Jacks close January at Mavericks

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The Setup

South Dakota State wraps up the month of January and enters the second half of conference play this Saturday, Jan. 28 at Omaha. The Jackrabbits and the Mavericks tip at 7 p.m., from Baxter Arena.
This is the second meeting between the teams this season, with Omaha winning the first contest, 101-93, in Brookings back on Jan. 7.
All-time, Saturday's contest will be the 87th between the schools. SDSU holds a 53-33 edge in the series and is 21-17 all-time against Omaha in road games.
Entering the weekend, SDSU is sitting ninth in the conference standings, one game back of a tie for sixth while Omaha is tied for fourth at 4-4 in conference play.

Scouting the Mavericks

Omaha sits at 11-10 overall and 4-4 in Summit League play entering the weekend. The Mavericks have been idle since Jan. 21 when they dropped a 103-86 contest at Oral Roberts.
Prior to their last game, Omaha had won four straight conference games, including a 101-93 win at SDSU on Jan. 7.
Marcus Tyus, Tre'Shawn Thurman and Tra-Deon Hollins have started every game for the Mavs and lead the team in nearly every statistical category.
Tyus' 16.0 points per game comes alongside a 47 percent field goal percentage as the guard has hit a team-high 48 3-pointers.
Thurman's 7.9 boards ranks second in the conference as the big man is averaging 12.6 points per game as well. Thurman's 19 blocks is second on the team, behind Zach Pirog, who has swatted 25 shots.
Hollins leads the nation in steals (68) and is third nationally (and first in the confernce) with 3.24 steals a game. His 138 assists sits him fifth nationally and the guard's 6.6 assists per game mark is ninth in NCAA Division I. Hollins is scoring at a clip of 12.5 points per game to sit third on the team in scoring.
Zach Jackson (11.3 ppg) and Mitch Hahn (11.2 ppg) average double figures as well.
Omaha is shooting 44.9 percent as a team and has hit 193 3-pointers (39.1 percent). The Mavs are averaging 82.8 points per game.
Opponents have hit 46.3 percent of their field goals against the Mavs and are 188 of 497 on 3-pointers (37.8 percent). The Mavs are allowing 84.1 points on average.
Omaha ranks in the top 25 in free throw makes (13th) and attempts (21st). The Mavs are the 23rd highest scoring offense in NCAA Division I and sit 31st in 3-pointers made and 3-point field goal percentage.

From Long Range

SDSU has fired 601 3-pointers this season, up from 484 3-point attempts through 23 games last season. The school record for 3-point attempts in a season is 732, set in 2014-15. This year's team is currently in the No. 8 spot on that list.
The school record for 3-pointers made in a season is 284 (2011-12). SDSU has made 217 3-pointer through 23 games this season and sits at No. 7 on that record list currently.
Those 601 3-point attempts represent 48.3 percent of SDSU's 1,243 total field goal attempts.
As of Jan. 26, the Jacks rank sixth in NCAA Division I in 3-point attempts (601) and are eighth nationally in 3-pointers made (217), shooting at 36.1 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 have set a new school single-game record for 3-pointers made twice this season. Entering 2016-17, the previous mark was 15, set at Oakland on Dec. 31, 2008. SDSU hit 16 at Idaho on Nov. 21 and reset the record Jan. 21, 2017 against Fort Wayne, sinking 17 from long range.
Mike Daum set a school record for 3-pointers made and attempted against Fort Wayne on Jan. 21, going 10 of 16 beyond the arc. Daum's 10 3-pointers made is fourth most in Summit League history.
As of Jan. 26, A.J. Hess ranks 16th nationally in 3-point attempts (169) and is 28th nationally in 3-pointers made (62).
Through 23 games played this season, A.J. Hess is just outside the top 10 of 3-pointers made (No. 10 is 68) and attempted (No. 10 is 176).

Charity Stripe Success

South Dakota State has gotten to the free throw line more than its opponents in 18 of 23 games this season and have trailed in free throw attempts just three times this season. The Jackrabbits are shooting just under 80 percent (77.0) on free throws this season, have four players at or above the 80 percent mark and 10 active players shooting above 70 percent on free throws.
As of Jan. 26, South Dakota State ranks 2th in free throw attempts (517), eighth nationally in free throws made (398) and 13th in NCAA?Division I in free throw percentage (.770). SDSU is third in the conference in free throw attempts while sitting first in makes and percentage.
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. 26, Mike Daum remains the national leader in free throw makes (155) and attempts (179) and is 53rd in free throw percentage (86.6).

#FearFrost

The Jacks own a 70-5 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).
Since 2011-12, South Dakota State has won 93.3 percent of its home games, a mark that ranks fifth among all Division I programs. The list of top 10 home winning percentages since 2011-12 is available on page four of the game notes.

Player Quick Hits

A.J. Hess went down with an arm injury at Denver on Jan. 23. He will not play Saturday at Omaha, and will be evaluated further upon the team's return to Brookings.
Against Fort Wayne on Jan. 21, Michael Orris dished out a career-high 10 assists. The total was the most for an SDSU player this season, and the most since Nate Wolters went for 12 against Fort Wayne on March 11, 2013.
Orris followed his FW totals with another standout performance at the point, dishing nine assists at Denver on Jan. 25.
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 10.8 points per game with 14 double figure scoring games and a double-double. Hess has reached double figures in six consecutive games and in 10 of his last 11.
Cole Gentry, who started four games for the Jackrabbits earlier this season, has been granted his release from the program.
A.J. Hess posted his first career double-double on Jan. 4 at Western Illinois, scoring 13 points to go alongside a career-high 14 rebounds.
Hess pulled down 42 total rebounds over 15 non-conference games to open the year, but since conference play began Hess is the team's second leading rebounder with 51 over eight conference games. Hess set career-highs in rebounds against North Dakota State (10) and Western Illinois (14).
Six times this season the Jacks have seen four players reach double figures. The Jacks last did it Jan. 12 when Mike Daum (32), Reed Tellinghuisen (14), A.J. Hess (12) and Chris Howell (11) all scored in double digits at Oral Roberts.
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.
SDSU has had five different players hit double figures in a game twice this season. The Jacks first did it in the win over Minnesota Crookston on Nov. 30, 2016. SDSU also did it Jan. 7 against Omaha.
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 put together SDSU's first 30-point game at Idaho (scoring 31) since Nov. 26, 2013 when Jordan Dykstra had 32 against Lehigh.
Reed Tellinghuisen has hit double figures in 14 of 23 games this season, pushing his career mark in that category to 46 games with double figures. Tellinghuisen is second on the active career scoring list.
Reed Tellinghuisen ranks 13th nationally with 767 total minutes played this season.

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 12 times this season.
The Jacks are 15th nationally and lead the conference with just 15.7 personal fouls per game (as of Jan. 26 stats release).
At least one Jackrabbit has scored in double figures over the last 299 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 327 consecutive 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 snapped a streak of 90 games without a 1,000 point scorer when Mike Daum joined the club on Jan. 21, 2017.
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 -- Jan. 25, 2017
DENVER - South Dakota State saw its double digit comeback effort run out of time on Wednesday night at Denver, falling 91-82 in front of 1,171 fans at Magness Arena.
SDSU (9-14, 2-6 Summit League) shot just under 50 percent (49.2) in the game and hit 15 3-pointers as a team, but Denver (9-12, 5-3) finished at 50 percent from the field, hitting 11 3-pointers while a plus-eight margin in second chance points helped the Pioneers secure the win.
Mike Daum led the Jacks with 29 points, hitting five 3-pointers with a 6 of 9 effort at the charity stripe. A.J. Hess sin four 3-pointers on his way to 19 points for the Jacks and Ian Theisen joined the pair in double figures with 10 points.
Reed Tellinghuisen dropped eight points and pulled down a team-leading seven rebounds.
A blitz of scoring saw the teams combine for 11 points in the opening minute before neither team scored for the next 90 seconds with the Jacks trailing, 6-5. The teams continued to trade buckets before a pair of free throws past the under-16 media (15:51) from A.J. Hess gave SDSU its first lead of the night, 12-11. Denver regained the lead behind a 14-2 run over the next four minutes, however, to lead 25-14 at the next timeout.
Orris' 3-pointer after the media brought the Jacks back within single digits, before a scoreless drought of nearly three and a half minutes struck SDSU. A stronger defensive stretch helped SDSU hang tough, however, and Theisen's 3-pointer at 7:24 made it a six-point game, 26-20.
Denver stretched the lead back to double digits two minutes later, however, and sent SDSU to the locker room facing a 13-point deficit, 44-31.
Daum, Tellinghuisen, Howell and Theisen found themselves in foul trouble early as each racked up two personal fouls in the first half.
Daum's seven points led the team while Hess added six in the first half. On the boards, Tellinghuisen grabbed five rebounds to go alongside his five first half points.
SDSU shot 45.8 percent from the field and hit six 3-pointers in the half, only to see Denver light up the net at 51.7 percent with eight 3-pointers in the opening frame.
Looking to mount a second half comeback, SDSU found itself down 18 just 94 seconds into the period before starting a slow climb back into single digits. Down 57-39 with 15:37 to play, SDSU showed life with an 11-4 run over a span of 2:42 to cut the deficit to 11 (61-50), forcing a DU timeout at 12:25. The Jacks continued to chip away, pulling within 10 (70-60) near the 7:30 mark, nine (75-66) at 4:18 and eight (77-69) with 3:45 to play.
Daum's fourth 3-pointer of the night made it a seven-point game with 2:31 to play, and Hess' trey with a minute to go brought it to six, but the Jacks' comeback climb ran out of steam at that point.

Mavericks' Last Time Out -- Jan. 21, 2017
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OMAHA, Neb. -- The Omaha men's basketball team shot over 50 percent and got a career effort from senior guard Tra-Deon Hollins but saw its four-game win streak halted Saturday afternoon, falling 103-86 to Oral Roberts at the Mabee Center. The Mavericks are now 11-10 (4-4 Summit League), while the Golden Eagles improve to 7-14 (3-4).
Hollins flirted with triple-double territory, posting a career-high 33 points, a season-high-tying eight rebounds, nine assists and three steals. The Omaha Central product shot 10-of-16 from the floor and dropped in 5-of-9 from 3-point range as well as 8-of-9 at the free throw line.
Three other Mavericks joined him with double-figure scoring: sophomore forward Mitch Hahn (13), junior guard Daniel Norl (12) and senior guard Marcus Tyus (10). Norl's scoring total marked a season high.
Oral Roberts had three 20-point scorers, who combined for 78 points: Albert Owens (28), Kris Martin (26) and Jalen Bradley (24). Emmanuel Nzekwesi tallied a double-double with 13 points and 12 rebounds.
UNO shot 53.6 percent (30-of-56) from the floor, 56.5 percent (13-of-23) from long range and 76.5 percent (13-of-17) at the line. ORU finished at 52.3 percent (34-of-65) from the field, 42.9 percent (9-of-21) from deep and 89.7 percent (26-of-29) at the stripe. The Golden Eagles outrebounded UNO 37-25, scored 20 points off 15 turnovers and had the advantage in the paint, 42-20.
Hollins put together a monstrous first half for the Mavericks, scoring 23 points on 7-of-11 shooting with three 3-pointers. The Golden Eagles, meanwhile, got 16 points from Bradley and another 14 points from Martin. Omaha trailed nearly the entire half, carrying its last lead at 6-5 before ORU went ahead for good. The Golden Eagles had a 47-39 edge by halftime.
Hollins opened the second half with six points over the first 1:17, and his 3-pointer at 18:43 pulled the Mavericks within four, 51-47, while assuring him of a career high. Though Omaha cut ORU's lead to eight three times – the last of which made it 71-63 at 11:47 -- Oral Roberts quickly extended the margin to double digits again and never allowed the Mavericks back in. The Golden Eagles built their largest lead with 3:43 left in the game, 99-79. Anchored by 21 second-half points from Owens, they claimed their second straight win by a final tally of 103-86.

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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