Final Regular-Season Road Game for the Jacks

Saturday, February 18

Fort Wayne, Ind.

3 p.m.

South Dakota State University

Fort Wayne

Photo by: Inertia Sports Media/Dave Eggen

2/17/2017 10:29:00 AM | Women's Basketball

GAME 26: South Dakota State [19-7, 10-4] at Fort Wayne [5-21, 2-11]

When	Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017 l 3 p.m.
Where	Hillard Gates Sports Center l Fort Wayne, Ind.
TV	GoJacks.com
Radio	Jackrabbit Sports Network l WNAX 570 AM l Jackrabbit All-Access l Tyler Merriam
Live Stats	GoJacks.com
SDSU Links	Game Notes
FW Links	Game Notes
Summit League Links	Weekly Notes l Website
Social Media	Twitter l #EarsUp

The South Dakota State women's basketball team plays its final regular-season road game Saturday when it travels to Fort Wayne for a 3 p.m. tip.

The Jackrabbits were ranked No. 4 in Tuesday's CollegeInsider Mid-Major poll.

SDSU is third in The Summit League standings behind Western Illinois and South Dakota. State is 10-4 in the league and 19-7 overall.

The Jackrabbits dropped to 7-6 overall and 3-4 in the league on the road with an 83-77 loss at Western Illinois Wednesday. Madison Guebert led all scorers with 23 points for her eighth 20-plus point game of the season.

Fort Wayne dropped to 5-21 overall and 2-11 in The Summit League with 63-49 loss at Omaha Wednesday.

Saturday's game is the 30th meeting between the Jackrabbits and the Mastodons. State leads the all-time series, 28-1, has won the last 16 games in the series and is 12-0 in Hillard Gates Sports Center.

Noteworthy

With a win Saturday, the Jackrabbits will record their 20th overall and sixth consecutive 20-win season.
SDSU also has double-digit Summit League victories in all 10 seasons in the league.
The Jackrabbits have lost their last two games. The last time that occurred was last season when they dropped road games at South Dakota and IUPUI.
South Dakota State has lost at least four league games three times—2009-10, 2010-11 and 2014-15—and went on to win Summit League Tournament titles all three seasons.
Kerri Young, Madison Guebert and Ellie Thompson have each scored 10-or-more points in at least 12 of the 14 Summit League games.
The Jackrabbits have limited their last five opponents to 56.8 points per game, outscoring them by 14.8 points per outing and outrebounding their foes by 7.6 caroms.
South Dakota State sports a 7-6 overall road record and is 3-4 in Summit League play. The Jacks won at Denver, Oral Roberts and North Dakota State, but lost at South Dakota, Omaha, IUPUI and Western Illinois.
South Dakota State is 59-22 (.728) all-time in Summit League road games and has won 10 of its last 17 road contests. Last year, it went 6-2 in league road contests.
The Jackrabbits are 241-84 (.741) in all-time games since joining The Summit League in 2007-08.
The Jacks have won 48 of their last 59 league games, dating to a 63-57 win over IUPUI Jan. 9, 2014.
State swept regular-season series with North Dakota State and Oral Roberts. It split series with IUPUI, Omaha, South Dakota and Western Illinois.
Of its 10 Summit League opponents in the last 10 years, SDSU has six losses to IUPUI and Oral Roberts, four to South Dakota, two to North Dakota State and Western Illinois and one each to Denver, Fort Wayne and Omaha.
SDSU head coach Aaron Johnston, who won his 400th game Dec. 11, enters Saturday's game with a 411-140 (.745) overall record and a 137-29 (.825) league mark.

Jackrabbits in Mid-Major Poll

After spending the first four weeks of the season atop the CollegeInsider Mid-Major poll, South Dakota State was fourth in Tuesday's poll.
SDSU has been ranked in the Mid-Major Top 25 Poll 96 of the last 97 weeks.
With its 26 first-place votes in the preseason poll, SDSU is the first team in The Summit League history to earn a top national preseason ranking.
The Jackrabbits were ranked first in the final 2015-16 poll, their highest-ever ranking.

A Quick Glance at South Dakota State

Seventeenth-year head coach Aaron Johnston's probable starters for the 10th consecutive game are:

            Alexis Alexander, point guard
            Madison Guebert, guard
            Kerri Young, guard
            Ellie Thompson, forward
            Clarissa Ober, center

The starting lineup is 8-4 overall and 6-3 in league play this season.
SDSU has had three starting lineups after the Jackrabbits' leading scoring Macy Miller (Dec. 9) and leading rebounder Clarissa Ober (Dec. 21, return Jan. 11) suffered injuries that forced them from the starting five.
Guebert is currently SDSU's leading scorer, averaging 15.3 points per game. Young (13.6) and Thompson (13.0) are the other Jacks averaging double digits in scoring.
SDSU averages 70.2 points per game. Four Jackrabbits have led the team in scoring this season.
State has held 19 of its 26 opponents to 65-or-fewer points, including seven to less than 50.
There have been at least three Jackrabbits scoring in double digits in 19 of 26 games.
On the boards, Ober is SDSU's leading rebounder, grabbing 7.3 caroms an outing. The Jackrabbits are outrebounding opponents by 4.3 caroms.
The Jackrabbits' top 3-point threat is Guebert, who is sinking 3.0 treys per game and shooting 44.0 percent.
Young is the Jacks' top playmaker, dishing 3.4 assists per game.
The Jacks have a plus-1.1 assist-to-turnover ratio.
SDSU is shooting 43.6 percent from the field, 33.2 percent from 3-point range and 74.4 percent from the free-throw line.

Glance at Fort Wayne

Fort Wayne is 1-4 in its last five games and won two of its last five home games, defeating Omaha and North Dakota State.
The Mastodons are 3-9 overall and 2-5 in the league in home games.
IPFW is led offensively by sophomore De'Jour Young. The guard is averaging 12.6 points per game. Fort Wayne averages 57.0 points per game.
Young averages a team-leading 5.2 rebounds. The 'Dons are being outrebounded by 4.3 caroms a game.
Senior guard Rachel Rinehart is dishing 2.3 assists per game.
Freshman guard?Zaria Atkins is IPFW's top 3-point threat, sinking 19 3-pointers each.
Fort Wayne has seven players averaging 5-or-more points and 10 averaging 10-or-more minutes per game.
The 'Dons are shooting 38.6 percent from the field, 27.3 percent from 3-point range and 75.5 percent from the free-throw line.

Breaking Down the Fort Wayne Series

Saturday's game marks the 30th meeting between SDSU and Fort Wayne.
The Jacks, who lead the series 28-1, won the first 12 games of the series and currently have a 16-game winning streak after defeating IPFW, 73-51, Jan. 5 in Frost Arena.
The Mastodons' lone win was a 70-67 overtime victory Jan. 22, 2011, at Frost Arena.
SDSU holds the series lead in Summit League regular-season games, 23-1; is 5-0 in The Summit League Championship, and 12-0 on the road vs. the 'Dons.
IPFW has never scored more than 74 points in the series.
The Jacks are 1-1 in overtime games in the series. They beat the 'Dons 74-72 Feb. 4, 2008, and lost 70-67 Jan. 22, 2011.

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