# 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.

## 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. 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. In the Championship game, the Jackrabbits would fall to the number two seed South Dakota Coyotes 45–56.
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.

### 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 |
| 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 |

## 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 | 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:

## Rankings

2022–23 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
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 |