OMAHA, Neb. – The South Dakota State women’s basketball team scored a season-high 35 points in the first quarter and never stopped scoring in its 103-54 win over Omaha in Saturday afternoon’s Summit League game at Baxter Arena.
Macy Miller led the Jackrabbits (19-5, 8-1) with 17 points, eight rebounds and seven assists.
Ellie Thompson recorded her 11th career double-double with 16 points and 11 rebounds. Tylee Irwin and Madison Guebert added 15 and 14 points, respectively.
Anne Vidal scored a game-high 26 points for Omaha (10-11, 1-7)
After missing their first shot, the Jackrabbits made nine in a row – including five 3-pointers – to take a 25-7 lead after Thompson scored inside with 3:42 to play in the quarter. Guebert scored nine of her points in the opening quarter while Miller and Thompson each added eight as the Jackrabbits led 35-14 after the first quarter.
Thompson scored inside to give SDSU a 54-25 lead with 1:20 left in the first half.
SDSU held a 75-43 lead after three quarters.
Megan Bultsma opened the fourth quarter with six consecutive points to give the Jackrabbits an 81-43 lead with 7:43 remaining. Irwin scored 10 straight points before Bultsma scored inside to give SDSU a 101-51 lead.
Notes: Miller moved from 18th to 15th in career points in Summit League history with 1,552, passing Oakland’s Melissa Jeltema (1,544 from 2006-10), IUPUI’s Tiffany Kyser (1,544 from 1999-2003) and Western Illinois’ Zane Teilane (1,547 from 2002-06). ... The Jackrabbits surpassed the century mark for the second time in three games. It is SDSU’s 41st game scoring 100-or-more points. Every Jackrabbit scored five-or-more points. The Jackrabbits have scored 30-or-more points in a quarter this season five times this season. ... Bultsma scored a career-high eight points. ... The Jackrabbits’ 41 field goals are a season high as are the 30 assists and 13 steals. ... Thompson set season highs with 11 rebounds and three steals.
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South Dakota State returns to Frost Arena on Thursday when it is host to Denver at 7 p.m.
SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 103, OMAHA 54
South Dakota State (19-5, 8-1 Summit)
Tagyn Larson 1-4 3-4 6, Ellie Thompson 7-9 2-5 16, Alexis Alexander 2-5 0-0 5, Madison Gue-bert 5-10 0-0 14, Macy Miller 7-13 1-2 17, Rylie Cascio Jensen 3-7 0-0 7, Tylee Irwin 6-10 0-0 15, Sydney Palmer 4-6 0-0 9, Sydney Tracy 2-3 2-2 6, Megan Bultsma 4-5 0-0 8. Totals 41-72 8-13 103.
Omaha (10-11, 1-7 Summit)
Emily Dewey 0-4 0-0 0, Courtney Vaccher 1-1 0-0 2, Kalen Phillips 2-7 2-2 7, Jess Walter 2-10 0-0 5, Alicia Mountain 0-3 0-0 0, Sara Echelberry 0-0 0-0 0, Amber Vidal 9-27 5-11 26, Claire Killi-an 5-10 0-1 12, Emily Petersen 0-6 0-0 0, Romekia Wallace 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 20-70 5-7 54.
SDSU 35 19 21 28 – 103
UNO 14 13 16 11 – 54
3-point goals – SDSU 13-31 (Guebert 4-8, Irwin 3-6, Miller 2-4, Palmer 1-2, Larson 1-3, Alexan-der 1-4, Cascio Jensen 1-4), UNO 9-33 (Vidal 5-11, Killian 2-7, Phillips 1-3, Walter 1-5, Moun-tain 0-1, Petersen 0-6). Rebounds – SDSU 47 (Thompson 11), UNO 34 (Dewey 5). Assists – SDSU 30 (Miller 7), UNO 9 (Phillips, Vidal 3). Steals – SDSU 13 (Thompson, Alexander 3), UNO 6 (Vidal 3). Blocks – SDSU 9 (Larson 4), UNO 0. Turnovers – SDSU 10, UNO 18. Total fouls – SDSU 9, UNO 12. Fouled out – none. Technical fouls – none. A – 1,383.
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