Matchup with the Mavericks

GAME 16: South Dakota State [11-4, 2-1] vs. Omaha [8-7, 1-1]

When	Saturday, Jan. 7, 2017 l 2 p.m.
Where	Frost Arena l Brookings, S.D.
TV	Midco Sports Network l Tom Nieman (play-by-play) and Brad Newitt (color)
Radio	Jackrabbit Sports Network l WNAX 570 AM l Jackrabbit All-Access l Brad Peterson
Live Stats	GoJacksLive.com
SDSU Links	Game Notes
Omaha Links	Game Notes
Summit League Links	Weekly Notes l Website
Social Media	Twitter l #EarsUp

In the midst of a three-game homestand, the South Dakota State women's basketball team plays Omaha Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m. in the friendly confines of Frost Arena.

Saturday's game will be broadcast live on the Midco Sports Network with Tom Nieman (play-by-play) and Brad Newitt (color). The game can also be heard live on The Jackrabbit Sports Network with Brad Peterson on WNAX 570 AM.

SDSU is tied for second in the Summit League standings with records of 11-4 overall and 2-1 in league play. It is also ranked ninth in the latest College Insider Mid-Major poll.

The Jackrabbits won their first home Summit League game, defeating Fort Wayne, 73-51, Thursday. Ellie Thompson and Madison Guebert each scored 19 points and Kerri Young added 15 points.

Omaha won its first The Summit League game, defeating IUPUI, 64-44, Thursday. The Mavericks are 8-7 overall and 1-1 in league play.

Saturday's game is the 68th meeting between the Jackrabbits and the Mavericks. State leads the all-time series, 38-29, has won the last 14 games in the series and is 21-12 in Frost Arena vs. UNO.

Noteworthy

SDSU is 461-116 (.798) all-time in home games, including 70-7 (.909) in home Summit League games. It has won its last seven home league games and is 39-2 (.951) in the last five seasons.
State has won 412 of its last 500 home encounters, good for a remarkable .824 winning percentage.
The Jackrabbits are 232-81 (.741) in all-time games since joining The Summit League in 2007-08.
The Jacks have won 40 of their last 48 in 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 403-137 (.746) overall record and a 129-26 (.832) 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 is ninth in Tuesday's poll.
SDSU has been ranked in the Mid-Major Top 25 Poll 91 of the last 92 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
            Sydney Palmer, guard
            Ellie Thompson, forward

The starting lineup is 2-1 this season.
SDSU has had three different starting lineups after the Jackrabbits' leading scoring Macy Miller (Dec. 9) and leading rebounder Clarissa Ober (Dec. 22) suffered injuries that forced them from the starting five.
Guebert is SDSU's leading scoring, averaging 14.9 points per game. Young (11.7) and Thompson (11.2) 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 10 of its 15 opponents to 65-or-less points, including four to less than 50.
There have been at least three Jackrabbits scoring in double digits in 10 of 15 games.
On the boards, Ober was SDSU's leading rebounder, grabbing 7.5 caroms an outing. Thompson averages 6.2 caroms a game.
The Jackrabbits' top 3-point threat is Guebert, who is sinking 3.2 treys per game and shooting 44.0 percent.
Young is the Jacks' top playmaker, dishing 2.6 assists per game.
The Jacks have a plus-0.9 assist-to-turnover ratio.
SDSU is shooting 43.1 percent from the field, 32.4 percent from 3-point range and 71.5 percent from the free-throw line.

Glance at Omaha

Omaha is 3-2 in its last five games and enters Saturday's game with a modest two-game winning streak.
The Mavericks are 2-5 on the road. In their last outing, they lost at Central Florida, 81-41 Dec. 20.
UNO is led offensively by senior Mikaela Shaw. The forward is averaging 15.8 points per game. Omaha averages 69.2 points per game.
Senior transfer Michaela Dapprich is also averaging double digits, scoring 11.5 points per game.
Shaw averages a team-leading 8.1 rebounds. The Mavs are outrebounding opponents by 5.5 caroms a game.
Shaw is also dishing 4.0 assists per game. Three others have 30-or-more assists.
Junior guard Remy Davenport is Omaha's top 3-point threat, sinking 30 3-pointers and shooting 34.5 percent.
UNO has six players averaging 5-or-more points and nine averaging 10-or-more minutes per game.
The Mavericks are shooting 44.8 percent from the field, 37.1 percent from 3-point range and 70.3 percent from the free-throw line.

Breaking Down the Omaha Series

Saturday's game is the 68th meeting between SDSU and Omaha. The Jackrabbits lead the series 38-29 after beating the Mavericks three times last year, including in The Summit League Tournament, 76-60.
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 17 of the 21 meetings between the 1992-93 and 2003-04 seasons. Since then, the Jacks have beaten Omaha 14 times, including the last seven times in Frost Arena.
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.

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