| GAME 3: --/RV South Dakota State [2-0] vs. North Dakota [0-1] |
Regional rival and future Summit League member comes to town Wednesday when the South Dakota State women's basketball team hosts North Dakota at 7 p.m. in the friendly confines of Frost Arena.
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SDSU is 2-0 on the young season, but the Jackrabbits have already had their first overtime win, defeating George Washington, 97-88 Nov. 12. Junior
Macy Miller led five Jackrabbits in double figures with a game-high 20 points.
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North Dakota lost its season opener at then-No. 19/17 Oregon State, 65-55, Nov. 10.
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Wednesday's game is the 64th meeting and just the second as Division I opponents between SDSU and UND.
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The Fighting Hawks lead the all-time series 41-22, but the Jackrabbits have won the last two games, including an 83-72 victory in Grand Forks last year.
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Noteworthy
- The Jackrabbits are 2-0 on the season after defeating NJIT at home and George Washington on the road. They enter Wednesday's game with a 10-game regular-season home win streak, dating to Jan. 11, 2017.
- State has won 11 of its last 12 home games, dating to a 60-55 win over George Washington, Dec. 11, 2016.
- SDSU is 25-6 (.806) in home nonleague games in the last five years.
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A Quick Glance at South Dakota State
- Eighteenth-year head coach Aaron Johnston's probable starters for the North Dakota game are:
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Alexis Alexander, point guard
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Madison Guebert, guard
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Macy Miller, guard
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Myah Selland forward
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Ellie Thompson, forward
- The starting lineup is 2-0 overall this season.
- Macy Miller is currently SDSU's leading scorer, averaging 20.5 points per game. Madison Guebert (14.0), Tylee Irwin (11.0) and Ellie Thompson (10.0) are the other Jacks averaging double digits in scoring.
- SDSU averages 94.5 points per game and limits foes to 68 points per outing.
- On the boards, Chynna Stevens is SDSU's leading rebounder, grabbing 8.5 caroms an outing. The Jackrabbits are outrebounding opponents by 16.0.
- The Jackrabbits' top 3-point threat is Irwin, who is sinking 3.0 treys per game and shooting 46.2 percent.
- Selland is the Jacks' top playmaker, dishing 5.0 assists per game.
- The Jacks have a plus-1.6 assist-to-turnover ratio.
- SDSU is shooting 47.6 percent from the field, 36.5 percent from 3-point range and 75.7 percent from the free-throw line.
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North Dakota
- North Dakota is 0-1 on the season, losing at then-No. 19/17 Oregon State, 65-55, Nov. 10.
- The Fighting Hawks' leading scorer is junior Melissa Dailey. The guard is averaging 15 points per game while junior forward Lexi Klabo and junior guard Jill Morton are scoring 12.0 and 10.0 points per game, respectively.
- Morton averages a team-leading 7.0 rebounds an outing. UND is outrebounding opponents by 3.0 caroms a game.
- Dailey is North Dakota's top 3-point threat, sinking three of seven threes (42.9). UND averages 7.0 treys per game.
- The Fighting Hawks have six players averaging 2.0-or-more points and seven averaging 13-or-more minutes per game.
- North Dakota is shooting 29.5 percent from the field, 35.0 percent from 3-point range and 85.7 percent from the free-throw line.
- UND is being outscoring by 10 points per game and averaging just 55 points an outing while giving up 65 points per game.
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North Dakota Series
- Wednesday's game vs. North Dakota is the 64th meeting and second meeting as Division I teams. UND leads the series, 41-22.
- The series dates to a 60-37 win by SDSU Feb. 1, 1976. The Jackrabbits won six of the first 10 games before UND won 10 straight in the series.
- SDSU's lone win streak came between March 4, 1988 and March 4, 1989, winning four games.
- North Dakota dominated the 1990s and 2000s, winning 24 of 30 games, including 14 consecutive outings between March 8, 1996 and Mar. 8, 2003.
- State snapped the Fighting Hawks' 14-game win streak with a 78-62 win in Grand Forks Jan. 25, 2003.
- SDSU has won four of the last five meetings, including last year's 83-72 win in Grand Forks.
- The teams have meet in postseason 12 times.
- The last time the Jackrabbits defeated UND in Frost Arena was Jan. 23, 2004, 85-78.
- SDSU has a 73-81 record vs. teams from North Dakota and is 57-52 against Big Sky opponents.
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