Late Shot Rims Out for Women’s Basketball

Saturday, December 31

Vermillion, S.D.

3:30 p.m.

South Dakota State University

10-4 (1-1SL)

South Dakota

13-2 (2-0SL)

South Dakota State

South Dakota

Photo by: Inertia Sports Media/Dave Eggen

12/31/2016 6:13:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

VERMILLION, South Dakota—Sophomore Madison Guebert scored a team-high 21 points despite the South Dakota State women's basketball team falling 65-62 to South Dakota Saturday afternoon in front of 2,595 fans in the Coyote Sanford Sports Center.

With the loss, the Jackrabbits fall to 10-4 overall and 1-1 in The Summit League. USD improves to 13-2 and 2-0.

Guebert was 7 of 17 from the field, including sinking 5 3-pointers. Senior Kerri Young tallied 14 points while junior Ellie Thompson netted 10 points and a career-high tying 3 blocks. Sophomore Sydney Palmer grabbed a team- and career-high seven rebounds to go with career-tying nine points.

Allison Arens led South Dakota with 24 points and 6 assists. Jaycee Bradley added 12 and Abigail Fogg 11.

The Jackrabbits had a chance to send the game into overtime, but a 3-point attempt rimmed out at the buzzer.

SDSU led by 11 points, 37-26, at halftime when Palmer and Guebert combined for four 3-pointers in the final 4:07. A Guebert trey with 39.3 seconds left in the half gave State its largest lead of the half, 37-24.

The Coyotes outscored the Jackrabbits 22-9 in the third quarter, using a 10-3 run the final 3:55 to take a two-point lead, 48-46. USD opened the fourth quarter on a 9-5 run to push its lead to six, 57-51. Young sank a 3-pointer to fuel an 8-5 run to cut the Yotes' lead to three, 57-54, with 6:10 remaining.

Palmer, who sank her career-tying third 3-pointer, tied the game at 57-57 with 5:27 left. A pair of Thompson free throws tied the game again at 59-59 with just over two minutes to play.

After a jumper by Bridget Arens, the Jackrabbits were forced to foul. Allison Arens sank a pair to put USD up 63-59 with 21.2 left. Guebert sank an off-balance 3-pointer with 13.2 left to make it 63-62, but Arens sank two more free throws for a 65-62 lead and the win.

Notes

Ellie Thompson scored her 700^th career point with a layup at the end of the first quarter.
Guebert extended her free-throw steak to 12, going 2 of 2.
Guebert has now scored 20-or-more points and 4-or-more 3-pointers in her last three games.

Up Next
The Jackrabbits begin a three-game homestand when they host Fort Wayne Jan. 5 at 7 p.m.

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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