BROOKINGS The South Dakota State women’s basketball team has released its 2025-26 non-conference schedule.
The Jackrabbits are slated for 14 regular-season, non-conference contests, five of which will be played at First Bank & Trust Arena. The full schedule includes eight NCAA Tournament qualifiers from last season.
SDSU hosts Augustana in exhibition action Oct. 29 at First Bank & Trust Arena before officially opening the season at Creighton on Nov. 3 in Omaha.
The Jackrabbits will play their home opener against Rice on Nov. 7. The Jacks are also set to host Murray State on Nov. 11.
SDSU will travel to Rapid City to take on Montana at the Monument on Nov. 15, then returns to the east side of the state to play Gonzaga on Nov. 20 at the Pentagon in Sioux Falls.
In addition to South Dakota State, the Cancun Challenge features three more 2025 NCAA Tournament teams in Columbia, Kansas State and North Carolina. The Jackrabbits will take on each of those teams in a to-be-determined order Nov. 27-29.
The Jackrabbits will return to Brookings to match up with Weber State on Dec. 3. SDSU will play at Northern Arizona on Dec. 6. Both contests are part of the Big Sky-Summit League Challenge.
The final two road games of the non-conference slate will be at Northern Iowa (Dec. 10) and at Duke (Dec. 18). The final two home games will be against Ball State (Dec. 14) and Texas (Dec. 21).
The Summit League’s conference schedule has not yet been released.
Season tickets for South Dakota State basketball are available at JackrabbitTickets.com.
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