Eight is Great

Tuesday, March 6

Sioux Falls, S.D.

1 p.m.

South Dakota State University

26-6

No. 1 Seed South Dakota

26-6

South Dakota State

South Dakota

Photo by: Inertia Sports Media/Dick Carlson

3/6/2018 4:11:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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SIOUX FALLS, S.D.—The South Dakota State women's basketball opened Tuesday's The Summit League Championship with an 11-0 run and never looked back in its 65-50 win over South Dakota in front of 8,704 fans at the Denny Sanford PREMIER Center. The tournament title is South Dakota State's eighth in 10 years.

South Dakota State, 26-6, had four players score in double figures. Macy Miller, who was named the tournament's most valuable player, led the Jackrabbits with 16 points and a career-high 11 rebounds. Also scoring in double figures were: Ellie Thompson 14, Tagyn Larson 13 and Myah Selland, 10. Thompson and Madison Guebert were also named to the all-tournament team.

South Dakota, 26-6, saw its 20-game win streak snapped. Ciara Duffy led the Coyotes with 12 points. USD was forced into making only 15 of 53 field goals, including six of 30 3-point field goals.

Thompson and Larson scored the Jackrabbits' first 11 points in the game's first four minutes. State led 15-9 after the first quarter.

The Jackrabbits led 33-20 at halftime after making 13 of 20 field goals. USD made only six of 28 first-half shots.

Two Miller free throws gave South Dakota State a 17-point lead, 40-23, with 6:51 left in the third quarter. USD rallied with a 12-2 run to come within seven, 42-35, on a 3-point field goal by Jaycee Bradley with 3:35 to play. Larson sank two free throws with six seconds left for a 49-40 lead after three quarters.

State pushed its lead to double figures when Thompson scored for a 57-46 lead with 6:01 to play in the fourth quarter.

Notes

The Jackrabbits are now 25-2 in The Summit League Championships and 8-0 in the championship game.
Macy Miller's 16 points today moved her into fourth in career scoring with 1,692. She also moved into second in single-season scoring for juniors at State with 578 points.
Miller's double-double was her second in as many games and fifth in her career.
Miller was also the 2016 The Summit League Championship's most valuable player and all-tournament selection and Thompson was named to the 2015 all-tournament team.
With six rebounds, Ellie Thompson took over seventh in career rebounds with 767, passing former teammate Clarissa Ober (2013-16).

Up Next
The Jackrabbits will find out their next opponent Monday during the NCAA selection show.

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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