South Dakota State Jackrabbits

4-0 overall, 0-0 Summit, margin +15.2

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+7.8

net rating per 100 · #89 in D-I · model

105.1

adjusted offense · #185

97.3

adjusted defense · #43

67.8

pace, possessions / 40 · #313

-11.7

strength of schedule so far · #248

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Player of the Night Davis Kern: 24 points, 8 rebounds (W 68-66 at Kansas St) Tuesday, Nov. 3

Rotation

#	Player	Pos	Cl	Ht	GP/GS	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	eFG%	TS%	Rating
3	Joe Sayler	G	JR	6' 3"	4/4	31.5	12.5	2.5	3.0	45.9	47.6	-4.1
7	EJ Ryans	G	JR	6' 3"	4/4	28.0	8.0	4.0	2.5	50.0	60.6	+1.4
22	Davis Kern FR	F	FR	6' 9"	4/4	27.8	11.2	5.2	0.8	50.0	54.7	+2.9
5	Jon Mekonnen	F	SO	6' 8"	4/4	26.5	14.5	5.5	0.5	52.1	55.5	+2.0
35	Alec Squires	C	SO	6' 10"	2/0	24.5	7.5	7.5	1.5	100.0	84.8	+7.6
10	Kalen Garry	G	SR	6' 3"	4/4	23.0	11.0	4.8	1.8	52.9	57.8	+3.2
1	Semaj Stampley FR	G	FR	6' 1"	4/0	14.2	3.8	1.5	0.0	50.0	54.0	+1.2
23	Blake Ellwein FR	F	FR	6' 9"	4/0	12.2	1.2	3.2	0.5	16.7	23.2	+2.1
0	Trey Buchanan	G	SO	6' 1"	4/0	11.0	2.5	2.0	1.5	50.0	50.0	+2.9
11	Cam Swearengen FR	G	FR	6' 5"	2/0	9.5	5.5	3.5	1.0	68.8	61.9	+3.0
6	Jaden Rogers	G	SO	6' 6"	2/0	7.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	+2.2
4	Youssouf Yatabare FR	F	FR	6' 9"	2/0	6.0	2.0	2.5	0.5	50.0	50.0	+2.4
21	Myles Thompson	F	SR	6' 7"	2/0	4.5	1.0	0.0	0.0	50.0	50.0	+0.5
33	Jadyn Cascio Jensen	G	SO	6' 3"	0/0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
42	Jesse Van Kalsbeek	F	JR	6' 6"	0/0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Box scores from ESPN. eFG% weights threes; TS% includes free throws.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Watch	Result	Line	Rest	Miles
Tue 11/3	at Kansas State Wildcats	ESPN+	W 68-66	+11.5 cover	–	354
Fri 11/6	vs Briar Cliff Chargers	Summit League NetworkMidco Sports Plus	W 71-49	–	2	354
Wed 11/11	vs Valparaiso Beacons	Summit League NetworkMidco Sports Plus	W 81-69	-17.5 miss	4	–
Sat 11/14	vs Northern Colorado Bears N	Midco Sports PlusSummit League Network	W 71-46	-21.0 cover	2	319 -1h
Mon 11/16	vs Mayville State Comets	Summit League NetworkMidco Sports Plus	8 PM ET	–model -46.8 · 100% win	1	319
Fri 11/20	at Idaho State Bengals	ESPN+	4 PM ET	–model -11.3 · 83% win	3	788 -1h
Wed 11/25	vs Abilene Christian Wildcats	–	2 PM ET	–model -17.4 · 93% win	4	788
Sat 11/28	vs South Alabama Jaguars N	–	6 PM ET	–	2	1,058
Sun 11/29	vs Fresno State Bulldogs N	–	6 PM ET	–	0	–
Sat 12/5	at Abilene Christian Wildcats	ESPN+	7 PM ET	–	5	1,893
Tue 12/8	vs Milwaukee Panthers	–	8 PM ET	–	2	835
Sat 12/12	vs Idaho Vandals	–	TBA ET	–	2	–
Mon 12/14	vs Buena Vista Beavers	–	8 PM ET	–	2	–
Fri 12/18	at Eastern Kentucky Colonels	ESPN+	7 PM ET	–	3	793 +1h
Mon 12/21	vs Green Bay Phoenix	–	8 PM ET	–	2	793
Tue 12/29	at Nevada Wolf Pack	–	10 PM ET	–	7	1,224 -2h
Sat 1/2	vs Dakota Wesleyan Tigers	–	5:30 PM ET	–	3	1,224
Thu 1/7	at Kansas City Roos Summit	–	8 PM ET	–	4	378
Sat 1/9	at Oral Roberts Golden Eagles Summit	–	8 PM ET	–	1	218
Fri 1/15	at South Dakota Coyotes Summit	–	8 PM ET	–	5	671
Thu 1/21	vs North Dakota State Bison Summit	–	8 PM ET	–	5	106
Sat 1/23	vs North Dakota Fighting Hawks Summit	–	3 PM ET	–	1	–
Thu 1/28	at St. Thomas Tommies Summit	–	8 PM ET	–	4	187
Sun 1/31	at Omaha Mavericks Summit	–	2 PM ET	–	2	292
Thu 2/4	vs Oral Roberts Golden Eagles Summit	–	8 PM ET	–	3	216
Sat 2/6	vs Kansas City Roos Summit	–	3 PM ET	–	1	–
Sat 2/13	vs South Dakota Coyotes Summit	–	2 PM ET	–	6	–
Thu 2/18	at North Dakota Fighting Hawks Summit	–	8 PM ET	–	4	250
Sat 2/20	at North Dakota State Bison Summit	–	2 PM ET	–	1	73
Thu 2/25	vs Omaha Mavericks Summit	–	8 PM ET	–	4	177
Sat 2/27	vs St. Thomas Tommies Summit	–	3 PM ET	–	1	–

Line is this team's spread (DraftKings via ESPN for finished games, our snapshots for upcoming). "cover" / "miss" is against that number. Click a result for the box score. Rest is full days off; miles are estimated travel into the game, with any time-zone change. Season total: 13,310 miles. See the route on the travel map · TV schedule.

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Players

Joe Sayler #3 · G

Player rating-4.1#98 of 115 in the Summit

Offense-3.5#107

Defense-0.7#44

203 possessions · still mostly last season's prior · usage 30%

12.5 pts2.5 reb3.0 ast31.5 min 19-49 FG7-22 3PT5-8 FT 47.6 TS%20.2 shots+TO/40

Bio: Junior · 6' 3" · 195 lbs · White River, SD · ESPN

Game log

Date	Opp	Result	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL
11-04	at KSU	W 68-66	36	10	4-10	2-5	0-1	2	4	4	1
11-07	vs BRCF	W 71-49	26	10	4-8	1-5	1-2	2	1	2	5
11-12	vs VAL	W 81-69	33	20	7-20	2-7	4-5	4	1	1	0
11-14	at UNCO	W 71-46	31	10	4-11	2-5	0-0	2	6	4	0

EJ Ryans #7 · G

Player rating+1.4#14 of 115 in the Summit

Offense+2.2#11

Defense-0.8#47

180 possessions · still mostly last season's prior · usage 15%

8.0 pts4.0 reb2.5 ast28.0 min 9-22 FG4-10 3PT10-10 FT 60.6 TS%10.1 shots+TO/40

Bio: Junior · 6' 3" · 190 lbs · Grand Rapids, MI · ESPN

Game log

Date	Opp	Result	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL
11-04	at KSU	W 68-66	31	0	0-5	0-4	0-0	2	4	0	0
11-07	vs BRCF	W 71-49	20	8	2-4	2-3	2-2	4	2	0	0
11-12	vs VAL	W 81-69	35	11	4-5	1-1	2-2	5	4	1	2
11-14	at UNCO	W 71-46	26	13	3-8	1-2	6-6	5	0	1	0

Davis Kern #22 · F

Player rating+2.9#7 of 115 in the Summit

Offense+0.7#22

Defense+2.2#9

178 possessions · still mostly last season's prior · usage 23%

11.2 pts5.2 reb0.8 ast27.8 min 14-35 FG7-16 3PT10-14 FT 54.7 TS%15.6 shots+TO/40

Bio: Freshman · 6' 9" · 230 lbs · Marion, IA · ESPN

Game log

Date	Opp	Result	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK
11-04	at KSU	W 68-66	37	24	7-15	5-8	5-6	8	0	0	0	0
11-07	vs BRCF	W 71-49	21	10	3-7	1-3	3-4	3	0	0	2	1
11-12	vs VAL	W 81-69	27	2	1-5	0-2	0-0	6	3	0	0	3
11-14	at UNCO	W 71-46	26	9	3-8	1-3	2-4	4	0	2	0	1

Jon Mekonnen #5 · F

Player rating+2.0#13 of 115 in the Summit

Offense-0.7#59

Defense+2.6#6

170 possessions · still mostly last season's prior · usage 32%

14.5 pts5.5 reb0.5 ast26.5 min 23-47 FG3-13 3PT9-12 FT 55.5 TS%21.6 shots+TO/40

Bio: Sophomore · 6' 8" · 205 lbs · Eagan, MN · ESPN

Game log

Date	Opp	Result	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL
11-04	at KSU	W 68-66	31	14	6-11	0-2	2-4	4	0	1	3
11-07	vs BRCF	W 71-49	24	18	8-11	0-1	2-2	3	0	1	1
11-12	vs VAL	W 81-69	26	12	5-10	1-3	1-2	4	0	1	0
11-14	at UNCO	W 71-46	25	14	4-15	2-7	4-4	11	2	2	0

Alec Squires #35 · C

Player rating+7.6#1 of 115 in the Summit

Offense+3.4#2

Defense+4.2#2

80 possessions · still mostly last season's prior · usage 14%

7.5 pts7.5 reb1.5 ast24.5 min 4-4 FG0-0 3PT7-11 FT 84.8 TS%8.8 shots+TO/40

Bio: Sophomore · 6' 10" · 250 lbs · Volga, SD · ESPN

Game log

Date	Opp	Result	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK
11-04	at KSU	W 68-66	DNP
11-07	vs BRCF	W 71-49	DNP
11-12	vs VAL	W 81-69	24	7	1-1	0-0	5-8	7	0	1	0	1
11-14	at UNCO	W 71-46	25	8	3-3	0-0	2-3	8	3	1	1	0

Kalen Garry #10 · G

Player rating+3.2#3 of 115 in the Summit

Offense-0.3#46

Defense+3.5#3

146 possessions · still mostly last season's prior · usage 29%

11.0 pts4.8 reb1.8 ast23.0 min 16-35 FG5-12 3PT7-7 FT 57.8 TS%19.6 shots+TO/40

Bio: Senior · 6' 3" · 200 lbs · De Smet, SD · ESPN

Game log

Date	Opp	Result	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL
11-04	at KSU	W 68-66	38	14	6-11	2-3	0-0	8	3	3	1
11-07	vs BRCF	W 71-49	14	4	2-8	0-3	0-0	4	2	3	1
11-12	vs VAL	W 81-69	30	21	6-12	2-4	7-7	6	1	1	1
11-14	at UNCO	W 71-46	10	5	2-4	1-2	0-0	1	1	0	2

Semaj Stampley #1 · G

Player rating+1.2#17 of 115 in the Summit

Offense-0.5#53

Defense+1.7#15

93 possessions · still mostly last season's prior · usage 17%

3.8 pts1.5 reb0.0 ast14.2 min 5-13 FG3-7 3PT2-2 FT 54.0 TS%11.8 shots+TO/40

Bio: Freshman · 6' 1" · 180 lbs · Alton, IL · ESPN

Game log

Date	Opp	Result	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	TO	STL
11-04	at KSU	W 68-66	6	3	1-2	1-1	0-0	0	1	1
11-07	vs BRCF	W 71-49	22	4	2-5	0-2	0-0	3	1	1
11-12	vs VAL	W 81-69	9	5	1-2	1-1	2-2	0	0	0
11-14	at UNCO	W 71-46	20	3	1-4	1-3	0-0	3	1	1

Blake Ellwein #23 · F

Player rating+2.1#12 of 115 in the Summit

Offense-0.5#51

Defense+2.6#7

80 possessions · still mostly last season's prior · usage 15%

1.2 pts3.2 reb0.5 ast12.2 min 1-9 FG1-5 3PT2-4 FT 23.2 TS%10.4 shots+TO/40

Bio: Freshman · 6' 9" · 220 lbs · Huron, SD · ESPN

Game log

Date	Opp	Result	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL
11-04	at KSU	W 68-66	6	1	0-1	0-0	1-2	0	0	1	0
11-07	vs BRCF	W 71-49	17	1	0-4	0-2	1-2	6	0	1	1
11-12	vs VAL	W 81-69	10	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	2	1	0	0
11-14	at UNCO	W 71-46	16	3	1-4	1-3	0-0	5	1	0	0

Trey Buchanan #0 · G

Player rating+2.9#6 of 115 in the Summit

Offense-0.4#48

Defense+3.3#4

71 possessions · still mostly last season's prior · usage 17%

2.5 pts2.0 reb1.5 ast11.0 min 4-10 FG2-7 3PT0-0 FT 50.0 TS%11.8 shots+TO/40

Bio: Sophomore · 6' 1" · 190 lbs · Westfield, IN · ESPN

Game log

Date	Opp	Result	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL
11-04	at KSU	W 68-66	15	2	1-2	0-1	0-0	1	1	0	2
11-07	vs BRCF	W 71-49	21	5	2-6	1-4	0-0	7	5	1	2
11-12	vs VAL	W 81-69	6	3	1-2	1-2	0-0	0	0	2	1
11-14	at UNCO	W 71-46	2	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1

Cam Swearengen #11 · G

Player rating+3.0#5 of 115 in the Summit

Offense+1.1#18

Defense+2.0#10

32 possessions · still mostly last season's prior · usage 30%

5.5 pts3.5 reb1.0 ast9.5 min 5-8 FG1-3 3PT0-2 FT 61.9 TS%20.8 shots+TO/40

Bio: Freshman · 6' 5" · 205 lbs · Knoxville, TN · ESPN

Game log

Date	Opp	Result	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK
11-04	at KSU	W 68-66	DNP
11-07	vs BRCF	W 71-49	10	9	4-5	1-2	0-0	2	0	1	1	0
11-12	vs VAL	W 81-69	DNP
11-14	at UNCO	W 71-46	9	2	1-3	0-1	0-2	5	2	0	0	0

Jaden Rogers #6 · G

Player rating+2.2#11 of 115 in the Summit

Offense+0.2#33

Defense+2.0#11

23 possessions · still mostly last season's prior · usage 16%

0.0 pts0.5 reb0.0 ast7.0 min 0-3 FG0-2 3PT0-0 FT 0.0 TS%11.4 shots+TO/40

Bio: Sophomore · 6' 6" · 215 lbs · Waukee, IA · ESPN

Game log

Date	Opp	Result	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK
11-04	at KSU	W 68-66	DNP
11-07	vs BRCF	W 71-49	11	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	1	0	1	1	1
11-12	vs VAL	W 81-69	DNP
11-14	at UNCO	W 71-46	3	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0

Youssouf Yatabare #4 · F

Player rating+2.4#9 of 115 in the Summit

Offense-0.3#47

Defense+2.8#5

20 possessions · still mostly last season's prior · usage 29%

2.0 pts2.5 reb0.5 ast6.0 min 2-4 FG0-0 3PT0-0 FT 50.0 TS%20.0 shots+TO/40

Bio: Freshman · 6' 9" · 230 lbs · Paris, France · ESPN

Game log

Date	Opp	Result	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK
11-04	at KSU	W 68-66	DNP
11-07	vs BRCF	W 71-49	9	2	1-2	0-0	0-0	1	1	1	1	0
11-12	vs VAL	W 81-69	DNP
11-14	at UNCO	W 71-46	3	2	1-2	0-0	0-0	4	0	1	0	0

Myles Thompson #21 · F

Player rating+0.5#22 of 115 in the Summit

Offense-2.0#94

Defense+2.5#8

15 possessions · still mostly last season's prior · usage 20%

1.0 pts0.0 reb0.0 ast4.5 min 1-2 FG0-0 3PT0-0 FT 50.0 TS%13.3 shots+TO/40

Bio: Senior · 6' 7" · 230 lbs · Hutchinson, KS · ESPN

Game log

Date	Opp	Result	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK
11-04	at KSU	W 68-66	DNP
11-07	vs BRCF	W 71-49	5	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	0	0
11-12	vs VAL	W 81-69	DNP
11-14	at UNCO	W 71-46	4	2	1-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0

Jadyn Cascio Jensen #33 · G

Has not appeared yet.

Bio: Sophomore · 6' 3" · 195 lbs · Bellevue, NE · ESPN

Game log

Date	Opp	Result	MIN
11-04	at KSU	W 68-66	DNP
11-07	vs BRCF	W 71-49	DNP
11-12	vs VAL	W 81-69	DNP
11-14	at UNCO	W 71-46	DNP

Jesse Van Kalsbeek #42 · F

Has not appeared yet.

Bio: Junior · 6' 6" · 225 lbs · Sheldon, IA · ESPN

Game log

Date	Opp	Result	MIN
11-04	at KSU	W 68-66	DNP
11-07	vs BRCF	W 71-49	DNP
11-12	vs VAL	W 81-69	DNP
11-14	at UNCO	W 71-46	DNP