2020–21 South Dakota State Jackrabbits women's basketball team

Intercollegiate basketball season

2020–21 South Dakota State Jackrabbits women's basketball
The Summit League regular season championship
NCAA tournament, first round
ConferenceSummit League
Ranking
APNo. 25
Record21–4 (14–0 The Summit)
Head coach
  • Aaron Johnston (21st full, 22nd overall season)
Assistant coaches
  • Mike Jewett
  • Carissa Thielbar
  • Megan Lueck
Home arenaFrost Arena
Seasons
2020–21 Summit League women's basketball standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 25 South Dakota State 14 – 0   1.000 21 – 4   .840
South Dakota 12 – 2   .857 19 – 6   .760
North Dakota State 9 – 7   .563 15 – 9   .625
Kansas City 7 – 8   .467 10 – 12   .455
Western Illinois 6 – 8   .429 8 – 16   .333
Denver 5 – 9   .357 7 – 16   .304
Omaha 4 – 8   .333 7 – 13   .350
Oral Roberts 4 – 8   .333 6 – 15   .286
North Dakota 2 – 13   .133 2 – 19   .095
† 2021 Summit League Tournament winner
As of December 2, 2021
Rankings from AP poll

The 2020–21 South Dakota State Jackrabbits women's basketball represent South Dakota State University in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Jackrabbits, led by twenty-first year head coach Aaron Johnston, compete in the Summit League. They play home games in Frost Arena in Brookings, South Dakota.

Previous season

The Jackrabbits went 23–10 overall and 13–3 in conference play, finishing second.

South Dakota State played North Dakota in the quarterfinals, winning 72-43 and then followed it up two days later with a win in the semifinals against North Dakota State 76-56. The Jackrabbits made an appearance in the championship game against the 17th ranked South Dakota Coyotes, playing the Coyotes close they Jackrabbits fell short 58-63.

The postseason was put on hold due to the coronavirus outbreak and hopes for a possible NCAA at-large bid or automatic WNIT birth was dashed.

Departures

Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Notes
Rylie Cascio Jensen 2 G 5'10" Senior Fremont, NE Graduated
Tagyn Larson 24 F 6'2" RS-Senior Sioux Falls, SD Graduated
Megan Bultsma 50 C 6'3" Senior Plankinton, SD Graduated

Additions

Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Notes
Haley Greer 11 G 5'10" Senior Winnetka, IL Graduate transfer from Colgate[1]
Madysen Vlastuin 22 F 6'1" Freshman Lennox SD Signed for the 2020-21 season [2]
Emily Herzberg 4 G 6'0" Freshman Melrose, WI Signed for the 2020-21 season
Mesa Byom 24 F 6'2" Freshman Melrose, WI Signed for the 2020-21 season

Roster

2020–21 South Dakota State Jackrabbits women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 3 Lindsey Theuninck 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) RS Jr Mankato Loyola Mankato, MN
G 4 Emily Herzberg 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Melrose-Mindoro HS Melrose, WI
G 10 Lauren Rongisch 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) RS So Millard West HS Omaha, NE
G 11 Haley Greer 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) GS New Trier HS
Colgate 		Winnetka, IL
F 12 Kallie Theisen 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Wayzata High School Plymouth, MN
F 20 Tori Nelson 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Henry Sibley High School Mendota Heights, MN
G 21 Tylee Irwin 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Wahpeton Wahpeton, ND
F 22 Madysen Vlastuin 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Lennox HS Lennox, SD
F 24 Mesa Byom 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Melrose-Mindoro HS Melrose, WI
F 30 Jordan Ferrand 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr White Bear Lake HS Lino Lakes, MN
F 33 Paiton Burckhard 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Central HS Aberdeen, SD
F 35 Sydney Stapleton 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Centennial HS Blaine, MN
F 42 Regan Nesheim 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS Fr Johnston High School Johnston, IA
G/F 44 Myah Selland 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS Jr Sanborn Central/Woonsocket HS Letcher, SD
C 52 Addison Hirschman 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Kingsley-Pierson HS Kingsley, IA
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 28, 2020*
2:00 pm, MIDCOSN/ESPN3 		No. 15 Iowa State W 76–69  1–0
 Frost Arena (678)
Brookings, SD
November 30, 2020*
6:00 pm, MIDCOSN/ESPN3 		Creighton W 66–47  2–0
 Frost Arena 
Brookings, SD
December 6, 2020*
2:00 pm 		No. 18 Gonzaga W 75–72 OT 3–0
 Frost Arena (583)
Brookings, SD
December 10, 2020*
6:30 pm, ESPN+ 		No. 22 at Kansas State L 53–62  3–1
 Bramlage Coliseum (437)
Manhattan, KS
December 12, 2020*
3:00 pm, ESPN3 		No. 22 at Northern Iowa L 48–65  3–2
 McLeod Center 
Cedar Falls, IA
December 15, 2020*
6:00 pm, ESPN3 		Drake W 87–73  4–2
 Frost Arena 
Brookings, SD
December 19, 2020*
1:00 pm, ESPN3 		at No. 20 Missouri State W 60–52  5–2
 JQH Arena 
Springfield, MO
December 21, 2020*
1:00 pm 		at Montana State W 82–67  6–2
 Worthington Arena 
Bozeman, MT
December 23, 2020*
2:00 pm, ESPN3 		Northern Iowa W 74–63  7–2
 Frost Arena 
Brookings, SD
Summit League regular season
January 8, 2021
5:00 pm 		Western Illinois W 71-61  8-2
(1-0) 		Frost Arena (504)
Brookings, SD
January 9, 2021
5:00 pm 		Western Illinois W 87-66  9-2
(2-0) 		Frost Arena (553)
Brookings, SD
January 15, 2021
3:00 pm 		at Omaha W 62-50  10-2
(3-0) 		Baxter Arena (169)
Omaha, NE
January 16, 2021
3:00 pm 		at Omaha W 64-54  11-2
(4-0) 		Baxter Arena (207)
Omaha, NE
January 22, 2021
5:00 pm, ESPN+ 		North Dakota W 81-52  12-2
(5-0) 		Frost Arena (594)
Brookings, SD
January 23, 2021
5:00 pm 		North Dakota W 66-44  13-2
(6-0) 		Frost Arena (558)
Brookings, SD
January 29, 2021
5:00 pm 		No. 25 at Denver Hamilton Gymnasium 
Denver, CO
January 30, 2021
5:00 pm 		No. 25 at Denver Hamilton Gymnasium 
Denver, CO
February 5, 2021
5:00 pm, ESPN3 		No. 23 South Dakota W 64–45  14–2
(7–0) 		Frost Arena (808)
Brookings, SD
February 6, 2021
5:00 pm, ESPN3 		No. 23 South Dakota W 80–75  15–2
(8–0) 		Frost Arena (835)
Brookings, SD
February 13, 2021
2:00 pm 		No. 23 at Oral Roberts W 82–60  16–2
(9–0) 		Mabee Center (1013)
Tulsa, OK
February 14, 2021
2:00 pm 		No. 23 at Oral Roberts W 73–61  17–2
(10–0) 		Mabee Center (0)
Tulsa, OK
February 19, 2021
5:00 pm, ESPN3 		No. 23 at North Dakota State W 86–78  18–2
(11–0) 		Scheels Center (1005)
Fargo, ND
February 20, 2021
5:00 pm, ESPN3 		No. 23 at North Dakota State W 69–60  19–2
(12–0) 		Scheels Center (1955)
Fargo, ND
February 26, 2021
5:00 pm, ESPN3 		No. 22 Kansas City W 73–53  20–2
(13–0) 		Frost Arena (640)
Brookings, SD
February 27, 2021
5:00 pm, ESPN+ 		No. 22 Kansas City W 72–66  21–2
(14–0) 		Frost Arena (629)
Brookings, SD
Summit League Women's Tournament
March 6, 2021
11:45 am, ESPN+/MidcoSN 		(1) No. 22 vs. (8) Omaha
Quarterfinals 		L 40–52  21–3
 Denny Sanford Premier Center (200)
Sioux Falls, SD
NCAA Women's Tournament
March 21, 2021*
4:30 pm, ESPN2 		(9 R) No. 25 vs. (8 R) Syracause
First Round 		L 55–72  21–4
 Frank Erwin Center 
Austin, TX
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time.

Source:[3]

Rankings

2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Regular Season Polls
Poll Pre-
Season		 Week
2		 Week
3		 Week
4		 Week
5		 Week
6		 Week
7		 Week
8		 Week
9		 Week
10		 Week
11		 Week
12		 Week
13		 Week
14		 Week
15		 Week
16		 Final
AP RV RV 22 RV RV RV RV RV RV 25 23 23 23 22 21 25 25
Coaches RV * 21 RV 25 RV RV RV RV RV RV RV 25 24 22 25 RV
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
(RV)   Received Votes
(NR)   Not Ranked

References

  1. ^ "Women's basketball adds Haley Greer". South Dakota State University Athletics. June 24, 2020. Retrieved March 26, 2021.
  2. ^ "Women's basketball announces three signees". South Dakota State University Athletics. November 13, 2019. Retrieved March 26, 2021.
  3. ^ "2020-21 Women's Basketball Schedule". South Dakota State University Athletics. June 24, 2020. Retrieved March 26, 2021.
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