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Jacks start Summit second half vs. UMKC and SUU
1/26/2011 4:11:00 PM | Men's Basketball
The South Dakota State men remain at home this week to open the second half of The Summit League season against the UMKC Kangaroos on Thursday at 7 p.m. and Southern Utah on Saturday in the 39th Annual Pork Classic at 7:30 p.m., following the women's game vs. SUU at 5 p.m.
SDSU the first meeting against Kangaroos and Thunderbirds, both on the road, and another weekend sweep of these teams would not only get the second half of the season off on the right foot, it would go a long way towards getting the Jacks in the top half of The Summit League standings.
The Jacks closed the first half in style last Saturday in a big way, with a dominating 87-52 win over IPFW, the Jacks largest-ever margin of victory in a Summit League.
Every Jackrabbit played at least 10 minutes in the win over IPFW, including Clint Sargent, who led all players with 24 points on 8-of-12 shooting, 5-of-8 from three-point range. Dale Moss added a season-high 17 points, including a monster put-back dunk that put the Jacks up 22-12 with 9:31 left in the first half. Moss also added a game-high seven rebounds.
Jordan Dykstra scored 12 points in the win and Nate Wolters an even 10 points to round out the Jackrabbits double-digit scorers.
SDSU turned an early 10-point lead to a 42-22 halftime lead and then used a 21-0 run in the second half to push the lead to a game-high 40 points at 69-29 with just over nine minutes to play. The Mastodons would get no closer than 32 points the rest of the way.
Wolters leads the Jackrabbit offense through 20 games with 18.8 points per game, with 120 assists and 29 steals. Sargent averages 16.3 points per game and adds 3.0 rebounds. Griffan Callahan averages 9.8 points per game and leads the team with 5.0 rebounds per game and with a .955 free throw percentage. Jordan Dykstra averages 9.4 points per game and ranks second on the team with 4.9 rebounds per game, while Chad White averages 8.7 points, 4.0 rebounds and leads the Jacks with 13 blocks.
39th ANNUAL PORK CLASSIC - Tickets for this year's pork barbeque can be purchased at the door for $7. The barbecue runs from 4-6 p.m. on the track in Frost Arena.
Fans can bid on pork bundles in a live auction at halftime of both the women's and men's games and can also bid on a live hog at halftime of the men's game.
Proceeds from the pork bundles go to support undergraduate scholarships in the SDSU Department of Animal and Range Sciences.
JACKS RECEIVING VOTES MID-MAJOR TOP 25 - For the first time in its short Division I history, the South Dakota State men's basketball team cracked the collegeinsider.com Mid-Major Top 25 poll, when the Jackrabbits debuted at No. 25 in the poll released on Nov. 22.
A week after debuting in the poll, the Jacks jumped eight spots to No. 17, where they remained for two weeks, but fell one spot in the poll released on Dec. 13, to No. 18, and then out of the poll to receiving votes in the last six polls.
JACKRABBITS AMONG THE NATION'S BEST - The Jackrabbits enter the week ranked second nationally with a .427 three-point field goal percentage and with just 10.2 turnovers per game. The Jacks also rank seventh with a 1.54 assist to turnover ratio, 10th with 9.2 three-point field goals per game, 11th with a 4.7 turnover margin and 12th in scoring offense with 81.5 points per game.
Individually, Nate Wolters ranks 16th in the nation with a 2.73 assist to turnover ratio and 18th with 6.0 assists per game.
CALLAHAN AT THE LINE - After starting the season with a perfect 28-for-28 mark from the charity stripe, Griffan Callahan finally missed a shot from the free throw line with a 1-for-2 effort at Western Michigan on Dec. 18. He responded by going 11-for-11 over the next six games before missing again at Western Illinois. Callahan enters the week with a .955 free throw percentage, but did not attempt a single free throw over the last three games, so he fell out of the top spot nationally because he does not meet the required 2.5 attempts per game average.
CLIMBING THE 1,000 POINT CLUB LADDER - Jackrabbit Senior Clint Sargent became the 41st member of the SDSU 1,000-Point Club on Feb. 25, 2010, in the Jacks 66-53 win over Western Illinois in Frost Arena.
Sargent started the season tied for 33rd on the all-time list with 1,035 points, but enters the week ranked 12th all-time with 1,360 points, 20 points of 11th place and 30 points shy of cracking the top-10 all-time at SDSU.
SARGENT CLOSES IN ON THREE-POINT RECORD - In addition to his climb up the all-time scoring charts, senior Clint Sargent enters the week with 226 career three-pointers, just 10 shy of breaking the SDSU career record of 235, set by current Jackrabbit assistant Austin Hansen from 2000-03.
RABBITS ON THE RADIO - Originated from the AM 570 WNAX studios in Yankton, S.D., SDSU men's basketball games can be heard on a total of five stations throughout South Dakota on the Jackrabbit Sports Network.
• 570 AM - WNAX - Yankton
• 910 AM - KJJQ "The Ranch" - Brookings
• 1060 AM - KGFX - Pierre
• 950 AM KWAT or 96.9 FM KDLO - Watertown
• 99.5 FM - KRKI - Rapid City
Six-time winner of the South Dakota Associated Press Sportscaster of the Year and 1998 National Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association South Dakota Sportscaster of the Year, Steve Imming returns for his 20th season as the play-by-play voice of the Jackrabbits.
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 now"
THE JACKRABBIT INSIDER ON FOX - Fans of South Dakota State Athletics can get a weekly behind-the-scenes look at Jackrabbit sports teams by tuning into "The Jackrabbit Insider."
Hosted by Tyler Merriam, the show airs on Sunday on KTTW FOX 17 at 10:30 p.m., and can also be seen on Fox Sports North at 6 p.m. on Tuesday.
THIS WEEK'S OPPONENTS
UMKC Kangaroos (12-8, 5-4 Summit) - Winners of four of their last five games, the Kangaroos swept a home Summit League series last weekend, including an 85-77 double overtime win over IUPUI and a 55-46 win over Western Illinois. The 'Roos only loss in that five game span came at Oral Roberts, a 69-63 overtime loss.
Jay Couisnard leads a group of only nine players to see action this season with 17.3 points and adds 5.4 rebounds per game. Spencer Johnson adds 12.8 points and a team-high 9.9 rebounds per game, while Reggie Chamberlain rounds out the 'Roos double-digit scorers with an even 10.0 points per game, with a team-high 51 assists and 26 steals.
The Series vs. UMKC - The Jackrabbits lead the all-time series 6-4 and can sweep the season series for a second straight season on Thursday. The last Kangaroo win in the series on Jan. 15, 2009, 69-67, in Kansas City, Mo., despite 22 points each from Clint Sargent and Garrett Callahan.
The first meeting, at UMKC (12/30/10) - A week after putting up a season-high 23 points at Minnesota, and after missing the prior three days with the stomach flu, Clint Sargent scored a career-high 29 points in a 91-71 Summit League win at UMKC
Sargent broke his previous career-high of 25 points, set at Minnesota on Dec. 10, 2008, and helped the Jackrabbits improve their record to 9-4 overall and an even 1-1 in The Summit League in the process.
In addition to Sargent's career night, Nate Wolters scored 16, Jordan Dykstra 11 and Chad White 12 points off the bench.
Spencer Johnson led a trio of Kangaroos in double figures with 19 points and a game-high nine rebounds, only one of which came in the second half. Reggie Chamberlain added 18, but scored only three in the second half. Jay Couisnard scored 15 points in the loss.
Southern Utah Thunderbirds (6-13, 3-6 Summit) - The Thunderbirds enter the week after split a Summit League swing last weekend at home with a 69-48 win over Western Illinois and an 87-61 loss to IUPUI. Despite the split, SUU lost four of its last six games, with the only other win coming at Centenary on Jan. 15.
The only T-bird to average in double figures, Ray Jones leads the team with 10.3 points per game and adds a team-high 83 assists. Matt Massey and Ryan Brimley both average 9.3 points per game, while Kyle Davis scores 6.8 points with a team-high 5.1 rebounds per game.
The Series vs. Southern Utah - The Jackrabbits lead the all-time series 5-2, and can sweep the season series for a second straight season on Saturday. The Jacks and Thunderbirds split the season series in the two previous seasons, with each team winning on its home floor.
The first meeting, at Southern Utah (1/1/11) - Nate Wolters came up one assist shy of his second career double-double, but he scored 29 points and got plenty of help from Clint Sargent and his 23 points in a 105-95 win over Southern Utah in Cedar City, Utah.
The Jackrabbits, who improved to 10-4 overall and 2-1 in The Summit League with the win, topped the century mark for the first time at the Division I level, and for the first time since a 107-104 loss to Nebraska-Omaha on Jan. 4, 2004.
In addition to Wolters and Sargent, three other Jackrabbits scored in double figures in the win. Jordan Dykstra scored 12 points and grabbed six rebounds, Tony Fiegen added 13 points and seven rebounds, while Chad White finished with 10 points.
NEXT UP FOR THE JACKRABBITS - The Jackrabbits return to the road next week with games at Oral Roberts on Thursday at 7:05 p.m., and at Centenary on Saturday at 4:30 p.m.
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