South Dakota State goes on the road for its only game of the week - a Wednesday night matchup with St. Thomas in St. Paul. This is the second meeting of the season for these teams.
The Jackrabbits are 17-6 overall and 7-2 in league play. SDSU went 1-1 last week with a big home win over Omaha (85-41) and a loss at South Dakota (54-73).
St. Thomas is 10-12 on the season and 3-5 in Summit League action. The Tommies are also coming off a a loss to the Coyotes, a 67-55 result in Vermillion last Wednesday. The Tommies are led by sophomore Alyssa Sand, who paces UST in scoring (13.7 PPG), rebounding (7.8 RPG), steals (2.3 SPG) and blocks (1.5 BPG). Three other Tommies score at least 8.0 points per contest - Faith Feuerbach (9.5 PPG), Jada Hood (9.0 PPG) and Savannah Mcgowan (8.0 PPG).
KEY STORYLINES
- South Dakota State (17-6, 7-2 Summit) travels to the Twin Cities to take on St. Thomas (10-12, 3-5 Summit) in the Jackrabbits' only game of the week.
- SDSU is 10-0 all-time against St. Thomas, including a 67-49 victory in the Summit opener in Brookings earlier this year.
- Brooklyn Meyer scores 21.6 points per game (12th in NCAA) and is .633 from the floor this year (5th in NCAA). She is one of three players in the country averaging 20+ points and shooting better than 60% this year (Audi Crooks, Iowa State & Jaliya Davis, Kansas).
- In conference games, SDSU leads the Summit League with a .485 team field goal percentage. The Jacks have 10 players shooting better than 40% in league action.
- Maddie Mathiowetz is SDSU's second leading scorer with 12.1 points per game and has scored 15+ points in four of the last six games.
- Led by Brooklyn Meyer's 21.6 points per Summit League game, SDSU has four players scoring at least 9.0 points per game against conference opponents - Maddie Mathiowetz (12.3 PPG), Katie Vasecka (9.1 PPG) and Emilee Fox (9.1 PPG).
- SDSU scores 80.3 points per Summit game and allows just 56.1 points, which rank second and first in the league, respectively. St. Thomas scores 65.3 points per conference game and gives up 67.9 points, both of which rank fifth.
- The Jackrabbits also lead the Summit League in field goal percentage (.485 - tied with NDSU), 3-pointers per game (8.0), rebounds per game (39.6), rebounding margin (9.6) and assists per game (17.78).
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