GAME 16: South Dakota State (10-5) at UMKC (3-10) |
Previewing the Game
South Dakota State hits the road for the final time in 2017 this weekend, traveling to Kansas City to take on the UKMC Kangaroos on Friday at Municipal Auditorium. Tip is set for 6 p.m.
The Jackrabbits (10-5) are coming off an 87-74 win over Drake Tuesday after going 1-1 the week prior, dominating North Dakota Dec. 12 before a narrow double-overtime loss at Colorado on Dec. 15.
UMKC (3-10) has lost five straight games and dropped a 92-86 overtime contest to Central Michigan on Tuesday. The Kangaroos have dropped games to Southeast Missouri, North Carolina State, Incarnate Word and the Chippewas over the last three weeks.
This is the 20th meeting between the schools all-time, with SDSU holding a 13-6 edge. The Jacks have won seven of the last eight matchups and last season took down the 'Roos, 77-68, in Frost Arena.
About South Dakota State
The Summit League Preseason Player of the Year
Mike Daum is the nation's top returning scorer and is off to another strong start, averaging a team-best 22.1 points and 8.3 rebounds per contest. He has six double-doubles on the campaign and has reached double figures in 14 of 15 contests, including five 30-point games, the most in NCAA Division I so far this year. The Kimball, Nebraska native has been named the Summit League's Player of the Week twice already this season. He is also one of five Jackrabbits all-time to have over 1,700 career points and ranks fifth in career scoring at SDSU. Additionally, the junior has seven 35-point, 10-rebound performances in his career, the most of any player nationally dating back to 2010.
Freshmen
David Jenkins Jr. has established himself as a go-to scorer early in his college career, sitting second on the team with 14.8 points per game and 12 double-digit scoring performances. He has led the team in scoring three times (13 against UCI, 23 against Iowa and 19 against Concordia) and is shooting 41.9 percent from the field this season. He has reached the 20-point mark four times this season, including his first career 30-point game, where he dropped 31 at Colorado with seven 3-pointers. The Tacoma, Washington native is even with Daum for the team lead with 40 3-pointers this season and is shooting over 40 percent beyond the arc. Last week he was named as the CBS Sports/USBWA Freshman of the Week.
Reed Tellinghuisen has risen to 24th all-time in career points at SDSU (1,195) this year and is averaging 11.9 points per game, hitting double figures in nine of the last 12 contests. Tellinghuisen is puling down 4.4 rebounds per contest, and has dished out 23 assists. The Sac City, Iowa native is shooting 48.0 percent from the field and is 30-for-71 from 3-point range.
Tevin King is just below double figures for a season average, posting 9.0 points per game with 82 total rebounds (5.5 per game), 44 assists and a team-high 25 steals. From Chicago, King is shooting at a clip of 54.3 percent from the field and has scored 10 or more in seven games this season, including a 14-point, six-rebound and nine-assist performance at Wichita State.
About UMKC
The Kangaroos are led by three double figure scorers this season, with Xavier Bishop (13.0 points per game) pacing the team. Bishop has hit 21 3-pointers on the year (third on the team) and is shooting 38.8 percent the field to go alongside a team-high 40 assists over nine starts (13 games).
Broderick Robinson (11.8 ppg) is second in scoring and is shooting 39.4 percent from the field with 25 3-pointers (second on the team). Robinson has started all 12 games he has appeared in, but did not play against Central Michigan on Tuesday. He has picked up 20 steals fort eh year and dished 22 assists to go with a team-best 4.8 rebounds per game (57 total).
Isaiah Ross is averaging 11.2 points per contest and leads the team with 33 made 3-pointers.
Jordan Giles (9.2 ppg) is just shy of double figures while Marvin Nesbitt Jr. is second on the team with 52 total rebounds.
UMKC is averaging 71.6 points per game as a team and are minus-8.6 in rebound margin through 13 games. The 'Roos have drilled 123 3-pointers combined, good enough for 19th nationally. The team is 12th in Division I with 362 total attempts for the year.
Kareem Richardson is in his fifth season leading UMKC and holds a 54-76 record at the helm.
A South Dakota State Win Would ...
Give SDSU its 11th win of the season ... move SDSU to 14-6 all-time against the Kangaroos ... make Otzelberger 29-22 at South Dakota State ... send the Jackrabbits to 1,494-1,029-1 all-time.
A South Dakota State Loss Would ...
Put the Jacks at 10-6 ... give State a 13-7 record all-time against the Kangaroos ... make Otzelberger 28-23 at South Dakota State ... move SDSU to 1,493-1,030-1 all-time.
Tough Tests
South Dakota State played five Power Five (ACC, SEC, Big 10, Big 10, Pac-12) opponents this season and has two wins those games.
The Jackrabbits knocked off Ole Miss (Nov. 28) in overtime after a win over Iowa (Nov. 21) at the Cayman Islands Classic.
SDSU also faced Kansas (Nov. 17) and Colorado (Dec. 15) in addition to a road matchup at then-No. 6 Wichita State (a member of the American Athletic Conference), with narrow losses against the Shockers and Buffaloes. At WSU, the Jacks led for over 28 minutes of game action, but a late charge helped the Shockers defend their home court. SDSU charged back from an early deficit in Colorado to force overtime, but could not pull off the comeback in a double overtime affair that saw SDSU play just eight Jackrabbits in 50 minutes of game action.
South Dakota State has seven wins over Power Five programs since joining The Summit League in 2007, picking up wins over Iowa State (2008), Iowa (2010 and 2017), Washington (2011), TCU (2015), Minnesota (2015) and Ole Miss (2017).
SDSU's wins over Iowa and Ole Miss this season came in the shortest time frame of any Summit League team since 1998 (seven days). The Jackrabbits are the fifth league team to post a win over separate Power Five conferences in the same regular season, and the first to do it since 2009.
Jenkins Jr. Named National Freshman of the Week
CBS Sports and the U.S. Basketball Writers Association have named South Dakota State's
David Jenkins Jr. as the National Freshman of the Week, announced Dec. 19 on CBSSports.com.
Jenkins averaged 23 points, four 3-pointers, four rebounds and 1.5 steals per game last week, shooting 47.2 percent from the field with an 8-for-17 effort from long range.
He made the most of his first career start against North Dakota on Dec. 12, playing 29 minutes with 15 points and a career-high seven rebounds in a 99-63 Jackrabbit victory.
The 6-2 guard continued his hot play against Colorado last Friday, breaking the school's Division I freshman single-game scoring mark with 31 while burying seven 3-pointers, tied for fourth-most in a Division I game at SDSU. He teamed with
Mike Daum to become the first duo in the school's Division I history to each have 30 or more points in the same game.
Daum Named November Athlete of the Month
South Dakota State's
Mike Daum was selected as the Summit League's November Male Athlete of the Month, announced Dec. 7 by the conference office.
Daum helped the Jacks to a 7-2 record through the opening part of the season and averaged a near-double-double, posting 20.1 points and 8.2 rebounds per game while hitting 22 3-pointers. The Kimball, Nebraska native scored in double figures for all nine contests, including two 30-point performances and five games with 20 or more.
The forward had three consecutive double-doubles from Nov. 12-17, racking up 22 points and 13 rebounds against Mary and 30 points with 13 rebounds against Alabama State before closing the streak with a 21-point, 11-board performance at then-No. 3 Kansas.
Let It Rain
South Dakota State's 3-point offense ranks among the nation's best for the second-straight season, as the team is second nationally in 3-pointers made and sixth in attempts for the Dec. 20 stats release (available at print). The Jacks are 18th in 3-pointers per game and their 40.8 long range shooting percentage is 23rd in Division I.
Last season, the Jacks had three players that hit 60 or more 3-pointers last season, including two returners in
Mike Daum (79) and
Reed Tellinghuisen (74). That duo ranked 13th nationally among active returning duos in combined 3-pointers from a year-ago. State has three already with 30 or more 3-pointers this year:
David Jenkins Jr. (40),
Mike Daum (40) and
Reed Tellinghuisen (30) and all rank among the nation's best, with Jenkins and Daum sitting 15th nationally.
Through 15 games last season, SDSU was 137-for-376 beyond the arc. This year, the Jacks are 162-for-397 from long distance.
Nov. 28 saw the Jackrabbits reset the school's Division I record for 3-pointers made and attempted in a game for the third (makes) and fourth (attempts) time under head coach
T.J. Otzelberger, going 18-for-41 beyond the arc.
Since the arrival of Otzelberger, the Jacks now hold all of the top five spots in the record book for 3-pointers made in a Division I game, and hold all but one of the spots in the top five of attempts. This year, SDSU has hit 10 or more 3-pointers in eight games.
Daum, Tellinghuisen Continue Rise on Scoring Chart
Mike Daum entered the top 5 for career points at South Dakota State last Tuesday and now has 1,728 points in his career. Next on the list is
Austin Hansen, who scored 1,815 points between 1999-2003.
Reed Tellinghuisen joined the top 25 in all-time scoring Dec. 12, and is currently 24th with 1,195 career points. He is less than 300 points from joining the top 10 after joining the 1,000 points club in The Summit League Tournament last season.
The complete 1,000 point club can be found on page 10 of the game notes.
Dynamic Duo
Teammates
Mike Daum and
Reed Tellinghuisen are back after leading the team in scoring a year ago, and rank among the nation's best as a scoring duo with over 2,900 points between them in their careers. The Jacks are fourth in total career points as a pair as of Dec. 20, 2017.
Pointing The Way
Tevin King and
Brandon Key have shared the point guard role through 15 games this season, complimenting each other and helping the team rank 12th nationally with 217 total assists.
Key has a team-high 58 assists (3.9 per game) to go with a 6.5 scoring average. He four double-figure scoring games and has dished three or more assists on 10 occasions this season, including a pair of seven-assist efforts against Alabama State and DSU and eight games with five or more.
King has 44 assists and is averaging 9.0 points per contest while leading the team with 25 steals. The Chicago, Illinois native has already surpassed his 3-point total from a year ago, sitting with nine made 3s this season to go alongside a 56.0 field goal percentage. He has seven double figure scoring games this season.
Tacoma Talent
Tacoma, Washington native
David Jenkins Jr. has burst on the scene through his first month of collegiate basketball, racking up 222 points and 40 3-pointers through 15 games. He has hit at least two 3-pointers in 11 contests and on Dec. 15 at Colorado set the school's freshman single-game scoring record at the Division I level with 31.
The lone West coach native on the Jackrabbit roster has reached double figures in 12 of his first 15 games, becoming the first freshman to accomplish the feat at SDSU since Steve Holdren did it in 11 of his first 15 appearances in 2004-05.
Jenkins and Holdren are also the only two Jackrabbit freshmen to lead the team in scoring in their first collegiate game over the last 17 years (dating back to 2000-01 when game-by-game stats were readily available).
Jenkins is second on the team with a 14.8 points per game average in 2017-18 and has shot 40.7 percent from the field, and 40.8 percent from long distance.
He was named the National Freshman of the Week by CBS Sports and the U.S. Basketball Writers Association Dec. 19 after averaging 23 points, four 3-pointers, four rebounds and 1.5 steals per game over two games that week.
He is on pace to challenge
Mike Daum's freshman scoring record of 518 points, set in 2015-16. Jenkins has 222 points through 15 games, compared to Daum's 172 points in that span.
Fellow Tacoma native Isaiah Thomas, currently with the Cleveland Cavaliers, had 236 points and 13 double figure games through 15 games of his freshman year at Washington.
Jenkins scored over 2,000 points in his high school career before spending a year at Sunrise Christian Academy Prep School. He was named as a newcomer to watch in The Summit League by TheAthletic.com's John Rohde.
As of Monday, Dec. 20 Jenkins sits seventh among Division I freshmen this season in total points.
Daum Named to Award Watch Lists
Mike Daum has earned a spot on three national award watch lists for the 2017-18 season, being named a preseason favorite for the Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year, Oscar Robertson Player of the Year and Lute Olson Player of the Year awards.
- The Karl Malone Award is presented by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Named after Hall of Famer and two-time NBA Most Valuable Player Karl Malone, the annual honor in its fourth year recognizes the top power forwards in Division I men's college basketball. By mid-February, the watch list of 20 players for the 2018 Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year Award will be narrowed to just 10. In March, five finalists will be presented to Mr. Malone and the Hall of Fame's selection committee. The winner of the 2018 Karl Malone Award will be presented at the ESPN College Basketball Awards Show presented by Wendy's in Los Angeles, CA on Friday, April 6, 2018.
- Daum was selected as one of 32 players on the 2017-18 Oscar Robertson Trophy Preseason Watch List, announced Nov. 6 by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association. The award is presented to the national player of the year by its namesake at the NCAA Final Four in San Antonio. In mid-March, the USBWA will announce its 2017-18 All-America Team and, at that time, finalists will also be chosen for the player of the year. Once finalists are announced, the entire USBWA membership will vote for the winner of the Oscar Robertson Trophy.
- He was announced as one of 40 selections on the CollegeInsider.com Lute Olson Award Watch List Nov. 6 as well. The Lute Olson Award is presented annually to the nation's top Division I player who has played at least two seasons. The 2017-18 Lute Olson National Player of the Year Award will be announced on March 31, 2018 at the CollegeInsider.com Awards Event in San Antonio, site of the men's NCAA Basketball Championship.
#FearFrost
The Jacks own a 81-5 record at Frost Arena over the last six seasons dating back to 2011-12, which includes perfect home records in four of the last five years entering the current season. That span includes two home winning streaks of 30 or more games.
- South Dakota State won 34 consecutive games from Jan. 30, 2014 to Dec. 28, 2016. It ended as the nation's second longest active streak.
- The Jackrabbits 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). SDSU is 7-0 at home this year.
- Since 2011-12, South Dakota State has won 94.1 percent of its home games, a mark that ranks fifth among all Division I programs.
- South Dakota State has won 27 consecutive home nonconference games inside Frost Arena. That mark ranks ninth nationally.
Team Quick Hits
- Mike Daum and David Jenkins Jr. became the first Jackrabbit duo in Division I to score 30 or more points in the same game when the pair went for 37 and 31, respectively at Colorado Dec. 15.
- South Dakota State has scored 100 or more twice this season. Prior to the Jackrabbits' 103-67 win over Concordia (Neb.), the previous 100-point game for SDSU was Feb. 28, 2013. The last time SDSU had two or more 100-point games in a season was 2011-12, when the Jackrabbits did it twice. The Division I program record for 100-point games in a season is five, set in 2004-05 and the overall program record is six, set in 1997-98, 1991-92 and 1968-69.
- The Jackrabbits have tallied 90 or more points in six of their last nine games and has passed the 80-point mark in eight games in that span.
- The Jacks are 8-2 when winning the rebounding battle and 2-3 when being out-rebounded. Twice this year the Jacks have posted a plus-20 rebounding margin. SDSU was 16-1 when outrebounding its opponent last year and 2-16 in games with the same or fewer rebounds. State currently sits fourth nationally with 540 total rebounds.
- South Dakota State forced 11 steals against Concordia (Neb.) on Dec. 8, tallying 10-or-more steals in a game for the first time since Nov. 19, 2015 at Illinois State (11).
- Six Jackrabbits reached double figures against Concordia (Neb.) on Dec. 8 for the first time in a game since Feb. 28, 2013 at Omaha.
- Three times this season the Jackrabbits have had two players score over 20 points in the same game. Mike Daum and David Jenkins Jr. did it against Alabama State (34 and 20) and Ole Miss (26 and 22).
- South Dakota State is now seven wins away from the program's 1,500th victory. The Jacks won their 500th game in Frost Arena last season.
- 2017-18 marked the third time State has started 3-0 at the Division I level (dating back to transition year of 2004-05). The Jacks also did it in 2010-11 and 2015-16, when the team started an Division I-best 6-0.
- At least one Jackrabbit has scored in double figures over the last 324 games dating back to Jan. 12, 2008 at IUPUI when Anthony Cordova had nine points to lead the Jacks.
- 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. SDSU has now restarted a streak of 28 games with at least one 1,000-point scorer on the court.
- State has made at least one 3-pointer in 353 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.
- SDSU is 92-18 all-time in home openers (where records available). Dating back to 2004-05, SDSU's first year of DI transition, SDSU is 12-2.
- SDSU is 73-39 in season-openers all-time. The Jacks are 6-8 in season-opening games at the Division I level.
Jacks Receiving Votes in Mid-Major Poll
The Jackrabbits are receiving votes in the latest College Sports Madness Mid-Major Top 25 poll, released Dec. 18 by the organization
The Jacks fell out of the top 25 for the first time this season after ranking 22nd last week.
SDSU was previously ranked in all six versions of the poll, including preseason, while sitting as high as 13th in the second edition.
The latest edition of the poll features 2017-18 opponents Missouri State (No. 16), South Dakota (No. 18), and Buffalo (RV-12).
Jacks Fifth at Cayman Islands Classic
South Dakota State took fifth at the inaugural Cayman Islands Classic, closing the tournament with wins over Iowa and Buffalo after falling in its first game to Wyoming.
Reed Tellinghuisen was named to the Cayman Classic All-Tournament Team, averaging 12.7 points and 4.0 rebounds per game.
Mike Daum led all Jackrabbits with 54 total points at the tournament, hitting double figures all three games, including a season-best 34 against Buffalo.
David Jenkins Jr. shot 41.2 percent (7 of 17) beyond the arc, adding 14.7 points and 4.7 rebounds per game while
Tevin King, playing 26.3 minutes per game, dished out five assists, came up with eight steals, scored 31 points (10.3 ppg) and grabbed 17 rebounds (5.7 per game).
No. 12 Cincinnati won the tournament, beating Wyoming in the finals.
SDSU Signs Three
Owen King, Aaron Fiegen and Matthew Mimms signed their National Letters of Intent to join South Dakota State, announced Nov. 11 on National Signing Day.
- King (Caledonia, Minnesota) averaged 19 points, five rebounds and six assists per game as a junior for Caledonia High School. He enters his senior season as the school's all-time leading scorer (1,925 points)
- Fiegen (Madison, South Dakota) was a First Team All-State pick last year, averaging 15.5 points, 5.1 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game in 2016-17.
- Mimms (Fairfax, Iowa) is a two-time Iowa State Champion with Xavier High School. He averaged 15.5 points, five assists and 2.3 steals per game as a junior.
Preseason All-Conference Team; Jacks Picked First
Mike Daum and
Reed Tellinghuisen made repeat appearances on the Summit League's Preseason All-League teams, announced early-October. Daum was the Preseason Player of the Year with First Team honors while Tellinghuisen picked a Second Team nod for the second straight season.
Daum is the second Jackrabbit to be named Preseason All-Conference and the first to do it twice, joining Nate Wolters (2012-13).
As a team, South Dakota State was picked to win the league for the fourth time in program history.
SDSU Last Time Out (Dec. 19, 2017)
South Dakota State men's basketball had four in double figures and never trailed Tuesday night, rolling to an 87-74 win over Drake at Frost Arena.
SDSU (10-5) used its height advantage throughout, putting up 42 points in the paint while going plus-18 on the boards, including a 12-5 advantage in offensive rebounds.
Mike Daum led the way with a 35-point, 14-rebound double-double, matching his career-high of 14 field goals, including four 3-pointers.
Reed Tellinghuisen tallied 13 with five rebounds while
David Jenkins Jr. added 12 to go alongside a team-high four assists.
Lane Severyn finished with 10 points, hitting two 3-pointers to reach double figures for the second time in his career and
Tevin King added seven with seven rebounds.
The Jackrabbits shot 52.4 percent as a team and hit 12-of-13 from the charity stripe.
Drake finished 29-of-60 on the night from the field and had three in double figures, led by De'Antae McMurray's 13.
State hit its first five shots in the game, building an 11-6 lead three minutes in before the Bulldogs cut it to three (14-11) near the 13-minute mark. That was as close as things came, however, as the Jackrabbits went on a 17-4 run over the next five minutes to open up a 31-15 advantage on a King layup at 7:20.
Drake hung tough and closed the gap to nine (35-26) to force a Jackrabbit timeout at 3:45 after seven unanswered, and rest of the half saw the teams trade buckets and SDSU carried a 43-32 lead into the locker room.
The Bulldogs brought it back to single digits twice in the first 90 seconds of the second half, but a burst of eight straight from the Jacks moved it to 53-36 near the 16-minute mark.
State commanded the game the rest of the way, stretching the lead to 20 (73-53) on a Severyn 3-pointer at 7:53 to carry a comfortable advantage down the stretch.
DU made one last push late in the second, crawling within 12 (81-69) near the two-minute mark before a Daum 3-pointer ended a 9-2 Bulldog run and sealed the win.
Opponent Last Time Out (Dec. 19, 2017)
UMKCKangaroos.com
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The UMKC men's basketball team (3-10) put on a show Tuesday night for Kansas City Day at Municipal Auditorium. In a game that saw a combined six-straight 3-pointers over a span of three minutes to send the game to overtime, the Roos were unable to overcome the visiting Central Michigan Chippewas (9-2), falling 92-86.
A jumper by Jordan Giles (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) on UMKC's first possession helped the sophomore pick up where he left off from the previous game. Point guard Xavier Bishop (Springfield, Ill.) also continued his scoring ways, netting a 3-pointer moments later.
By the first media timeout, eight Roos saw action on the floor for head coach Kareem Richardson, as the Roos held the 7-5 lead.
Center Mo Ahmed (Tulsa, Okla.) scored six quick points off the bench for UMKC, while a made free throw by Robert Knar (Mundelein, Ill.) with 13:36 left in the first half gave the Roos their largest lead of the game at nine points.
UMKC continued to show depth, as 17 first-half points were scored by the Roos bench led by Ahmed and Brandon McKissic (Ferguson, Mo.), who each had six points apiece.
Central Michigan never led in the first half, while Bishop led the way for UMKC with eight points. Isaiah Ross (Davenport, Iowa) contributed seven points and Marvin Nesbitt Jr. (Chicago, Ill.) grabbed a team-leading six rebounds after the first 20 minutes of action.
A trey by Central Michigan's David DiLeo helped the Chippewas close in on the Roos five minutes into the second half. A pair of free throws by DiLeo at the 14-minute mark gave Central Michigan the lead for the first time in the game.
A fast-break jumper by Marco Smith (Kansas City, Kan.), followed by a 3-pointer from the newcomer, pushed UMKC back out to a four-point lead. The two teams exchanged treys for nearly three minutes in a 3-point shootout, that including shots from long range from Smith and Bishop, as well as a trio from Ross to put the Roos out in front by six points.
A 7-1 run by the Chippewas to close the game forced UMKC to enter overtime for the first time this season. The Roos tallied nine points during the extra time, with the help of Ross and Bishop, but Central Michigan pulled away to hang on for the 92-86 win.
Â
-GoJacks.com-
Â