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Women's Basketball
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South Dakota State University Athletics
Saturday, March 22
Storrs, Conn. / Gampel Pavilion
2:30 p.m. CT / 3:30 p.m. ET
South Dakota State University
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No. 7 [#17/19] Oklahoma State
Photo by: Dillyn Jones
NO. 10 JACKS PREPPED FOR NO. 7 COWGIRLS
3/20/2025 9:45:00 AM | Women's Basketball
| No. 10 South Dakota State vs. No. 7Â Oklahoma State | |
| Date and Time | Saturday, March 22 at 2:30 p.m. CT |
| Location | Storrs, Conn. |
| Site | Gampel Pavilion |
| TV | ESPN2 |
| Audio | Jackrabbit Sports Network |
| Live Stats | GoJacksLive.com |
| South Dakota State | Game Notes | Home Page |
| Oklahoma State | Game Notes | Home Page |
10-seed South Dakota State heads to Storrs, Conn. to take on 7-seed Oklahoma State in the First Round of the NCAA Tournament. This meeting between the No. 17 Cowgirls and No. 24 Jackrabbits (AP Poll) is the only ranked matchup in the First Round of the NCAA Tournament.
Saturday will be the second all-time meeting between these teams. The Jacks won the only previous meeting 89-61 in Stillwater in SDSU's first season as a Division I team. These teams have one mutual opponent on their schedules this season - Oral Roberts. The Cowgirls beat the Golden Eagles 89-68 in early November while the Jackrabbits went 3-0 against ORU through the conference season.
Oklahoma State is 25-6 on the season and went 14-4 in the Big 12. The Cowgirls - ranked 17th in the latest AP Poll - fell in the semifinal round of the Big 12 Tournament but before that won five straight games.
KEY STORYLINES
- SDSU enters the national postseason with a 29-3 overall record and 19-game win streak. The Jackrabbits need one win to reach 30 wins in a season for the third time in program history.
- Head Coach Aaron Johnston is making his 13th trip to the NCAA Tournament in 17 seasons of DI postseason eligibility. SDSU is 5-12 all-time in the NCAA Tournament with its deepest run being the Sweet 16 in 2019.
- The Jackrabbits are led by their (unrelated) Meyer-Meyer duo. Brooklyn, a junior, scores 17.4 points per game and shoots at a 64 percent clip, which is sixth in the country. Paige, a senior, averages a team-high 5.3 assists per game and scores 12.0 points per game.
- Coach Johnston has described senior point guard Paige Meyer as "one of one" in reference to her ability to impact the game - scoring from the 3-point line and on the drive, her court vision, her defense and her leadership.
- Paige Meyer has been on a tear through the second half of the conference season. Specifically, over the last five games, she has contributed 18.0 points and 5.2 assists per game while shooting 56 percent.
- Haleigh Timmer is SDSU's second leading scorer with 13.1 points per game and can score from all three levels with elite 3-point shooting, a strong mid-range shot and her ability to get to the rim.
- Four Jackrabbits are averaging more than 10 points over the last five games (since February 27) - Paige Meyer, Brooklyn Meyer, Haleigh Timmer and Madison Mathiowetz.
- The Jackrabbit team ranks sixth in the country in overall field goal percentage (.483) and 15th in 3-point percentage (.370). The Jacks have shot better than 50 percent from the field 15 times this season.
- Two of SDSU's three losses have been to teams currently in the top seven of the AP Poll - Texas and Duke. The Jacks lost to Duke by just four points at home in First Bank and Trust Arena in mid-November.
- SDSU finished the Summit League regular season having won 63 straight regular season conference games. That streak ranks sixth all-time in the NCAA. The Jacks are 81-1 in the Summit regular season over the last five seasons and have gone unbeaten in four of the last five years. They have won three straight Summit League tournament titles.
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