A rare road win for the South Dakota State men and a rare conference loss for the Jackrabbit women in a doubleheader Saturday in Omaha.
South Dakota State led for over 30 minutes and survived a wild finish to secure its first conference road win, taking down Omaha 88-84 on Saturday night.
Playing in front of 3,038 fans with a strong contigent of Jackrabbit followers at Baxter Arena, SDSU (10-14, 3-6 Summit League) moved into a three-way tie for seventh in the conference standings in a win that saw the team shoot 50 percent from the field. SDSU sunk 11 3-pointers as well and hit 15 of 17 at the free throw line.
Ellie Thompson and Madison Guebert combined for 44 points but the South Dakota State University women’s basketball team suffered an 83-82 loss to Omaha on a last-second 3-point field goal in front of 667 fans at Baxter Arena Saturday afternoon in The Summit League action.
