JACKRABBITS TRAVEL TO KANSAS STATE

Game 4 | No. 22/21 South Dakota State (3-0) at Kansas State (2-2)

When	Thursday, Dec. 10 \| 6:30 p.m.
Where	Bramlage Coliseum \| Manhattan, Kan.
Live Audio / Radio	Jackrabbits All-Access \| Jackrabbit Sports Network I WNAX 104.1 FM \| Scotty Kwas
Live Video	Big 12 Now \| ESPN+
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No. 22/21 South Dakota State women's basketball is set for its first road trip of the season as it takes on Kansas State Thursday. Tipoff is slated for 6:30 p.m. at Bramlage Coliseum in Manhattan, Kan.

The Jackrabbits are now 3-0 after knocking off then-No. 18 Gonzaga 75-72 in an overtime thriller Sunday.

Kansas State is now 2-2, most recently defeating Central Arkansas, 47-33, and falling to Idaho State at home Tuesday, 65-50.

Thursday marks the sixth meeting between the Jackrabbits and Wildcats. K-State holds a 5-0 advantage in the all-time series. The teams last met in Brookings on Dec. 10, 2011 when the Wildcats captured a 62-49 win over the Jacks.

About South Dakota State
Myah Selland leads the team with 18 points, seven rebounds and 2.7 assists per game. In her first game since Dec. 5, 2019, Selland made an immediate impact as she recorded 19 points, five boards, two assists and two blocks to help the Jacks defeat then-No. 15 Iowa State. In the win over Creighton, the redshirt junior recorded the third double-double of her career as she led the squad with 17 points and pulled down 11 rebounds. Selland carried the Jackrabbits to an overtime win over then-No. 18 Gonzaga with 18 points. She made the game-tying shot that sent the contest into overtime and dished a perfect pass to Lindsey Theuninck who hit the game-winning 3-pointer. A season ago, she averaged 13.8 points and 3.0 assists per game in the nine contests she played in before suffering a season-ending foot injury. A Preseason All-Summit League First Team honoree for the Jacks, the Letcher native was named Summit League Player of the Week on Dec. 7.

Paiton Burckhard averages 11.7 points, 3.3 rebounds and 32 minutes per game. In the season opener she turned in eight points, three rebounds and two steals, while playing a career-high 35 minutes. Burckhard ranked second on the team with 13 points in the win over Creighton. In the overtime win over then Gonzaga, she recorded 14 points, five rebounds and played a career-high 41 minutes. Burckhard averaged a team-best 14.2 points and ranked second on the team with 5.7 rebounds per game after starting all 32 contests that she appeared in last season. The junior reached double-figures in 26 contests, including 20-plus points in seven games. Burckhard has registered three double-doubles in her career. The Aberdeen native earned Preseason All-Summit League First Team honors after being selected to the All-Summit League First Team for the 2019-20 season.

Tylee Irwin saw the first action of her senior campaign after being out with a minor injury in the season-opener. Against Creighton, she turned in eight points, seven rebounds and tied a career-high three blocks. Irwin played a career-high 37 minutes in the win over Gonzaga as she recorded 16 points, three rebounds and one block off the bench. Irwin finished second on the team in minutes played for the 2019-20 season, averaging 27.6 minutes per game. Last season, the Wahpeton, N.D. native scored a season-best 18 points in the Jackrabbits' semifinals victory over North Dakota State. Against North Dakota, Irwin pulled down a season-high 10 boards. She blocked a career-best three shots against Omaha and Western Illinois. In Summit League play, the senior averaged 9.7 points and 5.3 rebounds per game. Irwin earned a spot on the Preseason All-Summit League Second Team for the second consecutive season.

Haley Greer is averaging a team-best five assists per game, while adding 10.7 points per game. Against Gonzaga, she became the first Jackrabbit since 2000 to dish 10-pluss assists in a game. Greer posted eight points and three assists to help the Jackrabbits to a victory over Creighton. She led SDSU in her debut as a Jackrabbit with a career-best 20 points as she went 4-of-6 from beyond the arc en route to being named Summit League Player of the Week. She joins the Jackrabbits as a graduate transfer after spending four years at Colgate. Greer, a 5-10 guard from Winnetka, Ill., comes in after leading Colgate in 3-pointers made (34) and blocked shots (23) while averaging 8.1 points per game in 2019-20.

Lindsey Theuninck earned the starting assignment for the 15th time in her career against Gonzaga. In that contest she posted six rebounds and 11 points, including the overtime game-winning 3-pointer. She turned in nine points, while tallying a team-best six boards and three assists against Iowa State. In the win over Creighton, she added five points, four rebounds and three assists. Theuninck averaged 24.5 minutes and 4.8 points per game last season. In the win over Chattanooga, the junior scored a career-high 13 points in her first-ever start as a Jackrabbit. At Denver she made a career-best three 3-pointers.

Sydney Stapleton recorded four points, three assists, and two steals against Iowa State. The Blaine, Minn. native added four points to the Jackrabbits efforts against Creighton. She averaged 17.1 minutes and 5.5 points per game off the bench a season ago. The junior turned in a career performance against Coppin State, shooting 5-of-10 from the 3-point line and totaling 17 points. She ranked second on the squad from beyond the arc with a total 38 3-pointers.

The duo of Kallie Theisen and Tori Nelson return for their sophomore seasons.

Nelson recorded 12 points against Iowa State and eight in the win over Creighton. Additionally, against Gonzaga she posted nine points, three rebounds and three assists. The reigning Summit League Freshman of the Year, averaged 22.7 minutes per game. Nelson posted the squads first double-double of the season in the win over Notre Dame. She also scored a career-best 23 points against Coppin State. She started in 19 games for the Jackrabbits and averaged 10.1 points per game in Summit League action last season.

Theisen appeared in 14 games and averaged 15.9 minutes before suffering a season ending injury last season.

Juniors Jordan Ferrand and Addison Hirschman appeared in 18 games, while redshirt sophomore Lauren Rongisch played in 15 contests. Ferrand made an appearance in the 2020-21 season opener and recorded a block.

A trio of freshmen in Emily Herzberg, Madysen Vlastuin and Mesa Byom will round out the 2020-21 roster. Vlastuin and Byom played 19 and 12 minutes, respectively, in the season opener and recorded two points apiece. In the home victory over Creighton, Byom sank her first collegiate 3-pointer, while Vlastuin made one against Gonzaga.

State is outscoring its opponents 72.3-62.7 and holds them to 37.1 percent shooting, including 20.8 percent from long distance.

Scouting Kansas State
Kansas State is 2-2 on the season and is in the middle of a four-game homestand. Most recently, the Wildcats defeated Central Arkansas, 47-33, and fell to Idaho State at home Tuesday, 65-50.

The Wildcats return two starters and nine letterwinners from a team that finished 16-13 overall, 10-8 Big 12 last season.

K-State is led by Christianna Carr who averages 15.5 points per game, while shooting 46.2 percent (12-of-26) from long distance. In the loss to Idaho State, Carr recorded 24 points and five rebounds.

Rachel Ranke is averaging 8.8 points and 2 assists per game, while Emilee Ebert leads the squad with 2.3 assists per game.

Defensively, Taylor Lauterbauch paces the Wildcats with 9 rebounds per game and a total eight blocked shots.

As a team, K-State is narrowly outscoring its opponents, 53-52.3. The Wildcats are shooting 37.1 percent from the field and 24.7 percent from long distance.

Jeff Mittie is in his seventh season at the helm of the Wildcats with a 118-81 record. In his 29 seasons as a head coach he has a career record of 572-316.

Jackrabbits' Last Time Out
South Dakota State women's basketball defeated No. 18 Gonzaga 75-72 in overtime Sunday afternoon at Frost Arena.

The Jacks, now 3-0, shot 47.3 percent (26-of-55) from the field and made 11 3-pointers to beat their second ranked opponent of the season and 13th in the Division I era.

Four Jackrabbits finished in double figures. Myah Selland scored a team-high 18 points while Tylee Irwin finished with 16. Paiton Burckhard and Lindsey Theuninck followed with 14 and 11 points, respectively. Haley Greer dished a career-high 10 assists.

"Well obviously an exciting win, an exciting finish," head coach Aaron Johnston said. "Really happy for our team. I think Gonzaga is fantastic, I really do. I think they are really well coached, they have a very experienced team. They did a good job to push that lead late. I think we were down four with under a minute to go, then our team, I think, showed a lot of fight."

Back-to-back 3-pointers from Selland and Theuninck opened the scoring for the Jackrabbits to give State an early 6-2 lead. Gonzaga responded quickly, scoring seven unanswered to take a 9-6 edge at the 6:09 mark. Neither team held more than a four-point lead for the rest of the quarter as the Jacks held a 16-14 advantage to end the first quarter.

SDSU's lead grew to eight inside the five minute mark of the second thanks to layups from Irwin and Tori Nelson, the largest lead either team had throughout the opening half. However, a 10-0 Gonzaga run gave the visitors back the lead at the 2:41 mark. Irwin's jumper broke the scoring run and tied the game at 28 with 1:36 remaining in the half. A layup from Gonzaga's LeeAnne Wirth gave the Bulldogs a 30-28 edge heading into halftime.

After a slow start to the half, the State offense got back into rhythm with Madysen Vlastuin draining her first collegiate 3-pointer and a Burckhard and-one, bringing the Jacks within one of Gonzaga with just under six minutes to play in the quarter. The Jackrabbits were able to outscore Gonzaga 11-4 to close out the quarter holding on to a 46-45 lead.

The Bulldogs and Jacks went back and forth in the first five minutes of the final frame that featured six ties and four lead changes. Selland's and-one with eight seconds to play tied it up and sent the game to overtime.

In overtime, Gonzaga took an early lead with two jumpers in the first three minutes. Five unanswered points highlighted by another Selland and-one with 2:25 to play gave the Jacks a one-point lead. The Zags hit a jumper to end the run with 33 seconds remaining. Selland followed with a 3 with 28 seconds to go. The biggest shot of the game came as Selland dished to Theuninck for a 3-point buzzer beater to clinch the overtime victory.

"We really made a lot of plays to get to overtime, I thought, and then late in the overtime to push it forward with a couple big 3's," Johnston said. "I know Myah had one and obviously Lindsey's game-winner is just one of those fun shots that a team will remember for a long time. Doesn't mean anything going forward, but when our players get together and look back, that will be a fun moment for them to be a part of. I thought we really played hard and we just made a lot of big offensive and defensive plays late in that game."

Opponent's Last Time Out
MANHATTAN, Kansas – K-State needed a fourth quarter rally on Tuesday afternoon at Bramlage Coliseum, but the Wildcats weren't able to overcome a chilly 11-minute scoreless span as Idaho State secured a 65-50 win.

Christianna Carr paced K-State (2-2) with a game-high 24 points on 9-of-18 shooting, including 5-of-10 from beyond the arc. The 24 points tied her career-high and were the most by a Wildcat this season. Her five 3-point field goals also tied a career-high, a mark she has hit three times.

Carr scored eight points in the first quarter, including a layup with 2:23 remaining in the opening quarter to give the Wildcats a 15-14 lead. A pair of free throws from Ashley Ray put K-State in front 17-14 at the end of the first quarter. K-State held Idaho State scoreless for the final 3:26 of the quarter.

Carr knocked down her third 3-pointer of the afternoon with 5:35 remaining in the second quarter to give K-State a 24-20 lead. A layup from Idaho State at 5:15 completed the scoring in the second frame as the both teams went scoreless for the final 5:14. The Wildcats registered three blocks during the stretch with two from Emilee Ebert.

Idaho State (2-1) broke the scoring drought for both teams, scoring the first five points of the third quarter to pull in front 27-24, with 7:59 remaining in the quarter. The Bengals would use a 16-0 run to open the third quarter to hold a 38-24 lead with 5:05 to play.

K-State would end an 11-minute scoring drought, as Carr completed an old fashioned 3-point play with 4:12 remaining in the third quarter to bring K-State to with 11 points, 38-27.

After going 0-of-8 from beyond the arc in the first half, the Bengals were 7-of-9 from deep on their way to outscoring K-State in the third quarter, 29-8, to take a 51-32 lead into the fourth quarter.

Carr knocked down a pair of 3-pointers, then finished a layup followed by a Sydney Goodson steal and layup, as the Wildcats used a 10-0 run to pull within nine, 51-42, with 6:16 remaining in the fourth quarter.

An old-fashioned three-point play from freshman Taylor Lauterbach brought the Wildcats within seven, 52-45, with 5:20 to play. Lauterbach finished the afternoon with four points, a career-high 16 rebounds, three assists and two blocks.

Idaho State would increase its lead back to 15, 60-45, on the back of an 8-0 run over a four-minute stretch to seal the win.

For the afternoon, K-State shot 30.0 percent (18-of-60) from the field including 20.0 percent (6-of-30) from 3-point range. Idaho State shot 40.3 percent (25-of-62) from the floor including 41.7 percent (10-of-24) from beyond the arc.

K-State continues its four-game home stand on Thursday, as the Wildcats host 22nd-ranked South Dakota State at 6:30 p.m. Thursday's game will be limited to 15% capacity. A limited number of single-game tickets are available by calling (800) 221-CATS or online at kstatesports.com,

Thursday's game will be broadcast on Big 12 Now on ESPN+. The game will also be available on the K-State Sports Network and for free at kstatesports.com.
--kstatesports.com

A Win Would...

Give South Dakota State its first win over K-State all-time
Improve the Jacks to 4-0 on the season
Give State its second win over a Power Five program this season

A Loss Would...

Improve Kansas State to 6-0 in the all-time series

Jackrabbits in the Polls
South Dakota State has earned a spot in an Associated Press regular season poll for the first time in 11 years, checking in at No. 22 in the rankings released Monday.

The undefeated Jackrabbits vaulted into the rankings with a pair of home wins over ranked opponents, downing then-No. 15 Iowa State, 76-69, on Nov. 28, and defeating then-No. 18 Gonzaga, 75-72 in overtime, Sunday. SDSU was the top team receiving votes in last week's poll.

State was ranked for 10 weeks during the 2008-09 season, climbing to as high as 16th in the final regular season poll.

On Tuesday, the Jacks entered the USA TODAY/WBCA Coaches Poll at No. 21. The last time State earned a spot in the Coaches Poll Top 25 was in the final poll of the 2018-19 season at No. 22 on the heals of the historic Sweet 16 run.

Additionally, the Jackrabbits improved to No. 2 in the College Insider Mid-Major Poll.

Major Win Milestones
The Jackrabbits reached the milestone of 1,000 program wins last season as it defeated Notre Dame, 65-59, at the Cancun Challenge. The Jacks became the 14th NCAA Division I women's team to reach the mark. Head Coach Aaron Johnston is responsible for 495 of South Dakota State's 1,017 wins.

Johnston is just five wins away from claiming 500 career wins. He will be among 33 active Division I coaches to reach the milestone.

Tough Slate
The Jackrabbits will face two Power Five (ACC, SEC, Big 12, Big Ten, PAC-12) opponents during the 2020-21 season, including Iowa State and Kansas State.

All together, the Jacks will face three ranked opponents in Iowa State, Gonzaga and Missouri State.

Preseason Recognition
Paiton Burckhard and Myah Selland were named to the All-Summit League Preseason First Team, while Tylee Irwin and Tori Nelson earned All-Summit League Preseason Second Team accolades.

Jacks Tabbed Second In Preseason Poll
The Jackrabbits claimed a total of 566 points and 11 first place votes in the Summit League preseason poll. South Dakota was voted the favorite with 25 first place votes and 587 points, while Western Illinois rounded out the top three with 389 points.

2020-21 Summit League Preseason Poll

Rk	Team	Votes (1st)
1	South Dakota	587 (25)
2	South Dakota State	566 (11)
3	Western Illinois	389
4	Oral Roberts	376
5	North Dakota State	371
6	Kansas City	323
7	Denver	300
8	North Dakota	203
9	Omaha	124

Summit League Titles

South Dakota State has won a Summit League-leading six regular-season titles in the program's 12 years in the league.
The Jackrabbits last won the regular-season title in 2013-14, finishing the league schedule 13-1.
SDSU also claimed titles in 2007-08, 2008-09, 2011-12 and 2012-13.
State has claimed nine Summit League tournament titles in the past 12 years.

Against Ranked Opponents

South Dakota State is 13-32 vs. ranked foes since 2006-07. It is 8-5 in Frost Arena, 3-14 on the road and 1-10 at neutral sites.
The Jackrabbits' 75-67 win over 12th-ranked Syracuse ties for the highest ranked team they have beaten in program history.
Syracuse was also the highest team South Dakota State has defeated on the road.
SDSU faced its highest-ranked opponent Jan. 2, 2014, when it played then-No. 2 Notre Dame (L, 94-51) in South Bend.
South Dakota State defeated No. 21/20-ranked USF, 61-50, fell to No. 3 Oregon (95-56) and a ranked South Dakota on three occasions last season
Most recently, the Jackrabbits defeated then-No. 15/18 Iowa State (76-69) and then-No. 18 Gonzaga (75-72, OT) at Frost Arena.

2019-20 Postseason Awards

Two returning Jackrabbits earned Summit League postseason awards.
Paiton Burckhard picked up first-team accolades.
Tori Nelson was named Summit League Freshman of the year and received All-Newcomer Team selections.

-GoJacks.com-

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