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South Dakota State University Athletics
Tuesday, March 12
Sioux Falls, S.D. | The Denny Sanford PREMIER Center
3:30 PM
South Dakota State University
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No. 2 North Dakota State
Photo by: Evan Patzwald
SDSU PREPPED FOR TITLE TILT WITH BISON
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| Game 32:Â No. 1 South Dakota State vs. No. 2 North Dakota State | |
| Date and Time | Tuesday, March 12 at 3:30 p.m. |
| Location | Sioux Falls, S.D. |
| Site | Sanford PREMIER Center |
| TV | CBS Sports Network |
| Audio | Jackrabbit Sports Network |
| Live Stats | GoJacksLive.com |
| South Dakota State | Game Notes | Home Page |
| North Dakota State | Game Notes | Home Page |
No. 1 South Dakota State takes on No. 2 North Dakota State in Tuesday's championship game at the Denny Sanford PREMIER Center in Sioux Falls. South Dakota State is 26-5 on the season with a 20-game win streak.
These teams have previously met three times in the Summit League postseason, with the Jacks winning all three games. They have never met in the title game.
The Jackrabbits are 2-0 against the Bison already this season as SDSU went 16-0 in the Summit regular season. SDSU's perfect conference record is its third in the last four seasons. The yellow and blue enter the postseason as the reigning Summit League champs and look to qualify for their 12th DI NCAA Tournament appearance.
KEY STORYLINES
- South Dakota State enters the Summit League championship game with a 26-5 overall record on the season and wrapped the conference slate with a 16-0 record. Four of SDSU's five total losses have come to ranked teams.
- SDSU is 37-5 all-time in the Summit League postseason and has won 10 championship trophies. The Jacks are looking to qualify for their 12th NCAA Tournament.
- Six Jackrabbits earned All-Summit honors, headlined by Brooklyn Meyer being named Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year and Aaron Johnston being named Coach of the Year for the eighth time in his career.
- As a team, SDSU ranks sixth in the country in 3-point percentage (.381) and 10th in overall field goal percentage (.483). The Jackrabbits have shot better than 52 percent in five of the last six games, including three games at 60 percent or better.
- A trio of Jackrabbits averaged double figures in overall games this season - Brooklyn Meyer (16.9 PPG), Paige Meyer (15.0 PPG) and Madison Mathiowetz (11.8 PPG).
- With 21 in Monday's semifinal, Brooklyn Meyer has scored 528 points in her sophomore season, passing Macy Miller (527) for SDSU's sophomore single-season scoring record.
- Brooklyn Meyer went 32-for-36 (.889) from the floor over the final three games of the regular season. She is shooting .590 overall this year, which is 18th in the country.
- Brooklyn Meyer (7.3 RPG) and Mesa Byom (6.9 RPG) rank third and sixth, respectively, on the conference rebounding chart.
- SDSU has knocked down at least seven 3-pointers as a team in eight of the last 11 contests. Individually, Mathiowetz has hit at least three treys in four of the last six.
- Tori Nelson has started 144 games in her career, including every game over the last three seasons. Her 144 starts is tied for first all-time with Macy Miller. She ranks top-20 in career scoring at SDSU and is third in career blocks (139).
- With this season's 16-0 conference mark paired with their 18-0 record a season ago, SDSU become the first Summit League team to run the table in consecutive seasons.
- SDSU has won 20 consecutive games, which is the fourth-longest active streak in the country. The streak is the second-longest win streak in program history.
- SDSU went 65-1 in the Summit regular season over the last four seasons. The Jacks ended the regular season having won 47 consecutive Summit regular season games dating back to Jan. 2022. That matches the 10th longest streak in NCAA history.
- South Dakota State has reached 25 wins for the 13th time in the Head Coach Aaron Johnston era (24 seasons). The Jackrabbits have won at least 25 games in each of the last five seasons NOT impacted by Covid-19 (excludes 19-20 and 20-21).
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