South Dakota State kicks off the second half of the conference season Thursday night as the team hosts St. Thomas at Frost Arena.
The Jackrabbits enter the weekend 16-5 on the year and 9-0 in conference action. The team is on a nine game win streak and has won 12 of its last 13 contests. SDSU is 9-1 at home this year.
St. Thomas is 7-12 overall and 2-7 in Summit League play. The Tommies most recently fell to Western Illinois, but before that won two straight against Oral Roberts and Kansas City. UST is 1-9 on the road.
KEY STORYLINES
- South Dakota State returns to Brookings to host St. Thomas and Western Illinois this weekend at Frost Arena.
- SDSU enters the weekend 16-5 on the season, 9-0 in Summit League play and 9-1 at home this year.
- The Jacks are the Summit's only unbeaten team remaining in conference action. North Dakota State is next in the standings at 7-2, followed by South Dakota with a 6-3 Summit mark.
- SDSU has won 22 consecutive Summit League games at home, a streak that began in the 2020-21 season.
- Within Summit League play, SDSU leads the conference in a number of statistical categories, including scoring offense (86.0), scoring defense (63.0), scoring margin (23.0), field goal percentage (.491) and rebounding (41.8).
- Myah Selland averages more than 16 points and six rebounds per game to lead the Jackrabbits. She has put up double figures in each of the last 14 contests.
- Paiton Burckhard and Haleigh Timmer also average double digits, scoring 11.3 and 10.6 points per game, respectively.
- Dru Gylten and Paige Meyer lead the Summit League in assist/turnover ratio. Gylten has a 2.8 assist/turnover ratio while Meyer holds a 2.3 mark.
- Paige Meyer is a top contributor off the bench for the Jacks with 8.7 points, 3.3 assists and 2.8 rebounds per game.
- South Dakota State ranks 18th in the NCAA in overall rebounding margin (9.1) and 19th in defensive rebounds per game (30.0). The team also ranks in the top-25 in field goal percentage (23rd, 46.3 percent) and assists per game (25th, 16.8).
-GoJacks.com-