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South Dakota State University Athletics
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1/30/2015 3:30:00 PM | Men's Basketball
South Dakota State puts its seven game overall winning streak and its 14-game home winning streak on the line on Saturday, when the Jackrabbits host the rematch with the Denver Pioneers inside Frost Arena at 4:30 p.m., following the SDSU women's game against North Dakota State at 2 p.m.
The Jackrabbits (16-7, 7-2 Summit) can make it a season-high eight wins in a row on Saturday after dispatching Omaha on Wednesday in Brookings by the score of 86-64 behind career nights from both Deondre Parks and Jake Bittle. The Jackrabbit juniors combined to go 15 of 14 from the floor overall, 8 for 8 from 3-point range and 11 for 11 from the foul line. Parks, who made his first seven shots of the night, finished with a career- and game-high 26 points, while Bittle crossed the 20-point mark for the first time in his career, finishing with 21.
The Pioneers (9-12, 3-5 Summit) closed its first half of league play on Thursday with a 61-54 overtime loss at North Dakota State. Denver led by 11 points with 13 minutes, 29 seconds left in the game, but the host Bison rallied to tie the game and force overtime, where they outscored the Pioneers 14-7.
TONIGHT'S OPPONENT
DENVER PIONEERS (9-12, 3-5 Summit): The Pioneers opened league play with a win over SDSU, but lost their next three games, including a home loss to South Dakota and road losses at Fort Wayne and IUPUI.
Denver bounced back with home wins over Western Illinois and Oral Roberts, but come to Brookings riding a two game losing streak, with losses at Omaha and at North Dakota State.
THE SERIES vs. DENVER
SDSU leads the all-time series 6-5 after sweeping the season series last year, which includes an improbable 74-73 come-from-behind win in Denver on Jan. 30, 2014 and a 78-69 win on Feb. 27, 2014 at Frost Arena. The Pioneers won the first meeting of the season, 76-69, in Denver.
ON THE RADIO
The pregame show on the Jackrabbit Sports Network begins 30 minutes prior to tip with Tyler Merriam on the play-by-play.
Originated from the AM 570 WNAX studios in Yankton, S.D., every SDSU men's basketball game can be heard live on a total of seven stations on the Jackrabbit Sports Network.
WNAX - 570 AM – Yankton
KBFS - 1450 AM – Belle Fourche
KJJQ - 910 AM – Brookings
KDSJ - 980 AM – Deadwood
KORN - 1490 AM – Mitchell
KJOE - 106.1 FM – Pipestone, Minn.
KSDR - 1480 AM – Watertown
ON THE INTERNET
Subscribers to the Jackrabbit Extra can listen to every game streaming live on the Internet at no cost. Subscribers can also watch every home game streaming live in HD on the Internet for a fee.
LIVE STATS
Find live stats for all home games online at GoJacksLive.com
ON SOCIAL MEDIA
TWITTER: @GoJacksMBB
Follow the team's official Twitter account for live in-game updates for every game, home and on the road.
ON TELEVISION
Network: Midco SN/ESPN3
Play-by-play: Tom Nieman
Analyst: Brad Newitt
NEXT UP FOR THE JACKRABBITS
SDSU hits the road for two games in Indiana next week, starting with Fort Wayne on Thursday at 6 p.m. CT, followed by a game at IUPUI on Saturday at noon CT. The Jackrabbits return home on Feb. 14, to host North Dakota State at 4 p.m.
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