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6 p.m.
Women's Basketball
vs Augustana (Exhibition)
South Dakota State University Athletics
Saturday, March 5
Sioux Falls, S.D. / Denny Sanford Premier Center
12:30 p.m.
South Dakota State University
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Denver
Photo by: Dave Eggen/Inertia
SDSU OPENS POSTSEASON WITH DENVER
3/4/2022 12:24:00 PM | Women's Basketball
| GAME 30: No. 1 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE vs. No. 8 DENVER |
| When | Saturday, March 5 at 12:30 PM |
| Where | Sioux Falls, S.D. (Denny Sanford PREMIER Center) |
| Live Audio / Radio | Jackrabbits All-Access | Jackrabbit Sports Network I Brad Peterson & Scotty Kwas |
| Live Video | Midco | ESPN+ |
| Live Stats | GoJacksLive.com |
| Game Notes | South Dakota State | Denver |
| Social Media | Twitter I Facebook |
South Dakota State will open the Summit League Tournament Saturday with No. 8 Denver - the third meeting of the season for the teams.
The Jackrabbits are 21-8 on the year - the 11th straight 20+ win season for Coach Aaron Johnston and South Dakota State. The team finished the conference season with a share of the regular season title at 17-1.
Denver is 10-19 overall and went 5-12 in Summit League action. The Pioneers ended the regular season with back-to-back wins over St. Thomas and Western Illinois.
State's balanced offense is led by Myah Selland, who scores 13.5 points per game. She is joined in double figures by Tori Nelson (10.6 PPG), Paiton Burckhard (10.5 PPG) and Paige Meyer (10.4). Selland also contributes 4.4 rebounds and 3.0 assists on average. Selland averaged 17.4 points in the back half of the Summit League season (the last nine games) with five 20+ point games in that stretch.
Meyer is the Jackrabbits' assists (4.1 APG) and steals (1.2 SPG) leader. She ranks second in the Summit League in field goal percentage and assists and and third in assists/turnover ratio. Burckhard paces the Jackrabbits on the glass, tallying 5.6 rebounds per contest, and adds 2.1 assists per game. Kallie Theisen blocks 1.1 shots a night.
Denver is led in points, rebounds and steals by Uju Ezeudu, who records 17.1 PPG, 8.1 RPG and 1.4 SPG. Meghan Boyd chips in 11.4 points per game and Anna Jackson adds 9.0, on average. Ezeudu was named to the All-Summit League second team.
KEY STORYLINES
- South Dakota State takes on the Summit League Tournament as the No. 1 seed after winning a share of the regular season title and taking the higher seed based on NET rankings over USD.
- The Jackrabbits are 21-8 on the season and went 17-1 in the Summit season. SDSU is on a 13-game win streak, the third longest active streak in the nation.
- Six Jackrabbits earned All-Summit League honors. Aaron Johnston was named Coach of the Year while Myah Selland (First Team) and Paige Meyer (Second Team, All-Newcomer Team) were selected to the all-conference teams. Paiton Burckhard, Tylee Irwin and Tori Nelson were deemed honorable mention with Irwin being picked to the All-Defensive Team.
- The Jackrabbits 2021-22 regular season crown is the eighth regular season title since joining the Summit League. SDSU has won nine Summit League tournaments and is chasing its 10th championship this week.
- The Jackrabbits are receiving votes in both the AP Poll and the USA Today / WBCA Top-25 Poll this week and are 7th in the College Insider Mid-Major Top-25.
- Myah Selland averaged 17.4 points per game in the back half of the Summit season - the last nine games. She scores 13.5 PPG overall and 14.2 in Summit games to lead the SDSU offense.
- Tori Nelson has been as consistent as they come for the Jacks this season, especially as of late. She shot 63 percent from the field in Summit League games, which led the conference, and went 68 percent over the last seven contests. She has scored 9+ points in all but three conference games.
- SDSU leads the nation in 3-point field goal percentage this season (39.5%) and is third in overall field goal shooting (48.6%), sitting only behind Iowa and UConn.
- Tori Nelson (63.2%) and Paige Meyer (61.6%) hold the top two spots on the Summit's field goal percentage chart in conference games. They are the only two shooting 60% or higher.
- Myah Selland has scored in every appearance of her career, 109 games, and put up more than 10 points in 79 of those contests. She ranks 12th on the Jacks' all-time scoring chart with 1,457 career points.
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