The Longhorns (10-1) and the Jackrabbits (10-2) square off Sunday. South Dakota State is currently receiving votes in both the AP and Coaches' Rankings and are #41 in the Net Rankings with wins over #30 (Creighton) and #39 (Oregon). Texas is #2 in Net behind South Carolina. Similar to the Longhorns' previous opponent, they have a roster made up entirely of guards and forwards with their tallest being 6' 2" (3). As a team, SDS takes 18.8 shots from distance a game connecting on 6.8 (36.4%).
They are very dependent on their starting 5 for scoring: 73.5% of their 72.8 points per game are from their starters, 84% when you include the 1st player off the bench. Texas is much deeper and averages 58.6% of their 90.5 ppg from starters.
One of the Jackrabbits' weakness, turnovers, happens to be a Longhorns' defensive strength and should lead to quite a few Texas buckets. SDS is -1.3 in average turnover margin so far this season, coughing it up 15 times against Duke (-6) and 23 against Oregon (-5); athletic teams that play aggressive man-to-man defense. Sound like anyone we know?
I saw a couple of familiar names while looking at the Oregon game box score. On the season, Amina Muhammad has started 9 of 11 games for the Ducks, averaging 9.5 ppg (3rd) and 5.1 rebounds (3rd) in 23.1 mpg. Another name on that Ducks roster most of us will remember is Deja Kelly and, oof, she is really struggling after transferring from North Carolina. In her final season in Chapel Hill, she averaged 16.3 ppg (34.6%, 28.6% from 3). In 11 games with Oregon, that scoring average is down to 11.3 (lowest since her freshman year) and has hit 4/29 3-pt attempts (13.8%).
Projected Starters for SDS:
G - 5' 6" G Paige Meyer, 9.6 ppg
G - 5' 10" G Madison Mathiowetz, 7 ppg
G - 5' 11" G Haleigh Timmer, 13.3 ppg
F - 6' 2" F Brooklyn Meyer, 16.2 ppg
F - 6' 2" F Mesa Byom, 6.7 ppg
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They are very dependent on their starting 5 for scoring: 73.5% of their 72.8 points per game are from their starters, 84% when you include the 1st player off the bench. Texas is much deeper and averages 58.6% of their 90.5 ppg from starters.
One of the Jackrabbits' weakness, turnovers, happens to be a Longhorns' defensive strength and should lead to quite a few Texas buckets. SDS is -1.3 in average turnover margin so far this season, coughing it up 15 times against Duke (-6) and 23 against Oregon (-5); athletic teams that play aggressive man-to-man defense. Sound like anyone we know?
I saw a couple of familiar names while looking at the Oregon game box score. On the season, Amina Muhammad has started 9 of 11 games for the Ducks, averaging 9.5 ppg (3rd) and 5.1 rebounds (3rd) in 23.1 mpg. Another name on that Ducks roster most of us will remember is Deja Kelly and, oof, she is really struggling after transferring from North Carolina. In her final season in Chapel Hill, she averaged 16.3 ppg (34.6%, 28.6% from 3). In 11 games with Oregon, that scoring average is down to 11.3 (lowest since her freshman year) and has hit 4/29 3-pt attempts (13.8%).
Projected Starters for SDS:
G - 5' 6" G Paige Meyer, 9.6 ppg
G - 5' 10" G Madison Mathiowetz, 7 ppg
G - 5' 11" G Haleigh Timmer, 13.3 ppg
F - 6' 2" F Brooklyn Meyer, 16.2 ppg
F - 6' 2" F Mesa Byom, 6.7 ppg
@mln59 @thar0902 @wb3032 @icdb17 @BrownHorn
