South Dakota State continues its two-game roadtrip to Denver for a Saturday afternoon matchup against the Pioneers at Hamilton Gymnasium.Â
The Jackrabbits are 21-6 overall and 11-2 in Summit League action. They are coming off a 95-93 win at Oral Roberts Thursday night, during which
Brooklyn Meyer scored a career-record 44 points and
Madison Mathiowetz added 23 and the winning layup at the buzzer.Â
Denver is 10-17 overall and 4-10 in conference play. The Pioneers beat Kansas City 79-63 Wednesday night in KC.Â
KEY STORYLINES
- The Jacks have reached 20 wins for the 15th consecutive season. SDSU is one of only a handful of programs with an active streak that long (Baylor, UConn, Louisville, South Carolina).
- HC Aaron Johnston needs one win to reach 650 for his career. He ranks 12th among active DI coaches for career wins and career win percentage (.763).
- Senior Brooklyn Meyer is coming off a program-record 44 points at Oral Roberts Thursday night. That mark is the highest by a Summit League player this year and third highest in the NCAA this season.
- SDSU is on a four-game win streak and has been on a tear in that stretch, scoring more than 84 points in each of those games and holding opponents to less than 51 in three of four contests. The Jacks are shooting .558 from the floor as a team and allowing only .395 shooting by opponents over the last four games.
- Brooklyn Meyer scores 21.9 points per game (10th in NCAA) and is .639 from the floor this year (5th in NCAA). She is one of three players in the country averaging 20+ points and shooting better than 60% this year (Audi Crooks at Iowa State, Jaliya Davis at Kansas, Joyce Edwards at South Carolina).
- Maddie Mathiowetz averages 13.0 PPG overall and 14.2 PPG in conference contests. She is coming off 23 points at ORU Thursday night and has scored at least 15 in seven of the last nine games.
- Emilee Fox also contributes double figures in conference action - 10.2 PPG in Summit League action. She leads the Summit in 3-point percentage (.526) and is second in 3-pointers per game (2.7).
- Hadley Thul has started three straight games for the Jacks. In that stretch, Thul has contributed 1.0 points, 4.0 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game.
-GoJacks.com-