No. 2 SDSU Takes on No. 1 NDSU in Summit League Final

No. 2 South Dakota State and No, 1 North Dakota State will face off in the Summit League championship Sunday afternoon at the Denny Sanford PREMIER Center in Sioux Falls.

KEY STORYLINES

• South Dakota State takes on longtime rival North Dakota State Sunday afternoon in the Summit League championship game. This is the second Summit League championship game meeting for these teams in three seasons.
• SDSU has won nine straight games, a streak that includes a 59-44 win over the Bison in Fargo on February 25.
• Following Saturday’s win, SDSU is 43-5 all-time in the Summit League Tournament with 12 tournament titles, including each of the last three.
• The Jackrabbits are 12-2 in Summit League title games and 3-1 as the No. 2 seed. SDSU is 4-0 against NDSU in the Summit League Tournament.
• Seniors Brooklyn Meyer and Madison Mathiowetz have paced the Jackrabbits through the Summit League tournament, both averaging more than 20 points over the last two games.
• Paced by Brooklyn Meyer’s .655 individual field goal percentage, which ranks fourth in the country, SDSU is seventh in the nation as a team at .488.
• Brooklyn Meyer surpassed 2,000 career points and became South Dakota State’s single-season scoring leader in Thursday’s win over Kansas City (lists on page 6/7)
• Brooklyn Meyer is one of two players in the country averaging 20+ points and shooting better than 60% (Audi Crooks, Iowa State).
• Maddie Mathiowetz averages 13.8 PPG on the year. She has scored at least 15 points in 11 of the last 15 games and at least 20 in four of the last six.
• Emilee Fox is the No. 1 3-point shooter in the nation at .481 on the year. She scores 8.3 points per game.
• As a starter (last nine games), Hadley Thul contributes 9.1 points, 4.1 rebounds and 2.7 assists while shooting 53%. She is the Jackrabbits’ third leading scorer in that stretch.