2022–23 South Dakota State Jackrabbits women's basketball team

2022–23 South Dakota State Jackrabbits women's basketball
Summit League regular season and Tournament champions
NCAA tournament, second round
ConferenceSummit League
Record29–6 (18–0 The Summit)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Carissa Thielbar (9th season)
  • Megan Lueck (5th season)
  • Sadie Thramer (2nd season)
Home arenaFrost Arena
Seasons
2022–23 Summit League women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
South Dakota State † 18 – 0   1.000 29 – 6   .829
North Dakota State 12 – 6   .667 18 – 12   .600
North Dakota 11 – 7   .611 19 – 13   .594
South Dakota 10 – 8   .556 14 – 16   .467
Oral Roberts 8 – 10   .444 12 – 19   .387
Omaha 8 – 10   .444 15 – 17   .469
Denver 8 – 10   .444 12 – 18   .400
St. Thomas* 7 – 11   .389 13 – 17   .433
Western Illinois 5 – 13   .278 10 – 20   .333
Kansas City 3 – 15   .167 9 – 23   .281
* Ineligible for the 2023 NCAA tournament due to transition from Division III
† 2023 Summit League Tournament winner
As of March 19, 2023

The 2022–23 South Dakota State Jackrabbits women's basketball team represented South Dakota State University in the 2022–23 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Jackrabbits, led by twenty-third year head coach Aaron Johnston, competed in the Summit League. They played their home games in Frost Arena in Brookings, South Dakota.

Previous season

The Jackrabbits went 29–9 overall and 17–1 in conference play. They finished tied for first in conference play and with tiebreaker system in place they were seeded number one in the 2022 Summit League Women's Basketball Tournament based on a higher NCA NET Ranking.[1] The Jackrabbits finished off number eight seed Denver 86–59 in the first round and then passed by number four seed Oral Roberts 72−53.[2][3] In the Championship game, the Jackrabbits would fall to the number two seed South Dakota Coyotes 45–56.[4]

The Jackrabbits were one of the top teams to miss the 2022 NCAA Tournament, but were an automatic qualifier for the 2022 Women's National Invitation Tournament. In their first round game they played Ohio Bobcats and won 87–57. Their second round match-up against Big Ten opponent Minnesota Gophers ended with the Jackrabbits on top 78–57. The Jackrabbits faced the Drake Bulldogs in the third round of the WNIT and slipped past them 84−66. The Jackrabbits quarterfinals match was against SEC opponent Alabama Crimson Tide and beat them 78−73. The Jackrabbits' semifinal game was a rematch from November against the UCLA Bruins of the PAC-12 and like the first match-up ending in a Jackrabbits win, the Jackrabbits would move past the Bruins 62–59. The Jackrabbits, hosting the WNIT Championship game, played the Seton Hall Pirates and beat them 82-50 winning their first WNIT Championship.[5]

Departures

Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Notes
Lindsey Theuninck 3 G 5'7" RS-Junior Mankato, Minnesota Graduated
Haley Greer 11 G 5'10" Graduate Student Winnetka, Illinois Graduated
Tylee Irwin 21 G 6'0" Senior Wahpeton, North Dakota Graduated
Addison Hirschman 52 C 6'2" Senior Kingsley, Iowa Graduated

Additions

Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Notes
Madison Mathiowetz 3 G 5'10" Freshman Sleepy Eye, Minnesota Signed for the 2022-23 season
Ellie Colbeck 5 G 5'10" Freshman Fergus Falls, Minnesota Signed for the 2022-23 season
Dru Gylten 10 G 5'10" Graduate Student Rapid City, South Dakota Transferred from Utah[6]
Brooklyn Meyer 31 F 6'2" Freshman Larchwood, Iowa Signed for the 2022-23 season
Natalie Nielsen 34 F 6'3" Freshman Akron, Iowa Signed for the 2022-23 season

Roster

2022–23 South Dakota State Jackrabbits women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 3 Madison Mathiowetz 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr St. Mary's High School Sleepy Eye, MN
G 5 Ellie Colbeck 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Kennedy Secondary School Fergus Falls, MN
G 10 Dru Gylten 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) GS St. Thomas More High School
Utah 		Rapid City, SD
F 12 Kallie Theisen 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Wayzata High School Plymouth, MN
G 13 Haleigh Timmer 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So St. Thomas More High School Rapid City, SD
F 20 Tori Nelson 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Henry Sibley High School Mendota Heights, MN
G 21 Paige Meyer 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) So Albany High School Albany, MN
F 22 Madysen Vlastuin 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Lennox High School Lennox, SD
F 24 Mesa Byom 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Melrose-Mindoro High School Melrose, WI
F 31 Brooklyn Meyer 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr West Lyon Community School Larchwood, IA
F 33 Paiton Burckhard 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Aberdeen Central High School Aberdeen, SD
F 34 Natalie Nielsen 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Akron–Westfield Senior High School Akron, IA
F 42 Regan Nesheim 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS Jr Johnston High School Johnston, IA
F 44 Myah Selland 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS Sr Sanborn Central/Woonsocket High School Letcher, SD
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
November 2, 2022*
6:00 pm 		No. 23 Southwest Minnesota State W 105–58  0–0
 Frost Arena 
Brookings, SD
Non-conference regular season
November 7, 2022*
7:00 pm, MidcoSN2/ESPN3 		No. 23 No. 21 Creighton L 69–78  0–1
 Frost Arena (2,504)
Brookings, SD
November 11, 2022*
7:00 pm 		No. 23 Lehigh W 91–73  1–1
 Frost Arena (1,667)
Brookings, SD
November 14, 2022*
6:00 pm, MidcoSN 		Mississippi State W 63–62  2–1
 Frost Arena (1,787)
Brookings, SD
November 19, 2022*
1:30 pm, FloHoops 		vs. UCLA
Battle 4 Atlantis quarterfinals[7] 		L 65–72  2–2
 Imperial Arena (235)
Nassau, Bahamas
November 20, 2022*
4:00 pm, FloHoops 		vs. Rutgers
Battle 4 Atlantis consolation 2nd round 		W 75–56  3–2
 Imperial Arena (128)
Nassau, Bahamas
November 21, 2022*
5:00 pm, FloHoops 		vs. No. 10 Louisville
Battle 4 Atlantis 5th place game 		W 65–55  4–2
 Imperial Arena (215)
Nassau, Bahamas
November 28, 2022*
9:00 pm 		at Washington State L 41–61  4–3
 Beasley Coliseum (630)
Pullman, WA
November 30, 2022*
8:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at Montana State L 66–71  4–4
 Brick Breeden Fieldhouse (1,464)
Bozeman, MT
December 3, 2022*
7:00 pm 		Northern Iowa W 80–69  5–4
 Frost Arena (1,869)
Brookings, SD
December 10, 2022*
1:00 pm 		vs. No. 24 Kansas State W 82–78  6–4
 Municipal Auditorium (673)
Kansas City, MO
December 12, 2022*
6:00 pm, MidcoSN 		UT Martin W 75–36  7–4
 Frost Arena (743)
Brookings, SD
December 15, 2022*
6:00 pm, ESPN2 		vs. No. 1 South Carolina L 44–62  7–5
 Sanford Pentagon (2,369)
Sioux Falls, SD
Summit League regular season
December 19, 2022
7:00 pm, MidcoSN2 		Oral Roberts W 83–80  8–5
(1–0) 		Frost Arena (1,281)
Brookings, SD
December 21, 2022
12:00 pm 		Kansas City W 86–54  9–5
(2–0) 		Frost Arena (557)
Brookings, SD
December 29, 2022
6:00 pm 		at Western Illinois W 85–63  10–5
(3–0) 		Western Hall (364)
Macomb, IL
December 31, 2022
1:00 pm 		at St. Thomas W 61–51  11–5
(4–0) 		Schoenecker Arena (958)
St. Paul, MN
January 5, 2023
7:00 pm 		North Dakota State W 94–63  12–5
(5–0) 		Frost Arena (1,341)
Brookings, SD
January 7, 2023
2:00 pm, MidcoSN2 		North Dakota W 105–72  13–5
(6–0) 		Frost Arena (1,299)
Brookings, SD
January 14, 2023
1:00 pm, MidcoSN 		South Dakota W 118–59  14–5
(7–0) 		Frost Arena (3,136)
Brookings, SD
January 19, 2023
7:00 pm 		at Omaha W 68–61  15–5
(8–0) 		Baxter Arena (478)
Omaha, NE
January 21, 2023
2:00 pm 		at Denver W 74–64  16–5
(9–0) 		Hamilton Gymnasium (393)
Denver, CO
January 26, 2023
7:00 pm, MidcoSN/ESPN+ 		St. Thomas W 99–57  17–5
(10–0) 		Frost Arena (1,322)
Brookings, SD
January 28, 2023
2:00 pm 		Western Illinois W 81–58  18–5
(11–0) 		Frost Arena (2,031)
Brookings, SD
February 2, 2023
7:00 pm, MidcoSN 		at North Dakota W 75–57  19–5
(12–0) 		Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,381)
Grand Forks, ND
February 4, 2023
1:00 pm, WDAY Xtra/ESPN+ 		at North Dakota State W 82–54  20–5
(13–0) 		Scheels Center (1,722)
Fargo, ND
February 11, 2023
1:00 pm, MidcoSN/ESPN3 		at South Dakota W 79–48  21–5
(14–0) 		Sanford Coyote Sports Center (3,025)
Vermillion, SD
February 16, 2023
7:00 pm, MidcoSN2 		Denver W 82–34  22–5
(15–0) 		Frost Arena (1,835)
Brookings, SD
February 18, 2023
2:00 pm 		Omaha W 87–54  23–5
(16–0) 		Frost Arena (2,569)
Brookings, SD
February 23, 2023
7:00 pm 		at Kansas City W 86–52  24–5
(17–0) 		Municipal Auditorium (622)
Kansas City, MO
February 25, 2023
2:00 pm 		at Oral Roberts W 92–67  25–5
(18–0) 		Mabee Center (2,275)
Tulsa, OK
Summit League Women's Tournament
March 4, 2023
12:30 pm, MidcoSN/ESPN+ 		(1) vs. (8) St. Thomas
Quarterfinals 		W 87–59  26–5
 Denny Sanford Premier Center 
Sioux Falls, SD
March 6, 2023
12:30 pm, MidcoSN/ESPN+ 		(1) vs. (5) Oral Roberts
Semifinals 		W 87–60  27–5
 Denny Sanford Premier Center 
Sioux Falls, SD
March 7, 2023
1:00 pm, ESPNU 		(1) vs. (6) Omaha
Championship 		W 93–51  28–5
 Denny Sanford Premier Center (6,002)
Sioux Falls, SD
NCAA Women's Tournament
March 17, 2023*
7:00 pm, ESPNews 		(9 S3) vs. (8 S3) USC
First Round 		W 62–57 OT 29–5
 Cassell Coliseum (8,925)
Blacksburg, VA
March 19, 2023*
4:00 pm, ESPN2 		(9 S3) at (1 S3) No. 4 Virginia Tech
Second Round 		L 60–72  29–6
 Cassell Coliseum (8,925)
Blacksburg, VA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time.

Schedule Source:[8]

Rankings

2022–23 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Regular Season Polls
Poll Pre-
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18		 Week
19		 Final
AP 23 RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV
Coaches 24 RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
(RV)   Received Votes
(NR)   Not Ranked

Player statistics

Batting

Individual player statistics (Final)
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Selland, Myah 35 35 29.1 .531% .425% .800% 6.4 2.4 1.5 0.4 16.1
Timmer, Haleigh 35 35 27.7 .460% .373% .720% 3.6 1.6 1.0 0.1 12.1
Meyer, Paige 23 10 22.2 .557% .488% .764% 2.8 2.1 0.9 0.0 10.5
Bruckhard, Paiton 35 35 23.5 .483% .265% .696% 5.1 1.6 1.1 0.2 10.2
Nelson, Tori 35 35 25.7 .457% .228% .756% 3.4 2.4 0.6 0.9 7.9
Theisen, Kallie 35 0 16.9 .477% .286% .647% 6.4 0.9 0.7 1.3 6.1
Meyer, Brooklyn 35 0 12.5 .500% - .560% 3.6 0.7 0.3 0.6 5.6
Gylten, Dru 34 17 18.9 .396% .375% .795% 2.1 3.2 0.7 0.1 4.4
Vlastuin, Madysen 32 0 12.7 .388% .371% 1.000% 1.7 0.7 0.4 0.0 4.2
Mathiowetz, Madison 32 1 10.7 .353% .256% .829% 1.5 0.7 0.2 0.0 3.1
Byom, Mesa 21 0 3.8 .630% .167% .750% 1.3 0.1 0.0 0.2 2.0
Colbeck, Ellie 28 7 8.9 .300% .250% .733% 1.0 0.7 0.1 0.0 1.7
Nesheim, Regan 15 0 3.9 .250% .000% .000% 0.4 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1
Total 35 - 200.7 .473% .348% .721% 40.6 16.7 7.5 3.9 78.3

References

  1. ^ "2022 #SummitWBB Championship Bracket unveiled". The Summit League. March 1, 2022. Retrieved November 14, 2022.
  2. ^ "Top-seeded Jacks post quarterfinal-win over Denver". The Summit League. March 5, 2022. Retrieved November 14, 2022.
  3. ^ "Jackrabbits advance to title game with win over Oral Roberts". The Summit League. March 7, 2022. Retrieved November 14, 2022.
  4. ^ "Coyotes claim third straight #SummitWBB Championship title". The Summit League. March 8, 2022. Retrieved November 14, 2022.
  5. ^ "SOUTH DAKOTA STATE WINS WNIT CHAMPIONSHIP". South Dakota State Athletics. April 2, 2022. Retrieved September 4, 2022.
  6. ^ "Big time transfers head to Brookings". The Collegian. April 12, 2022. Retrieved September 4, 2022.
  7. ^ "Battle 4 Atlantis Bracket Released". South Dakota State Athletics. September 7, 2022. Retrieved September 9, 2022.
  8. ^ "South Dakota State Jackrabbits Schedule 2022-23". ESPN. October 19, 2022. Retrieved October 19, 2022.