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Jackrabbits regular season ends at home
2/23/2010 9:00:00 PM | Men's Basketball
The regular season comes to an end this week as South Dakota State closes the home portion of their schedule with games against Western Illinois on Thursday and IUPUI on Saturday in the Corduroy Classic, when the Jacks honor seniors Garrett Callahan, Mark Engen and Kai Williams.
The Jackrabbits enter the week riding a three-game losing streak after suffering their first road sweep of the season last weekend at the hands of Oakland and IPFW.
Just like they always do, the Jacks played Oakland tough on Thursday night, but the Golden Grizzlies hung on to secure at least a share of The Summit League regular season title with an 88-83 win. Six Jackrabbits scored in double figures in the game, led by Kai Williams and Garrett Callahan, who scored both finished with 16 points. Michael Palarca and Nate Wolters both scored 12 points, while Anthony Cordova and Clint Sargent both scored 11 points in the loss.
SDSU trailed by 23 points midway through the second half of Saturday's matinee against IPFW, and even though the Jackrabbits battled back to make it a three-point game with 23 seconds to play, they eventually fell by the score of 78-72.
Williams led four Jackrabbits in double figures with 16 points, Callahan scored 13 points, while Nate Wolters and Sargent both scored 11 points in the loss.
Sargent leads the Jackrabbit offense with 12.7 points per game, he also leads the team with a 43.4 percent three-point field goal percentage and an 86.5 free throw percentage. Callahan averages 12.2 points per game, Williams adds 10.7 points and a team-high 6.1 rebounds per game, while Wolters scores 10.0 points per game and leads the team with 78 assists.
NAGY RAISING MONEY FOR HATIAN RELIEF EFFORTS - SDSU head coach Scott Nagy teamed-up with Samaritan's Feet, the South Dakota Basketball Coaches Association and high school coaches throughout the state, to raise money and shoes for children all over the world. All of the coaches from the SDBCA agreed to coach a game barefoot between Jan. 14-23, culminating with coach Nagy coaching barefoot at Frost Arena on Jan. 23, against Oakland.
Anyone interested in donating can simply text SHOES to 85944, which automatically adds $5 to your next phone bill. Donations from the 605 area code go specifically to Haiti the earthquake relief efforts. Donations can also be made online at SamaritansFeet.org
RABBITS ON THE RADIO - All Jackrabbit men's basketball games, home and on the road, can be heard live on AM 570 WNAX, with Steve Imming doing the play-by-play. The pre-game show begins 15 minutes before tip-off. Select Jackrabbit games can also be heard on KRKI, ESPN Radio 99.5 FM in Rapid City.
THE JACKRABBIT INSIDER ON KSFY-TV - Fans of South Dakota State University Athletics can now get a weekly behind-the-scenes look at Jackrabbit sports teams with the addition of the "Jackrabbit Insider" to the KSFY Action News lineup. Hosted by Tyler Merriam, the show airs on Sunday following KSFY's 10 p.m. newscast.
THE JACKRABBIT EXTRA ON GoJacks.com - Subscribers to the Jackrabbit Extra on GoJacks.com watch every Jackrabbit home game and select road games streaming live on the internet. In addition, subscribers can listen to every game, home and on the road, streaming live on the internet. To learn more about the Jackrabbit Extra, or to subscribe, log onto GoJacks.com and click on "sign up"
SUMMIT TV ON TheSummitLeague.org - Subscribers to Summit TV on TheSummitLeague.org can watch every Summit League men's and women's basketball game streaming live on the internet. To learn more about Summit TV, log onto TheSummitLeague.org
CALLAHAN CLIMBING THE CHARTS - Garrett Callahan joined the SDSU 1,000-Point Club on Feb. 12, 2009, and continues his climb up the all-time scoring charts. Callahan cracked the top-10 in the Jacks win over Southern Utah on Feb. 4, and enters this week sixth on the all-time list at SDSU with 1,421 points.
More than just a scorer, Callahan entered the top-10 in assists on Feb. 6, against UMKC and enters the week 10th all-time at SDSU with 242 assists.
WILLIAMS MAKES HIS MARK - Kai Williams completed an old fashioned three-point play in overtime against Oakland on Jan. 31, 2009, to become the 39th member of the SDSU 1,000-Point Club and the first to score all of his points at the Division I level. Now a senior, Williams enters the week ranked 10th all-time with 1,381 points, but needs just 19 points this week to move up to seventh on the list.
In addition to his climb up the SDSU scoring charts, Williams also rebounded his way into the top-five in career-rebounds. He led the Jacks in rebounding in each of his first three years on the team and enters the week ranked third on the all-time list with 818 rebounds.
SARGENT CLOSES IN ON 1,000 POINTS - Junior Clint Sargent continues to close in on the 1,000-point milestone. His team-high 343 points so far this season gives him 995 career-points, five points shy of joining the club.
WOLTERS TIES FREE THROW RECORD - Freshman Nate Wolters tied the SDSU single game free-throw percentage record when he went 12-for-12 from the free throw line in the Jacks win over UMKC last week. Wolters tied the record first set by Jim Sutton in a win over St. Thomas (Minn.) on Dec. 17, 1956 and equaled by Garrett Callahan in a win over Southern Utah on Feb. 12, 2009.
THIS WEEK'S OPPONENTS
WIU Fighting Leathernecks (13-14, 6-10 Summit, 5-7 Away) - Once in danger of not making the eight team field for next week's Summit League Championships, the Leathernecks enter the week riding a four game winning streak, which includes a weekend road sweep at Oral Roberts and Centenary and a home sweep last week over Southern Utah and UMKC.
The only player to average in double figures, Ceola Clark leads the Western Illinois offense with 14.3 points per game, with 83 assists and with 67 steals. David Nurse adds 9.0 points per game and Matt Lander 8.3 points per game. James Granstra adds 6.2 points per game to go along with his team-high 5.3 rebounds per game and his team-high 70 blocks.
The Series vs. Western Illinois - SDSU leads the all-time series 4-3. The Jacks first win in the series came on Feb. 29 1980 in the North Central Regional in Brookings, when the Jacks downed the Leathernecks 98-86 to advance to the NCAA Quarterfinals.
The First Meeting vs. Western Illinois (12/5/09) - Junior Michael Palarca came off the bench to score 12 of his career-high 14 points in the second half, including two key three-pointers, to lead the Jackrabbits to an 80-74 win over Western Illinois on Dec. 5.
The win marked the 1,300th win in program history and first-ever Summit League road win in 20 tries.
IUPUI Jaguars (20-9, 13-3 Summit, 7-6 Away) - Winners of four of its last five games, IUPUI needs to win one of its two games this week, either at North Dakota State on Thursday or at SDSU on Saturday, to secure the No. 2 seed in next week's Summit League Championships in Sioux Falls.
IUPUI handed Oakland its only loss this season, but split the season series with the Golden Grizzlies. The Jaguars also dropped an overtime game at home to IPFW and fell on the road at Oral Roberts on Feb. 18.
Robert Glenn leads the Jaguars, and the league, with 19.8 points per game and leads the Jags with 6.4 rebounds per game and with 28 blocks. Alex Young adds 18.3 points per game and Leroy Nobles 13.1 points per game.
The Series vs. IUPUI - IUPUI leads the all-time series 4-1. The lone SDSU win in the series came on Jan. 10, 2009, when the Jacks downed the Jaguars 83-63 in the Lamb Bonanza at Frost Arena.
The First Meeting vs. IUPUI (12/3/09) - IUPUI sent SDSU to its fifth straight loss in both team's 2009-10 Summit League opener, as the Jaguars opened the game with a 7-0 run and never looked back in a 79-57 win.
NEXT UP FOR THE JACKRABBITS - SDSU returns to action next weekend at The Summit League Championships in Sioux Falls.
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