BROOKINGS – Six Jackrabbits, led by Madison Guebert’s 21 points, scored nine or more points as South Dakota State upended No. 21 Drake, 80-71, in nonconference women’s basketball action on Saturday afternoon at Frost Arena.
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BROOKINGS – Six Jackrabbits, led by Madison Guebert’s 21 points, scored nine or more points as South Dakota State upended No. 21 Drake, 80-71, in nonconference women’s basketball action on Saturday afternoon at Frost Arena.
Guebert knocked down two of her five 3-pointers in the first quarter to help the Jackrabbits to a 24-15 lead after the first 10 minutes.
Back-to-back 3-pointers by Guebert midway through the second gave SDSU its biggest lead of the contest at 14 points, 40-26, before the Bulldogs closed with a 9-5 run to make it 45-35 at halftime.
Drake pulled within five points, 49-44, three minutes into the third quarter before Sydney Palmer got hot as she scored nine straight points to give the Jacks a 12-point cushion at 58-46 with 4:32 to play.
An old-fashioned three-point play by Monica Burich got the Bulldogs back to within 62-58 through three.
Becca Hittner’s 3-pointer to open the final frame cut the SDSU lead to a point, but the Jacks never relinquished the lead.
Myah Selland knocked down a shot and then, Tylee Irwin made a driving two-footer after Hittner again cut the Jacks’ advantage to one with a pair of free throws.
Trailing by three, Sara Rhine scored in the lane to make it 66-65 with 4:36 to go, but Guebert scored twice – the second a trey – to build SDSU’s cushion back to six points at 71-65 inside of 3 minutes.
Following two more Hittner free throws, Irwin buried a 3-pointer for a 74-67 advantage and from there, the Jacks went 6-of-8 from the foul line down the stretch for the nine-point win.
In addition to Guebert’s 21-point night, Selland finished with 16 points; Tagyn Larson and Palmer each added 11; while Macy Miller and Irwin chipped in with nine apiece as the Jacks improved to 7-3 on the season.
Sammie Bachrodt’s 18 points led the Bulldogs, who dropped to 8-2.
Notes (From SDSU SID)
South Dakota State extended its home win streak to seven games. … The Jackrabbits improve to 8-26 against ranked teams and 4-5 in Frost Arena. … SDSU last defeated a ranked team March 19, 2016, when it beat Miami, 74-71, in the NCAA Tournament. The last home win over a ranked team was Dec. 15, 2015, when the Jacks downed DePaul, 88-79. … With nine points Saturday, Miller is 18 short of becoming the program’s all-time leading scorer. She also needs 130 points to become the first women’s basketball player at State to reach the 2,000-point plateau. The senior needs 408 points to finish her career as The Summit League’s all-time scoring leader, passing Oral Roberts’ Kevi Luper (2,277; 2009-12). … Guebert moved up to 11th in career scoring and now has 1,460 career points. … With five 3-pointers Saturday, Guebert is now 14 treys shy of becoming the SDSU’s and Summit League’s career leader in 3-pointers, passing Jackrabbit Jill Young’s (2008-11) 305 treys.
The Jackrabbits continue their homestand on Wednesday when they play host to No. 3 Oregon. Tipoff is at 7 p.m. at Frost Arena.
SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 80, DRAKE 71
Drake (8-2)
Sammie Bachrodt 6-12 2-2 18, Becca Hittner 3-13 4-4 12, Maddy Dean 3-9 0-0 7, Becca Jonas 0-1 4-4 4, Maddie Monahan 0-3 1-4 1, Sara Rhine 9-12 4-5 22, Monica Burich 2-3 1-1 5, Nicole Miller 0-4 2-2 2, Brenni Rose 0-1 0-0 0, Hannah Fuller 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 23-58 18-22 71.
South Dakota State (7-3)
Madison Guebert 7-15 2-2 21, Myah Selland 6-15 2-4 16, Tagyn Larson 4-9 3-4 11, Macy Miller 3-5 3-3 9, Tylee Irwin 4-9 0-3 9, Sydney Palmer 5-6 0-0 11, Lindsey Theuninck 1-1 0-0 3, Rylie Cascio Jensen 0-2 0-0 0, Paiton Burckhard 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 30-62 10-16 80.
Drake 15 20 23 13 – 71
SDSU 24 21 17 18 – 80
3-point goals – D 7-26 (Bachrodt 4-10, Hittner 2-4, Dean 1-7, Jonas 0-1, Monahan 0-2, Miller 0-1, Rose 0-1); SDSU 10-26 (Guebert 5-11, Selland 2-5, Larson 0-2, Miller 0-1, Irwin 1-4, Palmer 1-1, Theuninck 1-1, Cascio Jensen 0-1). Rebounds – D 36 (Rhine 9); SDSU 36 (Larson 8). Assists – D 15 (Bachrodt 4, Fuller 4); SDSU 16 (Selland 4, Miller 4). Steals – D 9 (Bachrodt 4); SDSU 9 (Guebert 2). Blocks – D 2 (Rose 2); SDSU 3 (Selland, Larson, Irwin). Turnovers – D 18; SDSU 14. Total fouls – D 21; SDSU 19. Fouled out – None. Technical Fouls – None. A – 1,711.
