GREEN BAY, Wis.—Junior guard
Madison Guebert led the South Dakota State women's basketball team with 11 points but it was not enough as the Jackrabbits suffered a 55-41 nonleague loss to Green Bay Saturday afternoon in front of 2,026 fans at the Kress Center.
Junior
Macy Miller scored 10 while sophomore
Tagyn Larson grabbed a game-high 10 rebounds.
Green Bay, 3-0, was led by Jessica Lindstrom's 19 points and 10 rebounds. Frankie Wurtz added 10 points.
Senior
Ellie Thompson and Guebert scored back-to-back baskets for a 4-2 lead with 7:14 in the first quarter for the Jackrabbits' only lead of the game.
SDSU (3-1) closed the half scoring six of the final seven points on a pair of layups from Guebert and two free throws by senior
Alexis Alexander.
The Jackrabbits were within 10 points, 36-26, with 6:03 left in the third quarter, but Green Bay used an 8-2 run to push its lead to 44-28 at 1:34. Miller sank two free throws and junior
Sydney Palmer sank a 3-pointer at the third-quarter buzzer to pull SDSU to within 11, 44-33.
South Dakota State was outscored 11-8 in the fourth quarter.
Notes
- Macy Miller's 10 points moved her into 27th in career scoring with 1,183 points. She needs 44 points to pass Ann Just (1992-95) for 26th.
- Ellie Thompson's four points today gives her 1,020 career points, 22 points shy of moving into 34th in career scoring at State.
- Madison Guebert's 11 points this afternoon give her 895 career points, 105 points short of 1,000 career points.
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