Roos Fall to Jackrabbits After Slow Third Quarter

Thursday, February 23

Kansas City, Mo.

7:00 PM

Kansas City

7-21,3-14Summit League

South Dakota State

24-5,17-0Summit League

South Dakota St.

Kansas City

Photo by: Francie Wilson

Roos Fall to Jackrabbits After Slow Third Quarter

2/23/2023 9:19:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

Manna Mensah led the Roos with 15 points in the loss

KANSAS CITY, Mo – A low-scoring third quarter set Kansas City Women's Basketball (7-21, 3-14 Summit) back against South Dakota State (24-5, 17-0 Summit) falling in an 86-52 game. The Roos were led by Manna Mensah who scored 15 points and E'Lease Stafford with 11. Sanaa' St. Andre had nine points off the bench.

South Dakota State maintained an efficient offensive approach finishing 54.8% from the field on 62 attempts. The Roos' drought continued with only a 37.9% shooting clip. On top of this, a 20-point scoring swing in the third quarter opened up the Jackrabbits to coast with a 35-point lead.

KEY MOMENTS

1Q – 7:18 / 5-6 | Mensah used the dribble making space for an open three-point shot ending a SDSU 6-0 run.
1Q – 3:49 / 8-15 | After SDSU scored nine straight, Stafford in her first game back from an ankle injury, made a deep three-pointer for her first field goal of the day.

1Q | @eleasekstafford heating up early in the game?? ?? pic.twitter.com/8yQkCwxn1J
— Kansas City Women's Basketball (@KCRoosWBB) February 24, 2023

1Q – 0:08 / 13-21 | Sanaa' St. Andre fought for the ball under the rim to get a steal and easy layup late in the quarter.
2Q – 9:40 / 16-23 | St. Andre opened second quarter scoring with a three-point bucket for the Roos off the Mensah assist.
2Q – 4:00 / 22-36 | Jocelyn Ewell powered into the lane for a layup as the shot clock expired stopping an SDSU scoring run.
3Q – 7:58 / 32-54 | Stafford hit a step-back jumper to get the Roos on the board after SDSU scored the first seven points of the third quarter.
3Q – 1:57 / 35-67 | KC went cold giving up a 20-2 scoring run. Stafford's corner three briefly stopped a fast-paced SDSU offense.
4Q – 9:44 / 39-73 | A Tamia Ugass jumpshot got the Roos started in the fourth off an assist from Ava Murphy.
4Q – 5:09 / 44-83 | Mensah made the and-one jumper off a Murphy assist.
4Q – 1:56 / 50-86 | St. Andre forced a steal taking it all the way for an easy layup.

STATS TO NOTE

The Roos shot 45.5% from the three-point line in the first half making 5-of-11 attempts compared to SDSU shooting 50%.
The Jackrabbits shot high-percentage shots with 40 of their 86 points coming from the paint.
The Roos lost the rebounding battle by a margin of minus-10 (24-34)
KC gave up 15 second chance points off nine SDSU offensive boards.

UP NEXT
The Roos will finish their regular season against South Dakota at the Swinney Center, Feb. 25 at 2 p.m. Kansas City will honor Mensah, Stafford, and Machia Mullens during Senior Day festivities prior to the game.