SDSU Collegian

Issue date: 2/3/10 Section: Sports

Media Credit: Ethan Swanson Junior Kristin Rotert goes up for two in a recent game at Frost Arena. The Jacks dropped a tough game to Oral Roberts before coming back against Centenary.

After setting a record they would like to forget against Oral Roberts Jan. 30, the Jackrabbits set one to remember Feb. 1.

SDSU (12-9, 8-3) shot 64.7 percent from field-goal range, surpassing a nearly 10-year record of 64.4 percent accomplished in 1990 against Concordia, beating the Centenary Ladies (0-11, 1-21) in Shreveport, La., 92-50.

The win, highlighted by a new team record, was punctuated by a near-perfect offensive performance from Ketty Cornemann. The senior shot 9-of-11 from the field including 6-of-6 from 3-point range scoring a career-high 25 points.

"When she plays well, we're a much better team, we just are," said head coach Aaron Johnston in a post-game interview on Brookings' The Ranch 910 AM. "She shoots the 3 very well, her teammates find her when she's open … I think she felt pretty bad about her last performance (at Oral Roberts)."

The Jacks took a 9-0 lead within the first minutes of the game and did not allow Centenary within double digits the rest of the way, a tone they determined to enforce from tip-off. SDSU also began the second half quickly, making their first eight shot attempts and growing their lead to 30 with just over 10 minutes in the second half.

"We talked about it before the game and at halftime, we weren't going to win the game the first five minutes either half," said Johnston in the radio interview. "We just thought we needed to have the right emotion and the right focus."

Shooting 65 percent helps that mentality. Jennie Sunnarborg shot 3-of-5 and made all five free-throw attempts, scoring 11 points. Maria Boever was 7-of-10 from the field, totaling 14 points, and Ashley Eide was 5-for-5 off the bench, scoring 14 points. Freshman Steph Paluch benefited from the torrid shooting, finishing with seven assists in only 18 minutes.

"As a team, everybody shot well," said Johnston. "It was really fun to see Ketty play with that kind of confidence, (and) Ashley Eide play with a lot of confidence off the bench."

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