Black Hills State University Athletics

AUSTIN, Texas- The Yellow Jackets held the Hilltoppers to 29 points in the last three quarters as BHSU ran away from SEU to grab a season opening win and their second straight season-opening win over the Hilltoppers. BHSU had a very balanced production with seven girls who had six or more points. The Yellow Jackets shot 48.1 percent from the field and 40.0 percent from three as they held SEU to 28.1 percent from the field and 7.7 percent from three. They also continued their historic rebounding run grabbing 41 rebounds to SEU's 24.
 
QUICK DETAILS
Score: Black Hills State 69, St. Edward's 41
Team Records: Black Hills State (1-0), St. Edward's (0-1)
Attendance: 55
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• BHSU started this game on a 7-1 run as Norville made a free throw to give BHSU it's first points of the season and then Bradie Schlabs made a jumper for the first field goal of the season. Olivia Kieffer also had four points. St. Edward's then went on an 11-2 run to end the quarter and take a 12-9 lead.
• The second quarter started off with Kieffer and Maddie Geiver combining for three buckets to take the lead back at 15-12. Back-to-back free throws from SEU made it a one-point game. The Green and Gold answered with a 16-7 run to end the half that saw Kieffer hit two threes, Jaisie Janssen get five points and Jozie Dana get four points to go up 31-21 at half.
• Halftime leaders for the Yellow Jackets include Olivia Kieffer and Addie Branscum, who each had six points as Kieffer also had four rebounds. Janssen also had five points and four rebounds. For the Hilltoppers, it was Hannah Briskey, who had six points in the opening half.
• The third quarter began with a 8-2 run by BHSU that included four points from Branscum to give the Jackets a 39-23 lead. The rest of the quarter was back and forth as Bradie Schlabs had seven points including a three-pointer to end the quarter. Kenleigh Graham also had a three-pointer in the quarter and the Yellow Jackets were able to grab a 51-34 lead going into the final frame.
• Geiver started the quarter with a layup before two Hilltopper free throws kept the lead at 17. BHSU then went on a 6-0 run with two layups from Ulrich as they held SEU without a field goal for the first 5:50 of the quarter. After SEU finally got the field goal, Janssen made a layup and then Tess Rule and Graham made back-to-back three pointers to go up 29 at 67-38. Five more points were scored in the final 3:20 as SEU got two buckets from Janiah Perkins and the Jackets got two free throws from Janssen to take the win 69-41.

 
 
BLACK HILLS STATE STATISTICAL LEADERS
Addison Branscum: 11 points, 3 rebounds
Bradie Schlabs: 9 points, 7 assists
Olivia Kieffer: 9 points, 5 rebounds
Jaisie Janssen: 9 points, 5 rebounds
Jozie Dana: 10 rebounds
 
UP NEXT
The Yellow Jackets will head to San Antonio, where they will face the St. Mary's Rattlers as they look to sweep the Lone Star weekend and move to 2-0.
 
 
 
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