Miller, Guebert Lead Women’s Basketball

Tuesday, December 6

Grand Forks, N.D.

7 p.m.

South Dakota State University

7-1

North Dakota

2-5

South Dakota State

North Dakota

Photo by: Inertia Sports Media/Dave Eggen

12/6/2016 10:42:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

GRAND FORKS, North Dakota—Macy Miller and Madison Guebert led the South Dakota State women's basketball team to an 83-72 win at North Dakota Tuesday night in a nonleague game front of 1,448 fans in the Betty Engelstad Sports Center.

Miller led all scorers with 26 points on 9-of-15 shooting from the field and 8-of-9 shooting from the free-throw line. Guebert tallied 25 points on 9-of-18 shooting from the field, including sinking 6 of 12 3-pointers. Ellie Thompson was the other Jackrabbit in double digits with 12 points and a game-high 8 rebounds.

Fallyn Freije led North Dakota (2-5) with 14 points and 8 rebounds.

After a slow start in the first quarter, the Jackrabbits closed the half on a 13-5 run for a 21-14 lead. Guebert hit three of her four first half 3-pointers to start the run.

SDSU built a 13-point lead, 34-21, in the second quarter when Thompson and Guebert sank back-to-back 3-pointers to cap a 10-3 run. The Fighting Hawks scored the next seven points to cut the Jackrabbits' lead to six, 36-30 with 2:58 left in the first half. Sydney Tracy hit a 3-pointer with five second remaining to give State a 43-33 lead at halftime.

North Dakota cut the Jacks' lead to five points, 45-40, early in the third quarter, but Guebert sank a 3-pointer and Young added a jumper to push the lead to 10, 50-40. SDSU had an 11-point lead with just over 50 seconds left in the third quarter, but Freije sank a 3-pointer with 36 seconds remaining to make it an 8-point game.

After a jumper by Clarissa Ober to open the final quarter, the Fighting Hawks hit back-to-back 3-pointers to pull within four, 61-57, with 8:38 left. The Jackrabbits then went 13 of 14 from the foul line to seal the win and improve to 7-1 overall and 3-1 in road games this season.

Notes

The last time two Jackrabbits each scored 20-plus points in the same game was Mar. 5, 2016, when Macy Miller and Kerri Young each scored 20 vs. Fort Wayne.
Kerri Young moved into 33^rd in career scoring with 1,010 points.
Macy Miller took over 30^th with 1,107 points.
Madison Guebert has 3-or-more 3-pointers in six of eight games.
South Dakota State head coach Aaron Johnston is now one win away from 400 career wins.

Up Next
South Dakota State returns to the friendly confines of Frost Arena when it hosts Green Bay 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 Basketball on Facebook.

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