Game Preview, Game 20: South Dakota State University

The Jaguars complete their short home stand against South Dakota State the same night as the fourth annual Barefoot game. IUPUI Head Coach Ron Hunter, his staff, and everyone else who wants to participate (the Red Zone included) will go barefoot during the entire game to raise awareness for the 300 million children throughout the world who have no access to shoes. The women's team will take on South Dakota State as well, starting at 4:30 pm. All kinds of information inside!

(Donate to Samaritan's Feet HERE)

Game Info

Who: IUPUI vs South Dakota State
What: 4th Annual Barefoot Game
When: Women @ 4:30pm, Men @ approx. 7:00pm
Where: The Jungle at IUPUI
Special Information: Wear red, as usual. Bring a donation (cash or new/slightly used shoes) for Samaritan's feet! Kids get into the game for free. Student get into the game for free.

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Team Info

South Dakota State University 12-5 (4-2)

Location: Brookings, SD

From 2009-2010. It's true.

Mascot: Jackrabbits
Conference: Summit League
BBState Rank: 161
RPI: 219
SOS: 337
Streak: W-1
Last 10: 6-4
Home: 6-3
Road: 6-2
Points For: 81.1
Points Against: 70.2
Head Coach: Scott Nagy (Since 1996)
Home Court: Frost Arena; 6,500
Football: Yes; Bowl Championship Series
Type: Public
Affiliation: None
Founded: 1881
School Colors: Blue, Yellow
Student Population: 8,300 (Undergrad, full-time)

IUPUI 10-9 (4-2)

Location: Indianapolis, IN

Mascot: Jaguars

Conference: Summit League

BBState Rank: 133

RPI: 138

SOS: 107

Streak: W-2

Last 10: 6-4

Home: 5-1

Road: 3-6

Points For: 66.9

Points Against: 66.4

Head Coach: Ron Hunter (Since 1994)

Home Court: The Jungle; 1,215

Football: No

Type: Public

Affiliation: None

Founded: 1969

School Colors: Red, Gold

Student Population: 14,693 (Undergrad, full-time)

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Video Highlights


SDST upsets Iowa



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Samaritan's Feet

Directly from samaritansfeet.org:

Samaritan’s Feet is a non-profit organization dedicated to changing lives through Shoes of Hope distributions around the world. 300 million people wake up each morning without a pair of shoes to protect their feet from injury and disease. The goal of Samaritan’s Feet is to provide shoes to 10 million of these individuals in the next 10 years by teaching them a biblical story of faith, hope, and love, demonstrating those truths in touching them by washing their feet, and treating them to a new pair of shoes and socks.

If you can't make it to the game, or don't have a spare pair of shoes, you can text SHOES to 85944 and to make a $5 donation to Samaritan's Feet. That small donation is enough to give a child a pair of shoes. Please, help any way that you can. If we all do our part, we can help a significant number of children while helping prevent disease and injury.

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Individual Statistical Leaders
Overall # (League/National); Conf Only # (Rank)

Points Per Game
IUPUI: Young, 18.4
SDST: Wolters, 19.2 <--

Minutes Per Game
IUPUI: Young, 36.5 <--
SDST: Wolters, 32.2

Field Goal %
IUPUI: Thomas, 49.7
SDST: White, 55.2 <--

Free Throw %
IUPUI: Ashworth, 90.0
SDST: Callahan, 95.5 <--

3-Point %
IUPUI: Thomas, 38.6
SDST: Wolters, 54.2 <--

Rebounds Per Game
IUPUI: Young 6.4 <--
SDST: Callahan, 5.5

Assists Per Game
IUPUI: Ashworth, 2.8
SDST: Wolters, 6.1 <--

Assists:Turnovers
IUPUI: Ashworth, 1.9:0
SDST: Wolters, 2.8:0 <--

Steals Per Game
IUPUI: Young, 1.5 PUSH
SDST: Wolters, 1.5

Blocks Per Game
IUPUI: Young, 0.7 PUSH
SDST: White, 0.7

Efficiency
IUPUI: Young, 14.6
SDST: Wolters, 19.4 <--

Effective Field Goal %
IUPUI: Thomas, 55.0
SDST: White, 67.1 <--

Points Per Shot
IUPUI: Thomas, 1.16
SDST: White, 1.35 <--

True Shooting %
IUPUI: Thomas, 58.3
SDST: Callahan, 68.6 <--

Points Per 40 Minutes
IUPUI: Young, 20.1
SDST: Wolters, 23.8 <--

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Team Statistics and Rankings
Overall # (League/National); Conf Only # (Rank)

Field Goal %
IUPUI: 45.2 (6/106); 45.3 (7)
SDST: 46.8 (4/55); 49.3 (3) <--

2-Point Field Goal %
IUPUI: 48.3 (5/149); 50.4 (5)
SDST: 48.7 (4/136); 52.2 (3) <--

3-Point Field Goal %
IUPUI: 34.3 (8/173); 31.9 (9)
SDST: 42.9 (1/5); 44.5 (2) <--

Points Per Shot
IUPUI: 1.06 (6/146); 1.073 (7)
SDST: 1.14 (2/31); 1.190 (3) <--

Free Throw %
IUPUI: 76.3 (2/17); 75.9 (1) <--
SDST: 68.7 (5/168); 66.4 (7)

Possessions Per 40 Minutes
IUPUI: 63.1 (9/332); 63.5 (9)
SDST: 71.3 (2/87); 72.5 (1) <--

Offensive Points Per Possession
IUPUI: 1.012 (6/117); 1.112 (4)
SDST: 1.123 (1/15); 1.196 (2) <--

Defensive Points Per Possession
IUPUI: 1.038 (5/251); 1.085 (5) PUSH
SDST: 1.006 (3/211); 1.062 (4)

Turnovers Per Game
IUPUI: 11.4 (2/21); 8.7 (1) PUSH
SDST: 10.5 (1/4); 9.5 (2)

Assists Per Game
IUPUI: 10.6 (7/312); 10.2 (8)
SDST: 15.2 (3/52); 15.7 (2) <--

Assists:Turnovers
IUPUI: 0.839 (7/231); 1.173 (4)
SDST: 1.446 (1/12); 1.649 (1) <--

Field Goal % Allowed
IUPUI: 46.9 (8/301); 49.2 (9) PUSH
SDST: 46.3 (5/278); 48.8 (8) <--

2-Point Field Goal % Allowed
IUPUI: 52.3 (9/308); 50.0 (5)
SDST: 47.5 (2/162); 49.0 (2) <--

3-Point Field Goal % Allowed
IUPUI: 35.9 (4/228); 47.5 (9) <--
SDST: 42.8 (10/345); 48.3 (10)

Rebounds Per Game
IUPUI: 27.6 (9/332); 29.0 (6)
SDST: 31.9 (3/179); 30.3 (4) <--

Blocks Per Game
IUPUI: 2.5 (9/275); 2.0 (8) PUSH
SDST: 2.8 (5/242); 2.0 (8)

Fouls Per Game
IUPUI: 15.0 (1/11); 14.5 (1) <--
SDST: 18.4 (3/124); 18.0 (3)

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Key Matchup

IUPUI Perimeter Play
vs
SDST Perimeter Play
Though IUPUI isn't the best perimeter shooting team, South Dakota State is the worst three-point defense team in the nation (345th). The IUPUI perimeter defense isn't great, but they still only allow 35.9% shooting, and SDST is going to attempt to exploit it as the #5 superhoop shooting team nationally. The team with the better three point shooting will be the winner.

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Keys To The Game

Nate Wolters

1) Stop Nate Wolters.
A few other bloggers around the Summit League who have seen him play all agree: This is the next Ben Woodside. He can dribble-penetrate and score inside, kick the ball out and find the open man, as well as knock down shots at will. Expect Stephen Thomas to be his shadow all night long.

2) Share The Wealth.
When IUPUI only has two guys scoring, they are a weak, vulnerable team. If the offense can find multiple people on every possession, the SDST defense will be forced to pick their poison. IPFW demonstrated this kind of "Oh Sh*t" defense in the second half collapse last weekend, allowing Leroy, Alex, Christian, and Stephen to shred them however they wanted to. If the Jags run away with this one, they'll have at least three guys in double figures.

3) Keep Rebounding Well.
Despite a lack of interior size, IUPUI's rebound percent (equation: rebounds/total opposition missed shots) is 52.5% in conference, good for second best. South Dakota State is at a "meager" 49.8%, seventh in the League. IUPUI has four players averaging over 3.0 rebounds per game in Summit League games, including Christian's 7.2 and Alex's 6.3.

4) 48% FG; 83% FT; 40% 3P.