A rare home loss for the men and another road win for the women highlighted SDSU basketball action on Saturday

. Brayden Carlson set a career-high with 26 points and tied a South Dakota State single-game record by going 12 for 12 from the free throw line on Saturday against Omaha in the 22nd Annual Lamb Bonanza, but the Jackrabbits struggled from 3-point range in an 80-71 loss to Omaha.

 

“I think Omaha was just tougher in every aspect, and I felt like we needed to make some adjustments as a coaching staff and we didn’t,” head coach Scott Nagy said. “We should’ve tried some zone (defense) to try and throw them off their rhythm, because we weren’t’ getting any stops defensively, but in the end, I think they were just the better basketball team in every aspect.”

 

The Jackrabbits first Summit League loss at home since Jan. 27, 2011, a string of 21 games, drops them to 10-9 overall and to an even 2-2 in league, while the Mavericks improve to 11-7 overall and to 1-2 in the league.

– Senior Steph Paluch scored a career-high 21 points as the South Dakota State women defeated Omaha, 80-66, in Summit League action Saturday in front of 607 fans in Sapp Fieldhouse.

SDSU improves to 13-7 overall and 4-0 in conference play while Omaha falls to 9-8 overall and 1-2. The Jacks run their win streak to four games.