GAMEDAY Womens Basketball
Creighton 78, South Dakota State 69
Associated Press
BROOKINGS, S.D. - Lauren Jensen scored 17 of her 30 points in the fourth quarter and No. 21 Creighton pulled away from No. 23 South Dakota State.
Ellie Colbeck drilled a 3-pointer for the Jackrabbits to tie the game but after a two-minute scoreless drought Emma Ronsieke made a layup for Creighton and Jensen scored the next seven points for a 73-64 lead heading into the final minute.
Creighton, the surprise team of the NCAA Tournament last year when they beat Kentucky as well as No. 8 Iowa and No. 10 Iowa State, made 10 of 12 free throws in the fourth quarter.
Morgan Maley added 13 points for the Bluejays, who shot 50% for the game.
Myah Selland scored 22 points to lead South Dakota State, which won the WNIT last season. The Jackrabbits led 25-16 early in the second quarter but then missed their next five shots and never got back to 50% while finishing 5 of 21 from 3-point range.
November 7, 2022
| Creighton | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| E. Ronsiek | F | 30 | 3-8 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 1-3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| R. Saunders | G | 37 | 1-1 | 6-8 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| L. Jensen | G | 35 | 10-20 | 6-6 | 4-7 | 1-2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 30 |
| M. Maly | G | 30 | 6-12 | 1-1 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 13 |
| M. Mogensen | G | 30 | 3-6 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 0-7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| C. Bachelor | 16 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| J. Horan | 11 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | |
| M. Brake | 9 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| K. Townsend | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 200 | 28-56 (.500) |
15-19 (.789) |
7-15 (.467) |
8-34 | 18 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 17 | 78 | |
| South Dakota State | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| M. Selland | F | 37 | 7-15 | 6-7 | 2-7 | 0-2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 22 |
| P. Burckhard | F | 31 | 0-6 | 0-0 | 0-4 | 0-6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| T. Nelson | F | 27 | 2-6 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| H. Timmer | G | 22 | 4-10 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| M. Mathiowetz | G | 21 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| E. Colbeck | 23 | 4-8 | 1-3 | 1-4 | 0-5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | |
| K. Theisen | 21 | 3-3 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 1-6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | |
| B. Meyer | 16 | 6-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | |
| M. Vlastuin | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Totals | 200 | 26-58 (.448) |
12-16 (.750) |
5-21 (.238) |
7-30 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 69 | |
Officials: Carolyn Derksen, Kevin Schultz, Marlin Schoonhoven
Attendance: 2,504
