South Dakota State earned a close victory in men’s basketball while the Jackrabbit women were being edged in their game Saturday.
Both South Dakota State and FGCU came out cold on Saturday in sunny Fort Myers, Fla., and even though neither team heated up throughout the game, the Jackrabbits found a way to grind out a win, 56-52, over the Eagles at Alico Arena.
The Jackrabbits improve to 10-2 with the win, while the Eagles fall to 6-5.
Sophomore forward Ellie Thompson scored a game-high 15 points but it wasn’t enough as the South Dakota State women’s basketball team lost 58-57 to Green Bay in a nonconference game in front of 2,527 fans at the Kress Center.
The Jackrabbits, 9-3, had a chance for the win with 1.0 second left but a 3-point shot by junior Clarissa Ober (Glencoe, Minn.) off an inbounds pass missed.
