JACKS ADVANCE TO 5TH STRAIGHT TITLE GAME

Saturday, March 7

Sioux Falls, S.D. | Denny Sanford PREMIER Center

Approximately 2:30 p.m.

South Dakota State University

26-6,14-2Summit League

No. 3 South Dakota

23-9,12-4Summit League

South Dakota

South Dakota St.

Photo by: Inertia Sports Media/Dave Eggen

3/7/2026 6:39:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - The South Dakota State women's basketball team advanced to its fifth straight Summit League title game Saturday afternoon with a 74-59 win over No. 3 South Dakota at the Denny Sanford PREMIER Center. The Jackrabbits will go for a fourth consecutive championship Sunday afternoon.

Brooklyn Meyer scored 24 points with nine rebounds and Madison Mathiowetz added 23 points and five boards as SDSU knocked off its in-state rival. SDSU also got a career-high 12 rebounds from Hilary Behrens en route to a 44-29 advantage on the glass.

A 7-0 spurt capped by a Brooklynn Felchle and-1 had the Jackrabbits up 10 late in the opening quarter. SDSU led by six at the end of the period, but USD's Angelina Robles scored seven straight to start the second, giving the Coyotes the advantage at 25-24. SDSU weathered the Coyote run, then ended the first half with nine of the final 11 points to lead 36-31 at the break.

In the third, the Jacks stretched their lead to 13 with an 8-0 run that included back-to-back triples from Emilee Fox and Mathiowetz. The Coyotes again cut the deficit to single digits, but could not get to a one-possession margin. A late seven-point run for the Jackrabbits put the game out of reach.

In addition to her career-high rebounds, Behrens also contributed eight points for SDSU. Hadley Thul scored seven, plus had five rebounds, three steals and two assists. Fox notched a team-high four assists.

USD got 18 points from Angelina Robles and 17 from Molly Joyce. Elise Turrubiates contributed a team-high 11 rebounds.

NOTES

South Dakota State is 69-36 against South Dakota in the all-tine series and 7-3 at the Summit League Tournament.
South Dakota State will play in its fifth consecutive title game and 15th overall. SDSU is 12-2 in the championship contest.
SDSU looks to be the first team to four-peat since winning five straight from 2009-2013.
Brooklyn Meyer has 41 20-point games in her career and Madison Mathiowetz has 10. Mathiowetz has scored at least 20 in four of the last six games.

UP NEXT
The Jackrabbits will play No. 1 seed North Dakota State in the championship game at 3 p.m. Sunday.

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