South Dakota State takes on North Dakota State Saturday afternoon at the Scheels Center in Fargo.
The Jacks upped their win streak to 12 straight games Thursday night with a 75-57 win over UND in Grand Forks. At 12-0, SDSU is unbeaten in Summit action. The team is 19-5 overall and 5-2 on the road this season.
North Dakota State is 14-7 on the year and 8-3 in conference action. The Bison have not lost at home this season - 9-0. Most recently, NDSU beat USD 86-82 in overtime Thursday night.
KEY STORYLINES
- South Dakota State continues its northern road trip to North Dakota State Saturday afternoon in Fargo.
- The Jacks bring an unbeaten Summit mark into the contest. At 12-0, not only is SDSU the only team with a perfect mark, the team is also the only squad with fewer than three league losses.
- Within Summit League pay, SDSU holds a 24.7 PPG scoring margin over its opponents. The next closest margin is 3.7 PPG (NDSU).
- SDSU also leads the conference in a number of other statistical categories, including scoring offense (86.7), scoring defense (62.0), scoring field goal percentage (.492) and rebounding (42.1).
- Myah Selland is 10 points shy of reaching 2,000 career points. She is set to become the second Jackrabbit in program history and the seventh player in the history of the Summit League.
- Myah Selland averages more than 16 points and six rebounds per game to lead the Jackrabbits.
She has put up double figures in 16 of the last 17 contests. Paiton Burckhard and Haleigh Timmer also average double digits, scoring 11.3 and 10.8 points per game, respectively.
- Three of the top four players on the Summit League assist/turnover ratio chart are Jackrabbits. Tori Nelson ranks first (3.2), followed by Dru Gylten in second (2.8) and Paige Meyer in fourth (1.8).
- Paige Meyer is a top contributor off the bench for the Jacks with 8.7 points, 3.3 assists, 2.5 rebounds and 1.8 steals per game.
- South Dakota State ranks 11th in the NCAA in rebounding margin (9.9) and 19th in defensive rebounds per game (29.9). The team ranks 17th in field goal percentage (46.6) and 18th in assists per game 17.0)
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