MBB hosts UMKC Saturday

Saturday, December 3

Brookings, S.D.

11 a.m.

South Dakota State University

UMKC

Photo by: Inertia Sports Media/Dave Eggen

12/1/2016 12:06:00 PM | Men's Basketball

SDSU Game Notes

Broadcast Information

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The Setup
South Dakota State puts its 31-game home winning streak on the line Saturday as UMKC travels to Frost Arena for an 11 a.m., tipoff.

Scouting the Kangaroos

UMKC enters Saturday with a 6-2 record to open the 2016-17 season, its best start since 2001-02.
The 'Roos are coming off an 84-82 victory over South Dakota at home on Wednesday and have won three straight.
UMKC was a member of the Summit League (and Mid-Continent Conference) from 1994-2013 and squared off with SDSU 12 times between 2007-13 when the teams were both Summit League members.
This season, UKC is averaging 81.2 points per game as a team and allowing 78.5 points per contest. The Kangaroos are shooting 46.9 percent from the field and have hit 43.9 percent of their 3-point shots. Opponents are firing at 44.3 percent from the field and 30.2 percent from long range against the 'Roos.
Individually, the 'Roos have two players averaging double figures in LaVell Boyd (19.1 ppg) and Martez Harrison (16.5 ppg). From there, the third highest scorer on the team is Kyle Steward with 6.9 points per game.
UMKC is trailing in rebounding margin on the year, 37.9 to 34.0, against opponents, and are led by Darnell Tillman's 4.8 points per game.
UMKC has used the same starting lineup in its opening eight games of the season.
A pressing UMKC defense has come up with 58 steals while forcing 122 turnovers through eight games.

From Long Range

South Dakota State set a new school record for 3-point field goal attempts in a single game on Nov. 19, 2016 at Wyoming, firing 37 shots from beyond the arc. The previous record was 33, set twice, last at Oakland on Jan. 26, 2012.
The Jacks tied the previously set record for 3-point attempts against Idaho, Nov. 21, and set a new record for made 3-pointers in that game, knocking down 16. The previous mark was 15, set at Oakland on Dec. 31, 2008.
SDSU has fired 254 3-pointers this season, up from 186 3-point attempts through nine games last season.
The Jacks are taking 28.2 3-point attempts per game.
Those 254 3-point attempts represent 52.9 percent of SDSU's 480 total field goal attempts.
SDSU shot a season-high 57.1 percent (12-of-21) from long range against Minnesota Crookston after hitting 11-of-20 (55.0 percent) of its 3-pointers against Milwaukee two games ago. SDSU has shot 56 percent as a team from long range over the last two games with nine different players hitting a trey in that span.

Player Quick Hits

Five different players hit double figures for SDSU in the win over Minnesota Crookston on Nov. 30, 2016. The last tme that happened was Jan. 1, 2016 against Denver.
Entering the Nov. 30 game with Minnesota Crookston, the most assists an SDSU player had in a game was six this season. Sergio El Darwich matched that in the opening half against UMC and finished ith eight for the night.
Over a span of three games from Nov. 21 to Nov. 26, South Dakota State saw A.J. Hess, Reed Tellinghuisen and Mike Daum all reach double figures and score a majority of SDSU's points. Of the 200 points SDSU scored in those games, the three Jackrabbits had 161, or 80.5 percent of the points. Daum scored 63 points in that stretch (31.5 percent), Hess had 57 points (28.5 percent) and Tellinghuisen had 41 points (20.5 percent).MIke Daum posted his first-ever 30-point game against Milwaukee on Nov. 27, finishing with 32 points off of 10-for-13 shooting in the field and an 11-for-13 effort from the charity stripe. Daum also dished out a career-high six assists.
Mike Daum recorded back-to-back double-doubles against UC Irvine and East Tennessee State at the Sanford Pentagon Showcase, March 25-26.
A.J. Hess' 16 first half points against Idaho was tied for the most from a Jackrabbit in a period this season, matching Mike Daum's 16 first half points at Wyoming.
A.J. Hess put together SDSU's first 30-point game at Idaho (scoring 31) since Nov. 26, 2013 when Jordan Dykstra had 32 against Lehigh. Mike Daum recorded SDSU's second 30-point game of the season on Nov. 27, finishing with 32 against Milwaukee.
Reed Tellinghuisen has hit double figures in seven of eight games this season, pushing his career mark in that category to 38 games with double figures. Tellinghuisen is 298 points away from joining the Jacks' 1,000 points club.
Mike Daum was named to the Sanford Pentagon Showcase All-Tournament Team after posting averages of 24.0 points, 11.0 rebounds and 3.6 assists per game in three contests over the weekend event in Sioux Falls, S.D.
Mike Daum saw his streak of 22 consecutive games in double figures come to an end Nov. 14 at UC Irvine when he finished with nine points and eight rebounds.
Mike Daum now has five career double-doubles and 12 career games with 20-plus points. He has hit the 20-point mark in back-to-back games six times, including a stretch of four straight games this season and a stretch of three straight last season.
Mike Daum set the school's freshman scoring record with 518 last season. The previous record was Matt Caldwell's 453 points from 2006.
Mike Daum is the first-ever SDSU freshman (at both DI and DII levels) to earn all-league/all-conference honors.

Team Quick Hits

South Dakota State has rolled out five different starting lineups in nine games this season.
The Jackrabbits were whistled for only 10 fouls on Nov. 30 against UMC, which is the third time this season SDSU has had under 15 fouls called on them this season.
SDSU scored 48 points in the opening half against MInnesota Crookston which set a new high for the Jacks for first half points this season, previously set against Milwaukee.
SDSU's 44 first half points against Milwaukee on Nov. 27 was a (then) season-high for the Jackrabbits, and the defense allowed a season-low 19 points in the opening half.
SDSU's 20 first half points on Nov. 25 against UC Irvine was a season-low for the Jackrabbits, but the defense also held UC Irvine to a (then) season-low 33 first half points.
At least one Jackrabbit has scored in double figures over the last 286 games dating back to Jan. 12, 2008 at IUPUI when Anthony Cordova has nine points to lead the Jacks.
SDSU has made at least one three-pointer in 313 games. The last time the Jackrabbits did not make a three-point field goal was Jan. 25, 2007 at Utah State when the team went 0-for-13.
From Jan. 31, 2009 through the 2013-14 season, SDSU put together a streak of 179 games with at least one 1,000 point scorer on the floor. SDSU has now gone 78 games without a 1,000 point scorer.
SDSU had two players (A.J. Hess [31] and Mike Daum [23]) score 20-plus in a loss for the first time since Feb. 10, 2016 at Omaha when Mike Daum and Reed Tellinghuisen reached that mark.
South Dakota State did not attempt a free throw in the first half of its game at Wyoming. The last time that happened was March 18, 2016 in the NCAA Tournament First Round game with Maryland.
The last time SDSU went 0-2 to open the year was 2014-15 when the squad finished with a 24-11 overall record and was a Summit League regular season co-champion.
SDSU is 91-18 all-time in home openers (where records available). Dating back to 2004-05, SDSU's first year of DI transition, SDSU is 11-2. Since joining the Summit League in 2007-08, SDSU is 9-2 in home openers.
SDSU is now 72-39 in season-openers all-time. The Jacks are 5-8 in season-opening games at the Division I level.

#FearFrost
The Jacks own a 64-3 record at Frost Arena over the last five seasons, which includes perfect home records in four of the last five years, including 2015-16. That also includes a 30-game home winning streak from Jan. 29, 2011 through Nov. 14, 2013, and their current 30-game home winning streak, the third-longest home winning streak in Division I as of Nov. 16. South Dakota State completed its sixth perfect record at Frost Arena last on Feb. 27, with its win over Oral Roberts. SDSU put together undefeated seasons inside Frost Arena the following years: 1984-85 (18-0), 2002-03 (17-0), 2011-12 (14-0), 2012-13 (13-0), 2014-15 (13-0), 2015-16 (12-0) and so far in 2016-17 (1-0). The nation's longest 10 active home winning streaks can be found on page four of the game notes.

Jackrabbits' Last Time Out -- Nov. 30, 2016
Five Jackrabbits scored in double figures and South Dakota State pulled away in the second half en route to a 90-58 win over Minnesota Crookston Wednesday evening at Frost Arena.
Playing in front of 1,669 fans, SDSU (3-6) shot 65.3 percent from the field and hit 12 of 21 3-pointers on the night. UMC (3-2) counted the game as an exhibition, but shot 33.9 percent as a team and hit 13 of 35 3-pointers, including 10 in the first half.
Helping the Jacks was a 40-12 advantage in points in the paint alongside a 37-20 rebounding edge.
Ian Theisen netted a career-high 16 points to the Jacks, while Mike Daum had 14 points, Reed Tellinghuisen and Tevin King (who also had a career-high) added 13 apiece and A.J. Hess finished with 10.
Daum and Sergio El Darwich paced the team with seven rebounds while King pulled down five. El Darwich added a career-high seven points and dished out eight assists.
South Dakota State opened the game on an 11-3 run with three 3-pointers in the opening four minutes of game action and never looked back, stretching its lead to 10 (17-7) just past the 13-minute mark as Andre Wallace hit his first layup of the game.
UMC cut the deficit in half (21-16) at 9:30 and though SDSU hit continued to hit shots on the other end, the Jacks couldn't extend their lead back to double figures until 5:27, as Minnesota Crookston's Connor Gamble hit five 3-pointers in a span of five minutes to keep the visitors within striking distance before a layup from Hess put SDSU ahead, 36-27.
Both teams continued to light up the nets before halftime, as SDSU went to the locker room shooting 69.2 percent and seven of 17 (58.3 percent) from long range, and UMC hit 10 of its 21 3-pointers in the opening half.
Ahead 45-38 inside with less than 30 seconds to go in the opening frame, SDSU looked as if it would come up empty on its final possession after a turnover. King, however, tracked the ball down, stole it at midcourt and dished it to Theisen near the top of the key, where the Jackrabbit big man sunk a buzzer-beating 3-pointer off the backboard to put SDSU in the lead, 48-38, at the break.
SDSU's first points of the second came off a fast break assist from El Darwich, who slipped a bounce pass between two UMC defenders to a wide-open Daum in the lane for a two-handed slam at 18:25.
The Jacks held Minnesota Crookston scoreless through the opening 4:17 of the second frame, but a burst of five unanswered for the Golden Eagles moved the margin back to single digits near the 15-minute mark. Tellinghuisen and Hess moved the Jackrabbit lead back to 13 (56-43) with treys on back-to-back possessions, however, and the Golden Eagles would not come within 10 the rest of the way.
Theisen hit a pair of free throws with 12:14 to play and sparked SDSU on a 12-4 run to give the Jacks their first 20-point lead of the night, 69-49, at the under eight media called at 7:30. That push continued until past the 1:30 mark of the game as the run reached 29-5 and ended with 11 consecutive for SDSU as UMC was held without a point for a span of 4:49.
SDSU's largest lead of the night, 35 (87-52), came with 2:26 to play before the Jacks closed out their first win by 30 or more since Nov. 13 of last season.

Kangaroos' Last Time Out -- Nov. 30, 2016
(UMKCKangaroos.com)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Senior guard LaVell Boyd (Chicago, Ill.) scored 19 points and dished out a career-high eight assists to lead the Roos to an 84-82 victory over a tough South Dakota (6-3) squad on Wednesday night at Municipal Auditorium. The Roos drained 11 shots from beyond the arc and all 11 players who saw action scored points. At 6-2, UMKC equals its best start since the 2001-02 season.
Boyd gave the Roos the lead for good with a layup with 1:20 remaining and followed that up with a clutch 3-pointer from the corner with 37 seconds left to increase the lead to four as the shot clock was winding down.
UMKC got off to a hot start offensively in the first half, building a 32-16 lead with 5:49 remaining before halftime, including an 18-0 run over 4:26 that featured 10 points from Boyd. Jordan Giles (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) added five straight points during that span.
A dunk by Duane Clark (St. Louis, Mo.) following a long pass from Boyd again gave the Roos a 16-point lead at 34-18 with 5:07 left before intermission. UMKC led 45-33 at the break.
In the second half, a resilient South Dakota team kept working its way back in the game. The Coyotes pulled within five at 70-65 with 9:09 remaining then cut the deficit to 70-68 with 8:19 left.
Darnell Tillman (St. Louis, Mo.) converted a tip-in with 5:23 remaining to push the UMKC lead back to five at 76-71 before South Dakota mounted another charge. The Coyotes tied the score at 77 on a jumper by Matt Mooney with 2:38 left. Mooney added a free throw shot with 2:12 remaining to give USD its first lead since being ahead 16-14 with 9:40 on the clock in the first half.
Boyd then answered with six straight points to regain an 83-81 lead for the Roos with 37 seconds left. Mooney drained a triple from five feet behind the arc with 28 seconds remaining and then hit a free throw to pull within 83-82 with 14 seconds left before a wild sequence ensued. UMKC's inbounds pass was stolen by the Coyotes, who then missed two layups before Broderick Robinson (Grand Junction, Colo.) grabbed the rebound and sank a free throw to seal the game.
UMKC shot 47 percent (28-for-60) from the floor and 48 percent (11-for-23) from 3-point range for the game. The Roos have connected on at least 11 triples in each of the last four games and five times in eight contests. UMKC blocked a season-high seven shots, including two each by Clark and Tillman.
Isaiah Ross (Davenport, Iowa) scored a career-high 12 points and sank three triples. Robinson finished with 10 points and two treys.
Mooney led USD with a game-high 23 points while Tyler Flack notched a double-double with 12 points and 11 rebounds.

Jackrabbit Season Preview
South Dakota State enters the 2016-17 campaign with several new faces, but similar goals coming off its third NCAA Tournament appearance in the past five seasons. The Jackrabbits were picked second in The Summit League's preseason poll, finishing behind Fort Wayne and ahead of North Dakota State in the top three spots. Individually, Mike Daum headlined the preseason poll as the 2016-17 The Summit League Preseason Player of the Year alongside his First Team honors. Reed Tellinghuisen was picked Second Team. Daum is coming off a stellar redshirt freshman campaign where, despite starting only two games, led the team in points (15.2) and rebounds (6.1) and scored in double figures 30 times, including the final 21 games. He was named a Kyle Macy All-American, the Summit League Newcomer and Sixth Man of the Year (with First Team and All-Newcomer Team honors). Tellinghuisen started 34 games last season and shot 36.8 percent beyond the arc, averaging 9.0 points and 4.8 rebounds per contest. He is the most experienced Jackrabbit on the floor (69 games, 57 starts). Other key returners include Ian Theisen, Tevin King, Skyler Flatten and Lane Severyn. Theisen started all 34 games last season and put up averages of 6.1 points and 3.4 rebounds. King started two games, played in 34 and led the team with with 27 steals. Flatten has battled injuries but enters 2016-17 healthy. He last played in 2014-15 where he played in 31 games as a reserve. Severyn played in 27 games last season. Three redshirt freshmen, Adam Dykman, Beau Brown and Cole Gentry enter the season with the chance to compete for spots as well. The Jacks feature several new faces expected to contend for playing time, including A.J. Hess and Michael Orris, a pair of graduate transfers from Southern Utah and Northern Illinois, respectively. Two other transfers, Chris Howell (Butler Community College) and Andre Wallace (Iowa Western) will be part of the conversation as well.

New Faces, Great Places
South Dakota State's hiring of first-year head coach T.J. Otzelberger was a nod to the state's motto, "Great Faces, Great Places." The new face of the program, announced April 14, 2016, is in his first-ever heading coaching role, but has been groomed for the position over several assistant stops, working with Lorenzo Romar (Washington), Fred Hoiberg (Iowa State), Greg McDermott (Iowa State) and Steve Prohm (Iowa State). Alongside Otzelberger, new members of the coaching staff include Ben Walker, a Creighton hall of fame member who last coached at Jackson State, Eric Henderson, a former Wayne State (Neb.) standout who spent last season with SDSU's rival, North Dakota State, and Tyler Glidden, the director of operations who has worked at Creighton and Iowa State. Rob Klinkefus was the lone holdover from former head coach Scott Nagy's staff, and enters his 11th season at SDSU.

20-Win Seasons
Reaching the 20-win mark has become a standard at South Dakota State University over the previous five seasons, as the Jackrabbits have done in four times in that span and 23 times in the program's history.

2015-16 Season Review
The 2015-16 Jackrabbit Men's Basketball season featured several highlights throughout the campaign, including a trip to the NCAA Tournament, a conference tournament title and earning a share of The Summit League's regular season championship. The Jackrabbits earned the No. 12 seed in last year's West Region, narrowly missing an upset over fifth-seeded Maryland in the first round, falling 79-74. Prior to that, SDSU earned the nickname "Cardiac Jacks" with a run through the conference tournament, pulling off three-point quarterfinal and one-point semifinal wins before earning the automatic bid with a 67-59 win over NDSU in the final. Mike Daum was named the tournament MVP and Deondre Parks was a member of the All-Tournament team. For the regular season, SDSU posted its second consecutive undefeated home record while three players garnered All-Conference honors in addition to other national awards. Mike Daum was named the Summit League Freshman and Sixth Man of the Year in addition to earning spots on the All-Conference First Team and the All-Newcomer Team. George Marshall was an All-Conference First Team selection and Deondre Parks claimed an honorable mention nod. On the national level, Marshall and Parks earned NABC Division I All-District 12 honors with First and Second Team nods, respectively, and Daum was named a Kyle Macy All-American. After the season, longtime head coach Scott Nagy resigned after completing his 21st season at the helm.

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