Jackrabbits Cruise to Program’s 950th Win

Wednesday, December 20

Brookings, S.D.

7 p.m.

South Dakota State University

10-3

Wichita State

5-9

Wichita State

South Dakota State

12/20/2017 9:10:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

The South Dakota State women's basketball team recorded its 950^th all-time victory with a 96-64 nonconference win over Wichita State Wednesday night in front of 1,486 fans at Frost Arena.

Junior Macy Miller was one of four Jackrabbits to score in double figures as she recorded 22 points and a career- and game-high eight assists. Miller is now 19^th all-time at State with 1,343 points. Junior Madison Guebert added 19 points and career-best six assists while freshman Myah Selland and junior Tagyn Larson each scored 15 points for SDSU, now 10-3. Miller has now scored 20-or-more points in a game six times this season while the 15 points are a career high for Larson.

Wichita State, which falls to 5-9, was led by Rangie Bessard's game-high 25 points. Angiee Tompkins added 12 points and eight rebounds.

State shot a school-record 69.2 percent from the field, making 36 of 52 shots. The Jacks' previous best was 64.7 percent (33 of 51) at Centenary, Feb. 1, 2010.

The Jackrabbits opened the game by making their first five shots from the field to take a 12-2 lead when Selland scored with 5:48 left in the opening quarter.

SDSU extended its lead to 21, 41-20, when sophomore Sydney Tracy scored inside with 3:29 left in the half. State had a 49-30 lead at halftime.

After the Jackrabbits pushed their lead to 56-32 on a 3-point field goal by Guebert 91 seconds into the third quarter, Wichita State went on a 17-6 run to trail 62-49 when Diamond Lockhart completed a conventional three-point play. SDSU answered with a 17-4 run to close the quarter when junior Sydney Palmer's 3-pointer gave it a 79-53 after 30 minutes.

Notes

With tonight's win, South Dakota State's all-time record is 950-413 in its 52^nd year. The win was also the program's 140 Division I victory and head coach Aaron Johnston's 425^th win.
Miller was perfect from the field tonight, sinking nine field goals, including a pair of 3-pointers.
Miller tallied 22 points tonight, moving her past Pat Dobratz (1970-73) and Angela Swenson (1993-96) for 19th on the all-time scoring list. She now has 1,343 points.
Ellie Thompson moved closer to 33^rd on the all-time scoring chart, recording four points this evening. She now has 1,075 points.
Guebert scored 19 points tonight, giving her 1,025 career points.

Up Next
South Dakota State returns to the court Dec. 29 when it plays Florida Gulf Coast at 6 p.m. in Fort Myers, Fla.

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