Jackrabbit women roll past San Jose State

Wednesday, December 20

Frost Arena

7 p.m.

South Dakota State University

San Jose State (Calif.)

1/1/1970 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball

South Dakota State's frontcourt starters combined for 61 points as the Jackrabbit women's basketball team rolled past San Jose State (Calif.) 98-63 Wednesday night at Frost Arena.

SDSU improved to 9-3 overall, including 6-0 at home this season. The Spartans remained winless at 0-12.

Megan Vogel led the scoring parade with 23 points on 9-of-15 shooting from the field. Sophomore forward Jennifer Warkenthien turned in a career-high 20 points on 8-of-10 field goal shooting and junior center Courtney Grimsrud established a career high for the second straight game with 18 points on 7-of-10 shooting from the field.

Andrea Verdegan also reached double figures with 10 points, while tying a season high with six assists.

The Jackrabbits raced out to an 18-1 lead in the first five minutes of the game. Warkenthien scored eight points in the early run, including six on a pair of three-pointers. San Jose State closed to within 11 at 23-12 with 11 minutes remaining in the first half before another Jackrabbit barrage of three-pointers extended the lead to as much as 31 in the first half.

SDSU led 54-23 at halftime, making 8-of-12 three-pointers in the first 20 minutes. The Jackrabbits' long-range shooting prowess came after their streak of 277 games with a three-pointer ended Sunday in a loss at Missouri.

It was more of the same in the second half as the Jackrabbits pushed the lead to 43 at 75-32 on a traditional three-point play by Vogel at the 11:45 mark. San Jose State would get no closer than 31 points in the closing minute.

Natalie White led the Spartans with 20 points, making 4-of-11 three-point attempts. Brittany Powell contributed 13 points.

All 12 players to see action for the Jackrabbits scored at least one point in the game.

SDSU, which shot 65.6 percent from the field in the first half, cooled off in the second half but managed to finish the night 33-of-64 floor, 51.6 percent.

The Jackrabbits ended up 9-of-23 on three-pointers, 39 percent, and 23-of-32 at the line, 71.9 percent.

Ashlea Muckenhirn also dished out a career-best six assists for the Jackrabbits.

San Jose State improved its shooting in the second half to finish 24-of-67, 35.8 percent, including 6-of-20 from long range. At the stripe, the Spartans converted 9-of-13 attempts for 69.2 percent.

SDSU dominated the boards, pulling down a season-best 52 rebounds, compared to 28 by the Spartans. Vogel and Grimsrud each collected seven rebounds. Kalia Williams posted a team-high six rebounds for SJSU.

South Dakota State returns to action Dec. 28 at Alabama. San Jose State travels to Pacific (Calif.) on Dec. 27.

SDSU Notes: The Jackrabbits’ 98 points were the most scored against a Division I opponent since moving to the D-I ranks at the start of the 2004-05 season ... SDSU has shot 50 percent or better from the field in three of its last four games ... SDSU extended its home-court winning streak to 15 games, dating back to a loss to Middle Tennesse State on Dec. 2, 2005 ... the Jackrabbits improved to 80-10 at Frost Arena under head coach Aaron Johnston .... SDSU improved to 33-19 against Division I teams since 2004-05 and now owns victories over 25 different D-I teams from 14 conferences ... Wednesday's victory marked SDSU's first over a Western Athletic Conference opponent ... SDSU is 9-0 this season when leading at the half ... the Jackrabbits are 3-0 against teams from California this season, with home wins over Southern California, Long Beach State and San Jose State ... Jennifer Warkenthien scored in double figures for the fourth consecutive game ... Megan Vogel topped the 20-point mark for the sixth time this season ... SDSU’s nine three-pointers came from five different players ... Courtney Grimsrud notched three blocked shots to up her team-leading total to 23 ... the Jackrabbits have made 10 more free throws (224) than their opponents have attempted (214) ... attendance was announced at 1,533, bringing the Jackrabbit season average to 2,058

SAN JOSE STATE (Calif.) 63 (0-12)
Brittany Powell 6-10 1-2 13; Jaime Hall 0-3 0-1 0; Natalie White 7-18 2-2 20; Myosha Barnes 1-10 2-4 4; Alisha Hicks 3-7 2-2 9; Kalia Williams 3-4 0-0 7; Carlyn Steward 1-2 0-0 2; Amber hall 0-2 0-0 0; Lynette Jacobs 3-9 2-2 8; Tamiko Davis 0-2 0-0 2; Brittany Morris 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 24-67 9-13 63.
SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 62 (9-3)
Megan Vogel 9-15 3-3 23; Jennifer Warkenthien 8-10 2-3 20; Courtney Grimsrud 7-10 4-6 18; Andrea Verdegan 3-8 2-2 10; Ashlea Muckenhirn 0-3 2-2 2; Alison Anderson 0-3 1-2 1; Ketty Cornemann 2-3 0-0 6; Morgan Meier 0-0 1-2 1; Stacie Oistad 1-4 0-0 3; Abby Kratovil 1-4 4-4 6; Maria Boever 0-0 2-4 2; Laura Nielsen
2-4 2-4 6.
Halftime: South Dakota State 54, San Jose State 23. 3-point goals--San Jose State 6-20 (White 4-11, Williams 1-1, Hicks 1-2, Barnes 0-2, Jacobs 0-4), South Dakota State 9-23 (Warkenthien 2-2, Cornemann 2-3, Vogel 2-5, Verdegan 2-7, Oistad 1-2, Muckenhirn 0-1, Anderson 0-3 ). Fouled out--San Jose State-none, South Dakota State-none. Rebounds--San Jose State 28 (Williams 6), South Dakota State 52 (Vogel, Grimsrud 7). Assists--San Jose State 15 (Jacobs 8), South Dakota State 23 (Verdegan, Muckenhirn 6). Blocked Shots--San Jose State 8 (Williams 3), South Dakota State 4 (Grimsrud 3). Steals--San Jose State 9 (Jacobs 4), South Dakota State 8 (Vogel, Verdegan, Oistad 2). Turnovers--San Jose State 16, South Dakota State 19. Total fouls--San Jose State 21, South Dakota State 15. Technical fouls--South Dakota State-none, Missouri-none. A-1,533.