SDSU CRUISES PAST ORAL ROBERTS FOR 12TH STRAIGHT WIN

Thursday, February 24

Brookings, S.D.

7 P.M. CT

South Dakota State University

20-8,16-1Summit League

Oral Roberts

15-13,10-7Summit League

Oral Roberts

South Dakota St.

Photo by: Dave Eggen/Inertia

2/24/2022 11:49:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

South Dakota State cruised to its 12th straight win Thursday night - an 84-48 victory over Oral Roberts at Frost Arena. The Jackrabbits move to 20-8 (16-1 Summit), the 11th consecutive season SDSU has won 20 or more games.

Myah Selland and Tori Nelson put up 20 and 13 points for the Jackrabbits, respectively. Selland opened the game 5-for-5 from the floor with a pair of 3-pointers and finished the contest 8-of-15 with four rebounds. Nelson missed just one shot on the night in a 6-for-7 performance to go with five assists, four rebounds and a block.

After five lead changes to start the game, State regained the advantage for good at 12-10 on a Paiton Burckhard 3-pointer halfway through the first quarter. Haleigh Timmer ended the period with five straight points to make it a five-point game after 10 minutes.

The Jackrabbits led by as many as 15 points during the second quarter and went into halftime with a 40-29 lead. SDSU quickly extended its lead to 23 with a 16-4 start to the second half, a stretch the included eight points from Selland.

SDSU went on to lead by 29 during the third quarter and ended the contest with a 36-point margin.

Paiton Burckhard contributed nine points and nine rebounds while Mesa Byom chipped in eight points on a perfect shooting night. Paige Meyer also chipped in eight points, six rebounds and six assists.

The Jackrabbits were 57 percent from the floor, the 10th time they have been above .500 this season, and 36 percent from the 3-point line.

State had a 28-10 edge in bench points and 19-2 advantage in second chance points on 12 offensive rebounds. The Jackrabbits scored 58 points in the paint compared to 32 for Oral Roberts.

Oral Roberts was led by Tirzah Moore's 15 points and four rebounds. Hannah Cooper added 10 points and Katie Scott gave out four assists. The Golden Eagles were held to 34 percent shooting from the floor and just 1-for-16 shooting from deep.

NOTES

Myah Selland has scored 1,448 career points, moving her into 12th on SDSU's all-time scoring list. She is 36 points from moving into the top 10.
The Jackrabbits have won 20 games in a season for the 11th straight season and the 16th time in their 18 seasons at the Division I level.
Myah Selland has score 20+ points five times this season - all in the last seven contests.
SDSU has scored 80+ points seven times this season.
The Jackrabbits have shot 50 percent or better 10 times this season.
SDSU has held opponents to 50 points or fewer 10 times this season.

UP NEXT
South Dakota State will host Kansas City at 1 p.m. Saturday afternoon in the final game of the regular season.

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