| Â GAME 7: Green Bay (3-2) at South Dakota State (3-3) |
The seventh-ranked South Dakota State women's basketball team take on fourth-ranked Green Bay in a CollegeInsider Top 25 Mid-Major matchup Thursday at 7 p.m. in the friendly confines of Frost Arena.
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The Jackrabbits (3-3) lost both of their games in the South Point Thanksgiving Shootout last week. They lost 72-66 to No. 4/5 Baylor Nov. 23 and 61-55 to Buffalo Nov. 24. All-tournament selection
Macy Miller averaged 14.0 points, 5.0 rebounds and 5.0 assists in the two outings.
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Green Bay is 3-2 on the season and enters Thursday's game on a three-game winning streak. The Phoenix knocked off No. 16 Missouri on the road and defeated Maine and Dayton at home.
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Thursday's game is the seventh meeting between SDSU and GB. The Phoenix lead the all-time series 5-1, and the Jackrabbits are looking to snap a four-game losing streak.
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Noteworthy
- South Dakota State was ranked second in Graham Hays' Nov. 14 espnW mid-major poll.
- SDSU has the 18th-toughest schedule in the country entering Thursday's game
- The Jackrabbits play their seventh consecutive team which played in last year's NCAA Tournament.
- Macy Miller has scored 20-or-more points in three games. She averages a team-leading 17.7 points. Her scoring average is currently 11th on the single-season chart at SDSU.
- Thursday's game has the potential to be a low-scoring game as only once in the series has a team scored 80-or-more points. Green Bay averages 62.2 and the Jackrabbits 56.4 points per game in the last five outings.
- The Jackrabbits are 31-15 vs. teams from the Horizon League and are 15-8 against teams from the Badger State.
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SDSU/GB Connections
- Former Jackrabbit Megan Vogel is one of Green Bay's assistant coaches.
- Vogel graduated from South Dakota State in May 2007 after starting all 120 of the Jackrabbits' contests during her standout four-year career. She finished second all-time on the program's scoring list with 1,850 points.
- Additionally, she notched 194 career 3-pointers and 783 career rebounds.
- During her time with the SDSU program, Vogel was an ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American with a 3.8 cumulative GPA and a top-30 finalist for the 2007 NCAA Woman of the Year Award.
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