GAME 35: No. 6 South Dakota State (28-6) vs. No. 2 Oregon (31-4) |
The South Dakota State women's basketball team is making history as the first Jackrabbits team and Summit League team to ever reach the Sweet Sixteen. The Jacks (28-6) will play for a spot in the Elite Eight when they play No. 2 seed and seventh-ranked Oregon (31-4) Friday at 10 p.m. in the 2019 NCAA Tournament at the Moda Center in Portland, Oregon.
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The winner of Friday's game advances to the Elite Eight against the winner of the Mississippi State and Arizona State game at 1 p.m. Sunday.
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Winners of its last 18 games, SDSU upset No. 3 seeded and 12th-ranked Syracuse, 75-67, Monday. The senior duo of
Madison Guebert and
Macy Miller led four Jackrabbits in double figures. Guebert had a game-high 20 points, including six 3-pointers, and Miller recorded her third consecutive double-double with 11 points and a game-high 10 rebounds.
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All of South Dakota State's NCAA Tournament games will air on The Jackrabbits Sports Network with Scotty Kwas calling the action. Friday's game will air regionally on ESPN2 with Dave Pasch and LaChina Robinson calling the game and Brooke Weisbrod on the sideline.
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NCAA Tournament - 10 Things to Know
- South Dakota State is making its ninth NCAA Tournament appearance in 11 years. It missed the 2014 and 2017 tournaments.
- State sports a 4-8 NCAA all-time record. Friday's game marks the Jacks' first Sweet 16 game. It reached the second round in the 2016 tournament, winning 74-71 over No. 5 seed and 19th-ranked Miami and in the 2009 tournament with a 90-55 win over 10th-seeded TCU.
- The Jackrabbits are making their 13th-straight postseason appearances overall—nine NCAA and four WNIT. They are 11-12 in Division I postseason games.
- SDSU is 2-0 all-time as a NCAA Tournament No. 6 seed. This year is the highest seed for the Jackrabbits and for a Summit League team (previous No. 7, 2009).
- South Dakota State is 3-6 in the first round and 1-2 in the second round. It has wins over the No. 3 (Syracuse), No. 11 (Quinnipiac, 2019), No. 5 (Miami, 2016) and No. 10 seeds (TCU, 2009).
- The 2019 NCAA Tournament marks redshirt senior Macy Miller's fourth tournament and senior Madison Guebert's third. Senior Sydney Palmer and redshirt junior Tagyn Larson and sophomores Myah Selland and Tylee Irwin also played in the 2018 tournament.
- The Jackrabbits are one of three teams—Baylor and UConn—in the NCAA Tournament which have had automatic bids in nine of 11 years.
- SDSU is one of 22 non-power five teams which have won two-or-more NCAA Tournament games since 2009.
- The Jacks make their second appearance in the Beaver State in the last five years. They lost 74-62 at then-No. 10 ranked Oregon State in the NCAA Tournament March 20, 2015.
- South Dakota State is the only Division I program to have its football, men's basketball and women's basketball teams reach postseason the last seven years.
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