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South Dakota State University Athletics
Saturday, December 9
Brookings, S.D.
7 p.m.
South Dakota State University
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Bowling Green
Photo by: Inertia Sports Media/Dave Eggen
Women's Basketball Hosts Bowling Green Saturday
12/8/2017 8:48:00 AM | Women's Basketball
| Â GAME 10: RV/RV South Dakota State [7-2] vs. Bowling Green [7-1] |
| Â When | Â Saturday, Dec. 9, 2017 | 7 p.m. |
| Â Where | Â Frost Arena | Brookings, S.D. |
| Â Radio | Â Jackrabbit Sports Network I WNAX 570 AM I Jackrabbit All-Access I Brad Peterson |
| Â Live Audio | Â GoJacks.com |
|  Live Video |  GoJacks.com/watch |
| Â Live Stats | Â GoJacksLive.com |
| Â Game Notes | Â South Dakota State | Bowling Green | Summit League |
| Â Social Media | Â Twitter I #EarsUp |
The South Dakota State women's basketball team concludes a four-game homestand when it hosts Bowling Green Saturday at 7 p.m. in the friendly confines of Frost Arena.
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SDSU improved to 7-2 with a 67-61 win over Oklahoma Wednesday. Macy Miller led three in double figures in scoring with a game-high 17 points.
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Bowling Green, 7-1, enters the game on a four-game winning streak after defeating Xavier, 63-53, Wednesday.
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Saturday's game will be the second meeting between the Jackrabbits and the Falcons. SDSU leads the series 1-0.
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Noteworthy
- The Jackrabbits received four votes in Monday's Associated Press poll, two votes in Tuesday's USA Today's Coaches poll and are second in the CollegeInsider Mid-Major poll.
- SDSU was also ranked second in Graham Hays' Nov. 29 espnW mid-major poll.
- State has held six of its nine opponents to 65-or-fewer points, including two to less than 50.
- There have been at least three Jackrabbits scoring in double digits in four of nine games.
- Macy Miller has scored 20-or-more points three times. She averages 16.4 points per game.
- South Dakota State needs three wins to record 950 wins in the program's 52 years. The Jacks have a 947-413 (.696) all-time record.
Poll Positions
- South Dakota State received four votes in this week's Associated Press and two in the USA Today Sports Coaches Top 25 polls.
- The last time the Jacks received votes in either poll was Nov. 28, 2016, when they had seven votes in the AP and 26 in the Coaches polls.
- The highest SDSU has ever been ranked is 16th in the AP poll March 9, 2009, and 14th in the Coaches poll March 2, 2009.
Jackrabbits in Mid-Major Poll
- South Dakota State was ranked second in the Dec. 5 CollegeInsider Mid-Major poll.
- SDSU has been ranked in the Mid-Major Top 25 Poll 104 of the last 105 weeks.
- The Jackrabbits, who were picked No. 1 in last year's preseason poll, finished 15th at the end of the 2016-17 season.
A Quick Glance at South Dakota State
- Eighteenth-year head coach Aaron Johnston's probable starters for the Bowling Green game are:
                 - Madison Guebert, guard
                 - Macy Miller, guard
                 - Myah Selland, forward
                 - Ellie Thompson, forward
- The starting lineup is 6-2 overall this season.
- Summit League Player of the Year candidate Macy Miller is currently SDSU's and the league's leading scorer, averaging 16.4 points per game. Madison Guebert (14.4) is the other Jackrabbit averaging double digits in scoring.
- SDSU averages 70.0 points per game and limits foes to 61.8 points per outing.
- On the boards, Tagyn Larson is SDSU's leading rebounder, grabbing 6.1 caroms an outing. The Jackrabbits are outrebounding opponents by 3.1.
- The Jackrabbits' top 3-point threat is Guebert, who is sinking 2.1 treys per game.
- Alexander and Rylie Cascio Jensen are the Jacks' top playmakers, dishing 2.4 assists per game.
- The Jacks have a plus-1.0 assist-to-turnover ratio.
- SDSU is shooting 37.4 percent from the field, 31.1 percent from 3-point range and 78.7 percent from the free-throw line.
Bowling Green
- Bowling Green is 7-1 on the season after defeating Xavier Wednesday at home, 63-53. It sports a 3-0 road record with wins at Detroit Mercy, Robert Morris and Florida Atlantic. Its lone loss on the season was against Canisius.
- The Falcons are led offensively by junior Carly Santoro. The guard is averaging a double-double with 16.4 points and 11.0 rebounds per game.
- Sophomore guard/forward Andrea Cecil (11.0), junior guard Sydney Lambert (11.0) and freshman guard Haley Puk (10.8) also average double digits in scoring.
- The Falcons are scoring at a 70.1-point clip and giving up 63.6 points an outing.
- On the boards, Bowling Green is outrebounding opponents by 3.6 caroms a game.
- Lambert is dishing 2.9 assists per game.
- Puk and Lambert are the Falcons' top 3-point threats, sinking 34.0 and 32.7 percent of their shots, respectively.
- Bowling Green has six players averaging five-or-more points and seven averaging 10-or-more minutes per game.
- The Falcons are shooting 41.5 percent from the field, 30.0 percent from 3-point range and 70.0 percent from the free-throw line.
Bowling Green Series
- Saturday's game marks the second meeting between South Dakota State and Bowling Green.
- The teams were set to meet last December, but the game was canceled due to weather.
- SDSU won the first game in the series, 58-45 Dec. 21, 2015, in Bowling Green, Ohio. Gabby Boever led the Jacks with 13 points and Clarissa Ober grabbed a game-high nine rebounds.
- The Jackrabbits are 2-2 vs. teams from Ohio and 8-1 against Mid-American Conference members.
For more information on the South Dakota State women's basketball team, follow the Jackrabbits on Twitter (@GoJacksWBB) or like South Dakota State women's basketball on Facebook.
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