South Dakota State hosts Oral Roberts on Saturday afternoon at First Bank & Trust Arena in the Jackrabbits' only game of the week. Â
The Jackrabbits are coming off a pair of wins last week over St.Thomas and Omaha to kick off the conference season 2-0.
Oral Roberts is 8-7 on the year and 2-1 in league action with wins over North Dakota (95-67) and South Dakota (83-61) and a loss to North Dakota State (76-68). Against the Coyotes, Anna Trusty and Azailah Funches scored 18 points apiece. Funches just missed a double-double, finishing with nine rebounds. The Golden Eagles' defense is forcing 20.81 turnovers per game, which is ranked 46th nationally. Anna Trusty is the leading scorer for Oral Roberts (16.9 PPG) and shoots at a .478 clip.
KEY STORYLINES
- South Dakota State (12-4, 2-0 Summit) hosts Oral Roberts (9-7, 2-1 Summit) Saturday afternoon in an early-Summit matchup between two of the top-rated conference teams.
- The Jackrabbits have had seven days of rest as their most recent outing was a win at Omaha on Saturday, January 3. ORU is coming off a 22-point, 83-61 victory over South Dakota Thursday night.
- Led by Brooklyn Meyer's 20.9 points per game, SDSU has six players averaging at least 6.0 points per contest. Paced by Meyer (2.8 APG) and Emilee Fox (2.7 APG), four players dish at least 2.0 assists per game.
- Meyer ranks 13th in the nation in scoring (20.9 PPG) and seventh in field goal percentage (.630). She is one of four players in the country averaging at least 20 points and shooting better than 60% this year.
- Madison Mathiowetz adds 11.8 points per game and leads the team with 29 3-point makes this year. She is 44% from the 3-point line and 92% from the free throw line.
- 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.
- SDSU had four players named to the Summit League's preseason teams. Brooklyn Meyer and Madison Mathiowetz were first-team honorees while Katie Vasecka and Maggie Hartwig landed on the second team.
- SDSU has won 65 straight Summit League regular season games, the longest active regular season conference win streak in the nation and sixth longest streak in NCAA history. Since the start of the 2020-21 slate, the Jackrabbits are 83-1 in the Summit League regular season.
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