Second seed South Dakota State women’s basketball will play for its third-straight Summit League Championship title after topping No. 6 North Dakota State 76-56 Monday afternoon.
The Jackrabbits are now 23-9 on the season, while NDSU fell to 11-19.
Tori Nelson led the scoring attack with 21 points, shooting 9-of-12 from the field including 3-of-4 from beyond the arc. Tylee Irwin scored 18 along with four boards and five assists. Paiton Burckhard led SDSU with eight rebounds and dished out four assists to go along with her 14 points.
The Jackrabbits will face arch rival South Dakota in the final. SDSU lost both regular season games to the Coyotes.
The championship game starts at 1 p.m. Tuesday. It can be heard on 570 WNAX and seen on ESPNU.
