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

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.

2022–23 South Dakota State Jackrabbits women's basketball
Summit League regular season and Tournament champions
NCAA tournament, second round
Conference	Summit League
Record	29–6 (18–0 The Summit)
Head coach	Aaron Johnston (23rd full, 24th overall season)
Assistant coaches	Carissa Thielbar (9th season) Megan Lueck (5th season) Sadie Thramer (2nd season)
Home arena	Frost Arena
Seasons ← 2021–22 2023–24 →

2022–23 Summit League women's basketball standings

v t e	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

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 Aaron Johnston (Gustavus Adolphus) Assistant coach(es) Carissa Thielbar (UW–Superior) Megan Lueck (Minnesota Duluth) Sadie Thramer (Wayne State (MI)) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt 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- 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	Week 17	Week 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.