South Dakota State hosts North Dakota at 2 p.m. Saturday afternoon in the final contest of a three-game homestand for the Jackrabbits.
The Jackrabbits are 14-3 on the season with a 4-0 mark in Summit League action. SDSU has won 11 of its last 12 games, including a pair of victories last week against Omaha and Kansas City. The Jacks have shot better than 50 percent from the floor in each of the last three games.
The Fighting Hawks are 8-10 overall and 3-2 in league play. UND has won three of its last four games with its only loss in that stretch coming in overtime to Oral Roberts. The Hawks beat South Dakota 80-54 Wednesday night in Grand Forks.
KEY STORYLINES
- South Dakota State takes on North Dakota Saturday afternoon in the Jacks' lone contest of the third week of Summit action.
- The Jackrabbits enter the contest one win shy of 250 Summit League regular season wins since joining the conference for the 2007-08 season. In Coach Johnston's head coaching career, he has 299 regular season conference wins going back to the Division II era.
- South Dakota State is the top ranked team in the latest College Insider Mid-Major Poll and is receiving votes in the Coaches Poll.
- Brooklyn Meyer is second in the Summit League and ranks 14th in the country in field goal percentage with a .606 clip for the season. She scores 16.2 points per game.
- Over the last three games, Madison Mathiowetz has averaged 14.3 points and 6.0 rebounds while shooting 59 percent, all well above her season averages.
- Five Jackrabbits are averaging at least 10 points through four conference games - Brooklyn Meyer, Haleigh Timmer, Madison Mathiowetz, Paige Meyer and Katie Vasecka. SDSU is one of 14 schools in the country with that distinction.
- The Jacks have won 11 of their last 12 matchups, including seven straight during the non-conference season. SDSU's three losses this season have come to teams currently in the top 20 of the AP Poll.
- SDSU has won 51 straight Summit League regular season games. That streak ranks top 10 in NCAA history for consecutive regular season conference victories.
- The Jackrabbits are 68-1 in the Summit League regular season dating back to the beginning of the 2020-21 season.
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