LARAMIE, Wyo. – South Dakota State’s Madison Guebert set the Jackrabbit and Summit League records for career 3-point field goals, but SDSU lost 77-70 to Wyoming in its final nonleague game of the season Thursday night.
Guebert’s record-breaking 3-pointer came in the third quarter, breaking former Jackrabbit Jill Young’s record of 305. Guebert made three treys and now has 307 in her career.
The Jackrabbits (8-5) were led by Myah Selland’s career-high-tying 21 points. The sophomore was 10-of-15 from the field.
Macy Miller scored 18 points, had a team-high nine rebounds and dished out five assists. Tagyn Larson had 13 second-half points while Guebert finished with 11 points.
Marta Gomez led Wyoming with 20 points, including four 3-pointers. Bailee Cotton recorded a double-double of 15 points and a game-high 10 rebounds.
South Dakota State opened the game with Selland scoring five of its seven points to lead 7-4 at 7:47. After Guebert tied the game at 12 with her record-tying 3-pointer at 5:00, the Cowgirls ended the quarter on a 10-5 run to lead 22-17.
The teams traded baskets until the 5:04 mark of the second quarter when Wyoming used a 7-0 run to take a 33-21 lead with 3:33 to play. After Miller converted a traditional three-point play, Wyoming scored for a 35-24 halftime lead.
Larson cut the Cowgirls’ lead to nine with her first basket of the game at 9:29 of the third quarter. Wyoming pushed its lead to 15 points, 45-30, on Cotton’s first collegiate 3-pointer at 6:22. Guebert’s record-breaking 3-pointer came on an assist from Miller at 1:51 to cut the Cowgirls’ lead to single digits, 52-43. Wyoming ended the quarter with four consecutive points for a 58-45 lead.
Wyoming took its largest lead of the game when Gomez sank back-to-back 3-pointers for a 64-45 advantage with 9:26 remaining. Trailing 68-54 with 4:02 to go, Miller, Selland and Guebert combined for a 12-2 run that cut the lead to four points, 70-66, at 1:01 on a Selland layup.
Wyoming then made 3-of-4 free throws to lead 73-66 with 49 seconds remaining. Selland made it a five-point game with a layup with 28 seconds left, but the Cowgirls converted their final four free throws.
Notes
Miller has 1,936 career points. ... Guebert is ninth in SDSU history and 21st in the Summit League with 1,514 career points. ... Selland’s 21-point outing was her second career 20-plus point game.
Up Next
South Dakota State opens Summit League play with a game versus Western Illinois on Friday, Dec. 28, at 7 p.m. in Macomb, Ill.
WYOMING 77, SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 70
South Dakota State (8-5)
Tagyn Larson 6-10 0-1 13, Myah Selland 10-15 0-0 21, Madison Guebert 3-10 2-2 11, Macy Miller 6-10 6-9 18, Tylee Irwin 3-8 0-0 7, Rylie Cascio Jensen 0-1 0-0 0, Lindsey Theuninck 0-1 0-0 0, Sydney Palmer 0-2 0-0 0, Paiton Burckhard 0-0 0-0 0, Megan Bultsma 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 28-59 8-12 70.
Wyoming (7-2)
Taylor Rusk 5-13 0-0 13, Marta Gomez 6-13 4-4 20, Bailee Cotton 5-12 4-4 15, Karla Erjavec 2-6 0-0 4, Clara Tapia 1-3 4-6 6, Tereza Vitulova 3-7 0-0 6, Sladjana Rakovic 0-1 0-0 0, Quinn Weidemann 4-6 3-4 13. Totals 26-61 15-18 13.
SDSU 17 7 21 25 – 70
UW 22 13 23 19 – 77
3-point goals – SDSU 6-19 (Guebert 3-8, Larson 1-2, Selland 1-3, Irwin 1-3, Theuninck 0-1, Palmer 0-2), UW 10-25 (Gomez 4-9, Rusk 3-7, Weidemann 2-4, Cotton 1-1, Tapia 0-1, Vitulova 0-1, Erjavec 0-2). Rebounds – SDSU 31 (Miller 9), UW 38 (Cotton 10). Assists – SDSU 11 (Miller 5), UW 15 (Rusk 7). Steals – SDSU 4 (Selland, Guebert, Miller, Irwin 1), UW 5 (Tapia 2). Blocks – SDSU 7 (Selland 3), UW 4 (Cotton 2). Turnovers – SDSU 11, UW 8. Total fouls – SDSU 21, UW 17. Fouled out – Selland. Technical fouls – none. A – 2,335.
