South Dakota State carries a six-game win streak into Saturday's Interstate Series matchup against South Dakota at Frost Arena.
Saturday will be the 99th all-time meeting between these teams. The Jackrabbits hold a 63-35 lead in the series. SDSU has won five of the last seven matchups.
South Dakota is 13-6 on the season and coming off a 63-61 buzzer-beating win over St. Thomas Thursday night in St. Paul. The Coyotes are 2-2 in Summit League action. South Dakota State is 12-5 on the year and 4-0 in Summit League action. The Jacks have won six straight contests. The team is 7-1 at home this year.
KEY STORYLINES
- SDSU brings a six-game win streak into Saturday's rivalry matchup against South Dakota at Frost Arena. The Jacks are 63-35 all-time against the Coyotes.
- The Jacks are 12-5 on the year with four of five losses coming to ranked teams.
- The SDSU defense has held Summit League opponents to only 53.3 points per game, 12 points fewer than the next team (North Dakota State, 65.3 PPG).
- Three Jackrabbits averaged double figures on the season - Paige Meyer (15.4 PPG), Brooklyn Meyer (15.1 PPG) and Madison Mathiowetz (11.1 PPG).
- Paige Meyer and Brooklyn Meyer lead the Jackrabbits in scoring, both averaging just about 15 points per contest.
- Brooklyn Meyer tallies 15.1 points, 8.7 rebounds and 2.2 blocks and .515 field goal percentage. She leads the Summit League in shot rejections and is second in rebounding and field goal shooting.
- Paige Meyer leads the team in scoring (15.4 PPG), assists (3.2 APG) and steals (1.7 SPG). Her .514 field goal shooting ranks third in the Summit League.
- The Jackrabbits average 5.0 blocks per game as a team, led by Brooklyn Meyer (2.2), Tori Nelson (1.4) and Mesa Byom (1.1). The trio holds three of the top four spots in the Summit individual rankings.
- Madison Mathiowetz averages 11.1 points per game on the season but is averaging 15.0 points at a 53 percent clip over the last six games.
- Tori Nelson ranks fifth all-time at SDSU in games played (141) and games started (130). She has started every game this year and in each of the previous two seasons. With 132 career blocks, Tori Nelson is three blocks away from joining the top-three in program history.
- Brooklyn Meyer has 37 total blocks this season and is four rejections from moving into third place for single-season blocks by a sophomore in program history. SDSU's sophomore record is 52.
- Madysen Vlastuin leads the team in minutes played (30.9) and contributes 6.8 points on average. 32 of her 41 made field goals this year have come from the 3-point line.
- South Dakota State is 53-1 in the Summit League regular season over the last four seasons, including 23-24.
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