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Women's Basketball
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South Dakota State University Athletics
Saturday, December 7
Missoula, Mont.
2 p.m. MT / 3 p.m. CT
South Dakota State University
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Montana
Photo by: Miranda Sampson/SampsonSnapshots
SDSU HEADS TO MONTANA SATURDAY
12/6/2024 8:42:00 AM | Women's Basketball
| South Dakota State at Montana | |
| Date and Time | Saturday, December 7Â at 3Â p.m. Central |
| Location | Missoula, Montana |
| Site | Dahlberg Arena |
| TV / Stream | ESPN+ |
| Audio | Jackrabbit Sports Network |
| Live Stats | GoJacksLive.com (Statbroadcast) |
| South Dakota State | Game Notes | Home Page |
| Montana | Game Notes | Home Page |
South Dakota State travels to Montana Saturday for the team's second game of the Big Sky-Summit League Challenge.
The Jackrabbits go to Missoula with a 6-2 record, two wins over ranked opponents and two wins over Power 4 teams. Most recently, SDSU topped Eastern Washington 81-58 at First Bank & Trust Arena Wednesday night.Â
Montana is 4-4Â overall this season and most recently fell to North Dakota State in Fargo. The Griz are paced by 11.0 points and 5.3 assists per game from Mack Konig. Eight Montana players score at least 6.0 points per game.
KEY STORYLINES
- South Dakota State takes on Eastern Washington and Montana this week for the second annual Big Sky-Summit League Challenge. The Jacks went 2-0 in the Challenge last season with wins over Northern Arizona and Montana State.
- SDSU heads to Montana sitting on 499 wins in the Division I era, needing one to reach 500 DI wins for the program and head coach Aaron Johnston.
- SDSU has gutted out its wins this year as five of eight games have been decided by eight or fewer points. The Jacks are 4-1 in those games.
- South Dakota State was voted at the top of the College Inside Mid-Major Top 25 this week and is receiving votes in both the AP and Coaches polls.
- At 6-2 on the season, SDSU has two wins over ranked teams and its two losses came to now-No. 8 Duke and now-RV Georgia Tech.
- As of Tuesday, the Jackrabbits have three players averaging double figures in Brooklyn Meyer (16.3 PPG), Haleigh Timmer (12.7 PPG) and Paige Meyer (10.3 PPG). Three others contribute at least 6.0 PPG.
- SDSU is shooting better than 37 percent from the 3-point line on the year, ranking 33rd in the nation. The Jacks have seven players with at least four triples this season, led by 11 from Haleigh Timmer.
- Brooklyn Meyer tallies team highs in scoring (16.3 PPG), rebounding (6.6 RPG) and blocks (1.0 BPG). She is 54 percent from the floor, one of four Jacks above 50 percent.
- Paige Meyer is doing a little bit of everything for SDSU, averaging 10.3 points, 5.0 assists, 3.7 rebounds and 1.4 steals per contest.
- Haleigh Timmer returns for her redshirt junior season after missing all of 2023-24 with an injury. She averages 12.8 points on 51 percent shooting.
- Mesa Byom averages 7.6 points and 5.6 rebounds. She is a team-high 55 percent from the floor and has knocked down one 3-pointer in every game.
- Freshman Katie Vasecka comes off the bench to score 7.6 points per game for the Jacks. She led the team with a career-high 17 points at Ball State.
-GoJacks.com-
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