Jacks close homestand with Savannah State Tuesday

Tuesday, December 11

Brookings, S.D.

7 p.m.

South Dakota State University

Savannah State

Tickets

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12/10/2018 10:11:00 AM | Men's Basketball

GAME 12: South Dakota State (8-3) vs. Savannah State (3-7)

When	Tuesday, Dec. 11 \| 7 p.m.
Where	Frost Arena \| Brookings, S.D.
Radio	Jackrabbit Sports Network I WNAX 570 AM \| Tyler Merriam
Television	Midco Sports Network \| ESPN+ \| Tom Nieman, Brad Newitt & Elaina Lanson
Live Video	Jackrabbits All-Access
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Game Notes	South Dakota State \| The Summit League
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Previewing the Game
South Dakota State closes a two-game homestand this Tuesday as Savannah State comes to town. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. from Frost Arena.

The Jacks are the three-time defending Summit League tournament champions, and last year earned the program's first-ever outright Summit regular season title. SDSU bounced back from an 88-80 setback at Memphis in a shootout victory its last time out, knocking off a pesky Southern University squad, 101-92.

The Jackrabbits carry the nation's longest active home-winning streak (25) into Tuesday's action and are a combined 31-2 at Frost Arena under third-year head coach T.J. Otzelberger.

Savannah State brings a 3-7 record into Tuesday's contest but has dropped three straight to Gardner-Webb, Vanderbilt and Liberty.

This is the first-ever meeting between the programs.

About South Dakota State
All-American Mike Daum paces the Jackrabbit offense with a double-double average of 25.2 points and 10.3 rebounds per game, shooting 52.5 percent from the field with 24 3-point field goals. Daum has dished 21 assists as well on the year and is playing 32.2 minutes per contest. The two-time Summit League Player of the Year now has 2,509 career points and ranks first all-time on SDSU's career scoring chart. He has scored 40 or more in two games this season.

David Jenkins is close behind for the scoring lead, dropping 22.0 points on average with six 20-plus scoring performances, including a career-best 35 against Memphis when he hit 8 of 11 from beyond the arc. The sophomore guard has 30 treys on the year to go with a 51.5 field goal percentage.

Skyler Flatten rounds out the top scorers for South Dakota State with 13.6 points per game, as the sixth-year senior has hit 23 3-pointers, tallied 11 steals, dished 19 assists and reached double figures in nine of the last 10 straight contests.

Tevin King leads the team with 43 assists and is averaging 8.3 points per game. King is a 53.3 percent shooter from the field and has 13 steals to go with a 6.5 rebounding average.

Alex Arians has started five games for the Jacks and is averaging 4.4 points per game with one double-double, scoring 11 points with 10 rebounds against Kansas City. He is averaging 4.2 points per game and has seven steals in 24.0 minutes per game.

Owen King is second on the Jacks with 26 assists, dishing 2.3 per game to go with a 3.8 scoring and 1.7 rebounding average.

Matt Dentlinger (4.6 points and 3.9 rebounds per game), Ryan Krueger (3.0 ppg, seven 3-pointers) and Alou Dillon (1.3 ppg, 1.8 rpg) have provided valuable minutes in the nonconference season. Dentlinger started the first six games of the season and Krueger burst on to the scene with a 16-point performance against Colorado State in the Gulf Coast Showcase, hitting four 3-pointers.

The Jackrabbits are averaging 83.3 points per contest and shooting an impressive 50.7 percent as a team from the field. SDSU is 95-for-229 from beyond the arc and has hit 191-of-244 at the charity stripe. All told, the Jacks have five players shooting better than 50 percent from the field with six above the 49 percent mark.

On the boards, the Jacks hold a plus-5.8 edge in rebound margin and are pulling down 38.4 per game as a team.

About Savannah State
Head Coach Horace Broadnax is in his 12th season leading Savannah State has has a 174-298 record at the helm. He's in his 17th season as a head coach overall and holds a 216-323 career record.

The Tigers are led offensively by a quartet of double-figure scorers, with Jaquan Dotson's 11.9 scoring average pacing the team. Zach Sellers (19.9 points per game), Collins Joseph (10.7 ppg) and Zaquavian Smith (10.5 ppg) round out the top scorers. Dotson leads the team with 24 3-pointers while Joseph and Smith have hit 18 each.

Romani Hansen leads the team on the boards with 5.5 rebounds per game and has 11 assists. Sellers paces the squad with 46 total assists (4.6 per game).

As a team, Savannah State is scoring 80.3 points per game and allowing 96.1 on average. The Tigers are shooting 36.5 percent as a team but lead the nation in 3-point field goal attempts. They are second nationally with 130 4-pointers made combined.

A South Dakota State Win Would ...
Give SDSU its ninth win of the season ... move the Jacks to 1-0 all-time against Savannah State ... make Otzelberger 55-27 at South Dakota State ... give the Jacks a 1,520-1,034-1 program mark.

A South Dakota State Loss Would ...
Hand State its fourth loss of the year ... end SDSU's nation-best 25-game home winning streak ... move SDSU to 0-1 all-time against the Tigers ... make Otzelberger 53-28 at South Dakota State ... drop SDSU to 1,519-1,035-1 all-time.

Daum Sets All-Time Scoring Mark
Mike Daum entered the Nov. 20 matchup with UTSA needing 17 points to break Nate Wolters' all-time school scoring record of 2,363 points.

Daum left with 41 points and moved into first-place on the all-time scoring chart. The historic bucket came near the four-minute mark of the first quarter against UTSA, when Owen King found Daum near the paint and let the big man go to work, draining a fadeaway jumper to move past Nate Wolters and into history.

A look at SDSU's all-time scoring chart is on page 12 of the game notes.

Reaching the Summit
Mike Daum became the Summit League's scoring king on Dec. 7 in a 42-point performance against Southern. Daum entered the game 37 points shy of the league's scoring record, trailing only UMKC's Michael Watson (2,488; 2000-04) and Oral Roberts' Caleb Green (2,503; 2003-07).

Daum entered the season eighth all-time in Summit League points.

Daum Earns Summit League's Monthly Award
South Dakota State's Mike Daum was selected as the Summit League's November Male Athlete of the Month, announced Dec. 6 by the league office.

Daum started eight games and averaged a double-double of 24.1 points and 11.3 rebounds per game, dishing out 2.1 assists per game as well during November. He shot 50 percent from the field, just shy of 40 percent beyond the arc and hit 40 of 50 at the charity stripe, while posting a nation-leading six double-doubles. Daum also put together six 20-plus point scoring contests and capped the month with a 26-point, 18-rebound outing in a win over Kansas City. The 18 rebounds were one shy of his career-high. He broke the school's all-time career scoring record on Nov. 20 in a 41-point showing against UTSA, and has risen to No. 75 on the NCAA's all-time scoring list.

This is the fifth time Daum has been named Athlete of the Month by the league, earning the award four times last year.

Daum Picks Up Summit League Honors
South Dakota State's Mike Daum has been named the Summit League's Player of the Week 14 times in his career and three times this season. He is third in league history behind Nate Wolters and Caleb Green (Oral Roberts, 2003-07), who each have 15, for the most Summit League Player of the Week honors.

Nov. 12 -- Daum averaged 23 points and 12.3 rebounds per contest, tallying three double-doubles and shooting over 46 percent from the field. The 6-9 senior scored 20 points and had 13 rebounds against Grand Canyon, 23 and 13 against Alabama State and finished the week with 26 points and 11 boards against Bemidji State.
Nov. 26 -- Daum averaged 26.7 points and 9.7 rebounds per contest over three games to help the Jacks finish fifth at the Gulf Coast Showcase. Daum shot over 50 percent from the field and had a 41-point performance against UTSA en route to breaking SDSU's all-time scoring record and moving into third in career points in Summit League history.
Dec. 3 -- Daum averaged a double-double in a pair of dominant Jackrabbit victories last week, helping his team take down Kansas City, 75-47, and Northern Iowa, 82-50. Daum put up 25.0 points and 14.5 rebounds per game, shooting 68.2 percent overall from the field. He tallied 26 points and 18 rebounds (one shy of his career-high) against UMKC and closed the week with 24 points and 11 boards against UNI, hitting 11-of-12 from the charity stripe.

#Chasing3K
South Dakota State's Mike Daum is within reach of rarefied air as he enters his senior campaign looking to become just the ninth men's basketball player all-time to reach 3,000 points. Daum currently sits 63rd on the NCAA's all-time scoring chart and will look to climb the ranks throughout the year.

He is first among active scorers and has been in a back-and-forth race with Campbell's Chris Clemons (2,483 points). A look at Daum's latest scoring chart listing can be found on page five of the game notes.

Tacoma Talent
Tacoma, Washington native David Jenkins has made a statement early in 2018-19 to erase any doubt of a sophomore slump, posting three 30-plus scoring performances and hitting the 20-point mark in six games. He has reset his career-high in scoring twice this year, tallying 32 against Colorado State and 35 at Memphis. Jenkins now has 763 points in 44 career games.

Jenkins is a hot commodity in his second season of collegiate play after racking up an SDSU freshman record 565 points a year while finishing in the top 10 of freshman scorers nationwide. Additionally, Jenkins finished with 84 3-pointers (one shy of previous record, prior to Mike Daum breaking it with 96 last year) and hit at least two treys in 24 contests.

On Dec. 22, 2017 at Colorado, Jenkins set the school's freshman single-game scoring record with 31 and matched it Feb. 8, 2018 at Denver.

The Sunrise Christian Academy product has reached double figures in 37 career games (out of 45 available, missing one game due to injury this season), while he and Steve Holdren are 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 finished the 2017-18 season as the eighth-highest scoring freshman nationally, and this year sits first (after Friday night's action) among sophomores for points in 2018-19. For his career, Jenkins is third among active sophomores with 785 points, trailing only RJ Cole (954 career points) and Kellan Grady (768).

Fellow Tacoma native Isaiah Thomas, currently with the Denver Nuggets, had 541 points and 29 double figure games (out of 35 available) through his freshman season at Washington. Through 44 career games, Thomas had 926 points and 38 double-digit scoring performances.

#FearFrost
The Jackrabbits' current 25-game home winning streak ranks as the nation's longest active streak in Division I entering the 2018-19 season. The Jacks have held the nation's longest active-home winning streak twice in the last six years.

The Jacks own an 94-5 record at Frost Arena over the last seven seasons dating back to 2011-12, which includes perfect home records in five of the last seven years and a 4-0 start to the current campaign. That span includes two home winning streaks of 30 or more games.
Since 2011-12, South Dakota State has won 94.9 percent of its home games, a mark that top all Division I programs in that span. That list is on page three of the game notes.
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), 2015-16 (12-0) and 2017-18 (15-0).
South Dakota State has won 33 consecutive home nonconference games inside Frost Arena entering this year. That mark ranks fifth nationally.

Charity Stripe Success
The Jackrabbit offense has found a comfort zone at the charity stripe over Otzelberger's tenure as head coach. SDSU led the Summit League in makes, attempts and percentage a year ago, and this season currently are in the nation's top 50 in all three categories while sitting first in the Summit League in makes (191) and percentage (.783), and second in attempts (244).

South Dakota State got to the free throw line more than its opponents in 27 of 35 games last year and has done it six times this season.
Mike Daum opened 2017-18 Summit League play with 35 consecutive free throws, matching the second-longest streak in Jackrabbit history (Garrett Callahan, 2008-09) after setting the record in 2016-17 with 43 straight from Dec. 7-22, 2016.
Mike Daum matched his school record of 16 made free throws (out of 16 attempts) at North Dakota State Jan. 3, 2018. He did it twice in 2016-17.
Daum holds the school's single-season free throw record (set in 2016-17) and now is 657 of 778 in his career.
Daum moved into first in career makes on Dec. 7 against Southern, passing Nate Wolters' record of 648. Daum ranks third in career attempts.

Daum Reaches 2,000 Points
Mike Daum became just the second Jackrabbit to score over 2,000 points in his career when he reached the mark Feb. 1, 2018 against North Dakota State. Daum is the 15th Summit League player to achieve 2,000 points, and ranks among the fastest to do it in the NCAA over the last 20 years.

Additionally, Daum stacks up well against previous Oscar Robertson Trophy and John R. Wooden Award winners over the last 26 years, reaching the 2,000-point mark faster than any previous winner. Daum was on the midseason Robertson Trophy Watch List and on the Wooden Award's preseason list in 2017-18, and was named to the 2018-19 Wooden Preseason list earlier this month. The Robertson Trophy Watch List has not been announced.

Somebody's Watching Me
South Dakota State's Mike Daum has been named to four national award watch lists in the 2018-19 preseason, with more recognition possible as additional lists are released this month.

The John R. Wooden® presented by Wendy's® announced its Preseason Top 50 on ESPN's SportsCenter and on ESPN.com, featuring Daum for the second-consecutive year. Chosen by a preseason poll of national college basketball experts, the list is comprised of 50 student-athletes who are the early front-runners for college basketball's most prestigious individual honor.
The National Association of Basketball Coaches on Nov. 5 announced its preseason watch list for the 2019 NABC Division I Player of the Year Presented by ShotTracker, with Daum among the 20 names released. The 2019 NABC Division I Player of the Year award will be announced on Sunday, April 7, at the NABC Guardians of the Game Awards Show in Minneapolis, Minn. - site of the 2019 NCAA Final Four®.
Daum was named to the 2019 Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year Award preseason watch list in mid-October by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. The award, now in its fifth year, recognizes the top power forwards in Division I men's basketball. Daum was one of five finalists for the 2018 Karl Malone Award and is a repeat selection to the preseason watch list. The winner of the 2019 Karl Malone Award will be presented at The College Basketball Awards presented by Wendy's in Los Angeles, CA on Friday, April 12, 2019, along with the other four members of the Naismith Starting 5. Broadcast information will be released by ESPN at a later date.
Daum was a repeat selection on the 2018-19 Lute Olson Award Preseason List, announced Nov. 12. The award is presented annually to the nation's top Division I player in College Basketball. Incoming freshman and transfers are not eligible for the preseason watch list. The 2019 Lute Olson Award will be presented at the College Insider awards event in April at the site of the men's division I national championship in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Let It Rain
South Dakota State's 3-point offense ranked amongst the nation's best a year ago for the second-straight season, and the Jackrabbits are primed for another year of hot shooting beyond the arc.

South Dakota State reset the school record for single-season 3-pointers made (374) and attempted (927) in 2017-18 after breaking the previous record a year prior (318 of 883).
South Dakota State returns three players who hit 50 or more 3-pointers last year in Mike Daum (96), David Jenkins (84) and Skyler Flatten (55). After breaking the single-season record a year ago, Daum now has 205 3-pointers in his career and is just 51 away from the program's career record.
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 and attempted in a Division I game.
The Otzelberger-led Jackrabbits have hit 14 or more 3-pointers in 15 games over the last three seasons, and prior to his arrival a State team had hit 14 or more 3-pointers in just six games as a program.
Through the first 12 seasons of Division I basketball (starting in the first transition year of 2003-04 through 2015-16), SDSU had 71 games of 10 or more 3-pointers, with a max of 13 in one season (2010-13). The Jackrabbits have done it 38 times since then, hitting 10 or more in 21 games last year and four times in 2018-19.
Under Otzelberger, the Jackrabbits have attempted 30 or more 3-pointers in a game 16 times. The Pre-Otzelberger era teams did it on 11 total occasions since the adoption of the 3-point line in 1986. It happened three times at the Division II level and eight times between 2003-04 and 2015-16, the last season Scott Nagy led the program.

Dynamic Duo
South Dakota State's Mike Daum and David Jenkins sit first and 13th nationally in total points entering the week and sixth and 22nd in scoring average, respectively. SDSU and Duke are the only two schools to have two student-athletes in the top 50 of either list. The Jackrabbit pair's combined average of 47.2 points per game is the highest nationally.

Quick Hits

The Jackrabbits' 75-47 victory over Kansas City Nov. 28 was the first time since Dec. 19, 2014 (CSU Bakersfield, 53-49) SDSU held an opponent under 50 points. The Jacks followed that game with an 82-50 victory over Northern Iowa on Dec. 1.
South Dakota State has posted a double-digit rebounding margin advantage four times this season, including a plus-17 showing on the boards Nov. 28 against Kansas City.
Skyler Flatten annihilated his previous career-high in a record-setting performance against USA on Nov. 20, becoming the first player in SDSU's Division I history to go 6-for-6 from beyond the arc on his way to 28 points. Flatten was 10-for-11 from the field overall.
South Dakota State has not lost three consecutive games since January 2017.
SDSU's 28 wins in 2017-18 was the most in program history.
South Dakota State went 12-0 when holding opponents under 70 points last season, while posting a 24-3 record when breaking the 70-point barrier on the offensive end. The Jacks are 5-0 when holding opponents under 70 this season and have scored 70 or more points in all 11 contests.
Since T.J. Otzelberger's arrival three years ago, the Jackrabbits are 43-3 when winning the rebounding battle and 11-24 when being out-rebounded or tied on the boards.
South Dakota State won its 1,500th game Jan. 20, 2018 at Western Illinois. The Jacks won their 500th game in Frost Arena in the 2016-17 regular season finale.
2018-19 marked the fourth time State started 3-0 at the Division I level (dating back to transition year of 2004-05). The Jacks also did it in 2010-11, 2015-16 (when the team started a Division I-best 6-0) and 2017-18.
At least one Jackrabbit has scored in double figures over the last 353 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 59 games with at least one 1,000-point scorer on the court.
State has made at least one 3-pointer in 383 consecutive games. The last time the Jackrabbits did not make a 3-point field goal was Jan. 25, 2007
SDSU is 93-18 all-time in home openers (where records available). Dating back to 2004-05, SDSU's first year of DI transition, SDSU is 14-2.
SDSU is 74-39 in season-openers all-time. The Jacks are 7-8 in season-opening games at the Division I level.
The Jackrabbits are 6-5 in Summit League openers.

Jacks Up to 8th in Mid-Major Top 25
After slipping to 10th in the previous 2018-19 College Sports Madness Mid-Major Top 25, the Jackrabbits jumped two spots in the Dec. 4 rankings to No. 8. SDSU has been ranked in the top 10 all season, sitting as high as No. 3 in the first regular season rankings on Nov. 13.

2018-19 opponent Montana is ranked 17th.

SDSU was ranked in all but one version of the poll last year and were in the top 10 for the last month of the season, sitting fourth in 2017-18's final poll.

Jackrabbits Fifth at Gulf Coast Showcase
South Dakota State went 2-1 at the 2018 Gulf Coast Showcase to finish fifth at the tournament, picking up wins over UTSA and Colorado State.

Mike Daum, named to the All-Tournament Team, averaged a near-double-double of 26.7 points and 9.7 rebounds per contest while shooting over 50 percent from the field in the three games, including a 41-point showing against the Roadrunners. David Jenkins had a 21.7 scoring average and dropped 32 against Colorado State, while Skyler Flatten averaged 16 points and scored a career-high 28 against UTSA, going 6-for-6 from 3-point range.

Jackrabbits in Two Scheduling Agreements
Summit League and Western Athletic Conference officials announced in October the matchups and dates for the first year of The Summit League/WAC Challenge in men's basketball.

The Challenge features head-to-head competition between all nine teams. Matchups were set based upon factors including the previous year's achievements, records and RPI rankings, as well as projected rankings in the upcoming season. Those teams with home games in 2018 will play on the road in 2019 and vice versa. In addition, teams will not face the same opponent in back-to-back years.

The Jackrabbits will host Grand Canyon Nov. 6 in their 2018-19 season opener and travel to CSU Bakersfield in 2019-20 as part of the agreement.

Last year, the Jacks were announced as part of a four-year deal with the Big Sky.

Each school will play one home game and road contest against separate schools from the other league during each of the four seasons. South Dakota State joins North Dakota State, North Dakota and Omaha as Summit League representatives, while Montana State, Montana, Idaho and Eastern Washington are participating from the Big Sky.

The Jackrabbits will play the following games as part of the agreement:
2018-19: Montana (home), Eastern Washington (away)
2019-20: Idaho (home), Montana State (away)
2020-21: Eastern Washington (home), Montana (away)
2021-22: Montana State (home), Idaho (away)

Jacks Add Four on Signing Day
South Dakota State men's basketball coach T.J. Otzelberger announced four additions to the Jackrabbit basketball program as part of November's national signing day. Three incoming freshman and a junior transfer will enroll at SDSU for the 2019-20 season and be eligible to play immediately for the Jackrabbits:

Owen Coburn • Center/Forward • Spirit Lake, Iowa -- Will graduate from Spirit Lake High School (Spirit Lake, Iowa) in May 2019 … earned Second Team IPSWA Class 3A All-State, 3A IBCA All-Sub State and First Team All-Lakes Conference (unanimous) honors as a junior while averaging 20.1 points and 11.1 rebounds per game … named all-substate and first team all-conference (unanimous) as a sophomore, putting up 18.2 points and 9.5 rebounds per game … played his freshman season at Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn High School before transferring to Spirit Lake High School … during his rookie campaign averaged 11 points and seven rebounds per contest and was named All-War Eagle Conference honorable mention.
Doug Wilson • Forward • Des Moines, Iowa -- Will graduate from Kirkwood Community College (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) in May 2019 … 2018 NJCAA Second Team All-American and First Team All-Region selection … averaged 14.1 points, 6.6 rebounds and 1.9 blocks per game while shooting 69.2 percent from the field as a freshman … helped team to a 24-6 record and regular season ICCAC title in 2017-18 … graduated from Hoover High School (Des Moines, Iowa) in May 2017.
Baylor Scheierman • Guard • Aurora, Nebraska -- Will graduate in May 2019 from Aurora High School (Aurora, Nebraska) … First Team All-State (Class B), All-Area and All-Conference selection in 2018 … averaged 16.1 points, six assists, six rebounds and 2.5 steals per game as a junior … three-time academic honor roll selection (2016-18).
Caleb Grill • Guard • Maize, Kansas -- Will graduate in May 2019 from Maize High School (Maize, Kansas) … picked First Team All-State (Class 5A) by Topeka Capital Journal, Wichita Eagle and CatchItKansas in 2018 … named 2018 Third Team All-State (All Classes) by Wichita Eagle … selected as 2018 All-AVCTL I First Team and Most Valuable Player and picked up All-Metro First Team honors from Wichita Eagle … averaged 17 points, four rebounds and three assists per game as a junior while leading team to AVCTL DI title.

Tough Tests
South Dakota State played five Power Five (ACC, SEC, Big 12, Big Ten, Pac-12) opponents a year ago (in addition to a matchup at then-No. 6 Wichita State of the American Athletic Conference).

Although the team does not have any power five opponents on this year's schedule, the Jacks will travel to AAC's Memphis and preseason No. 7/9 Nevada of the Mountain West.

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 in 2017-18 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.

In 10 games against power five opponents for his career, Mike Daum is averaging 18.5 points and 7.1 rebounds per game, shooting 44.1 percent from the field and 44.2 percent from deep. He has two double-doubles in those matchups.

Preseason All-Conference; Jacks Picked First
Mike Daum and David Jenkins headlined the Summit League's preseason teams, announced early-October. Jenkins is a first-time preseason honoree while Daum earned his third-consecutive Preseason Player of the Year nod.

Daum is the second Jackrabbit to be named Preseason All-Conference and the first to do it more than once, joining Nate Wolters (2012-13).

As a team, South Dakota State was picked to win the league for the fifth time in program history, garnering 34 of 36 first-place votes.

SDSU Last Time Out (Dec. 7)
South Dakota State used a 42-point effort from Mike Daum on its way to a 101-92 shootout victory Friday night over Southern.

Daum became the Summit League's all-time leading scorer in the win, moving past Michael Watson (UMKC) and Caleb Green (Oral Roberts) in the league's record book. Daum hit 13 of 18 from the field and buried 14 of 15 at the free throw line. He added a team-high eight rebounds as well.

David Jenkins scored 22 and was 10 of 13 at the line, while Tevin King, who did not miss a shot all evening, added 14 points as he drilled four field goals, one 3-pointer and all five of his free throws.

The Jackrabbits (8-3) shot a Division I program-record 68.9 percent (31 of 45) with seven 3-pointers while going 32 for 36 at the charity stripe. Despite the strong offensive showing, SDSU found itself unable to pull away from the pesky Jaguars, who sank 16 3-pointers to hang around throughout the night.

"I thought Southern did a great job moving the basketball, getting in their drive and kick game, and obviously guys started knocking down shots and confidence grew as the game went on," head Coach T.J. Otzelberger said. "I'm not thrilled with our effort on the defensive end. I thought they had a great plan and they executed it well. At the same time we expect a higher standard from our guys and how we go about doing those things."

South Dakota State built a pair of eight-point leads in the first 10 minutes of the night, only to see Southern respond both times to keep it close. One of those answers was a 12-2 Jaguar rally that briefly put State in a 21-19 hole at 9:24, though the Jackrabbits quickly answered after a timeout and soon took back control for good.

Up 28-27 with seven minutes on the clock, Tevin King sparked the Jacks on a 12-1 run that ended with nine straight, providing a momentum boost that helped SDSU carry a 46-37 lead into the half.

A barrage of 3-pointers helped Southern stay within striking distance early in the second half, but a 9-2 Jackrabbit surge put the Jacks back up double figures (64-50) with 14 minutes to go.

The Jaguars did not wilt, however, and had the game back within eight (89-81) with less than four to play. That was as close as the comeback came, though, as the Jackrabbits hit clutch shots and used eight free throws the rest of the way to secure the victory.

Opponent Last Time Out (Dec. 1)
Associated Press
BOILING SPRINGS, N.C. -- Jose Perez scored 17 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, Nate Johnson added 15 points and Gardner-Webb dominated down low in beating Savannah State 97-60 on Saturday.

DJ Laster scored 14 points, David Efianayi had 13 and Justin Jenkins 12 for the Runnin' Bulldogs (4-5), who held the Tigers to 28 percent shooting and outscored them 48-14 in the paint.

John Grant Jr. opened with a 3-pointer, but Christian Turner's go-ahead 3 sparked a 9-2 run and the Bulldogs led 28-8 after scoring 15 straight. Laster scored 10 points and Gardner-Webb led 49-29 at halftime after outscoring the Tigers 32-8 in the paint

Johnson's opening layup sparked an 8-3 run and the Bulldogs pulled away to a 33-point second-half lead on Laster's jumper with seven minutes left.

Jaquan Dotson led the Tigers (3-7) with 15 points and Tyrell Harper added 10.

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