BROOKINGS, South Dakota (Dakota News Now) – The South Dakota women’s basketball team delivered a dominant performance Saturday afternoon to defeat South Dakota 118-59 at Frost Arena. Six he Jackrabbits finished in double figures and a total of 11 he Jackrabbits were on the scoring line against in-state rivals.
SDSU knocked down 17 3-pointers in the win. It was a new program record and he finished one point behind the one-game scoring record. Jax also posted his triple digits for the second time this year and his 60% shooting percentage.
The Jackrabbits defense also did its part, holding the Coyotes to 59 points. This was USD’s fifth lowest output this year, with his 35% shooting percentage.
SDSU remain undefeated in Summit League action at 7-0 and move to 14-5 overall. USD fell 8-10 on the year and 4-3 at the conference.
Of the 11 scoring Jackrabbits, 7 connected with at least one 3-pointer and Dollar Guilten, Maia Selland, Hayley Timmer When Madison Blastwin.
Pyton Berkhardt He led the Jax offensive clinic with 22 points, including 2 trays, and had 8 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 steal.
Selland and Timmer each scored 19 points and combined to go 13-17 from the field. Selland also recorded four boards, three assists and three steals. Timmer had a three-point perfect from his land and also made three steals.
Paige Meyer It was next with 14 points. Dollar Guilten 12 and Madison Blastwin at 11.
The Jax didn’t trail again, taking their first lead of the contest, 10-9, in the And-1 bucket for Selland, putting together a 17-point run to take it to 22-9 at 2:27 in the first quarter. became. Timmer put up six points during the stretch while the Coyotes committed five turnovers.
SDSU led 30-14 after 10 minutes and extended their lead to 61-30 at the halftime break. Jax continued to push the pace out of his locker room and in the 3rd quarter he scored 33 to make him 94-43 and in the 4th he led 63.
In the end, Jax forced a $23 trade and scored 13 steals. SDSU posted a season-high 27 assists that night, with 6 from Gilten and 5 from Meyer. Tori Nelson When brooklyn meyer Teamed up in 7 of SDSU’s 9 blocks. After her 8 boards at Burckhard, Kallie Thiesen followed with her 6 boards, Mesa Byeom 5 added.
Carley Duffney scored 14 points for USD. Grace Larkins adds her 10.
Note
- The Jackrabbits are currently 62-35 against the Coyotes and 17-14 when both teams are in the Summit League (2011-2012).
- SDSU are 9-1 at home this season, winning 10 of their last 11 games.
- The SDSU’s 61 points in the first half is the most in a second half since last season’s 63 points at home to Western Illinois.
- The 59 points is the Jax’s largest winning margin since beating Western Illinois by 64 last season.
- SDSU has achieved at least 50% from the three-point line three times this year.
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SDSU will travel to Omaha on Thursday and Denver on Saturday.
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