SDSU women’s basketball releases non-conference schedule

The South Dakota State women’s basketball team released its 2025-26 non-conference schedule Wednesday.

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 October 29 at First Bank & Trust Arena before officially opening the season at Creighton on November 3 in Omaha.

The Jackrabbits will play their home opener against Rice on November 7. The Jacks are also set to host Murray State November 11.

SDSU will travel to Rapid City to take on Montana at the Monument on November 15, then returns to the east side of the state to play Gonzaga on November 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 November 27-29.

The Jackrabbits will return to Brookings to match up with Weber State December 3. SDSU will play at Northern Arizona December 6. Both contests are part of the Big Sky-Summit League Challenge.

Skip AdThe final two road games of the non-conference slate will be at Northern Iowa (December 10) and at Duke (December 18). The final two home games will be against Ball State (December 14) and Texas (December 21).

The Summit League’s conference schedule has not yet been released.

Season tickets for South Dakota State basketball are available at JackrabbitTickets.com.

SDSU Women’s Basketball Non-Conference Schedule

*NCAA Tournament Team