| Â GAME 26: South Dakota State (19-6, 11-1) at North Dakota State (6-18, 3-9) |
The South Dakota State women's basketball team plays its final regular-season road game when it tips at longtime rival North Dakota State at 1 p.m. Saturday in the Scheels Center in Fargo.
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The Jackrabbits will be playing for their fifth sweep of a Summit League opponent this season.
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SDSU enters Saturday's game atop The Summit League standings with an 11-1 record and a 19-6 overall mark. The Bison are seventh with a 3-9 league record and are 6-18 overall.
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The Jackrabbits won their ninth consecutive game with an 82-38 win at Omaha Wednesday. All-Summit League candidate
Tagyn Larson led three players in double-digit scoring with a career-high 27 points.
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North Dakota State looks to snap a six-game losing streak after losing 65-54 Wednesday to Oral Roberts in Fargo.
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Saturday's game is the 90th meeting between the Jacks and North Dakota State. South Dakota State leads the series 50-39 and has won the last nine.
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Noteworthy
- South Dakota State returned to The Associated Press poll this week, receiving one vote. The last time they received a vote was Dec. 31, 2018. SDSU has received one vote five times this season, starting Nov. 19, 2018.
- The Jackrabbits are 9-3 on the road this season. They are also 74-24 (.755) all-time in Summit League road games.
- The Jacks are 290-100 (.743) all-time since joining The Summit League in 2007-08.
- For the fourth time since joining The Summit League, SDSU is off to a start of 11-1 or better.
- SDSU's nine-game win streak is the longest since the 2011-12 team won nine in a row between Jan. 9 and Feb. 11. The streak ranks 13th in the NCAA. South Dakota State is limiting opponents to 52.2 points per game while scoring 77.4 ppg during the win streak.
- Madison Guebert is shooting 42.9 percent (12-28) from 3-point range in the last five outings. She ranks 16th in the NCAA in 3-point field goals made (75).
- South Dakota State was ranked third in Graham Hays' Feb. 6 espnW mid-major poll.
- Macy Miller has scored 20-or-more points eight times. She averages a team-leading 16.5 points.
- In the last five games, Miller is averaging 12.4 points, 5.6 rebounds and 3.4 assists while shooting 44.0 percent from the field and 93.8 percent from the free-throw line.
- State has held 15 opponents to 65-or-fewer points, including eight to less than 50.
- There have been at least three Jackrabbits scoring in double digits 23 times this season.
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