FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla. – South Dakota State’s Madison Guebert made the game-winning 3-point field goal before the final buzzer sounded as the Jackrabbits defeated Charlotte 71-70 in the Puerto Rico Clasico in Cardinal Gibbons Arena on Saturday afternoon.
The come-from-behind win improved SDSU to 5-1 on the season while Charlotte fell to 2-4.
Macy Miller recorded her third 20-plus point game of the year with a season- and game-high 25 points. The junior sank a season-best four 3-pointers and was 7-of-10 from the free-throw line.
Guebert tallied 20 points on 7-of-13 shooting, including five 3-pointers.
SDSU sank 14 treys on 28 attempts.
The Jackrabbits led just three times in the game. With 19 seconds left in the third quarter, Miller sank a 3-pointer to give SDSU a 53-52 lead but the 49ers closed the quarter with two foul shots for a 54-53 lead. Charlotte then used an 8-2 run at the start of the fourth quarter to take a seven-point lead, 62-55, with 6:45 left.
South Dakota State took its second lead when Rylie Cascio Jensen sank a 3-pointer to cap a 10-2 run and give the Jackrabbits a 65-64 lead with 2:58 remaining.
A traditional three-point play by the 49ers was answered by a Guebert three-point play with 36 seconds left. Charlotte’s Amaya Ransom sank a 3-pointer with 10 seconds left for a 70-68 49er lead.
With one second left, Guebert took a pass from Alexis Alexander on the right wing for the final SDSU 3-pointer and the win.
The Jackrabbits assisted on 20 of their 23 field goals, as seven different players recorded at least two – including four by Miller. She also grabbed five rebounds.
Notes: Guebert is now fifth in career 3-pointers at State with 195. ... Miller’s 25 points gave her 1,224 for her career. ... Thompson has 1,024 career points and Guebert 935.
Up Next
South Dakota State begins a four-game homestand Nov. 30 with a 7 p.m. game against Northern Iowa in Frost Arena.
SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 71, CHARLOTTE 70
South Dakota State (6-1)
Alexis Alexander 1-3 0-0 3, Madison Guebert 7-13 1-1 20, Macy Miller 7-15 7-10 25, Myah Selland 2-4 0-0 4, Ellie Thompson 1-2 0-0 2, Rylie Cascio Jensen 2-5 0-0 6, Tylee Irwin 2-4 1-2 7, Tagyn Larson 0-1 1-2 1, Sydney Palmer 1-4 1-2 3, Sydney Tracy 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 23-51 11-17 71.
Charlotte (2-4)
Laia Raventos 8-13 5-6 21, Octavia Wilson 2-4 5-5 10, Nyilah Jamison-Myers 3-11 3-8 9, Dara Pearson 1-4 0-1 2, Amaya Ransom 7-13 0-0 16, Mariah Linney 3-5 1-1 7, Lauren Harley 1-2 0-0 2, Jaida Robinson 1-1 1-2 3. Totals 26-53 15-23 70.
SDSU 13 21 19 18 – 71
Charlotte 18 20 16 16 – 70
3-point goals – SDSU 14-28 (Guebert 5-9, Miller 4-8, Cascio Jensen 2-4, Irwin 2-4, Alexander 1-2, Palmer 0-1), UC 3-8 (Ransom 2-4, Wilson 1-2, Linney 0-2). Rebounds – SDSU 25 (Miller, Palmer 5), UC 31 (Pearson 11). Assists – SDSU 20 (Miller 4), UC 9 (Raventos 5). Steals – SDSU 8 (Cascio Jensen 3), UC 8 (Raventos 3). Blocks – SDSU 0, UC 1 (Harley 1). Turnovers – SDSU 15, UC 15. Total fouls – SDSU 22, UC 16. Fouled out – Thompson. Technical fouls – none. A – 158.
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