Jackrabbits Snap Falcons' Four-Game Winning Streak

Saturday, December 9

Brookings, SD

7:00 PM CT (8:00 PM ET)

Bowling Green State University

7-2

South Dakota State

8-2

Bowling Green

South Dakota State

Maddie Cole v Seton Hill - Larry Clapper photo

Photo by: Larry Clapper

December 09, 2017 | Women's Basketball

Box Score

By: BROOKINGS, S.D. (BGSU Athletic Communications)

Macy Miller scored 10 of her game-high 22 points in the second quarter, leading South Dakota State University to a 76-44 win over the Bowling Green State University women's basketball team Saturday night (Dec. 9) at Frost Arena.

With the win, the Jackrabbits improved to 8-2 on the season. SDSU entered the game receiving votes in both national top-25 polls, and the Jacks are currently ranked second in the CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major poll.

The Falcons saw a four-game winning streak snapped. BG lost for just the second time in nine games this season, and the first time in five games away from home.

Miller had a game-high nine rebounds to go along with her 22 points, while Madison Guebert joined her in double figures with 11 points on the evening.

For the Falcons, 12 different players scored, but none scored more than seven points. Sophomore Andrea Cecil had seven points, while junior Maddie Cole scored six. Cole led the Falcons with three field goals made, going 3-for-4 from the floor.

BGSU was held to season-low totals in multiple categories, including points, field goals made (16) and rebounds (30).

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TURNING POINT

The Jacks led by just four points after junior Sydney Lambert opened the second-quarter scoring with a three-point field goal. But, SDSU then scored 10 points in the span of just 100 seconds. Madison Guebert hit a three-pointer, and after a BG miss, Macy Miller also connected from beyond the arc.
The Jacks forced a Falcon turnover on the next possession, and Miller threw the ball inside to Ellie Thompson for a layup. Then, Thompson stole a cross-court pass and went in all alone for another layup and a 28-14 lead.
Lambert stopped the 10-0 run with a layup, but the Falcons could not cut the deficit to single digits for the rest of the night.

QUOTING COACH ROOS
"(SDSU Coach) Aaron (Johnston) has a fantastic team. He's got a team that's not only talented, but plays very hard. It reminds me a lot of our 2007 team that went to the Sweet Sixteen. I'm disappointed that we couldn't play better tonight. It was a great environment, and we knew what we were walking into."

"They were much more physical than we were, and when you get outrebounded by more than 20, that's a tell-tale sign. They had a lot of second and third opportunities. We did a good job of boxing out in the beginning, but couldn't always get to the ball after shots rimmed out for them. But, they are relentless, and they played with a lot of passion and heart. And, I can't say enough about Macy Miller. What a fantastic story she is."

"Again, we knew what we were facing tonight. I have no doubt that South Dakota State will be ranked in the next poll. We haven't been outrebounded like that all season long. We have the ability to do better, and I know we will do better, but this is a South Dakota State team that is rolling right now, and they are a talented, hard-working team."

FIRST-QUARTER HIGHLIGHTS

The Jacks scored quickly on the game's first possession. But, after BG missed a shot, junior Sydney Lambert stole the ball right back for the Falcons. The ensuing possession saw senior Haley Puk drive down the lane and hit a layup with 8:49 left in the period.
The game remained tied at 2-2 for nearly three minutes. Finally, Macy Miller grabbed a defensive rebound, went coast to coast and finished to give the hosts a two-point lead heading into the game's first media timeout.
The Jacks committed five turnovers in the game's opening five-plus minutes.
Out of the timeout, however, Rylie Cascio Jensen hit a corner three, and a pair of Madison Guebert free throws gave the hosts a 9-2 lead.
Lambert found an open Jane Uecker for a layup, but Tagyn Larson hit a three-pointer, then a pair of charity tosses for a 14-4 Jacks lead.
Puk fed junior Carly Santoro for a corner three after an offensive rebound by freshman Terri Battle, and Santoro then was fouled on another three-point try, knocking down two of the resulting free throws to cut BG's deficit to 14-9.
Puk hit a nice driving layup in traffic with under a minute to go, but Sydney Tracy's putback gave the hosts an 18-11 lead after 10 minutes.

SECOND-QUARTER HIGHLIGHTS

Lambert knocked down a three-point try on BG's first possession of the second quarter, but the Jacks then went on a 10-0 run. Three-pointers by Guebert and Miller were followed by back-to-back Ellie Thompson layups, and the hosts' lead was 28-14.
Lambert hit a nifty driving layup to stop the run, but Alexis Alexander answered with a putback. Cecil got to the line and hit a pair of shots, but Miller made a steal and hit an athletic and-one transition layup to begin another double-digit run for the Jacks.
Miller missed the ensuing free throw, but would score in the lane on the next possession. She would wind up scoring nine of her team's points during an 11-0 run. Miller's jumper with 1:42 left in the half gave the hosts a 41-18 lead.
Cecil hit a free throw, and junior Maddie Cole stole the ball from Myah Selland. The next possession saw Cole hit a turnaround jumper after a pass by freshman Madisen Parker.
Megan Bultsma capped the first-half scoring with a pair of shots from the stripe.
The Falcons trailed at halftime for the first time this season

THIRD-QUARTER HIGHLIGHTS

The hosts scored the first four points of the period before Cole's layup at the 8:20 mark.
Freshman Sierra Thompson hit a pair of free throws midway through the quarter, but the hosts then extended the lead at the free-throw line.
A three-pointer by freshman Kennedy Williams at the 2:10 mark cut the Jacks' lead to 55-28, but the home team then proceeded to score seven-straight points before Williams fed Uecker for a short jumper in the final seconds of the quarter.

FOURTH-QUARTER HIGHLIGHTS

Cecil scored the first four points of the final quarter. First, she stole the ball and went from one end of the floor to the other for a layup. Then, she drew a foul on Selland and knocked down a pair of tosses from the line.
Sophomore Caterrion Thompson put back her own miss midway through the period, but the home team continued to answer, extending the lead to 74-36 on a Sydney Palmer three-pointer with 3:10 to go.
The Falcons scored on each of the final four possessions of the night, going 4-for-4 from the floor in the final two-plus minutes. Senior Rachel Myers hit a layup, and after a turnover by the hosts, Parker did the same.
Cole took a pass from redshirt freshman Clare Glowniak and scored inside with just over a minute left, and Glowniak then came up with a steal and wound up hitting a layup of her own to close the game's scoring.

FINAL STATISTICS

The Jackrabbits shot 43.1 percent from the floor in the win, holding BGSU to just a 25.8% success rate. Miller hit nine of her team's 25 successful field goals.
SDSU went 7-of-21 from three-point range, while holding the Falcons to just a 3-for-21 long-distance effort. Ten different players each hit one three-pointer on the night.
The Jacks went 19-of-25 from the free-throw line (76%), while BG was 9-for-11 (81.8%) at the stripe. Cecil was 5-for-6 from the line, while Sierra Thompson went 2-for-2 and Santoro 2-of-3.
The home team held a commanding 52-30 rebounding advantage. Santoro led the Falcons with eight boards, including three at the offensive end, while Cecil had five.
BG turned the ball over 14 times, compared with 16 turnovers for the Jackrabbits.
SDSU had a 19-15 advantage in points off turnovers, though, and the hosts also had advantages in points in the paint (34-24), second-chance points (19-7) and fast-break points (11-2).

UP NEXT

The Falcons now take a break for fall semester exams before returning to action on Monday, Dec. 18. The Brown and Orange will host Ferris State in a 7:00 p.m. start at the Stroh Center.

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