Thompson, Ober Lead Jackrabbits over UNI

Thursday, December 1

Cedar Falls, Iowa

7 p.m.

South Dakota State University

5-1

Northern Iowa

4-3

South Dakota State

Northern Iowa

Photo by: Mike Rasay, ISI Group

12/1/2016 9:21:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa—Tough defense and a pair of double-doubles helped the South Dakota State women's basketball team to a 61-50 win over Northern Iowa Thursday night in front of 529 fans in the McLeod Center.

The Jackrabbits, 5-1, have now held three opponents to 50-or-less points this season.

Junior Ellie Thompson had a game-high 17 points and 11 rebounds for her sixth career double-double. Senior Clarissa Ober tallied 13 points and 11 rebounds for her eighth career double-double and second of the season.

Kennedy Kirkpatrick and Madison Weekly had 10 points each to lead Northern Iowa (4-3).

The Jackrabbits used a 12-2 run in the first quarter to take a 14-5 lead. Thompson and Ober each tallied four points in the run. The SDSU defense held UNI scoreless for the quarter's final 5:24.

The Panthers came back in the second quarter with their own run, scoring the first nine points. SDSU answered with an 11-0 run to take an 11-point lead, 25-14, with 2:46 left in the half. UNI closed the quarter by scoring five-straight points.

SDSU used a 12-2 run to open the second half. Madison Guebert and Kerri Young hit back-to-back 3-pointers to cap the run and put State up 37-21. The Jackrabbits' biggest lead came with 3:28 left in the quarter when Thompson's layup put the Jacks ahead 45-27.

Ober gave South Dakota State its largest lead of the game, 61-38, on a layup with 4:23 to play in the game.

Notes

The last time two Jackrabbits posted double-doubles in the same game was March 4, 1995. Gina Mouw had 10 points and 11 rebounds and Leah Klaassen had 13 points and 10 rebounds against Augustana.
Kerri Young now needs 16 points to become the 35^th Jackrabbit to score 1,000 career points.
Macy Miller is 15 points shy of 30^th on the all-time scoring list.
SDSU's starting lineup of Kerri Young, Macy Miller, Madison Guebert, Ellie Thompson and Clarissa Ober is 32-8 as a lineup.

Up Next
South Dakota State returns to the friendly confines of Frost Arena Saturday at 6 p.m. when it hosts Arkansas-Pine Bluff.

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