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Women's Basketball
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South Dakota State University Athletics
Wednesday, December 28
Fargo, N.D.
7 p.m.
South Dakota State University
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North Dakota State
Jackrabbits Open Summit League Play
12/27/2016 5:56:00 PM | Women's Basketball
| GAME 13: South Dakota State [9-3, 0-0] at North Dakota State [2-11, 0-0] |
| When | Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2016 l 7 p.m. |
| Where | Scheels Center at the Sanford Health Athletic Complex I Fargo, N.D. |
| TV | Midco Sports Network - Brian Shawn (PBP) and Greg Stemen (color) I ESPN3 |
| Radio | Jackrabbit Sports Network I WNAX 104.1 FM I Jackrabbit All-Access I Scotty Kwas |
| Live Stats | GoJacks.com |
| SDSU Links | Game Notes |
| NDSU Links | Game Notes |
| Summit League Links | Weekly Notes I Website |
| Social Media | Twitter I #EarsUp |
The seven-time Summit League Tournament champion South Dakota State women's basketball team begins its 10th season of league play Wednesday when it travels to Fargo, N.D., for a 7 p.m. game vs. longtime rival North Dakota State in the Scheels Center.
SDSU won its fourth true road game of the season with a 78-58 victory at Wichita State Dec. 21. Junior Ellie Thompson led four in double digits in scoring with a game-high 23 points on 10-of-13 shooting from the field.
North Dakota State finished its nonconference schedule 2-11 and enters the game on a two-game losing streak after losing to UT Rio Grande Valley and UC Santa Barbara in the UTRGV Battle of the Border Dec. 19-20 in Texas.
Wednesday's game is the 83rd meeting between the Jackrabbits and the Bison. State leads the all-time series, 44-38, and has won the last three outings and 10 of its last 11 games in Fargo.
Noteworthy
- South Dakota State sports a 4-2 road record, winning at Iowa, Northern Iowa, North Dakota and Wichita State and falling at then-No. 13/12 Oklahoma and at then-No. 8/8 Louisville.
- South Dakota State is 57-18 (.760) all-time in Summit League road games and has won 8 of its last 11 road contests. Last year, it went 6-2 in league road contests.
- The Jackrabbits are 218-77 (.738) in all-time games since joining The Summit League in 2007-08. The Jacks have won 38 of their last 45, dating to a 63-57 win over IUPUI Jan. 9, 2014.
- South Dakota State is 7-2 in Summit League openers and 3-1 on the road. It's won its last five openers.
- Of its eight Summit League opponents in the last eight years, SDSU has five losses to IUPUI, three to South Dakota, two to North Dakota State and one each to Denver, Fort Wayne and Western Illinois. The most losses have been to Oral Roberts (6).
- SDSU head coach Aaron Johnston, who won his 400th game Dec. 11, enters Wednesday's game with a 401-136 overall record and a 127-25 (.836) league mark.
- The Jackrabbits are ranked seventh in this week's CollegeInsider Mid-Major Poll.
Jackrabbits in Mid-Major Poll
- After spending the first four weeks of the season atop the CollegeInsider Mid-Major poll, South Dakota State jumped to seventh in Tuesday's poll.
- SDSU has been ranked in the Mid-Major Top 25 Poll 88 of the last 89 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 2-1 this season.
- The starting lineup is shooting 43.6 percent from the field, 32.8 percent from 3-point range and 75.9 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 (13.3), Thompson (11.1) and Young (10.6) are the other Jacks averaging double digits in scoring.
- SDSU averages 67.8 points per game. Four different Jackrabbits have led the team in scoring this season.
- State has held 8 of its 12 opponents to less than 65 points, including four to less than 50.
- There have been at least three Jackrabbits scoring in double digits in 8 of the 12 games.
- On the boards, Ober grabs a team-leading 7.5 caroms an outing and ranks sixth in the league. SDSU is outrebounding opponents by 3.6.
- The Jackrabbits' top 3-point threat is Guebert, who is sinking 3.0 treys per game and shooting 43.4 percent.
- Young is the Jacks' top playmaker, dishing 3.0 assists per game.
- The Jacks have a plus-0.9 assist-to-turnover ratio.
- SDSU is shooting 42.6 percent from the field, 31.3 percent from 3-point range and 72.4 percent from the free-throw line.
North Dakota State
- North Dakota State has lost 11 of its last 12 games. Its ltwo wins were over Dickinson State in the season opener Nov. 12 and against Mayville State Dec. 12. Both teams are NAIA squads.
- The Bison are 2-3 at home. The win over the Comets snapped a three-game losing streak.
- NDSU is led offensively by junior Taylor Thunstedt. The guard is averaging 16.6 points per game. North Dakota State averages 63.7 points per game.
- Senior forward Emily Spier averages a team-leading 7.6 rebounds. The Bison are being outrebounded by 0.1 caroms a game.
- Freshman guard Sarah Jacobson is dishing 4.0 assists per game.
- Thunstedt is the Bison's top 3-point threat, sinking 42.3 percent (52-123) of her shots. She ranks first in The Summit League 3-point field goals and in 3-point field goals per game and 10th in 3-point field goal percentage. Thunstedt also ranks first 3-point field goals and in 3-point field goals per game and second in 3-point field goal attempts in the NCAA's latest statistics.
- North Dakota State has six players averaging 5-or-more points and eight averaging 10-or-more minutes per game.
- The Bison are shooting 37.2 percent from the field, 37.1 percent from 3-point range and 64.4 percent from the free-throw line.
Breaking Down the NDSU Series
- Wednesday's game is the 83rd meeting between SDSU and NDSU and the Jacks lead the series, 44-38.
- SDSU won both of last year's games. The Jacks won the first game, 81-63, Jan. 3 in Fargo and the second Feb. 6 in Brookings, 81-47.
- The teams were longtime rivals at the NCAA Division II level in the North Central Conference and now continue at the Division I level as members of The Summit League.
- The Jackrabbits lead the series in the D-I era, holding a 21-5 advantage. The Bison ushered in the D- I era by sweeping the initial season series during the 2004-05 season. SDSU then won 10 consecutive meetings until NDSU recorded a 78-71 victory in the 2010-11 Summit League opener Dec. 4, 2010, at Frost Arena.
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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