Jacks close non-conference schedule at Shockers

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The Setup
South Dakota State has won three straight and six of its last seven as it hits the road for Wichita, Kan., for its final non-conference game of the regular season. The Jackrabbits and Wichita State Shockers tip at 7 p.m., from Charles Koch Arena.

Scouting the Shockers

Coming off a loss to Oklahoma State last Saturday, the Shockers enter Thursday's contest at 9-3 overall and 6-1 at home. Wichita State has won four of its last five games.
The Shockers play a physical man-to-man defense that ranks among the best in the nation. WSU ninth in field goal percentage defense (.362), 42nd in steals (81), 16th in defensive rebounds per game (39.4) and 78th in 3-point field goal percentage defense (.313).
Offensively, the Shockers are 33rd in total assists (194) and are shooting 45.2 percent from the field. Wichita State is outscoring opponents by 19 points on average (81.3 to 52.3) and have three players averaging double figures.
Darral Willis Jr., leads the team in points (11.3) and rebounds (6.1) per game while shooting 54.9 percent from the field over 12 games played (with four starts).
Makis McDuffie and Zach Brown are second and third on the team in scoring with 10.8 and 10.0 points per game, respectively, as McDuffie has pulled down 4.7 rebounds per contest as well.
The teams have matched up just once all-time, a 104-83 win for the Shockers in 1977 in Wichita, Kan.

Charity Stripe Success

South Dakota State has gotten to the free throw line more than its opponents in 12 of 14 games this season, and have trailed in free throw attempts in only one game. The Jacks are firing at just over 80 percent from the line this season and have five players hitting above that mark for the year.
Over the last four games the Jackrabbits have hit 89 of 99 free throws for a 89.8 percent mark.
SDSU shot 28 of 31 (90.6 percent) from the charity stripe against Murray State to go over 90 percent for the second consecutive game.
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 career highs with 13 free throws made against Idaho and 16 against Murray State in consecutive games.
Mike Daum set a new school record with 16 made free throws after tying the school record with 13 his last time out.
Daum was perfect against Idaho (out of 13) and against Murray State (out of 16) to match the school's free throw percentage record.
South Dakota State holds a plus-9.1 advantage in free throw shots per game this year and have hit over 100 more free throws than opponents through 14 games (266 to 139).
As of Dec. 17, the Jackrabbits rank 18th nationally in free throw attempts, fourth nationally in free throws made and fourth nationally in free throw percentage.
Mike Daum is the national leader in free throw attempts (112) and makes (123) and is 22nd in free throw percentage.
Daum has hit his last 40 free throws, a school record.

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 82.7 points per contest.
Opponents are scoring 78.3 points per game in SDSU losses but only 70.3 points per game in SDSU wins.
The Jacks are firing at 52.6 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 62 of 155 (40.0 percent) in wins.
The Jacks are minus-6.8 in rebounding margin in losses and hold a plus-5.3 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 22.1 points and 8.4 rebounds per contest so far this year.

Named The Summit League's Athlete of the Week on Dec. 19 after a monster performance against Murray State that earned him a spot on ESPN's SportsCenter.
Daum has hit double figures in 13 of 14 games this season and has scored at least 20 in nine contests.
Has scored over 30 points in three contests.
Currently in the midst of a streak of 40 consecutive free throws made, dating back to Dec. 7 at Northern Iowa. The closest to that in school history was Garrett Callahan, who hit 35 straight in 2008-09.
Has recorded four double-doubles this season and six in his career.
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 (33) and free throws made (13 of 13) against Idaho on Dec. 10.
Moved into a seven-way tie for fourth in single game field goals made (11) and five-way tie for seventh in field goal attempts (22) in a single game against Murray State.
Put together the program's seventh highest scoring game against Murray State when he finished with 39 to go alongside a 16 of 16 effort from the charity stripe that set a new school record for 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 six career double-doubles and 15 career games with 20-plus points. He has hit the 20-point mark in back-to-back games seven 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.
Daum went over the 800 point mark in his career with 39 points against Murray State on Dec. 10. He is the program's active leading scorer and if he continues his pace of more than 20 points per game, Daum is projected to join the 1,000 points club by the end of January 2017.
Daum ranks third nationally in total scoring with 309 points through 14 games. He is 16th nationally with 22.1 points per game currently.

#FearFrost

The Jacks own a 67-3 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 5-0 record thus far in 2016-17. That span includes two home winning streaks of 30 or more games.
SDSU is currently on a 34-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 (5-0).

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 369 3-pointers this season, up from 274 3-point attempts through 14 games last season.
Those 369 3-point attempts represent 50.4 percent of SDSU's 732 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. 20, the Jacks rank seventh in NCAA Division I in 3-point attempts and are ninth nationally in 3-pointers made.

Player Quick Hits

Three times this season the Jacks have seen four players reach double figures. The Jacks last did it Dec. 19 at Drake when Mike Daum (20), Andre Wallace (19), Reed Tellinghuisen (18) and A.J. Hess (10) all scored about the 10-point mark.
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 10 of 14 games this season, pushing his career mark in that category to 41 games with double figures. Tellinghuisen is second on the active career scorers list.

Team Quick Hits

South Dakota State has rolled out five different starting lineups in 14 games this season but has kept the same for the last seven games.
The Jackrabbits were whistled for only 10 fouls on Nov. 30 against UMC and on Dec. 16 versus Murray State, which are the third and fourth times 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 290 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 318 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 83 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. 19, 2016
Des Moines, Iowa -- Double-digit scoring efforts from four Jackrabbits and free throw shooting down the stretch carried South Dakota State to its first road win of the season, 83-75, over Drake at the Knapp Center Monday evening.
Mike Daum paced the team with 20 points thanks in part to hitting all seven of his free throw attempts to break the school's consecutive free throw mark. He has now hit his last 40 from the charity stripe.
Andre Wallace dropped 20 points with three 3-pointers, while Reed Tellinghuisen was close behind, adding 18 points alongside four rebounds and three assists.
A.J. Hess reached double figures as well with 10 points as the forward pulled down a team-high seven rebounds, just ahead of Tevin King's six boards.
SDSU (7-7) moved to the .500 mark for the first time this season and has won three straight. The Jacks, winners of six of their last seven, shot 47.4 percent as a team on the evening and hit 21 of 25 free throws. Beyond the arc, the Jacks shot 32 percent (8 of 25).
Drake (1-10) shot 45.3 percent and was 7 of 8 at the free throw line with 10 3-pointers made.
SDSU won the rebounding battle, 37-30, and capitalized with 12 offensive rebounds for a 21-12 edge in second chance points.
A back-and-forth game through the opening six minutes saw three lead changes and two ties before the first media at 13:52. Out of the reset, Andre Wallace gave the Jacks the lead with an old-fashioned 3-point play and hit two more 3-pointers over the next three and half minutes to help SDSU push its lead to seven, 19-12.
Drake, however, responded with eight straight to regain the lead, 20-19, inside the nine-minute mark before the Jacks stopped the run on a contested layup from Ian Theisen and soon ran off eight straight of their own. That burst was part of a larger 13-2 run as SDSU took a 32-22 lead inside six minutes to go in the first.
SDSU saw its lead cut to six (32-26) with 2:26 to go in the half, but the Jackrabbit defense held the Bulldogs scoreless the rest of the half and ran off eight straight to lead, 40-26, at the break.
South Dakota State shot 48.3 percent from the field in the first half and hit six of seven free throws. Drake shot 36.7 percent with a 4 for 20 mark on 3-pointers. The Bulldogs did not attempt a free throw in the half.
The lead fluctuated between 11 and 15 in the opening four minutes of the second, before the Bulldogs went on an 8-0 run to bring the game into single digits (49-42) at 14:47. Tellinghuisen sunk a 3-pointer to stop the run moments later, but Drake continued to push and crawled within two (57-55) just outside the 10-minute mark, with a 9-0 run.
Tellinghuisen scored five straight for the Jackrabbits after a timeout to bring the advantage back to seven (62-55), but couldn't pull away as the Bulldogs closed the gap to two, 64-62, once more at 5:54.
That was as close as the Bulldogs would come, however, as SDSU used a strong presence at the free throw line down the stretch, going 11 of 12 at the line over the final five minutes to secure the win.

Shockers' Last Time Out -- Dec. 17, 2016
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WICHITA, Kan. – Oklahoma State handed Wichita State its first-ever loss at INTRUST Bank Arena, 93-76, on a frigid, snowy Saturday night.
WSU -- which dropped to 6-1 in its annual downtown game -- couldn't find a rhythm, shooting only 37 percent from the field, including 3-of-17 from long range.
OSU (9-2) blistered the nets, finishing at 53 percent, while pouring in 14 threes on 28 attempts.
Darral Willis Jr. collected his first double-double as a Shocker with a team-best 24 points and 13 rebounds. It was WSU's first point-rebound double-double performance since Feb. 25, 2015 when Darius Carter put up 20 & 11 at Indiana State.
Markis McDuffie sccored 10 of his 14 points at the free throw line to go with six rebounds for WSU (9-3), which saw a four-game winning streak come to an end. Zach Brown chipped in 10 points and six boards of his own.
Jawun Evans and Jeffrey Carroll led Oklahoma State with 22 points apiece, and Leyton Hammonds added 12.
OSU shot out of the gates quickly, grabbing a 10-1 lead three minutes into the game and would never trail by less nine the rest of the way. The Cowboys stretched it to double-figures at the 11-minute mark, 22-9, behind 11 points from Evans.
The Shockers went eight minutes without a field goal and found themselves trailing by as many as 18, 31-13.
Wichita State used a brief spurt to claw within nine points, but the Cowboys immediately responded with an 11-2 run to grab a 16-point cushion at halftime, 49-33.
Carroll led all scorers with 16 first half points, while Evans added 11. Willis scored 10 to lead the Shockers in a half where WSU shot only 33 percent from the field. Oklahoma State lit up the WSU defense to the tune of 52 percent overall, including 6-of-11 from downtown.
The Cowboys led by as many as 25 in the second half and seemed to have an answer for every Shocker basket.

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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