South Dakota State returns home to host three straight home matches over the next two weeks starting with North Dakota State Thursday night. The Jacks (4-0) and Bison (3-0) are the only Summit teams still unbeaten in conference play.
The Jackrabbits are 11-5 on the year with a 4-0 Summit mark following a victory at St. Thomas Saturday afternoon. The Jacks are 6-1 at home this season.
NDSU 9-4 overall and 3-0 in conference games. The Bison topped North Dakota last week 81-76. All four of NDSU's losses have come on the road.
KEY STORYLINES
- The Summit League's remaining unbeaten teams meet at Frost Thursday night when South Dakota State (4-0) hosts North Dakota State (3-0).
- The Jacks most recently beat Western Illinois and St. Thomas on the road.
- SDSU currently sits atop the conference standings at 4-0 and will take on the next three teams in the next three contests - North Dakota State (3-0), North Dakota (2-1) and South Dakota (3-1).
- Myah Selland averages more than 15 points and six rebounds per game to lead the Jackrabbits. She has put up double figures in each of the last nine games.
- Paiton Burckhard scores 9.8 points per game, Haleigh Timmer averages 9.2 points per game and Tori Nelson adds 8.7 points, on average.
- 10 different Jackrabbits have scored at least 10 points in at least one contest this season. Myah Selland has 13 double-digit games while Paiton Burckhard has 10 and Haleigh Timmer has eight.
- Tori Nelson became the 41st member of SDSU's 1,000-point club at St. Thomas last weekend. She is the third active Jackrabbit to achieve the milestone, joining Myah Selland and Paiton Burckhard.
- State was picked to win the Summit League regular season in the conference's preseason poll with 36 first-place votes.
- Myah Selland, the Summit's Preseason Player of the Year, was one of four Jackrabbits named to the league's preseason teams. Selland, Paiton Burckhard and Paige Meyer are on the preseason first team while Tori Nelson was named to the second team.
-GoJacks.com-