Women's Basketball Takes on South Dakota State

Omaha, Neb. -- Hoping to build upon the improvement showed in their second game, the Creighton women's basketball team faces a tough test on Monday against South Dakota State at 6:00 pm.

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11/30: - 6:00 p.m.
Creighton (0-2) at South Dakota State (1-0)

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Bluejays not Blue Jays:
Creighton's mascot is the Bluejays or Bluejay, one word. Conversely the MLB Toronto team is the Blue Jays.

Series with South Dakota State: Creighton Leads 8-4
The Bluejays hold a 8-4 edge on the Jackrabbits, taking three of six meetings in Brookings. After dropping three of four to SDSU from 2015-2018, Creighton posted a 61-48 win in Omaha last season.

Overall Series with South Dakota State:
Date   Opponent   Score
2/1/80   South Dakota State   W, 74-68 (ot)
2/11/84   South Dakota State   W, 78-43
3/20/08   & at South Dakota State   W, 76-69
11/14/12   at South Dakota State   W, 63-54
11/12/13   South Dakota State   W, 68-63
3/23/14   & at South Dakota State   L, 51-62
11/18/14   at South Dakota State   W, 88-81
12/12/15   South Dakota State   L, 51-53
11/11/16   at South Dakota State   L, 56-63
12/15/17   South Dakota State   W, 72-65
11/15/18   at South Dakota State   L, 65-77
12/15/19   South Dakota State   W, 61-48
& = WNIT Game

About South Dakota State

Located in Brookings, South Dakota.
The Jackrabbits were 23-10 last season, going 13-3 in the Summit League.
The Jackrabbits were picked to finish second in the Summit League preseason poll.
Head coach Aaron Johnston is 493-166 in 21 seasons at the helm for the Jackrabbits.

Scouting South Dakota State (1-0)
South Dakota State opened the season with an impressive win over No. 15 Iowa State at home on Saturday, Nov. 28, 76-69. The Jackrabbits have been a strong team to best at home, over the past six seasons SDSU has a 63-11 mark at Frost Arena.

This season the Jackrabbits have back both of their
leading scorers from 2019-20 in Paiton Burckhard (14.2 ppg) and Myah Selland (13.8). South Dakota State also added graduate transfer Haley Greer, who averaged 8.1 ppg for Colgate last season.

Scouting Creighton (0-2)
A bit out of sorts in the opener, Creighton has been without the services of starting point guard Tatum Rembao due to Covid protocols. Rembao is not expected back at South Dakota State.

The opening forced Flanery to slide Carda to the point, but allowed junior Chloe Dworak to step forward with 11 points in an opening game start.

Versus Northern Iowa it was freshman Molly Mogensen that stepped forward to shine in the point guard role. Mogensen led the Bluejays with 12 points, five rebounds and three assists in just 19 minutes.

The game with the Jackrabbits is expected to the final game Creighton will be without Rembao. Who fills this void and how well the Bluejays can run their offense is Creighton's key to success.

Bluejays Try To Avoid Third 0-3 Start Under Flanery
Head coach Jim Flanery is 19th season leading the Bluejays.During his highly successful tenure, Creighton has opened a season 0-3 just two times previously, in 2008-09 (0-3) and
in 2006-07 (0-7).

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Players Mentioned

Chloe Dworak

Molly Mogensen

Tatum Rembao