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Men's Basketball
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South Dakota State University Athletics
Saturday, December 2
Sioux Falls, S.D.
7 p.m.
South Dakota State University
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Missouri State
Photo by: Inertia Sports Media/Dave Eggen
Jacks, Bears face off Saturday at Pentagon
11/30/2017 9:14:00 AM | Men's Basketball
| Â GAME 10: South Dakota State (7-2) vs Missouri State (6-2) |
| Â When | Â Saturday, Dec. 2 | 7 p.m. | |
|  Where |  Sanford Pentagon | Sioux Falls, S.D. | |
| Â Radio | Â Jackrabbit Sports Network | WNAX 570 AM | Brad Peterson | |
|  Television / Live Video |  Midco Sports Network | ESPN3/WatchESPN | Tom Nieman, Brad Newitt & Carla Metts | |
| Â Live Audio | Â Jackrabbits All-Access | |
| Â Live Stats | Â Sanford Pentagon | |
|  Game Notes |  South Dakota State | Missouri State | Summit League | |
| Â Social Media | Â Twitter | Facebook | #FindAWay | |
Previewing the Game
South Dakota State returns to the home state this weekend with a neutral site game at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, taking on Missouri State at 7 p.m. on Saturday.
This marks the third consecutive season and fifth time the Jackrabbits have played at the Sanford Pentagon. SDSU is 2-3 in those games.
The Jackrabbits have won four straight, including a 99-97 overtime win at Ole Miss last Tuesday. SDSU took fifth at last week's Cayman Islands Classic, defeating Iowa and Buffalo before a win against Dakota State last Sunday.
Missouri State is coming off a 77-67 win against Colorado State Tuesday and carry a four-game winning streak into the weekend.
South Dakota State holds a 3-2 edge in the all-time series, but the teams have not faced off since 1973, when the Jacks claimed a 85-74 win over then-Southwest Missouri State in Springfield, Missouri at the NCAA Midwest Regional.
About South Dakota State
The Jackrabbits are 7-2 to start the year for the second time at the Division I level and have won four straight, including a pair of wins over Power Five opponents Iowa and Ole Miss. The record through nine games is SDSU's best start to a season since 2016-16, when the team won nine of its first 10.
South Dakota State entered the 2017-18 campaign as the Summit League's preseason top pick after earning the league's automatic bid a year ago to the NCAA Tournament. The Jackrabbits return four starters and eight letterwinners from a year ago, with seven newcomers on the roster.
The Summit League Preseason Player of the Year Mike Daum is the nation's top returning scorer and is off to another strong start, averaging a team-best 20.2 points per game and 8.4 rebounds per contest. He has three double-doubles on the campaign and has reached double figures in every contest, including two of his 14 career 30-point games and five of his 37 career 30-point games. Daum has also scored 10 or more points in 23 straight games dating back to Jan. 21, 2017.
Freshmen David Jenkins Jr. has established himself as a go-to scorer early in his college career, sitting second on the team with 15.3 points per game and eight double-digit scoring performances. He has twice led the team in scoring (13 against UCI and 23 against Iowa) and is shooting 43.5 percent from the field this season. He has three 20-point games as well, including a 22-point effort against Ole Miss, and leads the team with 25 made 3-pointers. Jenkins led the team with eight overtime points against the Rebels and scored the final six points in the extra period, providing a dagger with 10.6 seconds remaining to seal the win.
Reed Tellinghuisen has raised his averaged to 11.9 points per game over the last 10 days, hitting double figures in four of the last six contests, including a 19-point game against Ole Miss where he drilled five 3-pointers.
Tevin King is second on the team with 56 total rebounds (6.2 per game) and is averaging 8.0 points per contest. He has already matched his 3-point total from last season, going 7-for-18 beyond the arc while shooting 51.9 percent from the field. King has split time at point guard with Brandon Key (4.4 assists, 6.1 points per game) and is second on the team with 20 total assists.
Lane Severyn has been clutch from 3-point range over the last five games, going 6-for-6 from deep in that span while raising his field goal percentage to a team-best 64.7 percent.
The Jackrabbits are scoring 81.2 points per game and have broken the 90-point barrier in three straight games. SDSU is plus-8.4 in scoring margin and has outrebounded opponents by 6.9 boards on average.
About Missouri State
Missouri State (6-2) enters Saturday's contest on a four-game winning streak as well, taking down Manhattan, Florida Atlantic, Evangel and Colorado State in the last two weeks after consecutive losses to North Dakota State and Georgia Southern.
The Bears are led by Missouri Valley Preseason Player of the Year Alize Johnson, who is averaging 12.9 points, 9.9 rebounds and 2.5 assists (all team-highs) through eight games. Johnson has 30 career double-figure scoring games and 20 career double-doubles, including three this season. He was held scoreless the last time out against Colorado State.
J.T. Miller is averaging double figures as well, tallying 10.3 points per contest with a 57.4 field goal percentage, while Reggie Scurry is averaging 9.1 points per contest and hitting at a clip of 57.7 percent on the year.
Obediah Church has been formidable in the post, swatting 19 total shots on the year over 174 total minutes and is grabbing 5.8 rebounds per game to go with 57 total points.
Ronnie Rousseau III has played in seven games this season and is dishing out 1.7 assists on average from the point, adding 7.7 points on average.
Missouri State is plus-10.8 in scoring margin on the year, averaging 47.4 points per contest while posting a plus-8.1 rebounding margin through eight games.
The Bears are coached by Paul Lusk, in his seventh season with the team. Lusk is 94-108 at the school and over an eight-year career is 96-131.
A South Dakota State Win Would ...
Make SDSU 8-2 on the season for the first time at the Division I level ... give State a 4-2 lead in the all-time series with Missouri State ... make Otzelberger 26-19 at South Dakota State ... move the Jackrabbits to 1,491-1,026-1 all-time.
A South Dakota State Loss Would ...
Put the Jacks at 7-3 ... even the all-time series with Missouri State to 3-3 ... make Otzelberger 25-20 at South Dakota State ... move SDSU to 1,490-1,027-1 all-time.
Tough Tests
South Dakota State's win over Ole Miss Nov. 28 was the second Power Five win for the Jackrabbits this season and third of four matchups against teams from the ACC, SEC, Big 10, Big 12 or Pac-12 this season. SDSU faced Kansas Nov. 17, picked up a win over Iowa Nov. 21 and will take on Colorado in December.
South Dakota State has seven wins over Power Five programs since joining The Summit League in 2007, picking up wins over Iowa State (2008), Iowa (2010 and 2017), Washington (2011), TCU (2015), Minnesota (2015) and Ole Miss (2017).
SDSU's wins over Iowa and Ole Miss this season came in the shortest time frame of any Summit League team since 1998 (seven days). The Jackrabbits are the fifth league team to post a win over separate Power Five conferences in the same regular season, and the first to do it since 2009.
The Jacks also have a meeting set with current-No. 6 Wichita State, a member of the American Athletic Conference, in December.
Jacks Remain 14th in Mid-Major Poll
The Jackrabbits are 14th in the latest addition of the College Sports Madness Mid-Major Top 25 for the second straight week, released Nov. 27 by the organization. The Jacks were 14th in the preseason poll and moved up to 13th in the second edition before sliding back to where the squad currently sits.
The latest edition of the poll features 2017-18 opponents Missouri State (No. 18), Buffalo (receiving votes), South Dakota (RV), UC Irvine (RV), Drake (RV) and North Dakota (RV).
Jacks Fifth at Cayman Islands Classic
South Dakota State took fifth at the inaugural Cayman Islands Classic, closing the tournament with wins over Iowa and Buffalo after falling in its first game to Wyoming.
Reed Tellinghuisen was named to the Cayman Classic All-Tournament Team, averaging 12.7 points and 4.0 rebounds per game. Mike Daum led all Jackrabbits with 54 total points at the tournament, hitting double figures all three games, including a season-best 34 against Buffalo.
David Jenkins Jr. shot 41.2 percent (7 of 17) beyond the arc, adding 14.7 points and 4.7 rebounds per game while Tevin King, playing 26.3 minutes per game, dished out five assists, came up with eight steals, scored 31 points (10.3 ppg) and grabbed 17 rebounds (5.7 per game).
No. 12 Cincinnati won the tournament, beating Wyoming in the finals.
Preseason All-Conference Team; Jacks Picked First
Mike Daum and Reed Tellinghuisen made repeat appearances on the Summit League's Preseason All-League teams, announced early-October. Daum was the Preseason Player of the Year with First Team honors while Tellinghuisen picked a Second Team nod for the second straight season.
Daum is the second Jackrabbit to be named Preseason All-Conference and the first to do it twice, joining Nate Wolters (2012-13).
As a team, South Dakota State was picked to win the league for the fourth time in program history.
Let It Rain
South Dakota State's 3-point offense ranks among the nation's best for the second-straight season, as the team sits first in 3-pointers made and third in 3-point attempts in the Nov. 29 stats release. The Jacks are 18th in the NCAA with 11.2 3-pointers per game and their 41.6 long range shooting percentage sits 33rd in Division I.
Last season, the Jacks had three players that hit 60 or more 3-pointers last season, including two returners in Mike Daum (79) and Reed Tellinghuisen (74). That duo ranked 13th nationally among active returning duos in combined 3-pointers from a year-ago. State has three already with 20 or more 3-pointers this year: David Jenkins Jr. (25), Mike Daum (22) and Reed Tellinghuisen (20) and all rank amongst the nation's best (see page four of the game notes).
Through eight games last season, SDSU was 83-for-237 beyond the arc. This year, the Jacks are 101-for-243 from long distance.
Nov. 28 saw the Jackrabbits reset the school's Division I record for 3-pointers made and attempted in a game for the third (makes) and fourth (attempts) time, going 18-for-41 beyond the arc.
Since the arrival of T.J. Otzelberger, the Jacks now hold all of the top five spots in the record book for 3-pointers made in a Division I game, and hold all but one of the spots in the top five of attempts.
SDSU Signs Three
Owen King, Aaron Fiegen and Matthew Mimms signed their National Letters of Intent to join South Dakota State, announced Nov. 11 on National Signing Day.
- King (Caledonia, Minnesota) averaged 19 points, five rebounds and six assists per game as a junior for Caledonia High School. He enters his senior season as the school's all-time leading scorer (1,925 points)
- Fiegen (Madison, South Dakota) was a First Team All-State pick last year, averaging 15.5 points, 5.1 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game in 2016-17.
- Mimms (Fairfax, Iowa) is a two-time Iowa State Champion with Xavier High School. He averaged 15.5 points, five assists and 2.3 steals per game as a junior.
#FearFrost
The Jacks own a 78-5 record at Frost Arena over the last six seasons dating back to 2011-12, which includes perfect home records in four of the last five years entering the current season. That span includes two home winning streaks of 30 or more games.
- South Dakota State won 34 consecutive games from Jan. 30, 2014 to Dec. 28, 2016. It ended as the nation's second longest active streak.
- The Jackrabbits won 30 consecutive home games from Jan. 29, 2011 to Nov. 14, 2013.
- 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), and 2015-16 (12-0). SDSU is 4-0 at home this year.
- Since 2011-12, South Dakota State has won 93.9 percent of its home games, a mark that ranks fifth among all Division I programs. The list of top 10 home winning percentages since 2011-12 is available on page three of the game notes.
Tacoma Talent
Tacoma, Washington native David Jenkins Jr. has burst on the scene through his first month of collegiate basketball, racking up 138 points and a team-leading 25 3-pointers through nine games. He has hit at least two 3-pointers in eight contests.
The lone West coach native on the Jackrabbit roster has reached double figures in eight of his first nine games, becoming the first freshman to accomplish the feat at SDSU over the last 17 years. Steve Holdren reached double figures in six of his first seven games in 2004-05, scoring in his first five before missing one.
Jenkins and Holdren are also the only two Jackrabbit freshmen to lead the team in scoring in their first collegiate game over the last 17 years (dating back to 2000-01 when game-by-game stats were readily available).
Jenkins is second on the team with a 15-3 points per game average in 2017-18 and has shot 43.9 percent from long distance.
He is on pace to challenge Mike Daum's freshman scoring record of 518 points, set in 2015-16. Through nine games that season, Daum had 105 points compared to Jenkins' 138.
Jenkins scored over 2,000 points in his high school career before spending a year at Sunrise Christian Academy Prep School. He was named as a newcomer to watch in The Summit League by TheAthletic.com's John Rohde.
Pointing The Way
Tevin King and Brandon Key have shared the point guard role through nine games this season, complimenting each other and helping the team rank ninth nationally with 134 total assists through nine games.Â
Key has a team-high 40 assists (4.4 per game) to go with a 6.1 scoring average. He posted his first double-figure scoring game against Dakota State, and has dished three or more assists on seven occasions this season, including a pair of seven-assist efforts against Alabama State and DSU.
King has dished out 20 assists and is averaging 8.0 points per contest while leading the team with 12 steals. The Chicago, Illinois native has already hit six 3-pointer,s compared to his total of seven from a year ago, and through seven games is hitting at a clip of 52.1 percent from the field.
Daum Named to Award Watch Lists
Mike Daum has earned a spot on three national award watch lists for the 2017-18 season, being named a preseason favorite for the Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year, Oscar Robertson Player of the Year and Lute Olson Player of the Year awards.
- The Karl Malone Award is presented by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Named after Hall of Famer and two-time NBA Most Valuable Player Karl Malone, the annual honor in its fourth year recognizes the top power forwards in Division I men's college basketball. By mid-February, the watch list of 20 players for the 2018 Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year Award will be narrowed to just 10. In March, five finalists will be presented to Mr. Malone and the Hall of Fame's selection committee. The winner of the 2018 Karl Malone Award will be presented at the ESPN College Basketball Awards Show presented by Wendy's in Los Angeles, CA on Friday, April 6, 2018.
- Daum was selected as one of 32 players on the 2017-18 Oscar Robertson Trophy Preseason Watch List, announced Nov. 6 by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association. The award is presented to the national player of the year by its namesake at the NCAA Final Four in San Antonio. In mid-March, the USBWA will announce its 2017-18 All-America Team and, at that time, finalists will also be chosen for the player of the year. Once finalists are announced, the entire USBWA membership will vote for the winner of the Oscar Robertson Trophy.
- He was announced as one of 40 selections on the CollegeInsider.com Lute Olson Award Watch List Nov. 6 as well. The Lute Olson Award is presented annually to the nation's top Division I player who has played at least two seasons. The 2017-18 Lute Olson National Player of the Year Award will be announced on March 31, 2018 at the CollegeInsider.com Awards Event in San Antonio, site of the men's NCAA Basketball Championship.
Team Quick Hits
- The Jacks are 5-2 when winning the rebounding battle and 2-0 when being out-rebounded. Twice this year the Jacks have posted a plus-20 rebounding margin. SDSU was 16-1 when outrebounding its opponent last year and 2-16 in games with the same or fewer rebounds.
- Twice this season the Jackrabbits have had two players score over 20 points in the same game. Mike Daum and David Jenkins Jr. did it against Alabama State (34 and 20) and Ole Miss (26 and 22).
- South Dakota State is now 11 wins away from the program's 1,500th victory. The Jacks won their 500th game in Frost Arena last season.
- 2017-18 marked the third time State has started 3-0 at the Division I level (dating back to transition year of 2004-05). The Jacks also did it in 2010-11 and 2015-16, when the team started an Division I-best 6-0.
- At least one Jackrabbit has scored in double figures over the last 318 games dating back to Jan. 12, 2008 at IUPUI when Anthony Cordova had nine points to lead the Jacks.
- 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 snapped a streak of 90 games without a 1,000 point scorer when Mike Daum joined the club on Jan. 21, 2017. SDSU has now restarted a streak of 22 games with at least one 1,000-point scorer on the court.
- SDSU has made at least one 3-pointer in 347 consecutive games. The last time the Jackrabbits did not make a 3-point field goal was Jan. 25, 2007 at Utah State when the team went 0-for-13.
- SDSU is 92-18 all-time in home openers (where records available). Dating back to 2004-05, SDSU's first year of DI transition, SDSU is 12-2.
- SDSU is 73-39 in season-openers all-time. The Jacks are 6-8 in season-opening games at the Division I level.
SDSU Last Time Out (Nov. 28, 2017)
OXFORD, Miss. -- South Dakota State won a thriller Tuesday night, taking down Ole Miss in overtime at The Pavilion, 99-97, behind a school-record 18 3-pointers and three double figure scorers.
SDSU (7-2) overcame a furious second-half comeback by the Rebels, and in the extra period regained composure to secure the road win, thanks in part to eight points from David Jenkins Jr. in overtime.
The Jackrabbits attempted 41 3-pointers in the game and shot 47.3 percent from the field (35-for-74) to go with an 11-for-13 effort at the charity stripe.
Ole Miss (4-2) shot 50 percent on field goals and hit seven 3-pointers after going 1-for-15 from long range in the first.
Mike Daum paced all scorers with 26 points, hitting six 3-pointers to go with seven rebounds while Jenkins dropped 22 total points, hitting all six of his free throw attempts.
Reed Tellinghuisen had 19 points and drilled four 3-pointers.
Tevin King pulled down nine rebounds and dished six assists, both team-highs.
SDSU scored the first 12 points of the game, and though Ole Miss crawled back within five (17-12) just past the under-16 media, the Jacks kept the momentum and built the lead back to double digits, 29-18, on a 3-pointer from Skyler Flatten at 11:12.
From there, the score came within single digits once more in the opening frame before State tore off on a 11-2 run at 5:29, taking its largest lead of the night (51-28) with less than two minutes to go in the half.
The Jackrabbits carried a 55-35 advantage into the locker room, but faced a determined Rebel team that charged back to within five (63-58) in the opening eight minutes of the second by outscoring SDSU 23-8 in that span.
South Dakota State stalled the comeback initially with a timely 3-pointer from Tevin King at 10:50, but Ole Miss continued to push and took its first lead of the night with 4:37 to play, going up 78-76 in the midst of a 10-0 rally before Jenkins cut it to one, 79-78, with 2:26 left in regulation.
Lane Severyn eventually tied it at 82 with a free throw at 1:18, and though the Jacks had the final shot, a possible game-winner bounced off the rim and the game went to overtime.
The teams traded punches early in a back-and-forth extra period with four ties and five lead changes, but down 91-90 inside the final two minutes, Tellinghuisen drilled a 3-pointer at 1:39 to put State in the lead for good. The Jacks scored on their final four possessions to close out the victory as Jenkins supplied the dagger, hitting a jumper with 10.6 left in the game.
Opponent Last Time Out (Nov. 28, 2017)
MissouriStateBears.com
SPRINGFIELD – Ryan Kreklow scored a career-high 20 points, and Missouri State held off a late surge by visiting Colorado State to lead the Bears (6-2) to a 77-67 victory here Tuesday as part of the Mountain West-Missouri Valley Conference Challenge series.
The Bears, who never trailed, also got 12 points from Reggie Scurry and 10 points and 8 rebounds from Obediah Church to help secure the win.
Prentiss Nixon tallied 20 points for Colorado State (3-4), which also got 14 points from Deion James and 13 from Che Bob. Bob notched a game-high 12 rebounds for the Rams.
The Bears jumped out to an 8-2 lead early and then extended their advantage to 20-8 at the midway point of the first half after back-to-back 3-pointers by Jarrid Rhodes and Kreklow.
Kreklow finished 3-of-6 from bonus distance on the night.
MSU kept the pressure on the visitors and used a 5-0 run that included a steal and layup by Jarred Dixon to lead 25-9. The Bears would match their biggest lead of the opening stanza – 16 points – five more times, including a buzzer-beating layup by Tanveer Bhullar just before the intermission.
Colorado State made things interesting with a 7-0 run to start the second half, but the Bears responded three minutes into the final period with a triple from Rhodes and a close-range bucket by Church to get the MSU advantage back to 14.
MSU's lead grew to as many as 20 with 7:50 to play on a transition trey by Kreklow that followed a corner three by Ronnie Rousseau III moments earlier.
The Bears then went the next three minutes without a field goal while CSU chipped away. J.T. Miller's jumper with 4:41 to play made it a 67-55 game to stop the bleeding, but the Rams answered with a quick 4-0 outburst to cut their deficit to eight.
With two minutes remaining, CSU scored on back-to-back dunks by Bob and James that made the score 69-63 with 1:47 to play, and when James kissed the glass with a short jumper at the 1:29 to go, it trimmed Missouri State's advantage to 69-65.
But the final minute belonged to the home club. Rhodes, Kreklow and Dixon each contributed clutch free throws down the stretch as MSU converted 8-of-10 from the stripe and got a series of key defensive stops to put the double-figure win on ice.
MSU was out-rebounded for the first time this season, 41-36, but dominated the pine with 46 bench points to CSU's 6. MSU's junior class combined for 51 points from Kreklow, Church, Scurry and Dixon, to help cushion the scoring load with the club's top point producer Alize Johnson held scoreless for the just the second time in his career.
The Bears held Colorado State to just 35.9 percent shooting (23-of-64) overall and 4-of-23 (.174) from long range. MSU also did a great job at the foul line, converting 23-of-29 (.793) from the stripe and 43.4 percent (23-of-53) overall.
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