FARGO, N.D. – Macy Miller scored 30 points as South Dakota State drilled North Dakota State 88-48 in a Summit League women’s basketball game Saturday afternoon at the Scheels Center.
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FARGO, N.D. – Macy Miller scored 30 points as South Dakota State drilled North Dakota State 88-48 in a Summit League women’s basketball game Saturday afternoon at the Scheels Center.
Miller went 13-of-16 from the field in 29 minutes of action for her fifth career 30-point outing, including second this season. She added eight rebounds and five assists.
The Jackrabbits shot 59 percent (36-of-61) from the field, including 8-of-16 on 3-pointers. They had 22 assists and a season-low five turnovers.
The Bison finished at 36.5 percent (19-of-52) with 18 giveaways.
The score was 21-15 in favor of SDSU after a quarter; however, the visitors moved ahead 43-24 at halftime and were up 67-31 through three.
The advantage peaked at 48 points – 87-39 – with 3:50 remaining.
“Beginning to end, we played really well,” said SDSU coach Aaron Johnston. “Defensively, we might have had a couple lapses in that first quarter – North Dakota State got loose a little bit – but it would have to be pretty nitpicky to find things that you wouldn’t like about this game.
“Macy was really assertive. I think she’s played really well in January, February, throughout – I can’t really think of too many games where she’s been down, but sometimes she hasn’t scored as much and that’s a reflection of other people scoring. That’s not a reflection of us struggling offensively, it’s just kind of what happens when you have a lot of really good, talented people – it’s not always going to be the same person.
“But in this game, she was really assertive and got to the basket a bunch, especially in transition – that’s where we’d like to see Macy continue to be aggressive; she’s such a handful coming down the floor full speed, she can go right or left and finish. Today, she was really looking for that based on how they were playing her and she did a nice job getting herself to the basket.”
The Jackrabbits improved to 20-6 with their 10th consecutive victory as they reached the 20-win mark for the eighth consecutive year and 13th time in 15 seasons at the Division I level.
SDSU (12-1) remained a half-game ahead of South Dakota (11-1) in the league standings.
Madison Guebert added 18 points and reserve Paiton Burckhard 10 versus the Bison.
For NDSU (6-19, 3-10), Michelle Gaislerova had 16 points.
South Dakota State wraps up the regular season with a three-game homestand, beginning with a matchup against Purdue Fort Wayne on Wednesday at 7 p.m. at Frost Arena.
Notes: SDSU has won 10 in a row versus NDSU. … SDSU won 19 games in both 2005-06 and 2010-11. … Miller pushed her career point total to 2,159 – 118 off the Summit League record. … With 1,692 points, Guebert passed Brenda Davis (1,688 from 2000-04) for fifth place on SDSU’s career scoring chart. She moved from 13th to 12th in the Summit League ranks. Guebert’s made 344 3-pointers.
Macy Miller 30-point games
31 at South Dakota – Jan. 6, 2019
Lost 105-98 (2 OT)
FG 3 FT Min.
11-17 2-6 7-8 41
31 vs. Western Illinois – Jan. 20, 2018
Won 84-48
11-18 3-7 6-6 26
31 vs. Arkansas – Nov. 18, 2015
Won 76-68
11-19 1-4 8-9 33
30 at North Dakota State – Feb. 16, 2019
Won 88-48
13-16 1-2 3-5 29
30 at Denver – Feb. 11, 2015
Lost 77-72
12-18 3-3 3-3 31
SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 88, NORTH DAKOTA STATE 48
South Dakota State (20-6, 12-1 Summit)
Macy Miller 13-16 3-5 30, Madison Guebert 6-9 3-3 18, Tagyn Larson 4-7 0-0 8, Myah SElland 2-5 0-0 4, Tylee Irwin 0-4 1-2 1, Paiton Burckhard 5-8 0-0 10, Rylie Cascio Jensen 2-4 0-0 6, Sydney Palmer 2-2 0-0 5, Jordan Ferrand 1-2 0-0 3, Lindsey Theuninck 1-3 0-0 2, Addison Hirschman 0-0 1-2 1, Sydney Stapleton 0-0 0-0 0, Megan Bultsma 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 36-61 8-12 88.
North Dakota State (6-19, 3-10 Summit)
Michelle Gaislerova 6-12 1-1 16, Emily Dietz 4-8 1-1 9, Tyrah Spencer 1-6 1-2 4, Marina Fernandez 1-5 0-0 2, Rylee Nudell 0-5 2-2 2, Sofija Zivaljevic 4-10 0-0 9, Danneka Voegeli 2-4 0-0 4, Cirkeline Rimdal 1-2 0-0 2, Hanna Norman 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 19-52 5-6 48.
South Dakota State 21 22 24 21 – 88
North Dakota State 15 9 7 17 – 48
3-point goals – SDSU 8-16 (Guebert 3-5, Cascio Jensen 2-3, Palmer 1-1, Miller 1-2, Ferrand 1-2, Selland 0-1, Irwin 0-1, Theuninck 0-1), NDSU 5-17 (Gaislerova 3-5, Spencer 1-4, Zivaljevic 1-5, Fernandez 0-1, Nudell 0-2). Rebounds – SDSU 35 (Miller 8), NDSU 27 (Nudell 7). Assists – SDSU 22 (Miller 5), NDSU 9 (Nudell 4). Steals – SDSU 11 (Larson 3), NDSU 4 (Dietz, Fernandez, Nudell, Rimdal 1). Blocks – SDSU 1 (Miller 1), NDSU 0. Turnovers – SDSU 5, NDSU 18. Total fouls – SDSU 9, NDSU 18. Fouled out – none. Technical fouls – none. A – 896.
SIOUX FALLS – For the first time in her career, Tagyn Larson was named Summit League Women’s Basketball Player of the Week.
The junior forward from Sioux Falls averaged 17.5 points, 7.5 rebounds, two assists, 1.5 steals and two blocks while shooting 83.3 percent from the field and a perfect 5-for-5 from the 3-point range in two games.
In the Jackrabbits’ 82-38 win at Omaha on Feb. 13, Larson set the SDSU record and tied the Summit League mark for field-goal percentage in a game, going 11-for-11 from the field, including 5-for-5 from 3-point range. She also logged nine rebounds and blocked four shots.
