01/15/2005 Women Improve To 7-4 Vs. DI Teams MILWAUKEE, WI - South Dakota State improved to 7-4 against Division I competition with a 58-36 victory over the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Saturday night.
Five of SDSU first six field goals were three-pointers and the Jacks opened an early 19-6 lead. UWM cut it to 25-20 but Megan Vogel hit a three-pointer to make it 28-20 at halftime. Then SDSU scored the first six points of the second half on a basket by Christina Gilbert and two free throws each by Heather Sieler and Brook Dickmeyer.
Milwaukee closed within 41-29 and it was 47-31 before the Jacks closed the game with an 11-5 run.
Vogel led SDSU with 13 points while Shannon Schlagel scored 10. SDSU was 21-of-51 from the field, 41.2 per cent, including 8-for-23 on three-point attempts.
UWM shot just 20.8 per cent, second worst in school history, hitting 11-of-53 field goal attempts, and was 2-for-19 on three-point shots. UWM's leading scorer on the season, Nichole Drummond, was 1-for-13 from the field.
UWM had a 39-37 rebounding advantage, but had 22 turnovers, three more than SDSU.
The Jacks, now 13-4 overall, will play at Wisconsin-Green Bay on Tuesday.
South Dakota State 58, Wisconsin-Milwaukee 36 South Dakota State (13-4)
Megan Vogel 5-9 0-0 13, Shannon Schlagel 4-9 2-2 10, Sarita DeBoer 0-5 0-0 0, Heather Sieler 2-6 2-3 7, Brooke Dickmeyer 2-8 2-2 8, Andrea Verdegan 1-4 2-2 5, Stephanie Bolden 1-2 0-0 3, Corrie Dickmeyer 0-0 0-0 0, Sarah Meckley 4-6 0-1 8, Courtney Grimsrud 1-1 0-0 2, Christian Gilbert 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 21-51 8-10 58.
MILWAUKEE - Teri Huff and Kimberly Becker scored ten points each but the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee could not overcome a cold shooting night in falling to South Dakota State University 58-36 in non-conference women's basketball action here Saturday (Jan. 15). The Panthers shot just 20.8% for the game while falling to 6-8 on the season. With the win, SDSU improves to 13-4 in its first season of Division I competition.
"I thought we did a nice enough job defensively and we did hold them to nearly 20 points under their average," UWM head coach Sandy Botham said. "However, you can have all the defense in the world if you can't run your offense, get open, and make some shots. South Dakota State is a very good team and they proved it tonight. We just didn't compete."
Milwaukee enjoyed one very brief lead when Teri Huff's driving layup in UWM's first possession made it 2-0. The Jackrabbits scored the next five points and 19 of the next 23 to grab a 19-6 lead on a Sarah Meckley layup with 10:32 left in the half. SDSU kept the 13-point lead and posted a 25-12 advantage at the 4:44 mark before UWM made a small rally.
Becker and Huff scored on three straight UWM possessions to make it 25-18 before two Nichole Drummond free throws cut the lead to five, 25-20, with 2:26 on the clock. Unfortunately UWM misfired on its last four possessions of the half and Megan Vogel drilled a three-pointer in the final minute to give SDSU a 28-20 halftime edge.
UWM's offensive woes continued into the second half as the hosts didn't score in the ifrst 4:32 of the frame. SDSU struggled some itself but still managed to open the half on a 6-0 run to grab a 34-20 lead. Kimberly Becker scored Milwaukee's first six points of the second half and her two free throws with 12:23 remaining cut the Jackrabbit lead to 39-26.
Milwaukee got to within 41-29 on a Kiley Johnson three-ball with 8:57 left but could get no closer the rest of the way as the Panthers remained cold from the field. Nichole Drummond made her only shot from the field at the 4:16 mark to make it 47-31 only to see SDSU finish the game on an 11-5 run en route to the 23-point victory. Megan Vogel led SDSU with 13 points while Shannon Schlagel added 10.
The Panthers will get right back to Horizon League action on Monday (Jan. 17) when it celebrates Martin Luther King Day in Chicago. UWM will face Illinois-Chicago at 7 p.m. at the UIC Pavilion.
Game Notes
* The 36 points scored by UWM is the fourth lowest total in school history and the lowest since Wright State held Milwaukee to 35 points on Feb. 10, 1995
* UWM's 20.8% field goal percentage is the second lowest single game total in school history (20.4%, 2/10/95)
* Nichole Drummond grabbed 11 rebounds, reaching double-figures in rebounds for the second consecutive game
* Elisha Hudson hit two free throws late in the game for her first two collegiate points
Conventional wisdom would normally call for the UW-Milwaukee women’s basketball team’s loss to a first-year NCAA Division I squad to be considered an embarrassment.
But then again, South Dakota State does not have a run-of-the-mill team trying to make its way to the big time.
Instead, the Jackrabbits - two years removed from winning the Division II national championship - are quick and aggressive on defense and clearly love the three-point shot.
That much was evident after South Dakota State beat the Panthers, 58-36, Saturday night at the Klotsche Center in the first of its two-game run through the state, which concludes Tuesday at UW-Green Bay.
“They’re a good team,” UWM coach Sandy Botham said. “They’ve had a lot of success and they know what it takes to win. They capitalized on our mistakes and we didn’t capitalize on theirs.”
South Dakota State (13-4) entered the game having made more than double the number of three-pointers of its opponent (121 to 58 ) and didn’t shy away from that trend against UWM (6-8 ). The Jackrabbits hoisted 8 three-point shots in their first 11 times down the floor and led, 11-4, with 13:52 left in the half.
UWM senior Teri Huff scored the first basket of the game on a driving layup 38 seconds into the contest. After that, the points were hard to come by for the Panthers, as they did not make a basket in the next 10:52. The drought ended with a three-pointer by Huff that pulled UWM to within 19-10 with 7:30 left.
By then, South Dakota State was able to work its way inside for a pair of baskets and later led, 25-12, with 4:44 left in the half.
UWM rattled off eight straight points to pull to within 25-20, but a three-pointer by sophomore Megan Vogel extended it to the 28-20 lead the Jackrabbits carried into the break.
By halftime, South Dakota State had made and attempted more shots outside the three-point arc (6 of 15) than inside (4 of 13). UWM, meanwhile, struggled to find much offensive consistency, making 22.2% of its shots (6 of 27) and had 11 turnovers and zero assists.
Vogel made 3 of 6 three-pointers and had a game-high 13 points for South Dakota State. The 36 points for UWM was 10 points below its previous season-low total, set in a 63-46 loss to UW-Green Bay on Dec. 30.
“I think we’re fortunate they didn’t have a hot shooting night,” South Dakota State coach Aaron Johnston said. “They had a lot of good looks and we didn’t contest their shots very well.”
MILWAUKEE - With battering ram defense and eight 3-pointers, South Dakota State claimed its fourth victory in a row over Division I opponents, this time downing Wisconsin-Milwaukee of the Horizon League 58-36 at the Klotsche Center on Saturday night.
SDSU, which improved to 13-4, made 41 percent of its shots in the game - but some late buckets bolstered that percentage. Despite committing 19 turnovers, the Jackrabbits forced 22 and frustrated the Panthers into making a mere 11 of 53 shots from the field (20.8 percent).
"We had a lot of momentum coming off big wins at Middle Tennessee and Alabama," SDSU coach Aaron Johnston said. "We were probably a bit rusty emotionally coming out."
Senior Shannon Schlagel continued her quest to become the all-time leading scorer in SDSU history with 10 points while facing double- and triple-teams in the post. She now needs 23 more to surpass former teammate Melissa Pater's record of 1,747.
Sophomore Megan Vogel led the Jacks with 13 points, including three 3-pointers.
A gas leak in the afternoon left the Panthers' arena with a pungent odor about two hours before game time. It dissipated before tipoff, leaving the Jackrabbits sniffing victory early.
The Panthers (6-8 ) made the game's first basket, a layup by Teri Huff just 35 seconds into the contest. But SDSU's physical defense stifled UW-M, holding the hosts without a field goal for nearly the next 12 minutes.
Meanwhile, the Jackrabbits caught fire from beyond the arc. Five of SDSU's first six field goals were from 3-point range, with senior Brooke Dickmeyer raining in a pair. A layup by freshman Sarah Meckley boosted the Jacks' to a 19-6 lead after 10 minutes.
"(The Jackrabbits) were just beating us off the dribble," UW-M coach Sandy Botham said. "They just do a great job of making the extra pass and finding the open player.
"Tonight, we just looked like we were in quicksand."
SDSU's cushion grew to 25-12 after a pair of Andrea Verdegan free throws, but the Panthers switched to a 2-3 zone defense and promptly responded with an 8-0 run. Vogel nailed a 3-pointer in the final minute, the Jacks' sixth of the half, to send the Jackrabbits to halftime ahead by eight.
"More than anything, I just wanted to get our team going in the right direction," Vogel said.
Meckley, a native of Owen, Wis., had eight points and five rebounds off the bench. Huff and Kimberly Becker each scored 10 to lead the Panthers.
The Jackrabbits travel to Wisconsin-Green Bay, another Horizon League opponent, for a Tuesday game against the 14-2 Phoenix.
just saw an interesting womans basketball score today. USC beat Arizona St 66-45. Arizona St earlier in the yr beat UCONN by 11, also beat #18 georgia by 10 earlier in the yr. just thought it was interesting since the lady jacks lost by just 7 to USC
The USC game is a game we should have won. Along with Purdue and Oregon State. I think if we played them games with the way the ladies are playing now and the confidence we have, we would win.
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