The South Dakota State Women’s basketball team is back in the NCAA Tournament after taking the Summit League Championship last week. Saturday night, the Jacks play its opening round game in the 5-12 matchup against the Utah Utes in Washington.
While it’s the opening round game for both teams, they are the last game to tip off in the first round and will have to wait longer than anybody else to get on the court between Friday and Saturday. SDSU is on a 21 game winning streak at 27-5 going undefeated in Summit League play. In fact, four of the five losses for the Jacks have come against ranked opponents. The Jacks, with most of the core back from last year’s tournament appearance, head coach Aaron Johnston says the experience is a benefit…
The Utes are 22-10 finishing sixth in the Pac-12 standings losing in its second game of the Pac-12 tournament to UCLA. Johnston says he sees similarity between the Jacks and the Utes…
The post presence is All-American Alissa Pili. The 6’2 forward transferring from USC will be a lot to handle for the Jacks and Johnston says she’s elite and they will have to have plan for her…
ESPN analytics give the Utes an 85% chance to win the game Saturday with the winner facing either Gonzaga or UC Irvine on Monday for a spot in the Sweet 16.
Tipoff is scheduled for 9:00 Central Time Saturday night in Spokane, Washington.
