Jackrabbits, Mastodons meet up Thursday

GAME 29: South Dakota State (21-7, 11-2) vs. Purdue Fort Wayne (17-11, 9-4)

When	Thursday, Feb. 21 \| 7 p.m.
Where	Frost Arena \| Brookings, S.D.
Radio	Jackrabbit Sports Network I WNAX 570 AM \| Tyler Merriam
Television / Live Video	Midco Sports Network \| ESPN+ \| Jackrabbits All-Access \| Tom Nieman, Brad Newitt & Elaina Lanson
Live Audio	Jackrabbits All-Access
Live Stats	GoJacksLive.com
Game Notes	South Dakota State \| Purdue Fort Wayne \| The Summit League
Social Media	Twitter I Facebook \| #NextStep
Tickets	JackrabbitTickets.com

Previewing the Game
South Dakota State opens its final homestand of the 2018-19 regular season Thursday night at Frost Arena, welcoming Purdue Fort Wayne to town. The Jackrabbits and Mastodons tip at 7 p.m. from Brookings where the first 300 fans will receive "FearFrost" t-shirts. Additionally, Thursday's game is SDSU's annual Military Appreciation Day, where the Jackrabbits will wear custom jerseys to be auctioned postgame. Active duty and former military members — with valid identification — can claim up to two free tickets at the Frost Arena box office.

Thursday's game sponsor is Midwest Dairy, and Bel Brands is the associate game sponsor.

The Jackrabbits, picked first in the league's preseason poll, saw their nine-game winning streak come to an end last Thursday at Omaha, but rebounded with a heroic victory on the road over rival North Dakota State, climbing out of a 17-point deficit in the second half to claim a 78-77 victory on David Jenkins' last-second bucket. SDSU sits at 21-7 on the year with an 11-2 mark in Summit League play, holding a narrow half-game lead over the Mavericks with a two-game advantage over Purdue Fort Wayne for the top spot.

Purdue Fort Wayne (17-11, 9-4 Summit League) dropped a 74-71 contest at Omaha last Saturday, despite four reaching double figures. Prior to that, the Mastodons had won five consecutive league games. PFW currently sits third in the league standings behind SDSU and Omaha.

This is the 32nd meeting between the programs, with South Dakota State holding an 18-13 edge in the series. Purdue Fort Wayne defeated the Jackrabbits in Fort Wayne, Indiana earlier this season, 104-88. Mike Daum scored 29 points in that game, while David Jenkins had 21 with four 3-pointers. PFW's Kason Harrell and John Konchar each had 23 as the Mastodons sank 17 3-pointers overall, including nine in the second half.

About South Dakota State
All-American Mike Daum paces the Jackrabbit offense with a double-double average of 25.4 points and 11.6 rebounds per game, shooting 50.8 percent from the field with 56 3-pointers. He is one of two players nationally averaging over 20 points and 10 rebounds per game. As well, Daum has dished 50 assists on the year and is playing 33.1 minutes per contest.

The two-time Summit League Player of the Year now has 2,943 career points and 50 career double-doubles, ranking first all-time on both lists at SDSU. He has scored 40 or more in two games this season and has reached the 30-point mark in eight contests. Daum has pulled down 15 or more rebounds in seven games, including a run of three straight from January 16-26 as he became the first player in over 20 years to have 30-plus points and 15-plus rebounds in three straight games.

David Jenkins is second in scoring for the Jacks, dropping 19.9 points on average with 14 20-plus scoring performances, including a career-best 35 against Memphis when he hit 8 of 11 from beyond the arc. The Tacoma, Washington native reset the school's single-season 3-point record last week and now has 98 treys on the year. He has hit eight or more 3-pointers in a game three times, including a 10-trey showing Feb. 14 against Omaha that tied the school's single-game 3-point record. He is shooting 47.0 percent on the year with a 47.8 percent mark beyond the arc.

Skyler Flatten rounds out the top scorers for South Dakota State with 15.4 points per game, as the sixth-year senior has hit 70 3-pointers, tallied 35 steals, dished 57 assists and reached double figures in 24 contests this season. He has five 20-plus scoring performances, hitting 28 against UTSA, 29 against Savannah State, 20 versus Nevada, Eastern Washington and South Dakota, and 36 at Denver. In that contest with the Pioneers, Flatten buried eight 3-pointers and went 14-of-18 overall from the field.

Tevin King leads the team with 123 assists and is averaging 8.9 points per game. He is a 52 percent shooter from the field and has 46 steals to go with a 6.1 rebounding average. Tevin King has reached double figures in 15 games this year, and on Jan. 12 against ORU reset the school's Division I record (and tied the overall program record) with eight steals.

Alex Arians has started 19 games for the Jacks and is averaging 5.9 points per game with two double-doubles, including a 19-point, 10-rebound and five-assist showing against South Dakota. He is posting 4.7 rebounds per game and has 24 steals in 27.8 minutes per game.

Owen King is second on the Jacks with 68 assists, dishing 2.4 per game to go with 4.3 scoring and 1.7 rebounding averages. He has tallied three or more assists in 12 contests.

Matt Dentlinger (3.0 points and rebounds per game), Ryan Krueger (2.2 ppg, 11 3-pointers) and Alou Dillon (1.9 ppg, 1.3 rpg) have provided valuable minutes as well.

The Jackrabbits are averaging 84.6 points per contest and shooting an impressive 50.5 percent as a team from the field. SDSU is 280-of-677 from beyond the arc and has hit 416-of-538 (77.3 percent) at the charity stripe. All told, the Jacks have nine players (out of 10 active on the roster) shooting better than 47 percent from the field with three hitting 40 percent-plus from deep.

On the boards, the Jacks hold a plus-4.9 edge in rebound margin and are pulling down 38.3 per game as a team.

About Purdue Fort Wayne
Head Coach Jon Coffman is in his fifth season leading the Mastodons and has an 95-64 record.

Purdue Fort Wayne is averaging 83.6 points per game and shooting 48.5 percent combined with a 37.8 percent mark from deep (305-of-806), sitting second nationally in 3-pointers made.

Defensively, the Mastodons have limited opponents to 77.7 points per game with a 45.8 field goal percentage. The 'Dons are minus-1.1 in rebounding margin with 34.6 boards per contest.

Individually, John Konchar is leading the team in points (19.3), rebounds (8.3) and assists (5.5) per game as a 55.7 percent shooter. The senior Mastodon had buried 40 treys on the year and earlier this year became the program's all-time leading scorer.

Kason Harrell (15.7 points per game, 3.4 rebounds per game) has 55 3-pointers this year and Matt Holba (11.8 ppg, 3.8 rpg) leads the team with 69 treys. Dylan Carl's rebounding average of 5.0 per game is second-best in the program. He has also blocked 31 shots.

A South Dakota State Win Would ...
Give SDSU its 22nd win of the season ... move the Jacks to 19-13 all-time against Purdue Fort Wayne and split the 2018-19 season series ... make Otzelberger 68-31 at South Dakota State ... give the Jacks a 1,533-1,038-1 program mark.

A South Dakota State Loss Would ...
Hand State its eighth loss of the year and give Purdue Fort Wayne the regular season series sweep ... move SDSU to 18-14 all-time against the Mastodons ... make Otzelberger 67-33 at South Dakota State ... drop SDSU to 1,532-1,039-1 all-time.

Jenkins Honored by Summit League
Fresh off one of the more memorable buzzer-beaters in Jackrabbit basketball history, South Dakota State's David Jenkins was announced Feb. 18 as the Summit League's Co-Player of the Week.

Jenkins, who averaged 29 points over two games, also set the school's single-season 3-point record and tied SDSU's top mark for 3-pointers in a single game during the Jacks' final road trip of the year.

The Tacoma, Washington native finished with 34 points against Omaha, going 10-of-15 from beyond the arc to match teammate Mike Daum's single-game record. He capped the week by scoring 24 against North Dakota State and dishing a career-high six assists. Additionally, Jenkins buried all nine of his attempts at the free throw line against the Bison, and with time running out on the road sank a half-court, game-winning shot off the glass to complete a 17-point Jackrabbit comeback.

This is Jenkins' first weekly honor for the 2018-19 season and second of his career. He shared the honors this week with Omaha's Zach Jackson.

Daum Sets All-Time Scoring and Rebounding Marks
Mike Daum has become the new leader in career points and rebounds at South Dakota State during his senior season.

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. 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.

The Kimball, Nebraska native broke Mark Tetzlaff's rebounding record on Feb. 3 at Denver, using a putback layup to move past Tetzlaff (1,132 rebounds).

Jenkins Joins 1,000-Point Club
David Jenkins became the 48th member of South Dakota State's 1,000-point club on Jan. 26, reaching the mark in 57 career games (tied for third-fewest games in SDSU's history). Jenkins entered a Saturday matchup with Omaha needing 19 points to join the club, and buried a 3-pointer with 2:33 left in the game to give him an even 1,000 points for his career.

He is now 31st on SDSU's all-time scoring list after 62 career games with 1,101 points. A look at SDSU's all-time scoring chart is on page 13 of the game notes.

Young Guns
South Dakota State is one of six teams nationally with more than 50 percent of its roster made up of freshmen (true and redshirt). The Jackrabbits have three true and four redshirt freshmen, accounting for 58.3 percent of their active roster, the second-highest percentage nationally.

All four redshirts have seen playing time, led by Alex Arians, who has worked his way into the starting lineup and is logging 27.8 minutes per contest. Owen King, the lone true freshman to see time, has appeared in all 28 contests and is averaging 2.4 assists over 17.8 minutes per game.
Reaching the Summit
Mike Daum became the Summit League's scoring king on Dec. 7 in a 42-point performance against Southern. Daum entered the game 37 points shy of the league's scoring record, trailing only UMKC's Michael Watson (2,488; 2000-04) and Oral Roberts' Caleb Green (2,503; 2003-07) at the time after beginning the season eighth in Summit League points.

Additionally, the senior is now second in The Summit League's record book for career rebounds with 1,177, closing in on Caleb Green's career record of 1,189 boards.

Senior Salute
Mike Daum, Skyler Flatten and Tevin King have gone 93-38 over the past four seasons and could leave South Dakota State as the winningest senior class in the program's history.

Daum Part of Historic Duo
Jackrabbit basketball student-athletes Mike Daum and Macy Miller both rank as their respective programs' all-time leading scorers, and as of Feb. 16 have done something no other same-school, male/female combination has done in the history of NCAA Division I: score more than 5,100 points between the two. Overall, the duo is part of a select group to combine for over 5,000 points at the same school in the same time frame, joining three other known pairs to achieve the mark.

Senior Trio Leads Nation in Scoring
South Dakota State seniors Mike Daum, Skyler Flatten and Tevin King have combined for 4,681 total points in their time as Jackrabbits, which currently leads the nation among highest-scoring senior trios. In terms of active scoring trios that includes all classes, the Jackrabbits' group of Mike Daum, David Jenkins and Skyler Flatten paces the nation as well in career points (4,950).

Daum Picks Up Summit League Honors
South Dakota State's Mike Daum has been named the Summit League's Player of the Week 18 times in his career and seven times this season, including three straight weeks (Nov. 26, Dec. 3 & Dec. 10). He has won more weekly league honors than any player in Summit League history. Nate Wolters and Caleb Green (Oral Roberts) won it 15 times in their careers. He has also tied his own record (shared with Nate Wolters) for single-season weekly awards.

Nov. 12 -- 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.
Nov. 26 -- Daum averaged 26.7 points and 9.7 rebounds per contest over three games to help the Jacks finish fifth at the Gulf Coast Showcase. Daum shot over 50 percent from the field and had a 41-point performance against UTSA en route to breaking SDSU's all-time scoring record and moving into third in career points in Summit League history.
Dec. 3 -- Daum averaged a double-double in a pair of dominant Jackrabbit victories last week, helping his team take down Kansas City, 75-47, and Northern Iowa, 82-50. Daum put up 25.0 points and 14.5 rebounds per game, shooting 68.2 percent overall from the field. He tallied 26 points and 18 rebounds (one shy of his career-high) against UMKC and closed the week with 24 points and 11 boards against UNI, hitting 11-of-12 from the charity stripe.
Dec. 10 -- The Kimball, Nebraska big man averaged 30 points and six rebounds over the two games, shooting 57.6 percent from the field with six 3-pointers. He added a 16 of 17 effort at the charity stripe for the week. He scored 42 points against Southern to move into first all-time in Summit League scoring and had 18 against Memphis.
Dec. 24 -- Daum averaged a double-double of 30 points and 13 rebounds per game, hitting 21-of-24 from the free throw line over two contests to go alongside a 45.9 field goal percentage. The Kimball, Nebraska native started the week with 27 points and 11 rebounds in a win at Eastern Washington and led the team with 33 points and 15 rebounds against Montana.
Jan. 21 -- In SDSU's lone contest for the week, Daum put together a monster 34-point, 21-rebound showing to help the Jackrabbits defeat the North Dakota Fighting Hawks last Thursday. Daum set a new career-high in rebounds and notched his 12th double-double of the season. The Kimball, Nebraska native recorded the fourth 30-20 game in NCAA Division I this season and had SDSU's first-ever 20-plus rebounding total in its Division I history.
Jan. 28 -- The Kimball, Nebraska native averaged a monster double-double of 31.5 points and 16.5 rebounds over two games last week, helping the Jackrabbits go 2-0 and gain sole possession of first place in the league standings. Daum had 30 points and 17 rebounds against North Dakota State and followed with a 33-point, 16-board performance against Omaha.

#Chasing3K
South Dakota State's Mike Daum is within reach of rarefied air as he enters his senior campaign looking to become just the 10th men's basketball player all-time to reach 3,000 points. Daum currently sits 12th on the NCAA's all-time scoring chart with 2,943 career points and if he posts his season average the rest of the way will join the club on March 2.

He is second among active scorers and has been in a back-and-forth race with Campbell's Chris Clemons (3,006 points). A look at Daum's latest scoring chart listing can be found on page five of the game notes.

Daum a Finalist for Senior CLASS Award
South Dakota State's Mike Daum was among 20 NCAA® men's and women's basketball student-athletes selected as finalists Wednesday for the 2018-19 Senior CLASS Award® in collegiate basketball. To be eligible for the award, student-athletes must be classified as NCAA Division I seniors and have notable achievements in four areas of excellence: community, classroom, character and competition.

An acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School®, the Senior CLASS Award focuses on the total student-athlete and encourages students to use their athletic platforms to make a positive impact as leaders in their communities.

The finalists were chosen by national media from the list of 30 men's candidates and 30 women's candidates announced earlier in the season. Nationwide fan voting begins immediately to help select the winner, and fans are encouraged to submit votes online at the Senior CLASS Award website through March 25. Fan votes will be combined with those of the media and Division I head coaches to determine the winners. The Senior CLASS Award recipients will be announced during the 2019 NCAA Men's Final Four® and NCAA Women's Final Four®.

Additional information can be found at www.seniorCLASSaward.com.

Three-Tiered Attack
South Dakota State's top three scorers rank first nationally in combined scoring average entering the weekend. The Jackrabbits are one of two schools nationally to feature three scorers in the top 300 for scoring average, as Mike Daum, David Jenkins and Skyler Flatten have accounted for more than 60 points per game for SDSU. Additionally, Daum (2,943), Jenkins (1,101) and Flatten (906) have combined for more career points (4,950) than any other group in NCAA Division I this year.

Tacoma Talent
Tacoma, Washington native David Jenkins has made a statement early in 2018-19 to erase any doubt of a sophomore slump, posting four 30-plus scoring performances and hitting the 20-point mark in 14 games. He has reset his career-high in scoring twice this year, tallying 32 against Colorado State and 35 at Memphis. Jenkins now has 1,101 points in 62 career games with 25 double-figure scoring performances on the season.

He tied the school's single-game record for 3-pointers against Omaha (Feb. 14), burying 10 from beyond the arc. Following that performance, Jenkins reset the program's single-season 3-point mark against North Dakota State (Feb. 16). He now has 98 treys this year.

The Sunrise Christian Academy product has reached double figures in 53 career games (out of 62 available, missing one game due to injury this season).

Jenkins finished the 2017-18 season as the eighth-highest scoring freshman nationally, and this year sits seventh among sophomores for points in 2018-19. For his career, Jenkins is second among active sophomores with 1,101 points, trailing only RJ Cole (1,356 career points).

He 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).

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.

Fellow Tacoma native Isaiah Thomas, currently with the Denver Nuggets, had 1,012 points and 52 double-digit scoring performances through 62 career games at Washington.

#FearFrost

The Jackrabbits saw their 26-game home winning streak come to an end in the nonleague finale Dec. 22. SDSU has held the nation's longest active-home winning streak twice in the last six years. Both streaks were ended by Montana (2013 and 2018).
The Jacks own a 100-6 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 10-1 start to the current campaign. That span includes two home winning streaks of 30 or more games and three of 25 or more.
Since 2011-12, South Dakota State has won 94.3 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 won 26 consecutive home games from Dec. 31, 2016 to Dec. 22, 2018.
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 won 34 consecutive home nonconference games inside Frost Arena from Dec. 31, 2016 to Dec. 22, 2018. That mark was the fourth-longest active streak when it ended.

Dynamic Duo
South Dakota State's Mike Daum and David Jenkins sit fifth and 51st nationally in scoring average entering the week, averaging 45.3 points per game combined. SDSU is one of three schools in NCAA Division I to feature three players in the top 55 in scoring average. The Jackrabbit duo's per game average is the nation's highest through Feb. 18, sitting 0.2 points per game ahead of Duke's R.J. Barrett and Zion Williamson.

Charity Stripe Success
The Jackrabbit offense has found a comfort zone at the charity stripe over Otzelberger's tenure as head coach. SDSU led the Summit League in makes, attempts and percentage a year ago. This season, the team currently sits in the nation's top 50 in all makes and percentage while ranking first in the Summit League in makes (416) and attempts (538), and second in percentage (.773).

South Dakota State got to the free throw line more than its opponents in 27 of 35 games last year and has done it 18 times this season.
Mike Daum opened 2017-18 Summit League play with 35 consecutive free throws, matching the second-longest streak in Jackrabbit history (Garrett Callahan, 2008-09) after setting the record in 2016-17 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 751 of 887 in his career.
Daum moved into first in career makes on Dec. 7 against Southern, passing Nate Wolters' record of 648. He is also first in career attempts.

Somebody's Watching Me
South Dakota State's Mike Daum had been named to numerous watch lists through his senior season, while David Jenkins earned his first watch list nod in early January.

Daum was named among 30 players on the 2019 Citizen Naismith Trophy Player of the Year midseason watch list, announced Feb. 13 by the Atlanta Tipoff Club. On March 4, 2019, the list will narrow even further to 10 national semifinalists. The four finalists will be announced on March 19, 2019, and fans will have the opportunity to vote for their favorite player leading up to the final announcement. The 2019 Citizen Naismith Trophy will be awarded at the Naismith Awards Brunch presented by Mortenson on April 7, 2019, during the Final Four in Minneapolis. Only players on the midseason team are eligible to advance to the next round.
The John R. Wooden®,presented by Wendy's® announced its Late Season Top 20 Feb. 4 and featured Daum on the list. Chosen by a poll of national college basketball experts, the list has been narrowed throughout the year from 50 in the preseason, to 25 mid-season, and now the 20-member list of late-season front-runners for college basketball's most prestigious individual honor. Daum has been on both pre- and mid-season lists this season and was a pre- and mid-season contender in 2017-18.
The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced Jackrabbit senior Mike Daum as one of the top 10 candidates for the 2019 Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year Award Thursday. Named after Hall of Famer and two-time NBA Most Valuable Player Karl Malone, the annual honor in its fifth year recognizes the top power forwards in Division I men's college basketball. Daum, who was among the preseason favorites, was one of five finalists for the 2018 Karl Malone Award and is a repeat selection to the midseason (top 10) watch list.
Daum was named to the 2018-19 Lute Olson Award Midseason and Preseason Lists, announced Jan. 8 and Nov. 12, respectively. 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.
The U.S. Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) featured Mike Daum among 20 NCAA Division I standouts on the Oscar Robertson Trophy midseason watch list, announced Dec. 21. The award is presented to the national player of the year by its namesake at the NCAA Final Four in Minneapolis.
Daum and Jenkins were both featured on the Lou Henson Award Midseason Watch List. The Lou Henson Award is presented annually to the nation's top mid-major player in Division I College Basketball at the College Insider awards event in April. Daum was on the preseason list as well.
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 Earns Summit League's Monthly Award
South Dakota State's Mike Daum was selected as the Summit League's November Male Athlete of the Month, announced Dec. 6 by the league office.

Daum started eight games and averaged a double-double of 24.1 points and 11.3 rebounds per game, dishing out 2.1 assists per game as well during November. He shot 50 percent from the field, just shy of 40 percent beyond the arc and hit 40 of 50 at the charity stripe, while posting a nation-leading six double-doubles. Daum also put together six 20-plus point scoring contests and capped the month with a 26-point, 18-rebound outing in a win over Kansas City. The 18 rebounds were one shy of his career-high. He broke the school's all-time career scoring record on Nov. 20 in a 41-point showing against UTSA, and has risen to No. 75 on the NCAA's all-time scoring list.

This is the fifth time Daum has been named Athlete of the Month by the league, earning the award four times last year.

Let It Rain
South Dakota State's 3-point attack has ranked among the best nationally since T.J. Otzelberger's arrival three years ago. The Jackrabbits are in the top 10 nationally in 3-pointer makes (280) and percentage (.414) while sitting in the top 50 in attempts (677).

David Jenkins enters the weekend fifth nationally in 3-pointers made this season. He also ranks as the sixth-most accurate 3-point shooter at 47.8 percent, just ahead of Skyler Flatten's mark of 44 percent, which ranks 22nd in NCAA Division I.
Jenkins reset the program's single-season 3-point record on Feb. 16 at North Dakota State. He has now buried 98 from deep in 2018-19, breaking Mike Daum's previous record of 96 (set in 2017-18).
The Jackrabbits shattered their previous school record for single-game 3-pointers on Dec. 11 when the team hit 23 against Savannah State.
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).
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 18 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 49 times since then, hitting 10 or more in 21 games last year and 16 times in 2018-19.
Under Otzelberger, the Jackrabbits have attempted 30 or more 3-pointers in a game 19 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.
Mike Daum became the school's all-time 3-point leader on Feb. 14 at Omaha when he hit his 257th career trey, passing current graduate assistant Reed Tellinghuisen for the top mark.
In addition to Daum's ranking, two other Jackrabbits are in the top 10 for career 3-point makes: David Jenkins (9th; 182) and Skyler Flatten (10th; 169). Those same three rank throughout the top five in single-game 3-pointers, with Jenkins (three times) and Flatten joining the rankings this season.
Jenkins' 10 3-pointers against Omaha tied Daum's single-game record set in 2017-18 against Fort Wayne.

One for the History Books
The Jackrabbits' 139-72 victory over Savannah State on Dec. 11 was filled with historical moments for the SDSU men's basketball program, including:

139 -- Most Points in a Game (previous was 136 against Midland Lutheran; Dec. 14, 1990). This was also the second-most by a Summit League team (Troy had 140 in a 1995 contest).
90 -- Most Points in a Half (previous was 77 against Midland Lutheran; Dec. 14, 1990)
23 -- Made 3-pointers (previous was 18 against Ole Miss; Nov. 27, 2017)
53 -- Made field goals (previous was 51 against Midland Lutheran; Dec. 14, 1991)
87 -- Attempted field goals (previous was 86 against Colorado; Dec. 15, 2017)
13 -- Assists by Tevin King, the most in a single-game during SDSU's Division I era (previous was 12, done twice by Nate Wolters)

Quick Hits

All five starters reached double figures in scoring against Oral Roberts, marking the first time the Jackrabbits accomplished the feat in 2018-19. SDSU had six players in double figures against Western Illinois earlier in January.
The Jackrabbits' 75-47 victory over Kansas City Nov. 28 was the first time since Dec. 19, 2014 (CSU Bakersfield, 53-49) SDSU held an opponent under 50 points. The Jacks followed that game with an 82-50 victory over Northern Iowa on Dec. 1.
South Dakota State has posted a double-digit rebounding margin advantage nine times this season, including a plus-25 showing Dec. 11 against Savannah State.
Skyler Flatten has reset his career high three times this season performances of 28 (UTSA), 29 (Savannah State) and 36 (Denver). He became the first player in SDSU's Division I history to go 6-for-6 from beyond the arc Nov. 20 against UTSA in a 10-of-11 overall shooting effort, and against Denver buried eight 3-pointers and finished 14-of-18 from the field.
South Dakota State has not lost three consecutive games since 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 12-0 when holding opponents under 70 this season (9-7 when not) and have scored 70 or more points in 27 of 28 contests.
Since T.J. Otzelberger's arrival three years ago, the Jackrabbits are 52-5 when winning the rebounding battle and 15-26 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 370 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 76 games with at least one 1,000-point scorer on the court.
State has made at least one 3-pointer in 400 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 7-5 in Summit League openers.

Jacks Slip to 15th in Mid-Major Top 25
South Dakota State dropped four spots to No. 15 in the latest College Sports Madness Mid-Major Top 25, released Feb. 18. The Jackrabbits had been 11th in the prior two rankings and have been in the top 15 for the last five weeks.

SDSU has been ranked in ever version of this year's poll, including a No. 3 position in November.
2019-19 opponents Montana (No. 18) and Omaha (RV) are also in the poll.

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)

Basketball Coaches Show Every Monday
The Jackrabbit Basketball Coaches Show returns to Cubby's Sports Bar and Grill in downtown Brookings for another season. The hour-long show covering the Jackrabbits' 2018-19 season tips off every Monday at 6 p.m. through March 4.

Hosted by Tyler Merriam, the weekly look at the South Dakota State basketball teams features interviews with head men's coach T.J. Otzelberger and head women's coach Aaron Johnston, as well as segments with Jackrabbit student-athletes and members of the coaching staff.

Fans can attend in person and will be eligible for weekly drawings. The show also airs live on flagship radio station WNAX 570 AM and Jackrabbit Sports Network affiliates and can be heard live or on-demand for free via Jackrabbits All-Access.

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 played at Memphis (AAC) and then-No. 7 Nevada (Mountain West) in the nonconference season.

South Dakota State has seven wins over Power Five programs since joining The Summit League in 2007, picking up victories 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.

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.

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 named to the 2018-19 Wooden Preseason and Oscar Robertson Trophy Midseason Watch List earlier this season.

Jackrabbits Fifth at Gulf Coast Showcase
South Dakota State went 2-1 at the 2018 Gulf Coast Showcase to finish fifth at the tournament, picking up wins over UTSA and Colorado State.

Mike Daum, named to the All-Tournament Team, averaged a near-double-double of 26.7 points and 9.7 rebounds per contest while shooting over 50 percent from the field in the three games, including a 41-point showing against the Roadrunners. David Jenkins had a 21.7 scoring average and dropped 32 against Colorado State, while Skyler Flatten averaged 16 points and scored a career-high 28 against UTSA, going 6-for-6 from 3-point range.

Preseason All-Conference; 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.

SDSU Last Time Out (Feb. 16)
FARGO, N.D. -- South Dakota State men's basketball found itself on the ropes with 16 minutes to go at North Dakota State Saturday, trailing by 17 points and facing an uphill climb on the road.

After a media timeout allowed the Jackrabbits to reset following a 13-3 Bison run, a message was heard loud and clear from the bench: "One at a time."

SDSU took that to heart, and piece-by-piece began clawing away at the deficit until pulling within one (74-73) on a Daum 3-pointer with 51 seconds on the clock. The teams traded buckets from there, but with less than three seconds remaining NDSU (up 77-75 at the time), missed the back end of a 1-and-1 free throw.

Enter, David Jenkins.

Tevin King gathered the rebound off the miss and handed it off to the Tacoma native. After weaving through traffic, Jenkins released a shot near mid-court and watched his game-winner bank in with no time remaining, lifting the Jackrabbits to a 78-77 victory over North Dakota State.

South Dakota State, now 21-7 overall and 11-2 in Summit League, never led until Jenkins' bucket, using the last-second heroics to maintain their spot atop the league standings.
Jenkins finished with 24 points and drilled five 3-pointers, going 9-of-9 at the charity stripe while dishing a career-high six assists.

Mike Daum scored 31 points and added 12 rebounds for his 50th career double-double, hitting all eight of his free throws with a trio of 3s.

Tevin King put together an all-around effort of eight points, seven rebounds, four assists and two steals.

North Dakota State had five reach double figures, led by Vinnie Shahid's 19 points and four assists while Tyson Ward finished with 14 points and six boards.

South Dakota State faced a boisterous crowd and a hot-shooting Bison team early, as the home team hit five 3s in the opening 10 minutes to put the Jackrabbits in a double-digit hole. Down 31-20 at the under-eight break, the Jackrabbits worked their way back to within five over the next four minutes, but the first-half charge was thwarted as SDSU went to the locker room trailing, 39-30.

The Jackrabbits buried the first bucket of the second, but saw the Bison respond with a 13-3 run that left SDSU in a 52-35 hole at 15:54. The Jacks roared back initially to make it a two-point game (63-61) with eight to play, but moments later found themselves back down nine after a 7-2 spurt for the Bison.

Trailing 74-65 with 2:08 to play, Jenkins sparked the final rally with a 3-pointer on the upper-right side of the arc, Flatten sank two free throws on the next possession and Daum followed with his final trey of the night. That 8-0 rally set the stage for the historic finish, as Jenkins' game-winner closed the Jackrabbits' final road game of the season.

Opponent Last Time Out (Feb. 16)
OMAHA – John Konchar had 20 points but the Purdue Fort Wayne men's basketball squad fell 74-71 at Omaha on Saturday (Feb. 16) evening. The game featured seven ties and seven lead changes.

The first half ended with the Mastodons up 36-31 but the Mavericks held a lead for much of the first 20 minutes. Omaha was up 23-18 with 6:14 on the clock in the first when the 'Dons went on a 16-4 run to take the lead. Konchar had nine of the points. Purdue Fort Wayne went 6-of-7 from the floor in the four-minute stretch.

Omaha didn't hold a lead again until 10:46 remained in the game at 49-48. The Mavericks would go up by as many as 13 points at 68-55 with 6:13 left to cap a 26-7 run. Omaha was 10-of-13 from the floor in the run and made all six 3-point attempts.

That wouldn't be the end of the game, however. Down 10 points a few minutes later, Purdue Fort Wayne scored 11 straight over a three-minute stretch to take a 71-70 lead with 1:42 remaining. The run was punctuated by a 3-pointer by Konchar to put the 'Dons up.

Omaha went down on the other end to score what would end up being the game winning basket. Matt Pile's first attempt was blocked by Konchar, but Pile grabbed the rebound and finished under the basket to make it a 72-71 game. On the next possession, Matt Weir's three was off the mark and Omaha couldn't convert either. The 'Dons called a timeout, down 72-71 and 23 seconds left. Konchar took a three from the top of the arc. It was off the mark and

Omaha got a quick basket on the other end to go up 74-71 with nine seconds left. Purdue Fort Wayne took a timeout to setup a shot to try to tie the game. Omaha had only three team fouls at that point, and used a pair in the final seconds to make it tougher for the 'Dons to get a clean look. With less than two seconds remaining Weir had an off balance 3-pointer go off the rim to end the game.

Konchar finished with 20 points, six rebounds and five assists. He was 7-of-11 from the floor. He now has 1,963 career points.

Matt Holba added 17 points. Kason Harrell totaled 12 and Dylan Carl finished with 10. Zach Jackson led the Mavericks with 27 points.

The Mastodons shot 45.6 percent (26-of-57). Omaha finished at 44.9 percent (31-of-69).

Purdue Fort Wayne falls to 17-11 (9-4 Summit). Omaha improves to 16-9 (10-2 Summit).

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