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Women's Basketball
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South Dakota State University Athletics
Sunday, March 20
Brookings, S.D.
2:00 PM
South Dakota State University
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Minnesota
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MINNESOTA VISITS FROST SUNDAY
3/19/2022 4:38:00 PM | Women's Basketball
| GAME 34: SOUTH DAKOTA STATE vs. MINNESOTA |
| When | Sunday, March 20 at 2:00 PM |
| Where | Brookings, S.D. (Frost Arena) |
| Live Audio / Radio | Jackrabbits All-Access | Jackrabbit Sports Network I Scotty Kwas |
| Live Video | Midco Sports |
| Live Stats | GoJacksLive.com |
| Game Notes | South Dakota State | Minnesota | Summit League |
| Social Media | Twitter I Facebook |
South Dakota State hosts the Minnesota Gophers Sunday afternoon in the second round of the WNIT. Sunday's meeting will be the seventh all-time contest between the programs with SDSU holding a 5-1 record in the series.
The Jackrabbits are 24-9 on the year after beating Ohio Thursday night at Frost in the first round of the tournament. This is the 11th straight 20+ win season for Coach Aaron Johnston and South Dakota State.
SDSU has won 21 of the last 23 games. The team finished the conference season with a share of the regular season title at 17-1.
Minnesota is 15-17 overall and beat Green Bay 73-65 to advance to the second round. The Gophers will be SDSU's first Big Ten opponent since beating Iowa in the 2016-17 season.
Myah Selland scores 13.8 points per game to lead the balanced SDSU offense. She is joined in double figures by Paiton Burckhard (11.2 PPG), Tori Nelson (10.7) and Paige Meyer (10.4). Selland also contributes 4.9 rebounds and 3.2 assists on average.
Burckhard paces the Jackrabbits on the glass, tallying 5.6 rebounds per contest, and adds 2.2 assists per game. Kallie Theisen blocks 1.2 shots a night. Meyer is the Jackrabbits' assists (4.1 APG) and steals (1.2 SPG) leader. She ranked second in the Summit League in field goal percentage and assists and and third in assists/turnover ratio.
The Gopher offense is led by Sara Scalia. She extended her double figures scoring streak to 22 games with her performance against Green Bay. Thursday. During the streak Scalia has averaged 21.0 points per game and is shooting 43 percent from three (87-of-202) while averaging 4.0 made threes per game. This season Scalia ranks 8th in the Big Ten in scoring average (18.3) and is seventh during Big Ten play at 19.4 points per game.
- South Dakota State is playing in the WNIT for the fifth time in program history and first time since 2017. The Jackrabbits are 8-4 all-time in the WNIT, including Thursday's win over Ohio.
- The Jackrabbits enter Sunday 24-9 overall and most recently beat Ohio 87-57 in the first round of the WNIT.
- SDSU has won 21 of its last 23 games with its only losses in that stretch coming to South Dakota.
- Freshman Haleigh Timmer moved into the starting lineup and had a breakout game Thursday night, putting up 24 points and grabbing eight rebounds, both career highs.
- Myah Selland recently moved into the top-10 on SDSU's career-scoring chart. She has 1,514 career points and averages 13.6 this season to pace SDSU.
- SDSU and Minnesota have two like opponents on their 2021-22 schedules - Ohio and Green Bay. South Dakota State beat Green Bay 70-49 (11/9/21) and Ohio 87-57 (3/17/22, WNIT). Minnesota beat Ohio 99-93 (12/15/21) and Green Bay 73-65 (3/17/21, WNIT).
- The Jackrabbits are 13-2 at home this season and have won 13 consecutive games at Frost. SDSU's last loss at home was December 11 (Kansas State).
- Paiton Burckhard has put up 14+ points in each of the last five games and grabbed 6+ rebounds in 12 of the last 13 games.
- SDSU leads the nation in 3-point field goal percentage (38.9%) and is third in overall field goal shooting (47.9%). The Jacks are seventh in assist/turnover ratio (1.36).
- The Jackrabbits led the Summit League in all-conference postseason honors - Aaron Johnston (Coach of the Year), Myah Selland (First Team), Paige Meyer (Second Team, All-Newcomer Team), Tylee Irwin (Honorable Mention, All-Defensive Team), Paiton Burckhard (HM), Tori Nelson (HM).
- The Jackrabbits are receiving votes in the latest WBCA Top-25 Poll and are 5th in the College Insider Mid-Major Top-25.
- The Jackrabbits won the 2021-22 regular season Summit League crown, their eighth regular season title since joining the conference.
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