GAME 17: South Dakota State (11-5) vs Presentation (6-9) |
Previewing the Game
South Dakota State closes its nonconference schedule this Saturday, hosting Presentation at 2 p.m. inside Frost Arena.
The Jackrabbits (11-5) last played Dec. 22 in Kansas City, picking up a 85-60 road win over UMKC to head into the holidays and have won four of their last five. SDSU has not lost at home this season and has won 12 straight inside Frost Arena dating back to last year.
The Presentation Saints (6-9) come to Frost Arena on a three-game losing streak and are 2-3 in their last five games, falling to Briar Cliff, Valley City State and Dickinson in that span with wins over Trinity Bible and Bellevue. The Saints also had an exhibition at Weber State on Dec. 22, falling 88-48 in Ogden, Utah.
This is the second meeting between the schools, with the Jackrabbits claiming a 109-62 victory in the original bout, Dec. 3, 2003.
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 21.5 points and 8.2 rebounds per contest. He has six double-doubles on the campaign and has reached double figures in 15 of 16 contests, including five of his 17 career 30-point performances. Daum has been named the Summit League's Player of the Week three times this season, including the last two.
David Jenkins Jr. is off to a torrid pace in his first season at the collegiate level, sitting second on the team with 14.6 points per game and 13 double figure scoring performances. He has led the team in scoring three times (13 against UCI, 23 against Iowa and 19 against Concordia) and is shooting 40.7 percent from the field this season. Jenkins 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
Mike Daum for the team-lead in 3-pointers, hitting 42 at a clip of 40.4 percent. He is on pace to challenge
Mike Daum's freshman scoring record of 518 points, set in 2015-16. Jenkins has 234 points through 16 games, compared to Daum's 189 points in that span. Additionally, Jenkins has the seventh most points by a freshman this season.
Reed Tellinghuisen has risen to 23rd all-time in career points at SDSU (1,211) this year and is averaging 12.1 points per game, hitting double figures in nine of the last 10 contests. Tellinghuisen is pulling down 4.8 rebounds per contests, and last time out posted his third career double-double, finishing with a team-best 16 points and 10 rebounds at UMKC. The Sac City, Iowa native is shooting 49.2 percent from the field and is 31-for-74 from 3-point range.
Tevin King is putting up 9.1 points per game, just below double figures while grabbing 86 total rebounds, second-most on the team. He has 47 assists and a team-best 29 steals as well while shooting 52.9 percent from the field. From Chicago, King has already hit 10 3-points this season and has scored 10 or more eight times, including an 11-point game last week at UMKC.
About Presentation
Presentation is led by three double figure scorers this season, with Julius Jackson (25.9 points per game) pacing the team. Jackson is shooting 47.6 percent from the field and has hit 34 3-pointers alongside a 94-for-116 effort at the charity stripe. He is adding 5.3 rebounds per game and is second on the squad with 30 assists.
Deiontay Walters (11.7 ppg) is second in scoring with a 43.3 percent field goal mark and has 12 3-pointers. He has hit 47-of-63 free throws and is grabbing 4.3 rebounds per game with a team-best 34 assists.
Quadre Lollis (10.5 ppg) is in double figures as well and leads the team with 139 total rebounds, an average of 9.3 per game. Lollis is shooting 49.6 percent from the field.
The Saints are averaging 79.5 points per game as a team and are plus-3.8 in rebounding margin. Presentation is shooting 45 percent combined and has hit 104 3-pointers.
Jeremy Reigle is in his eighth season leading the Saints and holds a 92-106 record at the helm.
A South Dakota State Win Would ...
Give SDSU its 12th win of the season ... move SDSU to 2-0 all-time against the Saints ... make Otzelberger 30-22 at South Dakota State ... send the Jackrabbits to 1,495-1,029-1 all-time.
A South Dakota State Loss Would ...
Put the Jacks at 11-6 ... even the all-time series with Presentation at a game apiece ... make Otzelberger 29-23 at South Dakota State ... move SDSU to 1,494-1,030-1 all-time.
Daum Racks Up Weekly Honors
Mike Daum earned his third Summit League Player of the Week nod Dec. 26, picking up the nod for the second-straight week. Daum is a seven-time Summit League Player of the Week for his career, the fourth-most all-time in league history.
- Dec. 26 -- Averaged a double-double over two starts, putting up 23.5 points and 10.5 rebounds per game alongside a 61.3 field goal percentage. Started the week with a 35-point, 14-rebound double-double against Drake on Dec. 19. He matched his career-high of 14 field goals and hit four 3-pointers in the game. Daum added 12 points and seven rebounds at UMKC (Dec. 22), going 5-for-7 from the field.
- Dec. 18 -- Averaged a double-double over two starts, with 31 points and 11 rebounds per contests. Scored 37 points with 12 rebounds at Colorado (Dec. 15) and had 25 points with 10 boards against North Dakota (Dec. 12).
- Nov. 20 -- Posted double-doubles in both games, averaging 25.5 points and 12.0 rebounds per contest. He shot 50 percent from the field (16 of 32) and hit eight 3-pointers while going 11-for-13 at the charity stripe. Notched his 13th career 30-point game against Alabama State (11/14) to go along with 13 rebounds while adding 21 points and 11 rebounds against Kansas (11/17).
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 leads the nation in 3-pointers made and is fifth in attempts for the Dec. 26 stats release (available at print). The Jacks are 17th nationally with 10.9 3-pointers per game and a 41.2 long range shooting percentage.
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. (42),
Mike Daum (42) and
Reed Tellinghuisen (31) and all rank among the nation's best, with Jenkins and Daum sitting 21st in the nation.
Through 16 games last season, SDSU was 145-for-403 beyond the arc. This year, the Jacks are 174-for-422 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, going 18-for-41 beyond the arc.
Since the arrival of
T.J. 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 nine games.
Daum, Tellinghuisen Continue Rise on Scoring Chart
Mike Daum entered the top five for career points at South Dakota State Dec. 12 against North Dakota, and now has 1,740 points as a Jackrabbit. 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 23rd with 1,211 career points. He is less than 250 points from 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. 28, 2017.
Pointing The Way
Tevin King and
Brandon Key have shared the point guard role through 16 games this season, complimenting each other and helping the team rank 19th nationally with 232 total assists.
Key has a team-high 61 assists (3.8 per game) to go with a 6.8 per game scoring average. He five double-figure scoring games and has dished three or more assists on 11 occasions, including a pair of seven-assist efforts against Alabama State and DSU. He has five or more assists in eight games.
King has 47 assists and is averaging 9.1 points per contest while leading the team with 29 steals. The Chicago, Illinois native has already surpassed his 3-point total from a year ago, sitting with 10 made 3s this season to go alongside a field goal percentage of 52.9. He has eight 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 234 points and 42 3-pointers through 16 games. He has hit at least two 3-pointers in 12 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 13 of his first 16 games, becoming the first freshman to accomplish the feat at SDSU since Steve Holdren did it in 12 of his first 16 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 14.5 points per game average in 2017-18 and has shot 40.7 percent from the field, and 40.4 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 234 points through 16 games, compared to Daum's 189 points in that span.
Fellow Tacoma native Isaiah Thomas, currently with the Cleveland Cavaliers, had 259 points and 14 double figure games through 16 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 Thursday, Dec. 28 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 passed the 90-point mark seven times this season and have scored 80 or more in 11 games.
- The Jacks are 9-2 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, and did it again Dec. 22 at UMKC.
- 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 six 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 325 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 29 games with at least one 1,000-point scorer on the court.
- State has made at least one 3-pointer in 354 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 Back in Mid-Major Top 25
The Jackrabbits moved back into the top 25 of the College Sports Madness Mid-Major poll, released Dec. 25 by the organization
The Jacks fell out of the top 25 last week for the first time this season, but moved back to 22nd in the latest poll.
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).
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) and in December was named Minnesota's Associated Press High School Football Player of the Year.
- 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. 22, 2017)
KANSAS CITY -- South Dakota State men's basketball closed the road portion of its 2017 nonconference schedule with a dominant victory Friday night, taking down UMKC 85-60 at Municipal Auditorium behind six double figure scorers.
SDSU (11-5) shot 50.8 percent as a team and hit 12 3-pointers while limiting the Kangaroos (3-11) to seven 3-pointers and a 32.8 field goal percentage.
Reed Tellinghuisen led the Jackrabbits with a 16-point, 10-rebound double-double and dished four assists.
Skyler Flatten matched his career-high of four 3-pointers on his way to 14 points, adding five rebounds while
Mike Daum (seven rebounds) and
David Jenkins Jr. both scored 12.
Tevin King came up with a game-high four steals and had 11 points and
Brandon Key, who matched King and
Lane Severyn with three assists, rounded out the double digit scorers with 10.
The Jackrabbits opened the game on a 10-2 tear and never looked back, building a double-digit lead (20-9) before the 10-minute mark. State stretched its advantage to 24 (44-20) over the next eight minutes, ending a burst of 10 unanswered on a Flatten 3-pointer at 3:08.
Leading 46-30 at the break, the Jacks saw UMKC crawl within 15 early in the second, but a 14-4 State rally put the game out of reach soon after. SDSU led by as many as 32 on the night, heading into the Christmas break with 11 wins for the first time in its Division I history.
Opponent Last Time Out (Dec. 17, 2017)
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VALLEY CITY/DICKINSON, N.D. – The men's basketball team dropped a pair of conference games against Valley City State University and Dickinson State University this past weekend. The Saints lost 78-65 against Valley City State on Saturday night and 102-82 against Dickinson State on Sunday. With the losses, the Saints drop to 6-9 overall and 1-4 in conference action.
Game One – Presentation 65, Valley City State University 78
The Saints saw their biggest lead of the night come in the first two minutes of the game as they held a five-point advantage over the Vikings. However, VCSU kept up their offensive pressure and gained a seven-point lead heading into halftime by a score of 34-27.
With four minutes left in the game, the Saints cut the lead down to six by a score of 63-57. However, VCSU would go on a 14-4 run to extend their lead by 16 with 35 seconds left. The Saints scored four more points in the final seconds but ultimately fell to the Vikings for their third conference loss of the season.
No surprise as Julius Jackson (JR/Indianapolis, IN) led all Saints in scoring with 34 on the night. Jalen Johnson (SO/Indianapolis, IN) recorded nine points off the bench while teammate Marcus Gatlin (SR/Chicago, IL) aided with seven of his own. Quadre Lollis (JR/Indianapolis, IN) and Deiontay Walters (JR/Cincinnati, OH) notched six apiece while Riyadh Asad (SR/West Springfield, MA) rounded out the scoring with three. Walters led the Saints in rebounds in the loss with ten.
As a team, the Saints shot 37.1 percent from the field (23-62), 17.4 percent from three-point range (4-23), and 93.8 percent from the line (15-16).
Game Two – Presentation 82, Dickinson State University 102
Presentation jumped out to an early 7-0 lead over the Blue Hawks in the first two minutes of the game. Both teams would battle back-and-forth for the remainder of the half but the Blue Hawks responded with a 14-2 run in the final four minutes of action to take a 50-45 lead at the half.
The offensive surge by the Blue Hawks continued as they pulled away from the Saints after a 16-2 run to open the second half to take a commanding 17-point lead. The Saints were unable to comeback from the deficit as DiSU gained their largest lead of the night by 26 points with three minutes left in the game.
Julius Jackson led the Saints with 41 points, exactly half of the team's total on the night. Deiomtay Walters hauled in 21 of his own while Quadre Lollis notched his sixth double-double of the year with 12 points and ten rebounds. Riyadh Asad recorded five points and Marcus Gatlin rounded out the scoring with three.
For the night, the Saints shot 53.3 percent from the floor (32-60), 27.8 percent from beyond the arc (5-18), and 72.2 percent from the line (13-18).
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