Win Streak on the Line in Think Pink Game

Wednesday, February 8

Brookings, S.D.

7 p.m.

South Dakota State University

Oral Roberts

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2/7/2017 4:34:00 PM | Women's Basketball

GAME 24: South Dakota State [18-5, 9-2] vs. Oral Roberts [13-11, 5-6]

When	Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017 l 7 p.m.
Where	Frost Arena l Brookings, S.D.
TV	GoJacks.com/watch
Radio	Jackrabbit Sports Network l WNAX 104.1 FM l Jackrabbit All-Access l Brad Peterson
Live Stats	GoJacksLive.com
SDSU Links	Game Notes
ORU Links	Game Notes
Summit League Links	Weekly Notes l Website
Social Media	Twitter l #EarsUp

The South Dakota State women's basketball team will be helping raise awareness of breast cancer with its Think Pink game vs. Oral Roberts Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the friendly confines of Frost Arena.

The Jackrabbits were ranked No. 6 in the Jan. 31 CollegeInsider Mid-Major poll.

SDSU is first in The Summit League standings at 9-2. State is 18-5 overall.

The Jackrabbits improved to 10-1 and 6-0 in Frost Arena after Clarissa Ober led four players in double figures with a game-high 15 points and a season-high 12 rebounds in a 70-58 win vs. South Dakota Feb. 4.

Oral Roberts upset IUPUI, 54-45, Feb. 4 to improve to 13-11 overall and 5-6 in The Summit League. The Golden Eagles are fifth in the league standings.

Wednesday's game is the 19th meeting between the Jackrabbits and the Golden Eagles. State leads the all-time series, 12-6, has won the last seven games in the series and is 5-2 in Frost Arena.

Noteworthy

SDSU is wearing pink Under Armour jerseys to show support and raise awareness for breast cancer. The jerseys will be auctioned immediately after the game with proceeds benefitting the Edith Sanford Breast Foundation. Last year, the Jackrabbits raised more than $8,000 for the Foundation with the jerseys being sold for between $200 and $2,050.
South Dakota State has a seven-game home winning streak, which ranks 24th in the NCAA. It has also won its last 12 Summit League home games and is 44-2 (.956) in the last five seasons in league play.
SDSU is 465-116 (.800) all-time in home games, including 75-7 (.914) in home Summit League games.
State has won 404 of its last 500 home encounters, good for a remarkable .808 winning percentage.
The Jackrabbits are 240-82 (.745) in all-time games since joining The Summit League in 2007-08.
The Jacks have won 47 of their last 56 league games, dating to a 63-57 win over IUPUI Jan. 9, 2014.
Of its nine Summit League opponents in the last 10 years, SDSU has five losses to IUPUI, four to South Dakota, two to North Dakota State and one each to Denver, Fort Wayne, Omaha and Western Illinois. The most losses have been to Oral Roberts (6).
SDSU head coach Aaron Johnston, who won his 400th game Dec. 11, enters Wednesday's game with a 410-138 (.748) overall record and a 136-27 (.834) 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 sixth in the Jan. 31 poll.
SDSU has been ranked in the Mid-Major Top 25 Poll 94 of the last 95 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 seventh consecutive game are:

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

The starting lineup is 7-2 overall and 5-1 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 15.2 points per game. Young (13.1) and Thompson (13.0) are the other Jacks averaging double digits in scoring.
SDSU averages 69.8 points per game. Four Jackrabbits have led the team in scoring this season.
State has held 17 of its 23 opponents to 65-or-fewer points, including six to less than 50.
There have been at least three Jackrabbits scoring in double digits in 17 of 23 games.
On the boards, Ober is SDSU's leading rebounder, grabbing 7.1 caroms an outing. The Jackrabbits are outrebounding opponents by 3.5 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 3.3 assists per game.
The Jacks have a plus-1.1 assist-to-turnover ratio.
SDSU is shooting 43.5 percent from the field, 33.1 percent from 3-point range and 74.7 percent from the free-throw line.

Glance at Oral Roberts

Oral Roberts is 3-2 in its last five games.
On the road, the Golden Eagles are 6-7 overall and 2-4 in the league, winning their last two.
ORU is led offensively by junior Faith Ihim. The forward is averaging 13.2 points per game. The Golden Eagles are averaging 65.9 points per game.
Junior transfer Lakota Beatty, senior guard Kaylan Mayberry and sophomore forward Maria Martianez are also averaging double digits, scoring 12.4, 11.8 and 12.1 points per game, respectively. Beatty has missed the last four games with an injury.
Ihim averages a team-leading 8.1 rebounds. The Golden Eagles are outrebounding opponents by 1.0 caroms a game.
Mayberry is dishing 2.6 assists per game.
Beatty is Oral Roberts' top 3-point threat, sinking 46 3-pointers and shooting 43.8 percent overall.
ORU has six players averaging 5-or-more points and nine averaging 10-or-more minutes per game.
The Golden Eagles are shooting 40.6 percent from the field, 31.1 percent from 3-point range and 71.6 percent from the free-throw line.

Breaking Down the Oral Roberts Series

Wednesday's game will be the 19th meeting between SDSU and Oral Roberts—a series that began when the Jackrabbits joined The Summit League at the start of the 2007-08 season.
The Jackrabbits lead the series 12-6 and have a 5-2 record in Frost Arena, winning the last three games.
State won the first meeting of 2016-17, recording a 78-57 triumph in Tulsa, Okla.
SDSU swept the series last year, winning, 68-50, in Tulsa, Jan. 27 and, 60-48, in Frost Arena Feb. 13.
State and Oral Roberts have had one overtime game, the 2010 Summit League Championship game, Mar. 9, 2010.
With SDSU leading 78-75 in the final 10 seconds of overtime, Kristin Rotert stripped Kevi Luper of the ball and then sank one of two free throws to seal the victory and send SDSU to its second consecutive NCAA Tournament.

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