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South Dakota State University Athletics
Friday, March 17
BLACKSBURG, VA. | CASSELL COLISEUM
7 PM CT / 8 PM ET
South Dakota State University
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No. 8 USC
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JACKRABBITS OPEN NCAA POSTSEASON WITH NO. 8 USC
3/14/2023 5:31:00 PM | Women's Basketball
| No. 9Â South Dakota State vs. No. 8 USC | NCAA First Round | |
| Date and Time | Friday, March 17 at 8:00 p.m. ET |
| Location | Blacksburg, Virginia |
| Site | Cassell Coliseum |
| Television | ESPNews |
| Stream | ESPNews |
| Audio | Jackrabbit Sports Network |
| Live Stats | GoJacksLive.com |
| South Dakota State | Game Notes | Home Page |
| USC | Game Notes | Home Page |
No. 9 South Dakota State takes on No. 8 Southern California in the first round of the NCAA Tournament Friday evening in Blacksburg, Virginia.
This is the third all-time meeting between these programs. The most recent was in 2006, when the Jacks knocked off then-No. 19 USC in Brookings at Frost Arena. It was SDSU's first ranked opponent and first ranked win of their Division I era.
SDSU enters the tournament with a 28-5 overall mark and a 21-game win streak. The Jacks breezed through the Summit League tournament with a 32-point average margin of victory. SDSU is making its 11th NCAA appearance in 15 seasons of eligibility.
USC is 21-9 on the year. The Women of Troy have been off since falling to Oregon State in the opening round of the Pac-12 tournament on March 1. USC is making their 17th trip to the tournament and first since 2014.
Although these teams have not played each other in recent history, there are connections between the two. SDSU's Dru Gylten played the undergraduate portion of her career in the Pac-12 at Utah. Gylten and the Utes went 1-1 against USC in her senior season (2021-22). USC's Kadi Sissoko and Dominique Onu both have experience against South Dakota State. Sissoko was a freshman on the 2019 Syracuse team that was upset by SDSU in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. She also played for Minnesota last season, who SDSU beat in the second round of the WNIT. Onu is a mid-season transfer to USC from UCLA, who the Jacks have played three times in the last two seasons.
KEY STORYLINES
- No. 9 South Dakota State is set to make its 11th appearance in the NCAA Tournament in 15 seasons of Division I eligibility Friday when it takes on No. 8 USC in the first round.
- SDSU's last win at the NCAA Tournament came during the Jacks' run to the Sweet 16 in 2019, when Myah Selland was a sophomore and Paiton Burckhard was a freshman.
- The Jackrabbits earned the Summit League's automatic bid with dominant performance in the conference tournament. The Jacks' 42-point win over Omaha in the final is the largest margin of victory in a championship game in league history and the largest win margin of any conference tournament final since 2017 (per ESPN).
- The Jacks have held opponents to 60 points or fewer in 11 of the last 12 outings and have posted a 20-point scoring margin in each of the last nine games. Â
- SDSU has won 21 consecutive games, which is a program record and matches the third-longest active streak in the country. The team's last loss was to No. 1 South Carolina on December 15.
- Four Jackrabbits are averaging double figures, led by two-time Summit League Player of the Year Myah Selland's 15.7 PPG.
- Haleigh Timmer has scored at least 10 points in every game of January and February. She averaged almost 18 points during the Summit League Tournament to earn MVP honors.
- Paiton Burckhard leads the nation in career games played with 163. That number ranks first in program history. She has missed just one game in her five-year career.
- Myah Selland is one of two active players in Division I to have at least 2,000 career points, 850 career rebounds and 450 career assists. She is a finalist for the Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player of the Year award.
- According to WarrenNolan.com, South Dakota State's non-conference strength of schedule ranks fourth in the country.
- South Dakota State ranks fifth in the NCAA in scoring margin (19.1), sixth in field goal percentage (48.0) and sixth in rebounding margin (10.3).
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