| 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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