Completed Event: Women's Basketball versus No. 6 Washington on March 20, 2026 , Loss , 54, to, 72
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FINAL
Women's Basketball
54
vs No. 6 Washington
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South Dakota State University Athletics
Monday, March 24
Storrs, Conn. / Gampel Pavilion
7 p.m. CT / 8 p.m. ET
South Dakota State University
at
No. 2 [#3/3] UConn
Photo by: Evan Patzwald
NO. 10 SDSU TO FACE NO. 2 UCONN MONDAY
3/23/2025 3:17:00 PM | Women's Basketball
| No. 10 South Dakota State at No. 2 Connecticut | |
| Date and Time | Monday, March 23Â at 7 p.m. CT |
| Location | Storrs, Conn. |
| Site | Gampel Pavilion |
| TV | ESPN |
| Audio | Jackrabbit Sports Network |
| Live Stats | NCAA.com |
| South Dakota State | Game Notes | Home Page |
| UConn | Game Notes | Home Page |
10-seed South Dakota State topped 7-seed Oklahoma State Saturday afternoon and will take on No. 2 UConn Monday night in the Second Round of the NCAA Tournament at Gampel Pavilion. No.2 UConn bested No. 15 Arkansas State. Saturday's meeting is the first all-time between these teams.
KEY STORYLINES
- Monday night's matchup will be a meeting between two of the longest tenured coaches in the country in SDSU's Aaron Johnston and UConn's Geno Auriemma. Among coaches that have been at the same school for their entire career, Auriemma (1,244) and Johnston (627) rank first and second for career wins. Both have experience with USA basketball.
- SDSU's win over Oklahoma State Saturday was its 30th of the season. The Jackrabbits have now won at least 30 games three times in program history, all under Johnston.
- The Jackrabbits' 20-game win streak is the longest active streak in the country.
- Aaron Johnston is making his 13th trip to the NCAA Tournament in 17 seasons of DI postseason eligibility. With the 2205 First Round win, SDSU is 6-12 all-time in the NCAA Tournament. It's deepest run was to the Sweet 16 in 2019.
- The Jackrabbits are led by their (unrelated) Meyer-Meyer duo. Brooklyn, a junior, scores 17.4 points per game and shoots at a 64 percent clip, which is sixth in the country. Paige, a senior, averages a team-high 5.3 assists per game and scores 12.0 points per game.
- Coach Johnston has described senior point guard Paige Meyer as "one of one" in reference to her ability to impact the game - scoring from the 3-point line and on the drive, her court vision, her defense and her leadership.
- Haleigh Timmer is SDSU's second leading scorer with 13.1 points per game and can score from all three levels with elite 3-point shooting, a strong mid-range shot and her ability to get to the rim.
- The Jackrabbit team ranks sixth in the country in overall field goal percentage (.483) and 15th in 3-point percentage (.370). The Jacks have shot better than 50 percent from the field 15 times this season.
- Two of SDSU's three losses have been to teams currently in the top seven of the AP Poll - Texas and Duke. The Jacks lost to Duke by just four points at home in First Bank and Trust Arena in mid-November.
- SDSU finished the Summit League regular season having won 63 straight regular season conference games. That streak ranks sixth all-time in the NCAA. The Jacks are 81-1 in the Summit regular season over the last five seasons and have gone unbeaten in four of the last five years.
-GoJacks.com-
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