South Dakota State plays its second of three straight home games when it hosts North Dakota Saturday afternoon at Frost.
The Jacks enter Saturday 12-5 overall and 5-0 in Summit League action following a big win over NDSU Thursday night. SDSU is 7-1 at home this year.
North Dakota is 9-5 on the year with a 2-2 Summit mark. The Fighting Hawks lost 79-67 to South Dakota in Vermillion Thursday. UND is 1-5 on the road this season.
KEY STORYLINES
- South Dakota State looks to stay unbeaten in Summit action when it takes on North Dakota Saturday afternoon at Frost.
- The Jacks registered a season-high scoring output Thursday night in a 94-63 win over North Dakota State.
- SDSU has won 18 straight Summit League games and 20 straight conference games at home.
- Myah Selland moved into third place on SDSU's career scoring chart with 24 points against the Bison Thursday, passing Megan Vogel (1,850). With 1,870 career points, Selland is 17 points from tying Shannon Schlagel for second place.
- Myah Selland averaged nearly 16 points per game overally and 17.6 points in conference action to lead the Jackrabbits. Her 6.4 rebounds per game and 7.4 boards in Summit games is also a team high.
- Paiton Burckhard scores 10.2 points per game, Haleigh Timmer averages 9.2 points per game and Tori Nelson adds 8.3 points, on average.
- 10 different Jackrabbits have scored at least 10 points in at least one contest this season. Myah Selland has 14 double-digit games while Paiton Burckhard has 11 and Haleigh Timmer has nine.
- 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-