GAME 7: South Dakota State (4-2) vs Colorado State (4-1); Gulf Coast Showcase |
Previewing the Game
South Dakota State has another quick turnaround for its third game at the 2018 Gulf Coast Showcase, taking on Colorado Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. ET / 12:30 p.m. CT in the consolation finals.
The Jackrabbits (4-2) fell to Tulane in the tournament's opening round Monday, 84-80, before a bounce-back, 99-79, victory over UTSA on Tuesday.
Colorado State (4-1) dropped a 91-73 contest to Louisiana in the tournament's first round before taking down Florida Gulf Coast, 82-74.
SDSUÂ is the three-time defending Summit League tournament champions and last year claimed the program's first-ever outright Summit League regular season title, going 13-1 in league play. CSU was picked eighth in the Mountain West Preseason Poll.
The two programs have met once prior, with South Dakota State claiming an 86-76 victory on March 18, 2015 in the National Invitation Tournament for the Jackrabbits' first-ever Division I postseason win.
About South Dakota State
All-American
Mike Daum paces the Jackrabbit offense with double-double average of 26.0 points and 11.0 rebounds per game, shooting 48.2 percent from the field with 16 3-point field goals. Daum has dished 16 assists as well on the year and is playing 33.8 minutes per contest. The two-time Summit League Player of the Year now has 2,388 career points and ranks first all-time on SDSU's career scoring chart.
David Jenkins is close behind for the scoring lead, dropping 19.2 points on average with a trio of 20-plus scoring performances. The sophomore guard has hit 15 treys on the year to go with a 48.6 field goal percentage.
Skyler Flatten rounds out the top scorers for South Dakota State with 15.0 points per game, as the sixth-year senior has hit 14 3-pointers and reached double figures in five straight contests.
Tevin King, who just missed a double-double on Monday against Tulane (11 rebounds, nine points), leads the team with 17 assists on the year and is just shy of double figures in scoring, averaging 8.7 points on average. King is a 66.7 percent shooter from the field and has tallied nine steals to go with a 6.8 rebounding average.
Matt Dentlinger (six starts, 6.7 points per game),
Alex Arians (2.7 ppg),
Alou Dillon (1.6 ppg) and
Owen King (3.3 ppg) have provided valuable minutes in the first six contests of the season. Dentlinger has scored in double figures twice and is averaging 5.5 rebounds per game, while
Owen King has 14 total assists over 15.0 minutes per game.
The Jackrabbits are averaging 83.3 points per contest and shooting an impressive 50.3 percent as a team from the field with a 51-for-123 effort beyond the arc. SDSU has hit 99-of-128 at the charity stripe, as well.
On the boards, the Jacks hold a plus-7.2 edge in rebound margin and are pulling down 40.2 per game as a team.
About Colorado State
Head Coach Niko Medved is in his first season leading Colorado State and is off to a 4-1 start with the program. He is in his sixth year as a head coach career-wise and holds an 83-88 mark.
Entering Tuesday, Colorado State was averaging 86.5 points per game and allowing 75.3 on average. The Rams are plus-8.8 in rebounding margin and shooting 48.3 percent as a team.
Six Colorado State players are averaging double figures in the early going. J.D. Paige has appeared in three games and has a 17.0 scoring average. Anthony Masinton-Bonner (14.3 points per game), Kendle Moore (13.8 ppg), Lorenzo Jenkins (13.5 ppg), Nico Carvacho (13.5 ppg) have all started all four games for the Rams, while Adam Thistlewood is pouring in 11.5 points per contest off the bench.
Carvacho has grabbed 12.0 rebounds per contest (48 total) and is shooting 52.6 percent from the field, while Jenkins is 12-for-22 from deep and Masinton-Bonner is 12-for-25 from beyond the arc.
A South Dakota State Win Would ...
Give SDSU its fifth win of the season ... place the Jacks fifth at the Gulf Coast Showcase ... move the Jackrabbits to 2-0 all-time against CSU ... push Otzelberger to 51-26 at South Dakota State ... give the Jacks a 1,516-1,033-1 program mark.
A South Dakota State Loss Would ...
Give State its third lost of the year and place them sixth at the Gulf Coast Showcase ... move SDSU to 1-1 all-time against the Rams ... make Otzelberger 50-27 at South Dakota State ... drop SDSU to 1,515-1,034-1 all-time.
Daum Sets All-Time Scoring Mark
Mike Daum entered the Nov. 20 matchup with UTSA needing 17 points to break Nate Wolters' all-time school scoring record of 2,363 points.
Daum left with 41 points and moved into first-place on the all-time scoring chart with 2,388 career points. The historic bucket came near the four-minute mark of the first quarter against UTSA, when
Owen King found Daum near the paint and let the big man go to work, draining a fadeaway jumper to move past Nate Wolters and into history.
A look at SDSU's all-time scoring chart is on page 12 of the game notes.
Daum Honored by Summit League
South Dakota State's
Mike Daum was named the Summit League's Player of the Week Nov. 12 after helping the Jackrabbits open the season with three wins in the first week of action.
Daum averaged 23 points and 12.3 rebounds per contest, tallying three double-doubles and shooting over 46 percent from the field. The 6-9 senior scored 20 points and had 13 rebounds against Grand Canyon, 23 and 13 against Alabama State and finished the week with 26 points and 11 boards against Bemidji State.
This is the 12th time Daum has been named as the Summit League's weekly honoree, picking up the award six times last year. He is third behind Wolters and Caleb Green (Oral Roberts, 2003-07), who each have 15, for the most Player of the Week honors in Summit League history
Preseason All-Conference Team; Jacks Picked First
Mike Daum and
David Jenkins headlined the Summit League's preseason teams, announced early-October. Jenkins is a first-time preseason honoree while Daum earned his third-consecutive Preseason Player of the Year nod.
Daum is the second Jackrabbit to be named Preseason All-Conference and the first to do it more than once, joining Nate Wolters (2012-13).
As a team, South Dakota State was picked to win the league for the fifth time in program history, garnering 34 of 36 first-place votes.
#Chasing3K
South Dakota State's
Mike Daum is within reach of rarefied air as he enters his senior campaign looking to become just the ninth men's basketball player all-time to reach 3,000 points. Daum currently sits 98th on the NCAA's all-time scoring chart (as of Nov. 20 after the UTSA contest) and will look to climb the ranks throughout the year.
He is currently second among active scorers, trailing only Campbell's Chris Clemons (2,390 points) by two points. A look at Daum's latest scoring chart listing can be found on page five of the game notes.
Tacoma Talent
Tacoma, Washington native
David Jenkins has made a statement early in 2018-19 to erase any doubt of a sophomore slump, matching his career-high in points (31) against Grand Canyon while scoring the final 10 Jackrabbit points to seal the home-opening victory. He followed it up with 29 points on the road against Florida Gulf Coast Nov. 16 and tallied 23 against Tulane. Jenkins now has 680 points in 41 career games.
Jenkins is a hot commodity in his second season of collegiate play after racking up an SDSU freshman record 565 points a year while finishing in the top 10 of freshman scorers nationwide. Additionally, Jenkins finished with 84 3-pointers (one shy of previous record, prior to
Mike Daum breaking it with 96 last year) and hit at least two treys in 24 contests.
On Dec. 22, 2017 at Colorado, Jenkins set the school's freshman single-game scoring record with 31 and matched it Feb. 8, 2018 at Denver.
Jenkins has reached double figures in 33 career games (out of 41).
Jenkins and Steve Holdren are 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).
Fellow Tacoma native Isaiah Thomas, currently with the Denver Nuggets, had 541 points and 29 double figure games (out of 35 available) through his freshman season at Washington. Through 41 career games, Thomas had 659 points and 35 double-digit scoring performances
#FearFrost
The Jacks own an 92-5 record at Frost Arena over the last seven seasons dating back to 2011-12, which includes perfect home records in five of the last seven years and a 3-0 start to the current campaign. That span includes two home winning streaks of 30 or more games.
- The Jackrabbits' current 23-game home winning streak ranks as the nation's longest active streak in Division I entering the 2018-19 season. The Jacks have held the nation's longest active-home winning streak twice in the last five years.
- Since 2011-12, South Dakota State has won 94.7 percent of its home games, a mark that top all Division I programs in that span. That list is on page three of the game notes.
- 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), 2015-16 (12-0) and 2017-18 (15-0).
- South Dakota State has won 31 consecutive home nonconference games inside Frost Arena entering this year. That mark ranks fifth nationally.
Somebody's Watching Me
South Dakota State's
Mike Daum has been named to four national award watch lists in the 2018-19 preseason, with more recognition possible as additional lists are released this month.
- The John R. Wooden® presented by Wendy's® announced its Preseason Top 50 today on ESPN's SportsCenter and on ESPN.com, featuring Daum for the second-consecutive year. Chosen by a preseason poll of national college basketball experts, the list is comprised of 50 student-athletes who are the early front-runners for college basketball's most prestigious individual honor.
- The National Association of Basketball Coaches on Nov. 5 announced its preseason watch list for the 2019 NABC Division I Player of the Year Presented by ShotTracker, with Daum among the 20 names released. The 2019 NABC Division I Player of the Year award will be announced on Sunday, April 7, at the NABC Guardians of the Game Awards Show in Minneapolis, Minn. - site of the 2019 NCAA Final Four®.
- Daum was named to the 2019 Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year Award preseason watch list in mid-October by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. The award, now in its fifth year, recognizes the top power forwards in Division I men's basketball. Daum was one of five finalists for the 2018 Karl Malone Award and is a repeat selection to the preseason watch list. The winner of the 2019 Karl Malone Award will be presented at The College Basketball Awards presented by Wendy's in Los Angeles, CA on Friday, April 12, 2019, along with the other four members of the Naismith Starting 5. Broadcast information will be released by ESPN at a later date.
- Daum was a repeat selection on the 2018-19 Lute Olson Award Preseason List, announced Nov. 12. The award is presented annually to the nation's top Division I player in College Basketball. Incoming freshman and transfers are not eligible for the preseason watch list. The 2019 Lute Olson Award will be presented at the College Insider awards event in April at the site of the men's division I national championship in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Charity Stripe Success
The Jackrabbit offense has found a comfort zone at the charity stripe over Otzelberger's tenure as head coach, leading the league in free throw makes (578), attempts (759) and percentage (.762) a year ago while ranking among the nation's top 50 in makes and attempts.
- South Dakota State got to the free throw line more than its opponents in 27 of 35 games last year.
- Mike Daum opened Summit League play with 35 consecutive free throws, matching the second-longest streak in Jackrabbit history (Garrett Callahan, 2008-09) after setting the record last season with 43 straight from Dec. 7-22, 2016.
- Mike Daum matched his school record of 16 made free throws (out of 16 attempts) at North Dakota State Jan. 3, 2018. He did it twice in 2016-17.
- Daum holds the school's single-season free throw record (set in 2016-17) and now is 590 of 693 in his career. He ranks second in career makes (58 shy of Nate Wolters' record) and fourth in attempts.
Let It Rain
South Dakota State's 3-point offense ranked amongst the nation's best a year ago for the second-straight season, and the Jackrabbits are primed for another year of hot shooting beyond the arc.
- After hitting just 24 combined through the opening four games of the season, South Dakota State went 14-for-27 from deep against Tulane and 13-for-25 against UTSA to raise the team's 3-point field goal percentage to 41.5.
- South Dakota State reset the school record for single-season 3-pointers made (374) and attempted (927) in 2017-18 after breaking the previous record a year prior (318 of 883).
- South Dakota State returns three players who hit 50 or more 3-pointers last year in Mike Daum (96), David Jenkins (84) and Skyler Flatten (55). After breaking the single-season record a year ago, Daum now has 205 3-pointers in his career and is just 51 away from the program's career record.
- 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 and attempted in a Division I game.
- The Otzelberger-led Jackrabbits have hit 14 or more 3-pointers in 14 games over the last three seasons, and prior to his arrival a State team had hit 14 or more 3-pointers in just six games as a program.
- Through the first 12 seasons of Division I basketball (starting in the first transition year of 2003-04 through 2015-16), SDSU had 71 games of 10 or more 3-pointers, with a max of 13 in one season (2010-13). The Jackrabbits have done it 36 times since then, hitting 10 or more in 21 games last year and twice in 2018-19.
- Under Otzelberger, the Jackrabbits have attempted 30 or more 3-pointers in a game 15 times. The Pre-Otzelberger era teams did it on 11 total occasions since the adoption of the 3-point line in 1986. It happened three times at the Division II level and eight times between 2003-04 and 2015-16, the last season Scott Nagy led the program.
Jacks Up to Third in Mid-Major Top 25
After opening the year fifth in the 2018-19 preseason College Sports Madness Mid-Major Top 25, the Jackrabbits moved up to third in the latest rankings, released Nov. 13. SDSU trails only Gonzaga and Buffalo, both nationally ranked in the Associated Press Top 25.
SDSU were ranked in all but one version of the poll last year and were in the top 10 for the last month of the season, sitting fourth in 2017-18's final poll.
Daum Reaches 2,000 Points
Mike Daum became just the second Jackrabbit to score over 2,000 points in his career when he reached the mark Feb. 1, 2018 against North Dakota State. Daum is the 15th Summit League player to achieve 2,000 points, and ranks among the fastest to do it in the NCAA over the last 20 years.
Additionally, Daum stacks up well against previous Oscar Robertson Trophy and John R. Wooden Award winners over the last 26 years, reaching the 2,000-point mark faster than any previous winner. Daum was on the midseason Robertson Trophy Watch List and on the Wooden Award's preseason list in 2017-18, and was named to the 2018-19 Wooden Preseason list earlier this month. The Robertson Trophy Watch List has not been announced.
Quick Hits
- Skyler Flatten annihilated his previous career-high in a record-setting performance against USA on Nov. 20, becoming the first player in SDSU's Division I history to go 6-for-6 from beyond the arc on his way to 28 points. Flatten was 10-for-11 from the field overall.
- South Dakota State has not lost three consecutive games since the January 2017.
- SDSU's 28 wins in 2017-18 was the most in program history.
- South Dakota State went 12-0 when holding opponents under 70 points last season, while posting a 24-3 record when breaking the 70-point barrier on the offensive end. The Jacks are 2-0 when holding opponents under 70 this season.
- Since T.J. Otzelberger's arrival three years ago, the Jackrabbits are 40-3 when winning the rebounding battle and 10-23 when being out-rebounded or tied on the boards.
- South Dakota State won its 1,500th game Jan. 20, 2018 at Western Illinois. The Jacks won their 500th game in Frost Arena in the 2016-17 regular season finale.
- 2018-19 marked the fourth time State started 3-0 at the Division I level (dating back to transition year of 2004-05). The Jacks also did it in 2010-11, 2015-16 (when the team started a Division I-best 6-0) and 2017-18.
- At least one Jackrabbit has scored in double figures over the last 348 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 54 games with at least one 1,000-point scorer on the court.
- State has made at least one 3-pointer in 378 consecutive games. The last time the Jackrabbits did not make a 3-point field goal was Jan. 25, 2007
- SDSU is 93-18 all-time in home openers (where records available). Dating back to 2004-05, SDSU's first year of DI transition, SDSU is 14-2.
- SDSU is 74-39 in season-openers all-time. The Jacks are 7-8 in season-opening games at the Division I level.
- The Jackrabbits are 6-5 in Summit League openers.
Jackrabbits in Two Scheduling Agreements
Summit League and Western Athletic Conference officials announced in October the matchups and dates for the first year of The Summit League/WAC Challenge in men's basketball.
The Challenge features head-to-head competition between all nine teams. Matchups were set based upon factors including the previous year's achievements, records and RPI rankings, as well as projected rankings in the upcoming season. Those teams with home games in 2018 will play on the road in 2019 and vice versa. In addition, teams will not face the same opponent in back-to-back years.
The Jackrabbits will host Grand Canyon Nov. 6 in their 2018-19 season opener and travel to CSU Bakersfield in 2019-20 as part of the agreement.
Last year, the Jacks were announced as part of a four-year deal with the Big Sky.
Each school will play one home game and road contest against separate schools from the other league during each of the four seasons. South Dakota State joins North Dakota State, North Dakota and Omaha as Summit League representatives, while Montana State, Montana, Idaho and Eastern Washington are participating from the Big Sky.
The Jackrabbits will play the following games as part of the agreement:
2018-19: Montana (home), Eastern Washington (away)
2019-20: Idaho (home), Montana State (away)
2020-21: Eastern Washington (home), Montana (away)
2021-22: Montana State (home), Idaho (away)
Jacks Add Four on Signing Day
South Dakota State men's basketball coach
T.J. Otzelberger announced four additions to the Jackrabbit basketball program as part of November's national signing day. Three incoming freshman and a junior transfer will enroll at SDSU for the 2019-20 season and be eligible to play immediately for the Jackrabbits:
- Owen Coburn • Center/Forward • Spirit Lake, Iowa -- Will graduate from Spirit Lake High School (Spirit Lake, Iowa) in May 2019 … earned Second Team IPSWA Class 3A All-State, 3A IBCA All-Sub State and First Team All-Lakes Conference (unanimous) honors as a junior while averaging 20.1 points and 11.1 rebounds per game … named all-substate and first team all-conference (unanimous) as a sophomore, putting up 18.2 points and 9.5 rebounds per game … played his freshman season at Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn High School before transferring to Spirit Lake High School … during his rookie campaign averaged 11 points and seven rebounds per contest and was named All-War Eagle Conference honorable mention.
- Doug Wilson • Forward • Des Moines, Iowa -- Will graduate from Kirkwood Community College (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) in May 2019 … 2018 NJCAA Second Team All-American and First Team All-Region selection … averaged 14.1 points, 6.6 rebounds and 1.9 blocks per game while shooting 69.2 percent from the field as a freshman … helped team to a 24-6 record and regular season ICCAC title in 2017-18 … graduated from Hoover High School (Des Moines, Iowa) in May 2017.
- Baylor Scheierman • Guard • Aurora, Nebraska -- Will graduate in May 2019 from Aurora High School (Aurora, Nebraska) … First Team All-State (Class B), All-Area and All-Conference selection in 2018 … averaged 16.1 points, six assists, six rebounds and 2.5 steals per game as a junior … three-time academic honor roll selection (2016-18).
- Caleb Grill • Guard • Maize, Kansas -- Will graduate in May 2019 from Maize High School (Maize, Kansas) … picked First Team All-State (Class 5A) by Topeka Capital Journal, Wichita Eagle and CatchItKansas in 2018 … named 2018 Third Team All-State (All Classes) by Wichita Eagle … selected as 2018 All-AVCTL I First Team and Most Valuable Player and picked up All-Metro First Team honors from Wichita Eagle … averaged 17 points, four rebounds and three assists per game as a junior while leading team to AVCTL DI title.
Tough Tests
South Dakota State played five Power Five (ACC, SEC, Big 12, Big Ten, Pac-12) opponents a year ago (in addition to a matchup at then-No. 6 Wichita State of the American Athletic Conference).
- Although the team does not have any power five opponents on this year's schedule, the Jacks will travel to AAC's Memphis and preseason No. 7/9 Nevada of the Mountain West.
- 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 in 2017-18 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.
- In 10 games against power five opponents for his career, Mike Daum is averaging 18.5 points and 7.1 rebounds per game, shooting 44.1 percent from the field and 44.2 percent from deep. He has two double-doubles in those matchups.
SDSU Last Time Out (Nov. 20)
ESTERO, Fla. –South Dakota State snapped a two-game skid Tuesday in dominating fashion, rolling to a 99-79 victory over UTSA on day two of the Gulf Coast Showcase.
The story of the game, however, was
Mike Daum becoming South Dakota State's all-time leading scorer behind a 41-point, 10-rebound double-double.
Approaching the four-minute mark of the first half,
Owen King found Daum near the paint and let the big man go to work, draining a fadeaway jumper to move past Nate Wolters and into history as the No. 1 scorer in the Jackrabbit record books.
Daum, who needed only 110 games to break the record, also moved into the top 100 on the NCAA's scoring chart and has the third-highest point tally in The Summit League's history.
"We're really happy for Mike," head coach
T.J. Otzelberger said. "Especially with him being a fifth-year senior and taking a great amount of pride in being a Jackrabbit. He's got a lot of respect for (Nate) Wolters, a guy he looks up to. This (record) says a lot about Mike with his accomplishments, but really you can't say enough positive things about who he is and the type of character he has."
Not to be overlooked,
Skyler Flatten annihilated his previous career-high in a record-setting performance of his own, becoming the first player in SDSU's Division I history to go 6-for-6 from beyond the arc on his way to 28 points. Flatten was 10-for-11 from the field overall and added four rebounds.
"What a tremendous game for Skyler," Otzelberger said. "His stroke looked great, his confidence was great. I was hoping he'd keep getting more shots because you felt like he was going to make everything he took."
David Jenkins was in double figures as well with 10 points, while
Tevin King scored eight and pulled down six boards.
South Dakota State hit 13 triples as a team and was 36-of-60 from the field (60 percent). The Jackrabbits were plus-15 in rebounds and held the Roadrunners to a 36.8 percent effort from the field.
"I think defensively we really locked in," Otzelberger said. "Early on they were the more aggressive team when we didn't have the urgency we needed, but once our defense settled down things worked out for us."
South Dakota State withstood an early UTSA run that put the Jackrabbits in an eight-point (20-12) hole at the under-12 media break before roaring back with a 17-5 run to take a 27-25 lead at 8:05 of the first.
Though UTSA stopped the run briefly, the Jacks outscored the Roadrunners by 19 in the final 11 minutes of the opening frame to carry a 51-43 advantage into the locker room.
UTSA stayed within striking distance until the 14:37 mark of the second period, when a Daum jumper sparked the Jacks on burst of 12 unanswered that included a pair of Flatten 3s, a
Tevin King block and an
Owen King-to-
Mike Daum connection for a two-handed dunk as SDSU went ahead 20 (73-53) at 12:14.
Play evened the rest of the way, but the Roadrunners would come no closer than within 18 as the Jackrabbits' double-digit lead held firm.
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