Final Stats
OMAHA, Neb. - The Omaha women's basketball team fell to Summit League leader South Dakota State on Saturday at the Sapp Fieldhouse, 74-64.
The Jackrabbits (15-6, 7-1 Summit) used a 22-7 run over the final 9:16 of the first half to gain control of what was a tie game at 17-17. The Mavericks (14-6, 4-4 Summit) fell down by as many as 19 in the second half but battled back to within nine with seven minutes left. But the Jackrabbits held off the Mavs' comeback attempt to snap UNO's three-game win streak.
Carolyn Blair-Mobley had 17 points and seven rebounds to lead the Mavericks. She went a perfect 10-of-10 at the free throw line to lead the Mavs, who went a season-best 21-of-22 from the stripe in the game and hit all 18 attempts in the second half.
Jamie Nash had 17 points, and
Paige Frauendorfer added 16 points and six boards.
UNO trailed 17-12 with 11:19 to play in the first half, but Nash hit a 3-pointer and Frauendorfer sank two free throws to tie the game with 9:36 left. But Hannah Strop's 3-pointer started a 12-2 run to give the Jackrabbits a 29-19 lead by the 5:59 mark. The Mavs crept back within seven at 31-24 on a jumper by Frauendorfer with 3:09 left in the half, but an 8-0 run by the Jackrabbits in the final 2:10 of the half gave them a 39-24 halftime advantage.
The Mavs scored the first six points after halftime to cut the lead to 39-30 with 18:33 to play, but the Jackrabbits reeled off six in a row to reclaim a 15-point lead at 45-30. The Mavs cut it to 47-36 on two free throws by
Allison Jackson with 15:58 remaining, but an 8-0 run by SDSU over the next 1:46 made it 55-36 with 14:12 left.
Omaha persisted though. The Mavs rallied with a 17-7 spurt over the next 7:09 to cut the deficit to nine, 62-53. Trailing 62-44, Nash and Blair-Mobley combined for four free throws, then Nash made a steal in the backcourt and a layup to make it 62-50. After an SDSU miss at the other end,
Ericka House hit a 3-pointer from the corner to cut it to 62-53 with 7:03 to play, capping a 9-0 Maverick run.
After two free throws by SDSU's Megan Waytashek, Blair-Mobley was fouled on a fastbreak and hit two free throws to make it 64-55. But SDSU pushed the lead back to 15, 70-55, with 3:23 to play, and never let the Mavs back within single digits.
Omaha finished the game shooting 36.5 percent from the floor (19-of-52), while the Jackrabbits hit 51.9 percent (27-of-52), making them the first team to shoot 50.0 percent or better against the Mavs in Chance Lindley's 47 games as head coach.
The Mavericks outscored SDSU in the second half, 40-35, and matched the most points South Dakota state has allowed (64) since Dec. 4.
The Mavs travel to Fort Wayne for a 6 p.m. (CT) game next Thursday and swing by Oakland for a 1 p.m. (CT) game next Saturday. That begins the second half of the Summit League slate, as eight games remain with four at home and four on the road.
