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Defense lifts SDSU over Ball State

Story byKELO Sioux FallsSDSU AthleticsMon, December 15, 2025 at 5:07 AM UTC·3 min readBROOKINGS, S. D. (SDSU) — South Dakota State had five players reach double figures in the scoring column and Mahli Abdouch posted a program-record 10 steals Sunday afternoon as South Dakota State topped Ball State 78-59 at First Bank & Trust Arena. The Jackrabbits – the No. 2 mid-major team in the country per the College Insider Mid-Major Top 25 – has won five straight games and improves to 10-2 overall.

Defense lifts SDSU over Ball State

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Key Highlights

  • Ball State – rated seventh in the same poll – moves to 8-4. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAbdouch, a redshirt freshman, added 10 points to her stat line and finished with the first double-double of her career.
  • She is the eighth player in NCAA Division I to post a points-steals double-double this season and matched the program’s single-game steals record set by Karla Stevenson in 1975. Brooklyn Meyer also put up a double-double with 20 points and 10 rebounds, her third double-double of the year and 16th of her career.
  • The senior was 8-of-10 from the floor and knocked down all four of her free throw attempts.
  • She also tallied four steals and had one block. Madison Mathiowetz was SDSU’s second-leading scorer with 14 points and dished a season-high six assists.
  • Maggie Hartwig contributed 11 points and five rebounds and Hilary Behrens rounded out the double-digit scorers with a career-high 10 points.
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