Rematch in Omaha

GAME 21: South Dakota State [16-4, 7-1] at Omaha [10-11, 3-5]

When	Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017 l 2 p.m.
Where	Baxter Arena l Omaha, Neb.
TV	GoJacks.com
Radio	Jackrabbit Sports Network l WNAX 570 AM l Jackrabbit All-Access l Brad Peterson
Live Stats	GoJacks.com
SDSU Links	Game Notes
UNO Links	Game Notes
Summit League Links	Weekly Notes l Website
Social Media	Twitter l #EarsUp

After finishing the first half of The Summit League season 7-1, the South Dakota State women's basketball team begins the second portion of its league schedule Saturday when it meets a familiar opponent in Omaha at 2 p.m. in Baxter Arena.

The Jackrabbits enter the game ranked No. 5 in Tuesday's CollegeInsider Mid-Major poll.

SDSU is in a two-way tie for first in The Summit League standings at 7-1 and with a 16-4 overall record.

The Jackrabbits improved to 8-1 and 4-0 in Frost Arena with a 73-58 win over Western Illinois Jan. 21. Madison Guebert and Kerri Young each scored 18 points while Ellie Thompson recorded 16 points.

Omaha has a 3-5 league record and is 10-11 overall. It had its two-game winning streak snapped Wednesday, losing at Fort Wayne, 65-62. The Mavericks are tied for fifth in the league standings with Oral Roberts and North Dakota State.

Saturday's game is the 69th meeting between the Jackrabbits and the Mavericks. State leads the all-time series, 39-29, has won the last 12 games in the series and is 16-13 at Omaha, winning the last six.

Noteworthy

South Dakota State has a six-game winning streak, the longest since winning eight in a row between Jan. 21 and Feb. 18, 2016. The streak ranks 21st in the NCAA.
South Dakota State sports a 6-3 overall road record
and is 3-1 in Summit League play. The Jacks won at Denver, Oral Roberts and North Dakota State, but lost at South Dakota.
South Dakota State is 59-19 (.756) all-time in Summit League road games and has won 10 of its last 14 road contests. Last year, it went 6-2 in league road contests.
The Jackrabbits are 238-81 (.746) in all-time games since joining The Summit League in 2007-08.
The Jacks have won 45 of their last 53 league games, dating to a 63-57 win over IUPUI Jan. 9, 2014.
Of its eight Summit League opponents in the last 10 years, SDSU has five losses to IUPUI, four 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 Saturday's game with a 408-137 (.748) overall record and a 134-26 (.837) league mark.

Jackrabbits in Mid-Major Poll

After spending the first four weeks of the season atop the CollegeInsider Mid-Major poll, South Dakota State was fifth in Tuesday's poll.
SDSU has been ranked in the Mid-Major Top 25 Poll 94 of the last 95 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 fourth consecutive game are:

            Alexis Alexander, point guard
            Madison Guebert, guard
            Kerri Young, guard
            Ellie Thompson, forward
            Clarissa Ober, center

The starting lineup is 5-1 overall and 3-0 in league play this season.
SDSU has had three different starting lineups after the Jackrabbits' leading scoring Macy Miller (Dec. 9) and leading rebounder Clarissa Ober (Dec. 21, return Jan. 11) suffered injuries that forced them from the starting five.
Guebert is currently SDSU's leading scorer, averaging 15.2 points per game. Young (13.0) and Thompson (12.4) are the other Jacks averaging double digits in scoring.
SDSU averages 69.2 points per game. Four different Jackrabbits have led the team in scoring this season.
State has held 15 of its 20 opponents to 65-or-fewer points, including five to less than 50.
There have been at least three Jackrabbits scoring in double digits in 14 of 20 games.
On the boards, Thompson and Ober are SDSU's leading rebounders, grabbing 6.8 caroms an outing. The Jackrabbits are outrebounding opponents by 3.4 caroms.
The Jackrabbits' top 3-point threat is Guebert, who is sinking 3.1 treys per game and shooting 44.6 percent.
Young is the Jacks' top playmaker, dishing 3.2 assists per game.
The Jacks have a plus-1.0 assist-to-turnover ratio.
SDSU is shooting 43.6 percent from the field, 33.4 percent from 3-point range and 74.4 percent from the free-throw line.

Glance at Omaha

Omaha enters Saturday's having won two of its last five games.
UNO is 5-4 overall and 1-3 in home games at Baxter Arena. It has lost its last two games.
The Mavericks are led offensively by senior Mikaela Shaw. The forward is averaging 16.8 points per game. She ranks fifth overall and third in the league (19.3) in scoring. UNO is averaging 69.1 points per game overall and 67.9 ppg in league games.
Wichita State transfer Michaela Dapprich is also averaging double digits, scoring 13.0 points per game.
Shaw averages a team-leading 7.9 rebounds. The Mavericks are outrebounding opponents by 5.0 caroms a game.
Shaw leads the team in assists, dishing 4.0 per game.
Junior guard Remy Davenport is Omaha's top 3-point threat, sinking 45 3-pointers and shooting 34.9 percent overall.
UNO has five players averaging 5-or-more points and nine averaging 10-or-more minutes per game.
The Mavericks are shooting 44.4 percent from the field, 36.3 percent from 3-point range and 71.8 percent from the free-throw line.

The Breaking Down the Omaha Series

Saturday's game is the 69th meeting between SDSU and Omaha. The Jackrabbits lead the series 39-29 after the Jackrabbits beat the Mavericks, 76-64, in Frost Arena Jan. 7.
The series started in 1976-77 with the Mavericks winning 12 of the first 13 games. The Jackrabbits broke into the win column with an 82-75 overtime victory Feb. 1, 1979, and dominated the series late in the Division II era when SDSU and UNO were members of the North Central Conference.
SDSU won 16 of the 20 meetings between the 1992-93 and 2003-04 seasons. Since then, the Jacks have beaten Omaha 12 times, including the last six times in Omaha.
In the series, there have been two 100-point games and two overtime games. The Jacks beat the Mavs, 104-62, Jan. 10, 2004, in Frost Arena and 101-66, Jan. 15, 2015, in Frost, but have lost both overtime games in Brookings, 92-85, Jan. 10, 1997, and 82-75, Feb. 2, 1979.

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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