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6 p.m.
Women's Basketball
vs Augustana (Exhibition)
South Dakota State University Athletics
Tuesday, March 12
Sioux Falls, S.D. | The Denny Sanford PREMIER Center
3:30 PM
South Dakota State University
27-5,16-0Summit League
67
vs
54
No. 2 North Dakota State
21-11,13-3Summit League
1
2
3
4
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North Dakota St.
10
10
19
15
54
South Dakota St.
11
11
20
25
67
Photo by: Inertia Sports Media/Dave Eggen
JACKRABBITS REPEAT AS SUMMIT LEAGUE CHAMPS
3/12/2024 11:32:00 PM | Women's Basketball
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - The South Dakota State women's basketball team secured its second straight Summit League tournament championship Tuesday afternoon with a 67-54 victory over North Dakota State at the Denny Sanford PREMIER Center. The Jackrabbits have won 11 Summit League tournament titles in 16 tries and will make their 12th appearance in the NCAA Tournament.
A 14-0 run over more than four minutes of game clock in the final period sealed the game for the Jacks. Tournament MVP Paige Meyer sparked the run with a fast-break layup, followed by an and-one bucket from Mesa Byom. Tori Nelson knocked down a 3-pointer that made it at 10-point game during a personal 7-0 stretch. Meyer capped the run with a pair of makes from the foul line with 1:43 to play.
Meyer led all players with 18 points and tallied seven rebounds and five assists for the Jacks. She finished the tournament averaging 20.7 points, 5.3 assists and 5.0 rebounds across three wins.
Brooklyn Meyer added 15 points, six rebounds, four assists and three blocks in the title game. Madison Mathiowetz tallied 12 points and six boards. Both joined Paige Meyer on the all-tournament team.
Neither side was able to find much of a rhythm in the opening half as the Jacks led 11-10 after 10 minutes and 22-20 at halftime. The offense picked up in the second half. Byom opened the third with one of her two 3-pointers in the period and both teams took their turn making big shots. The Jacks trailed by two, 37-35, when Jenna Hopp sank a floater to tie it and Paige Meyer hit a trey to take the lead back for the final time with 1:39 remaining in the third. NDSU worked its way back to within one at 47-46 before the Jackrabbits' 14-0 run.
Byom chipped in 11 points and nine rebounds. Nelson finished with nine points, three blocks, three boards and two assists in her final game against a Summit League foe. SDSU out-rebounded NDSU 38-33 and had a 7-3 advantage in blocks.
Heaven Hamling paced North Dakota State with 16 points, six rebounds and three assists. Elle Evans added 13 points. The Jackrabbits held the Bison to 33 percent shooting from the floor with droughts of 0-for-11 and 1-for-11 in the second and third quarter, respectively. The Bison held a 15-10 edge on the offensive glass and a 15-5 advantage in second-chance points.
NOTES
-GoJacks.com-
A 14-0 run over more than four minutes of game clock in the final period sealed the game for the Jacks. Tournament MVP Paige Meyer sparked the run with a fast-break layup, followed by an and-one bucket from Mesa Byom. Tori Nelson knocked down a 3-pointer that made it at 10-point game during a personal 7-0 stretch. Meyer capped the run with a pair of makes from the foul line with 1:43 to play.
Meyer led all players with 18 points and tallied seven rebounds and five assists for the Jacks. She finished the tournament averaging 20.7 points, 5.3 assists and 5.0 rebounds across three wins.
Brooklyn Meyer added 15 points, six rebounds, four assists and three blocks in the title game. Madison Mathiowetz tallied 12 points and six boards. Both joined Paige Meyer on the all-tournament team.
Neither side was able to find much of a rhythm in the opening half as the Jacks led 11-10 after 10 minutes and 22-20 at halftime. The offense picked up in the second half. Byom opened the third with one of her two 3-pointers in the period and both teams took their turn making big shots. The Jacks trailed by two, 37-35, when Jenna Hopp sank a floater to tie it and Paige Meyer hit a trey to take the lead back for the final time with 1:39 remaining in the third. NDSU worked its way back to within one at 47-46 before the Jackrabbits' 14-0 run.
Byom chipped in 11 points and nine rebounds. Nelson finished with nine points, three blocks, three boards and two assists in her final game against a Summit League foe. SDSU out-rebounded NDSU 38-33 and had a 7-3 advantage in blocks.
Heaven Hamling paced North Dakota State with 16 points, six rebounds and three assists. Elle Evans added 13 points. The Jackrabbits held the Bison to 33 percent shooting from the floor with droughts of 0-for-11 and 1-for-11 in the second and third quarter, respectively. The Bison held a 15-10 edge on the offensive glass and a 15-5 advantage in second-chance points.
NOTES
- South Dakota State has won a league-leading 11 Summit League tournament titles.
- SDSU is 38-5 all-time in the Summit League tournament.
- The Jackrabbits have won 21 straight games, the second-longest streak in program history.
- Tori Nelson started her 145th career game Tuesday night, the most of any Jackrabbit in program history.
-GoJacks.com-
Team Stats
NDSU
SDSU
FG%
.328
.442
3FG%
.167
.471
FT%
.750
.813
RB
33
38
TO
11
16
STL
8
3
Game Leaders
Pts
18
FGM
5
3FGM
3
FTM
5
Pts
15
FGM
6
3FGM
0
FTM
3
Pts
12
FGM
3
3FGM
2
FTM
4
Players Mentioned
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