Getty South Dakota State seeks a return to the Big Dance for the first time since 2018.
South Dakota State (28-4) meets rival South Dakota (19-11) in the Summit League semifinals on Monday, March 7.
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South Dakota State looks move closer to ending a three-year NCAA tournament drought when facing rival South Dakota.
The top-seeded Jackrabbits have 28 wins but came shy of making the Top 25 poll all season according to the Argus Leader’s Matt Zimmer. The Jacks haven’t lost in conference play all season. Zimmer noted that the Jacks ran No. 27 in essence and that the team may make the Big Dance even if the Coyotes pull the upset.
SDSU bounced Omaha from the Summit League tournament on March 5 in an 87-79 victory. The Jacks seek a sixth league tournament crown.
SDSU comes into the semifinal clash a Sioux Falls with a 19-game winning streak, and the Jacks haven’t lost since Dec. 15, 2021. The Jacks have a No. 44 RPI ranking to go with the streak and 28-win season. That rank ahead of notable bubble teams such as No. 45 BYU (22-10) and No. 46 Texas (21-10).
The Jacks won twice against Pac-12 Conference teams in Washington 87-76 on Nov. 23, 2021 followed by Washington State 77-74 on Dec. 11, 2021. SDSU fell to then-No. 14 Alabama 104-88 on Nov. 12, 2021, in the Jacks’ only game against a ranked opponent.
Baylor Scheierman leads the Jacks in scoring with 16.3 points per game. The 6-foot-6 sophomore guard also averages eight rebounds, 4.6 assists, and 1.4 steals per night.
Scheierman also has a the most dangerous three-point shot among the Jacks’ long-range shooters. He hits 47.5% of his three-pointers — best among Jacks who take three or more three-point shots per game. Douglas Wilson, Noah Freidel, and Zeke Mayo average 40% of better from the arc.
USD hasn’t seen much success slowing down the Jacks potent offense this season. The Coyotes gave up 84 or more points in both regular season losses to the Jacks.
Kruz Perott-Hunt leads the Coyotes in scoring with 14.9 points per game. The junior guard also averages 4.3 rebounds and 2.3 assists per night. He scored 13 points in the Coyotes’ 74-61 quarterfinal win over Kansas City on Sunday.
Playing off of Milwaukee Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo, USD’s own “Greek Freak” Tasos Kamateros posted 15 points and 11 rebounds in the win. Kamateros averages 11.7 points and 5.6 rebounds per game.
Double-double for the Greek Freak last night 😤😤
Perott-Hunt and company will look to avoid the first three-game sweep in the series between the two in-state rivals since the 1979-1980 season.