South Dakota State takes on Oral Roberts Saturday afternoon in the final contest of the regular season for both squads. In the teams' first meeting of the year, SDSU won 83-80 over the Golden Eagles at Frost. It is the Jacks' closest Summit League game of the season.Â
The Jackrabbits are 24-5 on the year and 17-0 in Summit League action. SDSU's current win streak of 17 games is the fifth-longest streak in program history. The Jacks are 8-2 on the road this year.
Oral Roberts is 11-17 overall and 8-9 in the conference season. After a strong start to the Summit League slate the Golden Eagles have lost five straight contests. ORU is 7-5 at home.
KEY STORYLINES
- South Dakota State makes the trek to Tulsa Saturday for the final contest of the regular season. At 17-0 the Jacks are seeking their second unbeaten Summit season in three years.
- SDSU can become the second team in the history of the Summit League to put together an 18-0 season and the first since 1993-94 (Northern Illinois).
- SDSU has won 17 consecutive games, which is the second-longest active streak in the country. The Jacks are tied with Gardner-Webb and sit behind No. 1 South Carolina.
- The Jacks lead the Summit League in a number of categories, including scoring offense (84.9), scoring defense (58.1), scoring margin (26.9), field goal percentage (.487) and rebounding (42.1).
- SDSU ranks ninth in the NCAA in rebounding margin (10.4), 13th in field goal percentage (.467) and defensive rebounds per game (29.9)
- Paiton Burckhard is set for her 160th career game Saturday, which will put her in sole possession of first place on SDSU's career games chart.
- Myah Selland averages more than 16 points and six rebounds in Summit games to lead the Jackrabbits. Haleigh Timmer and Paiton Burckhard score 12.4 and 12.3 points per conference game, respectively.
- Haleigh Timmer has scored at least 10 points in every game of January and February. She's averaging 14.3 points in 2023.
- SDSU's point guard duo of Paige Meyer and Dru Gylten are two of four total players in the country averaging at least 3.3 assists in 21 minutes or fewer. Paige Meyer is the only player in the country averaging at least nine points and three assists in less than 21 minutes per contest.
- Kallie Theisen comes off the bench to contribute six points and six rebounds per game. She is averaging nearly 10 boards over the last seven contests.
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