Midco Sports Network I Tom Nieman (play-by-play) and Brad Newitt (color) |
| Â Radio | Â Jackrabbit Sports Network I WNAX 104.1 FM I Jackrabbit All-Access I Scotty Kwas |
| Â Live Stats | Â GoJacksLive.com |
| Â SDSU Links | Â Game Notes |
| Â BGSU Links | Â Game Notes |
| Â Summit League Links | Â Weekly Notes I Website |
| Â Social Media | Â Twitter I #EarsUp |
The South Dakota State women's basketball team plays its final home game of 2016 when it hosts Bowling Green Sunday at noon in the friendly confines of Frost Arena.
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Sunday's game will be broadcast live on the Midco Sports Network with Tom Nieman (play-by-play) and Brad Newitt (color). The game can also be heard live on The Jackrabbit Sports Network with Scotty Kwas on WNAX 104.1 FM in Yankton, KBRK 93.7 FM in Brookings and KORN 1490 AM in Mitchell.
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SDSU lost at No. 8/8 Louisville, 83-30, Wednesday. Kerri Young led the Jackrabbits with 13 points while Clarissa Ober grabbed a team-high seven rebounds.
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Bowling Green enters Sunday's game on a loss, falling 98-51 at then-No. 25 Virginia Tech Dec. 11.
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Sunday's game is the second meeting between the Jackrabbits and the Falcons. SDSU won the series opener, 58-45, at Bowling Green last year.
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Noteworthy
- SDSU is 70-9 (.886) overall in home games, including 27-7 (.794) in home nonconference games in the last five years.
- State has won 404 of its last 500 home encounters, good for a remarkable .808 winning percentage.
- The Jackrabbits are ranked third in this week's CollegeInsider Mid-Major Poll.
- South Dakota State was ranked second behind Green Bay in Graham Hays' Dec. 9 espnW mid-major poll.
Jackrabbits in Mid-Major Poll
- After four weeks atop the CollegeInsider Mid-Major poll, South Dakota State slipped to third behind Green Bay and Gonzaga in Tuesday's poll.
- SDSU has been ranked in the Mid-Major Top 25 Poll 87 of the last 88 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 third consecutive game are:
           Madison Guebert, guard
           Kerri Young, guard
           Ellie Thompson, forward
           Clarissa Ober, forward
- The starting lineup is 1-1 this season.
- The starting lineup is shooting 42.6 percent from the field, 31.8 percent from 3-point range and 73.9 percent from the free-throw line.
- Macy Miller is SDSU's leading scorer, averaging 14.9 points per game. Miller was injured in the Green Bay game Dec. 9 and is out for the season.
- Guebert (12.6), Young (10.5) and Thompson (10.0) are the other Jacks averaging double digits in scoring.
- SDSU averages 66.8 points per game. Four different Jackrabbits have led the team in scoring this season.
- State has held 7 of its 11 opponents to less than 65 points, including four to less than 50.
- There have been at least three Jackrabbits scoring in double digits in 7 of the 11 games.
- On the boards, Ober grabs a team-leading 8.0 caroms an outing and ranks second in the league. SDSU is outrebounding opponents by 2.3.
- The Jackrabbits' top 3-point threat is Guebert, who is sinking 2.9 treys per game and shooting 43.2 percent.
- Young is the Jacks' top playmaker, dishing 2.9 assists per game.Â
- The Jacks have a plus-0.9 assist-to-turnover ratio.
- SDSU is shooting 41.9 percent from the field, 30.2 percent from 3-point range and 71.3 percent from the free-throw line.
Bowling Green
- Bowling Green is 4-6 on the season after losing at then-No. 25 Virginia Tech, 98-51, Dec. 11. It had a three-game winning streak with victories over Lafayette, St. Peter's and Davis & Elkins at the end of November.
- The Falcons are led offensively by sophomore Carly Santoro. The guard is averaging 12.6 points per game. BGSU averages 61.5 points per game.
- Senior center Abby Siefker averages a team-leading 8.4 rebounds. Bowling Green is outrebounding opponents by 6.6 caroms a game.
- Sophomore guard Sydney Lambert and Siefker are each dishing 2.4 assists per game.
- Lambert is the Falcons' top 3-point threat, sinking 37.2 percent (20-55) of her shots.
- Bowling Green has five players averaging 5-or-more points and 10 averaging 10-or-more minutes per game.
- The Falcons are shooting 35.2 percent from the field, 29.7 percent from 3-point range and 68.9 percent from the free-throw line.
Bowling Green Series
- Sunday's game marks the second meeting between South Dakota State and Bowling Green.
- SDSU won the first game 58-45 Dec. 21, 2015, in Bowling Green, Ohio. Gabby Boever led the Jacks with 13 points and Clarissa Ober grabbed a game-high 9 rebounds.
- The Jackrabbits are 1-2 vs. teams from Ohio and 6-1 against Mid-American Conference members.
For more information on the South Dakota State women's basketball team, follow the Jackrabbits on Twitter (@GoJacksWBB) or like South Dakota State women's basketball on Facebook.
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