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Notebook: Paluch goes down Jacks’ win

Jackrabbits come together after Paluch injury An excited Sioux Falls Arena fell silent in the first half the Jackrabbits’ win over IUPUI Monday when SDSU guard Steph Paluch left the game with an injury to her right knee. Paluch had a break away basket and came to a jump stop before falling to the ground [...]

Jackrabbits fight adversity to reach final

For the fourth season in a row, the SDSU women’s basketball team will be in the Summit League championship game. They paid an unwanted price in the process. After two big runs, the Jackrabbits advanced to the Summit League final in a 79-54 victory over IUPUI, but at the expense of Steph Paluch, who went [...]

Tony Fiegen tries a jumper in the first half of SDSU's 74-57 win over Western Illinois on Feb. 23 / Collegian Photo by Aaron Stoneberger

Live Blog: 2012 Summit Semifinals

Live Blog: 2012 Men’s Summit League Semifinals: SDSU vs. Southern Utah Live Blog: 2012 Summit Women’s Semifinals: SDSU vs. IUPUI

Notebook: Surprises abound on Day 2 of tourney

Balance carries the Jags in breakthrough win The IUPUI’s women’s basketball team has had a spotty history in the Summit League Tournament. They finished second in 2008, made the semifinals in 2009 and did not qualify for the event in each of the last two seasons. Given the recent run, few had the Jaguars in [...]

SDSU guard Jill Young brings the ball up the court against Southern Utah on Feb. 4. / Collegian Photo by Aaron Stoneberger

Live Blog: 2012 Summit League Quarterfinals

Live Blog: 2012 Summit League Men’s Quarterfinal: SDSU vs. IUPUI Live Blog: 2012 Summit League Women’s Quarterfinals – SDSU vs. IPFW

Jill Young makes a pass in the first half of SDSU's 101-61 win over WIU on Feb. 27 / Collegian Photo by Andrew Turner

Jackrabbits hit triple-digits in home finale

Taking care of business. One could say that’s all SDSU seniors Jill Young and Jennie Sunnarborg have done for the bulk of their careers. They did that and got a lot of extra help in hitting the 100-point mark for the first time in four years in a 101-61 win over Western Illinois on Monday [...]

SDSU's Rachel Walters battles NDSU's Abby Plucker (left) and Jennifer Lopez in the Jacks' 88-52 win over the Bison Feb. 18 / Collegian Photo by Aaron Stoneberger

Live Blog: SDSU women vs. Western Illinois

Live Blog: SDSU women vs. Western Illinois

Jordan Dykstra shoots in the first half of the Jackrabbits' win over IUPUI on Feb. 26 / Collegian Photo by Aaron Stoneberger

Jackrabbits finish season perfect at Frost

For SDSU head basketball coach Scott Nagy, each game is bigger than the last. Coachspeak or not, that turned out to be the case Saturday night. On a milestone night for the Jackrabbits, SDSU closed out an undefeated season at home with a 75-64 win over IUPUI in front of 3,933 fans at Frost Arena. [...]

Live Blog: SDSU basketball doubleheader vs. IUPUI

Live Blog: SDSU basketball doubleheader vs. IUPUI

Tony Fiegen tries a jumper in the first half of SDSU's 74-57 win over Western Illinois on Feb. 23 / Collegian Photo by Aaron Stoneberger

Hot shooting helps SDSU past Leathernecks

Western Illinois rarely finds a defensive struggle that they don’t like and SDSU played along until the threes were too much for the Leathernecks. In what can best be described as a rock fight, the Jackrabbits showed their outside shooting prowess in a 74-57 win over the Leathernecks on Thursday night in Brookings, extending SDSU’s [...]