| GAME 4: --/RV South Dakota State [3-0] vs. Green Bay [2-0] |
The third-ranked South Dakota State women's basketball team takes on top-ranked Green Bay in a CollegeInsider Top 25 Mid-Major matchup Saturday at 1 p.m. in the Kress Center in Green Bay, Wis.
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SDSU is 3-0 on the season after defeating regional rival and future Summit League member North Dakota, 66-52, Wednesday.
Macy Miller had a team-high 18 points and
Madison Guebert chipped in 12.
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Green Bay beat in-state rival Wisconsin Wednesday, 67-34.
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Saturday's game is the sixth meeting between SDSU and UWGB. The Phoenix lead the all-time series 4-1, and the Jackrabbits are looking to snap a three-game losing streak in the series.
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Noteworthy
- South Dakota State was ranked first in Graham Hays' Nov. 15 espnW mid-major poll.
- Green Bay has an 11-game home win streak, dating to a 61-34 win over Butler, Dec. 20, 2016. Its last home loss was to Wisconsin (54-53) Dec. 15, 2016.
- The Jackrabbits are 15-15 in away nonconference games in the last six years.
- SDSU is averaging 85 points per game and Green Bay has held two opponents to 32 points per game.
- The last time State averaged more than 80 points per game was 2002-03 when the Jacks finished the season averaging 85.6 ppg.
- Macy Miller has scored 20-or-more points in two of the last three games. She averages 19.7 points per game going into Saturday's game.
- In last year's meeting, SDSU lost Miller to a season-ending injury before the half.
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A Quick Glance at South Dakota State
- Eighteenth-year head coach Aaron Johnston's probable starters for the Green Bay 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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Tagyn Larson, forward
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Ellie Thompson, forward
- The starting lineup is 1-0 overall this season.
- Macy Miller is currently SDSU's leading scorer, averaging 19.7 points per game. Madison Guebert (13.3) and Tylee Irwin (10.3) are the other Jacks averaging double digits in scoring.
- SDSU averages 85 points per game and limits foes to 62.7 points per outing.
- On the boards, Larson is SDSU's leading rebounder, grabbing 8.0 caroms an outing. The Jackrabbits are outrebounding opponents by 11.7.
- The Jackrabbits' top 3-point threat is Irwin, who is sinking 2.3 treys per game and shooting 50 percent.
- Miller and Rylie Cascio Jensen are the Jacks' top playmakers, dishing 3.6 assists per game.
- The Jacks have a plus-1.2 assist-to-turnover ratio.
- SDSU is shooting 43.2 percent from the field, 32.6 percent from 3-point range and 77.8 percent from the free-throw line.
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Green Bay
- Green Bay is 2-0 on the season after defeating Chattanooga, 60-30, Nov. 11 and winning at Wisconsin Wednesday, 67-34.
- UWGB senior guard Allie LeClaire leads the Phoenix in scoring (13.5). Sophomore guard Caitlyn Hibner (11.0) and senior guard/forward Jessica Lindstrom (10.0) are the others scoring in double digits.
- Lindstrom tops the team with 7.5 rebounds. Green Bay is outrebounding opponents by 4.5 caroms a game.
- Hibner is the Phoenix's top 3-point threat, sinking 55.6 percent of her threes (5-9). Green Bay averages 7.0 treys per game.
- Junior guard Jen Wellnitz is dishing 5.5 assists per game.
- The Phoenix have five players averaging 8.0-or-more points and nine averaging 10-or-more minutes per game.
- Green Bay is shooting 47.6 percent from the field, 37.8 percent from 3-point range and 71.4 percent from the free-throw line.
- The Phoenix are outscoring opponents by 31.5 points per game and averaging 63.5 points an outing while giving up just 32 points per game.Â
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Green Bay Series
- Saturday's game marks the sixth meeting between South Dakota State and Green Bay.
- The Phoenix lead in the series, 4-1, after defeating the Jackrabbits, 67-43, in Frost Arena Dec. 9, 2016.
- SDSU's lone win in the series was at Green Bay in 2013. Mariah Clarin registered a double-double with 13 points and a game-high 15 rebounds to lead three Jackrabbits in double figures in scoring.
- Green Bay won the first contest Jan. 18, 2005, 86-52, also in Green Bay. Five Green Bay players scored in double figures, led by Nicole Soulis' game-high 19 points. SDSU's Sarita DeBoer had a team- best 12 points. The Phoenix shot 65.4 percent from the field, including 62.5 percent from three-point range.
- The Jackrabbits are 32-12 vs. teams from the Horizon League and are 15-7 against teams from the Badger State.
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