Everybody Involved in the Win

Saturday, February 24

Fort Wayne, Ind.

2 p.m.

South Dakota State University

23-6, 12-2SL

Fort Wayne

4-23, 1-13SL

South Dakota State

Fort Wayne

Photo by: Inertia Sports Media/Dave Eggen

2/24/2018 4:46:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

FORT WAYNE, Indiana—The South Dakota State women's basketball team finished the regular season with a convincing 77-55 Summit League win at Fort Wayne Saturday afternoon in the Gates Sports Center in front of 1,052 fans.

The Jackrabbits, now 23-6, 12-2, were led by Macy Miller's 18 points, five assists, four rebounds and three steals. Myah Selland came off the bench for 14 points. Ten of the 11 Jacks scored in the game and State shot 51.8 percent from the field.

Jaelencia Williams led the Mastodons, 4-23, 1-13, with 14 points.

Final from Indiana: South Dakota State 77, Fort Wayne 55. #EarsUp #GoJacks pic.twitter.com/8N61jcSoO3
— Jackrabbit WBB (@GoJacksWBB) February 24, 2018

South Dakota State used an 8-0 run from the end of the first quarter and into the second quarter to take a 20-9 lead at 9:12 on a pair of free throws by Tylee Irwin. Madison Guebert gave the Jackrabbits a 34-21 lead after she sank her second 3-pointer of the half with 25 seconds left.

South Dakota State led 34-21 at halftime before outscoring Fort Wayne 23-13 in the third quarter. Miller scored 10 points in the quarter and the Jacks closed with a 10-2 run fueled by 3-pointers by Miller and Sydney Palmer.

SDSU built its largest lead of the game when Rylie Cascio Jensen sank the team's seventh 3-pointer for a 73-42 lead with 4:12 to play.

NOTES

Miller's 18 points this afternoon give her 527 points this season. She moved her into fourth in single-season scoring for juniors at SDSU.
Guebert took over fifth place in The Summit League with 258 career 3-point field goals.
Thompson moved into 28^th in career scoring with 1,230 points, passing Ann Just (1992-95).

Up Next
South Dakota State plays North Dakota State in the quarterfinals of the 2018 Summit League Championship March 3 in Sioux Falls at the Sanford PREMIER Center.

For more information on the South Dakota State women's basketball team, follow the Jackrabbits on Twitter (@GoJacksWBB) or like South Dakota State women's basketball on Facebook.

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