Upcoming Event: Women's Basketball at -/RV Duke on December 18, 2025 at 6 p.m. CT / 7 p.m. ET
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6 p.m. CT / 7 p.m. ET
Women's Basketball
at -/RV Duke
South Dakota State University Athletics
Thursday, December 18
Durham, N.C.
6 p.m. CT / 7 p.m. ET
South Dakota State University
at
Duke
Photo by: Evan Patzwald
SDSU SET FOR BLUE DEVIL BATTLE
12/17/2025 2:20:00 PM | Women's Basketball
| South Dakota State at Duke | |
| Game 13 at Duke | |
| When | Thursday, December 18Â at 6 p.m. CT |
| Where | Durham, N.C. | Cameron Indoor Stadium |
| TV | ACC Network |
| Stream | ACC Network |
| Audio | Jackrabbit Sports Network |
| Live Stats | Statbroadcast |
| Game Notes | South Dakota State |
| Social Media | X: @GoJacks WBB | Instagram: @GoJacksWBBÂ | Facebook: @GoJacksWBB |
South Dakota State is on the road to take on Duke Thursday night in Durham before returning to First Bank & Trust Arena fora game against Texas on Sunday to wrap up the 2025 slate.
South Dakota State enters the week 10-2 on the year with recent wins over Northern Iowa and Ball State. The Jackrabbits are on a five-game win streak.
Duke is 4-6 overall and most recently beat Virginia Tech to snap a four-game slide. Of Duke's six losses, four have been to ranked teams. The Blue Devils have three players averaging over 11.0 points per game, paced by Toby Fournier's 15.9 points per contest. Fournier is leading the Blue Devils across the board averaging 6.4 rebounds per game and 2.50 blocks per game, which is ranked tenth in the nation.
KEY STORYLINES
- South Dakota State heads to Durham to take on Duke Thursday night in the second all-time meeting between these teams.
- SDSU is coming off a 78-59 home win over Ball State Sunday afternoon. Powered by a program-record 10 steals from Mahli Abdouch, the Jacks turned the Cardinals over 27 times in the 19-point win.
- On the defensive side of things, Duke ranks fifth in the nation in blocks per game (7.0) while SDSU ranks highly - 13th - in defensive rebounds per game (30.8).
- The Jackrabbits are 10-2 overall and have reached 10 non-conference wins for the second straight season.
- SDSU senior Brooklyn Meyer averages 21.3 points per game and is 61.6% from the floor - one of three players in the country averaging at least 20 points and shooting 60%.
- SDSU's offense has had 10 players score 10+ points at least once this season - Meyer, Mathiowetz, Vasecka, Fox, Hartwig, Abdouch, Thul, Colbeck, Felchle and Behrens.
- Maddie Mathiowetz is SDSU's second-leading scorer at 13.1 PPG. Her 48% 3-point shooting ranks 18th in the county and first in the Summit League.
- South Dakota State is sixth in the country in fouls per game (12.4) and has committed fewer fouls than its opponent in all 12 games this year.
- Brooklyn Meyer leads the team in scoring (21.3) PPG), rebounding (7.7 RPG), assists (3.0 APG) and blocks (2.2 BPG). In the national ranks, she is 11th in scoring average, 12th in total free throw attempts (76) and 16th in blocks per game.
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