Balanced Scoring, Rebounding Fuel Victory

Saturday, January 12

Brookings, S.D.

2 p.m.

South Dakota State University

12-6, 4-1

Oral Roberts

10-8, 3-2

Oral Roberts

South Dakota State

Photo by: Jason Salzman

1/12/2019 4:37:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

Scoring balance has been a key this season for the South Dakota State University women's basketball team. The Jackrabbits had three players score 10-or-more points for the 16^th time this season as they recorded a 68-55 win over Oral Roberts Saturday afternoon in Summit League action. A season-high 2,829 fans were in Frost Arena for the contest, played as part of the 27^th-annual Lamb Bonanza.

Myah Selland led the Jackrabbits, now 12-6 overall and 4-1 in The Summit League, with 19 points. Madison Guebert added 14 points while Tagyn Larson recorded 11 points and eight rebounds.

Oral Roberts, 10-8 and 3-2, was led by Lakota Beatty and Rylie Torrey, who scored 15 and 10 points, respectively.

The teams traded baskets for most of the first quarter but Macy Miller's jumper with six seconds left gave the Jackrabbits a 19-17 lead. Selland scored eight of her points in the quarter.

Defense lifted the Jacks in the second quarter as they held Oral Roberts to nine points and took a 34-26 lead at halftime. State forced five turnovers in the quarter and only allowed three field goals.

Selland gave South Dakota State a 44-33 lead with a 3-point field goal at 6:21. She closed the third quarter with two free throws for a 53-40 lead.

With 6:43 to play in the fourth quarter, Macy Miller made two free throws for a 61-44 lead, the Jacks' largest of the game.

Notes

Guebert sank a trio of 3-pointers to give her 321 career treys.
With 14 points today, Guebert is now 31 points short of seventh in career scoring. She now has 1,591 career points.
Miller scored her 2,024^th career point and now needs 254 points to become The Summit League's all-time leading scorer.
Tylee Irwin grabbed a career-high eight rebounds.
For the seventh time this season, the Jackrabbits have held an opponent to less than 10 points in a quarter. Oral Roberts scored just nine points the second quarter.
The Jacks have now held nine opponents to 65-or-fewer points, including seven to less than 61.
SDSU grabbed 50 rebounds. It was the second consecutive and fourth time this season with 50-plus rebounds.
The Jackrabbits had a 23-0 advantage in second-chance points and collected 21 offensive boards.

Up Next
South Dakota State returns to the road when it travels to Grand Forks, North Dakota, to play the University of North Dakota Friday 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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