Men's basketball opens 2017 on the road

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The Setup

South Dakota State hits the road midweek and travels to Macomb, Ill., to face off with Western Illinois on Wednesday, Jan. 4. The first game of the new year for SDSU is set for 7 p.m.
SDSU and WIU have squared off 23 times in history and SDSU has won 20, including the last 17. The last Jackrabbit loss in the series was in 2008-09 at WIU. SDSU has never lost to the Leathernecks at home.

Scouting the Fighting Leathernecks

Western Illinois sports a 4-9 record entering the week and is 1-1 in conference play. The Fighting Leathernecks won their Summit League opener at Fort Wayne before falling to IUPUI last week.
Garrett Covington (19.8 ppg) and Mike Miklusak (16.4 ppg) lead the team in scoring. Covington has 257 points through 13 games played and Miklusak is at 131 in eight games played. C.J. Duff is third on the team with 8.1 points per contest.
Miklusak paces the squad with 9.1 rebounds per contest. Brandon Gilbeck has pulled down 51 boards (4.7 per game) this year and Covington is at 54 rebounds (4.2 per contest).
Delo Bruster has dished out 36 assists this season and holds a 2.12 assist-to-turnover ratio. C.J. Duff is at 29 assists and has a 2.64 assist-to-turnover ratio.
Western Illinois is averaging 70.2 points per game and is allowing 71.9 points per contest.
The Leathernecks are shooting 44.7 percent from the field, 39.7 percent beyond the arc and are hitting at 69.5 percent at the free throw line.
Opponents are firing at 41.3 percent on field goals, 41.6 on 3-point field goals and have hit 73.4 percent of their free throws.
Against Fort Wayne, Western Illinois hit a school record 16 3-pointers.

Charity Stripe Success

South Dakota State has gotten to the free throw line more than its opponents in 14 of 16 games this season and have trailed in free throw attempts just once this season. The Jackrabbits are shooting just under 80 percent (79.3) on free throws this season, have four players above the 80 percent mark and 10 shooting above 70 percent on free throws.
From Dec. 7 to Dec. 22, Mike?Daum hit a school record 43 consecutive free throws, breaking the previous record of 35, set by Garrett Callahan in 2008-09. Over the final seven non-conference games Daum hit 60 of 63 at the charity stripe (95.2 percent).
Mike Daum set a school record with 16 made free throws (out of 16 attempts) against Murray State after tying the previous school record with 13 made free throws (out of 13 attempts) against Idaho (Dec. 10).
As of Jan.1, South Dakota State ranks 12th in free throw attempts (395), third nationally in free throws made (314) and fifth in NCAA?Division I in free throw percentage (.795).
As of Jan. 1, Mike Daum is the national leader in free throw makes (132) and attempts (148) and is 31st in free throw percentage (89.2).

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 22.9 points and 8.1 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 16 of 17 games this season and 46 times over 51 career games.
Has scored 20 or more in 12 games this season and 19 for his career.
Has scored over 30 points in four contests this season.
Has recorded four double-doubles this season and six in his career.
Hit a school record 43 consecutive free throws from Dec. 7 to 22, breaking the previous record of 35, set by Garrett Callahan in 2008-09. Over the final seven non-conference games Daum hit 60 of 63 at the charity stripe (95.2 percent).
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 50 career games.
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 and hit the 900-point mark after scoring 30 against South Dakota Dec. 31. He is the program's active leading scorer and if he continues his pace of more than 22 points per game, Daum is projected to join the 1,000 points club by mid-January 2017.
Daum ranks second nationally in total scoring with 383 points through 17 games. He is 10th nationally with 22.9 points per game currently.
Daum ranks fourth nationally with 113 field goals made.

#FearFrost

The Jacks own a 68-4 record at Frost Arena over the last five seasons, which includes perfect home records in four of the last five years. That span includes two home winning streaks of 30 or more games.
SDSU's 34-game winning streak, which ended Wednesday, Dec. 28, ranked as the nation's second longest active streak at the time it ended.
SDSU won 30 consecutive home games from Jan. 29, 2011 to Nov. 14, 2013.
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), and 2015-16 (12-0).

From Long Range

SDSU has fired 442 3-pointers this season, up from 338 3-point attempts through 17 games last season.
Those 442 3-point attempts represent 50.1 percent of SDSU's 882 total field goal attempts.
As of Jan. 1, the Jacks rank fourth in NCAA Division I in 3-point attempts (442), are ninth nationally in 3-pointers made (154) and are shooting at 34.8 percent beyond the arc.
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.

Player Quick Hits

Four times this season the Jacks have seen four players reach double figures. The Jacks last did it Dec. 31 when Mike Daum (30), Andre Wallace (12), Reed Tellinghuisen (11) and A.J. Hess (10) all scored above 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 and has hit the mark two other times this season.
Reed Tellinghuisen has hit double figures in 12 of 17 games this season, pushing his career mark in that category to 43 games with double figures. Tellinghuisen is second on the active career scoring list.
Reed Tellinghuisen (578) and Mike Daum (542) rank second and ninth nationally in minutes played.
After a slow start to the season where A.J. Hess scored just 11 points total in the first four games, the graduate transfer has raised his average to 10.0 points per game with nine double figure scoring games. Hess has reached the 10-point mark in the four of the last five games and is averaging 2.4 3-point field goals per contest with a 88.6 percent mark on free throws (average 2.0 per game).

Team Quick Hits

The Jackrabbits were whistled for only 10 fouls on Nov. 30 against UMC and on Dec. 16 versus Murray State, and only eight on Nov. 27 against Milwaukee. The Jacks have been whistled for less than 15 personal fouls 10 times this season.
The Jacks are fifth nationally with just 15.0 personal fouls per game.
At least one Jackrabbit has scored in double figures over the last 293 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 3-pointer in 321 games. The last time the Jackrabbits did not make a 3-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 86 games without a 1,000 point scorer. Mike Daum is currently 99 points away from scoring 1,000 for his career.
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. 31, 2016
The New Year's Eve ball drop and celebration came early for South Dakota State fans as the Jackrabbits used a Mike Daum game-winning shot to take down in-state rival South Dakota, 73-72, inside Frost Arena Saturday.
Down one with 11.0 seconds to play, SDSU got to the ball to Daum and let the big man go to work as he hit a contested layup with 2.8 seconds remaining. USD missed a long 3-pointer on the other end and SDSU kept the Coyotes winless at Frost Arena in their Division I era.
SDSU (8-9, 1-1 Summit League) and USD (10-7, 1-1 Summit League) both led by as many as eight in a game full of momentum swings as the Jacks fired 47.7 percent from the field and USD was 41.9 percent on field goals. Beyond the arc, SDSU was 9 of 22 (40.9 percent) and USD finished 8 of 30 (26.7 percent). From the charity stripe the Jacks had 12 more attempts (27-15) and hit 22 compared to USD's 12 made free throws.
Daum scored a game-high 30 points to go alongside seven rebounds as the Jackrabbit hit 13 of 16 at the free throw line. Andre Wallace (12 points), Reed Tellinghuisen (11 points) and A.J. Hess (10 points) were also in double figures for the Jacks and all grabbed six rebounds apiece.
USD's Matt Mooney led the Coyotes with 22 points as Burch-Manning (15 points), Trey Dickerson (14 points) and Carlton Hurst (13 points) also hit double-digits. Three Coyotes fouled out of the game as USD was whistled for 26 personal fouls (compared to SDSU's 18).
A pair of treys from Tellinghuisen helped SDSU open up a five-point (10-5) lead early in the game, and as the teams traded buckets the Jacks led 14-9 at the under-12 media timeout. From there, a cold spell hit the Jacks and USD climbed back to tie it, 19-all, over the next five minutes as SDSU did not hit a field goal in that span. A second chance layup from Daum ended the drought at 6:31 and put the Jacks back ahead, 21-19. USD regained the lead moments later, 23-21, before a 9-0 run for SDSU provided seperation and helped the Jacks take a 35-27 lead into the half.
Daum led all scorers with 13 in the opening half and pulled down five rebounds. Hess, Tellinghuisen and Theisen all had six points as well for SDSU as Tellinghuisen snagged four boards.
As a team, SDSU shot 46.2 percent from the field and limited the Coyotes to a 30.6 mark on field goals with only one 3-pointer in 16 attempts (6.3 percent).
USD came out blazing from the locker room and tore off a 17-3 run to open the final frame, turning the tide to go up six on the Jackrabbits (44-38) with 14:35 to play. SDSU briefly regained its composure with five unanswered, but the Coyotes continued to push and took a 51-43 lead near the 11-minute mark behind a Mooney 3-pointer.
Seconds later, Tellinghuisen hit a 3-pointer on the other end to open a 13-2 SDSU run that began with eight unanswered as the home team snagged a 56-53 lead with 8:07 on the clock.
The Jackrabbits looked to pull away several times, but could stretch its lead only to four on several occasions before USD knotted the score, 64-64, behind Dan Jech's free throws at 3:33.
SDSU moved the advantage back to four (68-64) over the next minute-plus after Daum hit free throws, but a deep 3-pointer from Mooney brought the Coyotes back within one at 2:04, setting up a wild finish that saw four lead changes in the final minute.
Hurst and Wallace each had two free throws as the game moved inside 36 seconds, and after Hess sunk the back end of a 1-and-1 at the free throw line, SDSU held a two-point, 71-69, lead with 20 seconds remaining. On the other end, Burch-Manning capitalized on an old-fashioned 3-point play to move USD into the driver's seat, and with no timeouts, Daum and the Jackrabbit offense used late-game heroics to defend their home court.

Leathernecks' Last Time Out -- Dec. 31, 2016
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INDIANAPOLIS – Western Illinois jumped out to an early double-digit lead but IUPUI was able to battle back and eventually defeat the Leathernecks, 89-71, Saturday afternoon (Dec. 31) in Summit League play.
After the loss, WIU sits 1-1 in Summit League action and 4-9 overall. The Jaguars of IUPUI are 1-0 in league contests and 7-8 overall.
Senior Mike Miklusak led Western with a career-high 23 points on 8-of-15 shooting from the field and 5-of-8 from beyond the arc. His five triples tied his career best. The Dyer, Ind. native also led the team with five assists and grabbed five rebounds.
Fellow Senior Garret Covington also scored more than 20 points, tallying 22. Jalen Morgan was the only other Leatherneck to score in double figures finishing with 10 points on 5-of-7 shooting.
Sophomore point guard Delo Bruster added eight points and four assists, while freshman Jeremiah Usiosefe pulled down a team-best six rebounds.
The Leathernecks came out firing during the first four minutes of the game, making 6-of-7 from the field, 4-of-4 from three, and jumping out to a 16-5 lead thanks to an 11-0 run.
IUPUI would answer with a 9-0 run that would cut WIU's lead to just two points before the Jaguars tied things up 22-22 midway through the first half.
A 7-0 Jaguar run right before halftime gave IUPUI its largest lead of the opening half, and the Jags took a 47-39 advantage into the break.
Early in the second half WIU put together a 10-2 run to cut its deficit to two points, 54-52, but IUPUI again responded with a 14-4 run that put WIU down 12 points, 70-58, with less than eight minutes to play.
Western was unable to steal the momentum and the Jags finished their Summit League opener with an 18-point victory.
IUPUI's Darell Combs led all scorers with 28 points on 11-of-18 shooting from the field. Matt O'Leary and Kellon Thomas added 20 and 15 points, respectively.

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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