Jacks set for Saturday quarterfinals

Saturday, March 3

Sioux Falls, S.D.

6 p.m.

South Dakota State University

#8 Seed Western Illinois

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3/1/2018 8:37:00 AM | Men's Basketball

GAME 32: #1 seed South Dakota State (25-6, 13-1) vs #8 seedWestern Illinois (12-15, 3-11)

When	Saturday, March 3 \| 6 p.m.
Where	Denny Sanford PREMIER Center \| Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Radio	Jackrabbit Sports Network \| WNAX 570 AM \| Tyler Merriam
Television	Midco Sports Network \| Tom Nieman, Brad Newitt, Elaina Lanson
Live Video	ESPN3 / Watch ESPN
Live Audio	Jackrabbits All-Access
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Game Notes	South Dakota State \| Western Illinois \| Summit League \| Tournament Bracket
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Previewing the Game
No. 1 seed South Dakota State begins the 2018 Summit League Championships with a quarterfinal showdown against eighth-seeded Western Illinois Saturday. Tipoff from the Denny Sanford PREMIER Center in Sioux Falls is set for 6 p.m.

The Jackrabbits (25-6, 13-1 Summit League) enter the tournament on an eight-game winning streak and wrapped up the regular season with a 97-90 win at Fort Wayne Feb. 24. SDSU reached the 25-win plateau for the fifth time in its Division I history and is the No. 1 seed in the league championship for the third time.

Western Illinois (12-15, 3-11 Summit League) fell in its season finale to Denver, 89-52, and dropped four of its final five regular season games.

The Jacks and Fighting Leathernecks have faced off 26 times prior to the first-round bout, with State holding a 22-4 edge. The teams have battled twice this season, with SDSU winning both by an average of 24 points (98-70 and 82-62). South Dakota State and WIU have squared off three times in The Summit League Championships, with the Jacks winning all three.

For the 2017-18 season series, David Jenkins Jr. is averaging 23.5 points per game and Mike Daum has a near-double-double of 20.5 points and nine rebounds. Tevin King reached double figures in both games as well, scoring 12 in the Macomb, Illinois matchup and 10 (with eight rebounds) in Brookings.

Summit League Championships Outlook
South Dakota State is 17-5 all-time at The Summit League Tournament and has claimed four titles. SDSU and North Dakota State are the only teams to win titles in the last six years. The Jacks have been the top seed two other times, reaching the championship game both years. The Jacks are 5-1 as the No. 1 seed and won the title in the top spot in 2013.

The winner of Saturday's game will face either No. 4 seed Fort Wayne or No. 5 seed North Dakota State in Monday's semifinals at 6 p.m. South Dakota and Omaha will face off in the 2 vs. 7 game in the other Saturday quarterfinal, and the third-seeded Denver Pioneers will face Oral Roberts Sunday night. The winner of those games will face off in the 8:30 p.m. Monday contest. Both semifinals air on MidcoSN with an ESPN3 simulcast.

Tuesday's championship game is set for 8 p.m. and will be televised live on ESPN2 and available through WatchESPN.

The Summit League Championships bracket can be found on page nine of the game notes.

About South Dakota State
The Summit League Player of the Year Mike Daum is the nation's top returning scorer and has picked up where he left off in 2016-17, averaging a double-double of 23.6 points and 10.1 rebounds per contest. He has 18 double-doubles on the campaign (including 12 in 14 Summit League games) and has reached double figures in all but one contest, including 11 30-point performances.

Daum has been named the Summit League's Player of the Week six times and was named the Summit League's Athlete of the Month for November and December.

He joined the 2,000-point club on Feb. 1 and is sixth nationally in scoring average.

In league play, the Kimball, Nebraska native is averaging a double-double of 26 points and 12.5 rebounds per contest while shooting 45.9 percent from the field and 89.2 (91-for-102) percent at the charity stripe.

Daum will look to continue his impressive play at the PREMIER Center this weekend. Over six games in the league tournament, he is averaging 25.0 points and 9.0 rebounds per game. He is shooting 51.7 percent at the PREMER Center and is 48-for-57 in the tournament at the line. He has been the tournament MVP the last two seasons.

David Jenkins Jr. has made his presence known in his first season at the collegiate level and earned Summit League Freshman of the Year, All-Summit League Second Team and Summit League All-Newcomer team honors after sitting second on the Jacks with 15.9 points per game and 25 double figure scoring performances. He has led the team in scoring four times and is shooting 43.5 percent from the field. Jenkins has reached the 20-point mark in 10 games, including a 31-point performance at Colorado where he drilled seven 3-pointers. He matched that total and sank six 3-pointers at Denver on Feb. 8.

The Tacoma, Washington native is second among Jackrabbits with 76 total 3-pointers this season (behind Daum's 81), firing at a clip of 38.8 percent.

Reed Tellinghuisen is third on the team with season averages of 12.2 points and 4.5 rebounds per game while shooting 48.3 percent from the field. He was named All-Summit League honorable mention.

The Sac City, Iowa native is 57-for-143 (39.9 percent) from beyond the arc, and has scored 20 or more in two Summit League games, finishing with 22 at NDSU and 24 against ORU.

Tevin King is putting up 9.6 points per game, just below double figures while grabbing 170 total rebounds (5.5 per contest), second-most on the squad. He has 92 assists and a team-best 57 steals while shooting 52.6 percent from the field. From Chicago, King has scored 10 or more in 17 games this season and has done it in nine league contests. Additionally, he has two double-doubles on the season, both coming against Fort Wayne.

SDSU is seventh in NCAA Division I with 85.3 points per game, and the Jackrabbits hold a plus-10.6 scoring margin (28th nationally). State is shooting 47.4 percent as a team and ranks in the top 15 for 3-point makes and percentage.

Defensively, the Jacks are allowing 74.6 points per game and have held opponents to a 43.3 field goal percentage.

State has outrebounded its opponents 20 times on the season and hold a plus-3.7 rebounding margin, averaging 38.7 boards per game.

About Western Illinois
Western Illinois is led by three double figure scorers, with freshman Kobe Webster (16.3 points per game) leading the pack. Webster has started all 27 games and played a team-high 33.4 minutes on average, shooting 43.9 percent from the field with a team-high 58 3-pointers at a clip of 37.2 percent. The guard is averaging 3.6 assists per game to pace the team as well and has come up with 20 steals.

Dalan Ancrum is second on the team with 13.6 points per contest and has hit 48 of his 126 3-pointers (38.1 percent). He is also second on the team in rebounds (5.4 per game) and has 50 assists (1.8 per night) with a team-leading 26 steals.

Brandon Gilbeck (10.7 points per game) is third in team scoring and leads the squad with 7.1 boards per contest. The big man is atop The Summit League with 68 blocks for the year and is shooting 65.4 percent from the field.

All three top scorers were held to single digits (six, four and four, respectively) in the Feb. 17 showdown against SDSU in Brookings.

The 'Necks are averaging 72.3 points per game and allowing 72 on average, shooting 46.7 percent as a team while holding opponents to a 42.9 field goal percentage. On the boards, WIU is plus-0.1 in rebounding margin.

Billy Wright is in his fourth season leading the Leathernecks and holds a 38-72 record on the bench.

A South Dakota State Win Would ...
Give SDSU its 26th win of the season and send them to The Summit League semifinals to face either No. 4 seed Fort Wayne or No. 5 seed North Dakota State ... move SDSU to 23-4 all-time against Western Illinois and give them four straight wins in the series ... push Otzelberger to 44-23 at South Dakota State ... give the Jackrabbits a 1,509-1,030-1 all-time mark.

A South Dakota State Loss Would ...
Put the Jacks at 25-7 and end their league tournament run, though not the season as State has automatically qualified for at least the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) with the regular season crown ... move SDSU to 22-15 all-time against the Leathernecks ... make Otzelberger 43-24 at South Dakota State ... drop SDSU to 1,508-1,031-1 all-time.

Four recognized by Summit League
Mike Daum has been named the Summit League Player of the Year, David Jenkins Jr. was tabbed as Freshman of the Year and head coach T.J. Otzelberger earned Coach of the Year honors as three Jackrabbits were named to the All-Summit League teams, announced Wednesday by the league office.

Daum was named to the All-Summit League First Team for the third time in his career, joining Nate Wolters with the most all-league first team nods in Division I while becoming the sixth player in Summit League history to repeat as Player of the Year.

Jenkins capped an impressive regular season with Freshman of the Year, All-Summit League Second Team and Summit League All-Newcomer team honors. He joins Daum as the only freshmen at SDSU to earn all-league honors (at both Division I and II levels).

Reed Telllinghuisen was named All-Summit League honorable mention and earned all-league honors for the first time in his career.

Otzelberger earns the top coaching award in his second season leading the Jacks, helping the team tally 13 league wins (second-most in program history), 25 wins overall (fourth time in last seven years to hit the 25-win plateau) and put together a 15-0 home run while building the nation's longest active home winning streak of 20.

The entire 2018 All-Summit League awards can be found on page six of the game notes.

Daum Racks Up Weekly Honors
Mike Daum has been named the Summit League's Player of the Week seven times this season, tied for most in league history for a single-season alongside former Jackrabbit Nate Wolters. Daum has earned the award 11 times in his career, third-most in league history. He was also named the Lou Henson Award Player of the Week Feb. 26 for his efforts by CollegeInsider.com.

Feb. 26 -- Averaged a double-double over two wins, putting up 25.5 points and 12.5 rebounds per contest. The Kimball, Nebraska native joined the Summit League's top 10 for career points as well. The Jackrabbit big man started the week with a 20-point, 10-rebound performance against rival South Dakota last Thursday, and followed with his 18th double-double of the season (12th in league play) at Fort Wayne in the regular season finale Saturday, finishing with 31 points and 13 rebounds on 8-for-12 shooting from beyond the arc.
Feb. 5 -- Averaged a double-double of 33 points and 15.5 rebounds over two wins. Shot over 47 percent from the field and went 11-for-13 at the line. Posted a monster 35-point, 18-rebound double-double against Omaha Tuesday while resetting his career-high in field goals (15). Followed with 31 points and 13 rebounds against North Dakota State as he scored his 2,000th career point in the win.
Jan. 16 -- Averaged a double-double over two wins with 30.5 points and 10 rebounds per contest. The junior shot 55.9 percent from the field, hit 8-of-13 from deep and buried 15 of his 16 free throw attempts. Scored 27 with 12 rebounds against Oral Roberts and had 34 points with eight boards against Denver.
Jan. 8 -- Averaged a double-double of 32 points and 13 rebounds over two wins last week, shooting 51.3 percent from the field while going 22-for-22 at the charity stripe. He started the week with a 37-point, 15-rebound performance at North Dakota State, hitting 10 field goals while going a perfect 16-for-16 on free throws. He followed with his 19th career double-double on Saturday, dropping 27 points with 11 rebounds at Omaha while pushing his consecutive free throw streak to 22.
Dec. 26 -- Averaged a double-double over two starts, putting up 23.5 points and 10.5 rebounds per game alongside a 61.3 field goal percentage. Started the week with a 35-point, 14-rebound double-double against Drake on Dec. 19. He matched his career-high of 14 field goals and hit four 3-pointers in the game. Daum added 12 points and seven rebounds at UMKC (Dec. 22), going 5-for-7 from the field.
Dec. 18 -- Averaged a double-double over two starts, with 31 points and 11 rebounds per contests. Scored 37 points with 12 rebounds at Colorado (Dec. 15) and had 25 points with 10 boards against North Dakota (Dec. 12).
Nov. 20 -- Posted double-doubles in both games, averaging 25.5 points and 12.0 rebounds per contest. He shot 50 percent from the field (16 of 32) and hit eight 3-pointers while going 11-for-13 at the charity stripe. Notched his 13th career 30-point game against Alabama State (11/14) to go along with 13 rebounds while adding 21 points and 11 rebounds against Kansas (11/17).

Daum On Four Mid/Late Season Watch Lists
Mike Daum has earned a spot on three national award mid/late season watch lists for the 2017-18 season, being named a favorite for the Citizen Naismith Trophy, Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year, Oscar Robertson Player of the Year and Lou Henson Mid-major Player of the Year awards.

Mike Daum was among 30 members of the 50th Citizen Naismith Trophy late season team, announced Wednesday by The Atlanta Tipoff Club. The award highlights the 2018 Men's Player of the Year as selected by the organization. The list will be cut to 10 on Feb. 28, and only those listed will be eligible for the group of four finalists released mid-March. Fans will be a part of the voting process and can cast their ballot at naismithtrophy.com/vote between March 19-30. The 50th Citizen Naismith Trophy will be awarded on April 1 in San Antonio, during the NCAA Men's Final Four.
The U.S. Basketball Writers Association has announced its midseason watch list for the Oscar Robertson Trophy, with Mike Daum listed among 14 NCAA Division I standouts. Daum was also on the preseason list. The award is presented to the national player of the year by its namesake at the NCAA Final Four in San Antonio. Balloting for the USBWA's All-America Team, All-District Teams and the association's individual awards will take place in March. The Oscar Robertson Trophy will be presented at a news conference on Friday, March 30, at the Final Four in San Antonio.
South Dakota State's Mike Daum was one of 40 players listed on the 2017-18 Lou Henson Award midseason Watch List, announced Jan. 11. The Lou Henson Award is presented annually to the nation's top Division I mid-major player. The 2017-18 Lou Henson 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.
Released Feb. 6, Mike Daum was among 10 players on the 2018 Karl Malone Award midseason Watch List. In March, five finalists will be presented to Mr. Malone and the Hall of Fame's selection committee for the 2018 Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year Award. The winner will be honored at ESPN's College Basketball Awards presented by Wendy's in downtown Los Angeles on Friday, April 6, 2018.

Let It Rain
South Dakota State's 3-point offense ranks among the nation's best for the second-straight season, as the team is fifth the nation in 3-pointers made and 22nd in attempts for the Feb. 28 stats release. The Jacks are 12th nationally with 10.7 3-pointers per game and 12th with a 40.7 long range shooting percentage.

South Dakota State has already reset the school record for single-season 3-pointers this season (332) and is second in attempts (815). The Jacks set both last year as well, making 318 of 883.
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 four already with 40 or more 3-pointers this year: Mike Daum (81), David Jenkins Jr. (76), Reed Tellinghuisen (57) and Skyler Flatten (50).
Through 31 games last season, SDSU was 294-for-792 beyond the arc. This year, the Jacks are 332-for-815 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 and attempted in a Division I game.
The Otzelberger-led Jackrabbits have hit 14 or more 3-pointers in 12 games over the last two seasons, and prior to his arrival a State team had hit 14 or more 3-pointers in just six games.
Through the first 12 seasons of Division I basketball (starting in the first transition year of 2003-04), SDSU had 71 games of 10 or more 3-pointers, with a max of 13 in one season (2010-13). The Jackrabbits did it 13 times last year and this season has already hit 10 or more 3-pointers in 19 games.
Under T.J., the Jackrabbits have attempted 30 or more 3-pointers in a game 14 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.
SDSU is one of six Division I teams to have seven or more players with 10-plus 3-pointers on the year, joining TCU, Creighton, Holy Cross, UTSA and Louisville

Charity Stripe Success
South Dakota State has gotten to the free throw line more than its opponents in 24 of 31 games this season. The Jackrabbits are shooting 76.2 percent on free throws and have seven active players shooting above 70 percent on free throws.

As of Feb. 28, South Dakota State ranks 38th in free throw attempts (675), 16th nationally in free throws made (516) and 27th in free throw percentage (.764).
SDSU leads the conference in makes, attempts and percentage.
Mike Daum opened Summit League play with 35 consecutive free throws, matching the second-longest streak in Jackrabbit history (Garrett Callahan, 2008-09) after setting the record last season 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. He did it twice last season.
After setting the school's single-season record in makes (251) and finishing second in attempts (289) last season, Daum is currently ninth on the record list in makes this year (167) and just outside of the top 10 in attempts (198)

Jenkins Honored by Summit League
South Dakota State's David Jenkins Jr. has been named the Summit League's Player of the Week, announced Jan. 22.

Jenkins led all scorers with 27 points in SDSU's 98-70 win at Western Illinois, shooting 69.2 percent (9-for-13) from the field with four 3-pointers and a 5-for-5 effort at the charity stripe. He added six boards and an assist over 30 minutes.

It was the seventh 20-point game of the season for the Tacoma, Washington native, who is sixth nationally in total points among all NCAA Division I freshman.

Jenkins' recognition continued a hot streak for the Jackrabbits in weekly awards, as a South Dakota State student-athlete had claimed the award three weeks in a row and in five of the last six announcements at that point.

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 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 last 20 years.

Additionally, Daum stacks up well against previous Oscar Robertson Trophy and John R. Wooden Award winners over the last 25 years, reaching the 2,000-point mark faster than any previous winner. Daum is currently on the midseason Robertson Trophy Watch List and was a member of the Wooden Award's preseason list. He can play his way onto the list as the season continues.

Daum Named December Athlete of the Month
Mike Daum was named the Summit League's December Male Athlete of the Month, announced Jan. 9.

Daum, who was also the November honoree, averaged 23.4 points and 7.9 rebounds per game in that span, shooting 51.5 percent from the field. Beyond the arc, he hit 22-of-45 attempts and at the charity stripe buried 29 of his 37 free throws.

The junior was a two-time Player of the Week selection in the month and reached double figures in seven of eight starts. He had three double-doubles in the month and five games with 20 or more points, including a trio of 30-point efforts. The Kimball, Nebraska native shot over 50 percent in the final six games, including a 5-for-7 (71.4 percent) game at UMKC.

He is the first men's basketball player to receive the award in consecutive months since Wolters in 2013.

Flatten Granted Sixth Year by NCAA
South Dakota State's Skyler Flatten was granted a sixth-year of eligibility Friday from the NCAA. Flatten, who entered the 2017-18 season as a senior, is now eligible to return to the Jackrabbit basketball program for the 2018-19 season.

Flatten, who missed all of 2015-16 due to injury, has appeared in 89 games for the Jackrabbits, averaging 5.1 points and 2.0 rebounds per game for his career.

This season, the Clark, South Dakota native is posting a career-high 7.0 points and 3.1 rebounds per game, starting 26 of 31 contests. He is shooting 50.0 percent from the field and leads The Summit League with a 50.5 3-point field goal percentage, hitting 50-of-99.

Daum Named November Athlete of the Month
South Dakota State's Mike Daum was selected as the Summit League's November Male Athlete of the Month, announced Dec. 7 by the conference office.

Daum helped the Jacks to a 7-2 record through the opening part of the season and averaged a near-double-double, posting 20.1 points and 8.2 rebounds per game while hitting 22 3-pointers. The Kimball, Nebraska native scored in double figures for all nine contests, including two 30-point performances and five games with 20 or more.

The forward had three consecutive double-doubles from Nov. 12-17, racking up 22 points and 13 rebounds against Mary and 30 points with 13 rebounds against Alabama State before closing the streak with a 21-point, 11-board performance at then-No. 3 Kansas.

Tacoma Talent
Tacoma, Washington native David Jenkins Jr. has burst on the scene through his first season of collegiate basketball, racking up 493 points and 76 3-pointers through 31 games. He has hit at least two 3-pointers in 21 contests and on Dec. 15 at Colorado set the school's freshman single-game scoring record at the Division I level with 31. He matched that Feb. 8 at Denver.

Jenkins is nine 3-pointers shy of the Jackrabbit season record for 3-pointers made (he currently sits seventh), and his 196 attempts on the year sixth most in school history for a season.

The lone West coach native on the Jackrabbit roster has reached double figures in 25 games, becoming the first freshman to accomplish the feat at SDSU since Steve Holdren did it in 16 of his first 23 appearances in 2004-05. Holdren finished the season with 19 double-figure performances over 26 games that year.

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 15.9 points per game in 2017-18, shooting 43.5 percent from the field and 38.8 percent from long distance.

He was named the National Freshman of the Week by CBS Sports and the U.S. Basketball Writers Association Dec. 19 after averaging 23 points, four 3-pointers, four rebounds and 1.5 steals per game over two games that week.

He is on pace to challenge Mike Daum's freshman scoring record of 518 points, set in 2015-16. Jenkins has 493 points through 31 games, compared to Daum's 463 points in that span.

Fellow Tacoma native Isaiah Thomas, currently with the Cleveland Cavaliers, had 477 points and 26 double figure games through 31 games of his freshman year at Washington.

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.

As of March 1, Jenkins sits eighth among Division I freshmen this season in total points.

Jenkins Jr. Named National Freshman of the Week
CBS Sports and the U.S. Basketball Writers Association have named South Dakota State's David Jenkins Jr. as the National Freshman of the Week, announced Dec. 19 on CBSSports.com.

Jenkins averaged 23 points, four 3-pointers, four rebounds and 1.5 steals per game last week, shooting 47.2 percent from the field with an 8-for-17 effort from long range.

He made the most of his first career start against North Dakota on Dec. 12, playing 29 minutes with 15 points and a career-high seven rebounds in a 99-63 Jackrabbit victory.

The 6-2 guard continued his hot play against Colorado last Friday, breaking the school's Division I freshman single-game scoring mark with 31 while burying seven 3-pointers, tied for fourth-most in a Division I game at SDSU. He teamed with Mike Daum to become the first duo in the school's Division I history to each have 30 or more points in the same game.

#FearFrost
The Jacks own an 89-5 record at Frost Arena over the last six seasons dating back to 2011-12, which includes perfect home records in five of the last seven years. That span includes two home winning streaks of 30 or more games.

The Jackrabbits' current 20-game home winning streak ranks as the nation's longest active streak in Division I as of Feb. 19, 2018 after losses from Cincinnati and Vermont last weekend. The Jacks have held the nation's longest active home winning streak twice in the last five years.
Since 2011-12, South Dakota State has won 94.7 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 this season, going 15-0 at home.
South Dakota State has won 28 consecutive home nonconference games inside Frost Arena. That mark ranks eighth nationally.

Dynamic Duo
Teammates Mike Daum and Reed Tellinghuisen are back after leading the team in scoring a year ago, and rank among the nation's best as a scoring duo with over 3,500 points between them in their careers. The Jacks are third in total career points as a pair as of March 1, 2018.

Daum, Tellinghuisen Continue Rise on Scoring Chart
Mike Daum rose to No. 3 on the Jackrabbit scoring chart in just 88 career games (Jan. 6, 2018) and took over the second spot in 93 career games (Jan. 27, 2018). He broke the 2,000-point barrier on Feb. 1, 2018 and is 235 shy of Nate Wolters (2,363; 2009-13) for the top spot.

Reed Tellinghuisen joined the top 25 in all-time scoring Dec. 12 and is currently 14th with 1,394 career points. He is less than 30 points from the top 10 after joining the 1,000 points club in The Summit League Tournament last season.

The complete 1,000-point club can be found on page 14 of the game notes.

Team Quick Hits

Reed Tellinghuisen holds the school record for career starts (123) and has played in fourth-most games (135) among active players in NCAA Division I.
South Dakota State is 10-0 when holding opponents under 70 points this season, while posting a 23-2 record when breaking the 70-point barrier on the offensive end.
Mike Daum and David Jenkins Jr. became the first Jackrabbit duo in Division I to score 30 or more points in the same game when the pair went for 37 and 31, respectively at Colorado Dec. 15.
South Dakota State has scored 100 or more four times this season. Prior to the Jackrabbits' 103-67 win over Concordia (Neb.), the previous 100-point game for SDSU was Feb. 28, 2013. The last time SDSU had two or more 100-point games in a season was 2011-12, when the Jackrabbits did it twice. The Division I program record for 100-point games in a season is five, set in 2004-05 and the overall program record is six, set in 1997-98, 1991-92 and 1968-69.
The Jackrabbits have passed the 90-point mark 12 times this season and have scored 80 or more in 22 games.
The Jacks are 18-2 when winning the rebounding battle and 7-4 when being out-rebounded or tied on the boards. 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.
Mike Daum and Tevin King have posted double-doubles in the same game twice this season, doing it Jan. 27 against Fort Wayne and again against the Mastodons Feb. 24. Daum and Chris Howell did it last season against Oral Roberts.
Seven Jackrabbits reached double figures at Western Illinois on Jan. 20 for the first time since Nov. 18, 2012 when SDSU did it against the District of Columbia.
Six Jackrabbits reached double figures against Concordia (Neb.) on Dec. 8 for the first time in a game since Feb. 28, 2013 at Omaha and did it again Dec. 22 at UMKC.
Nine times this season the Jackrabbits have had two players score over 20 points in the same game. It last happened Feb. 17 when Mike Daum (30) and David Jenkins Jr. (20) did it against Western Illinois.
South Dakota State won its 1,500th game Jan. 20 at Western Illinois. The Jacks won their 500th game in Frost Arena last season.
2017-18 marked the third 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 and 2015-16, when the team started a Division I-best 6-0.
At least one Jackrabbit has scored in double figures over the last 339 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 44 games with at least one 1,000-point scorer on the court.
State has made at least one 3-pointer in 368 consecutive games. The last time the Jackrabbits did not make a 3-point field goal was Jan. 25, 2007
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.
The Jackrabbits are 6-5 in Summit League openers.

Jacks Rise to Fourth in Mid-Major Top 25
The Jackrabbits jumped two spots to No. 4 in the latest College Sports Madness Mid-Major poll, released Feb. 26 by the organization.

State was sixth last week and have been in the top 10 for the last eight polls. The Jacks have been ranked in 16 of 17 versions of the poll.

The latest edition of the poll features 2017-18 opponents South Dakota (No. 6) and Buffalo (No. 13).

Senior Impact
Three seniors will leave the program after this season, but not before leaving a mark as one of (if not the most) successful group in the school's history. Lane Severyn, Ian Theisen and Reed Telllinghuisen have gone 93-42 (.689) as a group over the last four years, a mark good enough for the second-best winning percentage and third-most wins in the school's Division I history.

Tough Tests
South Dakota State played five Power Five (ACC, SEC, Big 12, Big 10, Pac-12) opponents this season and has two wins those games.

The Jackrabbits knocked off Ole Miss (Nov. 28) in overtime after a win over Iowa (Nov. 21) at the Cayman Islands Classic.

SDSU also faced Kansas (Nov. 17) and Colorado (Dec. 15) in addition to a road matchup at then-No. 6 Wichita State (a member of the American Athletic Conference), with narrow losses against the Shockers and Buffaloes. At WSU, the Jacks led for over 28 minutes of game action, but a late charge helped the Shockers defend their home court. SDSU charged back from an early deficit in Colorado to force overtime, but could not pull off the comeback in a double overtime affair that saw SDSU play just eight Jackrabbits in 50 minutes of game action.

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.

Against Power Five opponents in his career, Mike Daum is averaging 17.6 points and 7.2 rebounds per game and shooting 44 percent from the field and 42.9 percent from deep.

Daum Named to Preseason Award Watch Lists
Mike Daum has earned a spot on four 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, Lute Olson Player of the Year and John R. Wooden® awards.

The John R. Wooden® presented by Wendy's® listed Mike Daum among its 50 preseason favorites for the award, released Nov. 14 on ESPN's SportsCenter and on ESPN.com. Chosen by a preseason poll of national college basketball experts. The Wooden Award All American Team will be announced the week of the "Elite Eight" round of the NCAA Tournament. The winner of the 2018 John R. Wooden Award will be presented during the ESPN College Basketball Awards presented by Wendy's on Friday, April 6, 2018.
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.

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) and in December was named Minnesota's Associated Press High School Football Player of the Year.
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.

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.

SDSU Last Time Out (Feb. 24, 2018)
FORT WAYNE, Ind. -- South Dakota State men's basketball closed out the regular season with a 97-90 win Saturday at Fort Wayne in front of 1,824 fans at the Gates Sports Center.

SDSU (25-6, 13-1 Summit League) shot 49.3 percent in the game and hit 16-of-33 from deep as five Jackrabbits scored in double figures.

Mike Daum led the way with his 11th 30-point game of the season, finishing with 31 with eight 3-pointers (out of 12 attempts). He added a team-high 13 rebounds for his 18th double-double this year.

David Jenkins Jr. added 16 in the scoring column and dished four assists, even with Brandon Key and one behind Tevin King's five for the team-lead. King notched his second career double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds.

Reed Tellinghuisen was 3-for-5 from deep to score 13 points, while Flatten rounded out the top scorers with 10 of his own.

Fort Wayne (18-13, 7-7 Summit League) shot 45.5 percent as a team and John Konchar scored 31.

Down five (18-13) at the under-12 media break, a layup from Key out of the rest sparked the Jackrabbits on a 17-1 run over the next four and half minutes, helping State build a 30-19 lead with 7:31 to play.

SDSU built its lead to 15 on a Tellinghuisen 3-pointer at 5:43 but saw the Mastodons rally to within five (43-38) down the stretch before Daum hit the final basket of the half and sent the Jacks into the break ahead, 45-38.

Ahead by nine (53-44) early in the second, Daum scored the game's next 11 points to propel State on a 16-2 run and give the Jacks their largest lead of the night (69-46) with 13:45 to play.

The 'Dons, however, came roaring back with runs of six, eight and 11 answered to climb within three (79-76) around the seven-minute mark, and later made it a one-point game (82-81) with 4:41 on the clock.

The teams traded buckets until the final minute, but the Jacks never relinquished the lead and scored six points in the final 48 seconds to complete the season sweep of the Mastodons.

Opponent Last Time Out (Feb. 24, 2018)
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MACOMB, Ill. - The Western Illinois Leathernecks fell 89-52 on Senior Night on Saturday (Feb. 24) to the Denver Pioneers. Seniors Dalan Ancrum, Lynrick Moxey and Chris Snyder were honored before the game in a pregame ceremony.

"Give them (Denver) credit, they spaced the floor well. They moved, they passed, and they shoot it really well and anytime you relax, they make you pay," said head coach Billy Wright. "They are very patient with what they do."

Denver took advantage of a cold Western Illinois team to begin the game, as the Pioneers jumped out to a quick 9-0 lead. Isaac Johnson scored the first bucket for the Purple and Gold with 16:08 remaining in the first half. Denver extended their advantage to 18-6 at the 10:01 mark, but the Leathernecks answered, scoring the next six points.

Western Illinois cut the lead to 12 points with just under four and a half minutes in the first half, but the Pioneers closed the half on a 14-0 run to take a 44-18 advantage at the break.

With 14:37 to play in the second half, Brandon Gilbeck got the ball on the block, spun around a defender and dunked to ignite the crowd in Western Hall.

The Leathernecks answered back-to-back Denver buckets with an 8-5 run that was made up of free throws and a Webster hesitation layup.

Ancrum and Moxey each registered three points and three rebounds in their last game in Western Hall.

-GoJacks.com-