Upcoming Event: Women's Basketball versus Creighton on November 2, 2026 at 7 p.m.
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South Dakota State University Athletics
Monday, November 2
Brookings, S.D.
7 p.m.
South Dakota State University
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Creighton
Photo by: Austin Senger
10/31/2026 9:34:00 PM | Women's Basketball
| Game 1: South Dakota State vs. Creighton | |
| When | Monday, November 2 at 7 p.m. |
| Where | Brookings, S.D. | First Bank & Trust Arena |
| TV | Midco Sports |
| Stream | Summit League Network |
| Audio | Jackrabbit Sports Network |
| Live Stats | Statbroadcast |
| Game Notes | South Dakota State Game Notes |
| Social Media | X: @GoJacks WBB | Instagram: @GoJacksWBB | Facebook: @GoJacksWBB |
South Dakota State opens the 2026-27 season hosting Creighton Monday night at First Bank & Trust Arena.
KEY STORYLINES
- South Dakota State and Creighton will meet in non-conference action for the 15th straight season and 19th time overall Monday night in the season opener for both teams.
- SDSU has 11 returners from last season's NCAA Tournament team and two freshmen.
- Brooklyn Meyer returns for a fifth season with the Jackrabbits. She averaged 22.6 points, 8.0 rebounds and 2.6 points per game a season ago and was named the Mid-Major Player of the Year.
- The Jacks had three players named to the Summit League's preseason second team - Emilee Fox, Hadley Thul and Katie Vasecka. The Jackrabbits were picked to finish second in the preseason poll with eight first place votes.
- Katie Vasecka has averaged 8.9 PPG (freshman) and 8.5 PPG (sophomore) over the last two seasons. Before a season-ending injury in 2025-26, Vasecka also averaged 3.1 rebounds and 2.0 assists while shooting .401 from the field.
- Emilee Fox was the No. 1 3-point shooter in the country last season with a .491 clip from deep. She averaged 8.4 points, 2.7 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game as a sophomore in 2025-26.
- Hadley Thul made 11 starts in her freshman season. In the starting lineup, Thul put up 8.6 points, 4.1 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game while shooting .481.
- SDSU graduated Ellie Colbeck and Madison Mathiowetz from the 2025-26 team. Mathiowetz (13.4 PPG) was the Jackrabbits second leading scorer last season and Colbeck was one of three players to appear in all 34 games.
- South Dakota State is one of six programs nationally to win at least 75 percent of its games in each of the last five seasons. Also included on that list are Columbia, LSU, Ohio State, South Carolina and UConn. SDSU is 142-32 overall since the start of the 2021-22 season.
- SDSU has four ranked teams on its non-conference slate - 6/6 Texas, 14/14 Kentucky, 19/23 Ole Miss and 22/19 Oklahoma State.
- South Dakota State hosts Creighton at First Bank & Trust Arena on opening day of the 2026-27 season.
- Creighton went 16-15 overall last season and was 11-9 in Big East action. The Bluejays closed the year winning eight of their last 11 games.
- Sophomores Neleigh Gessert and Ava Zediker were selected to the 2026-27 Preseason All-Big East squad. The Bluejays were picked to finish third in the league's preseason poll.
- Zediker was Creighton's leading scorer last season with 13.3 points per game.
- Creighton leads the all-time series, 11-7, but SDSU has won three straight meetings.
- These teams have met every season since 2012-13. The Bluejays hold an 8-6 edge in that stretch.
- SDSU beat the Bluejays 78-62 last season in Omaha.
- Brooklyn Meyer tallied 33 points, eight rebounds, five blocks and five assists the last time these teams met.
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