BROOKINGS — Mak Scott’s decorated high school girls basketball career came to a close on March 14.

The Lyman Raiders’ senior forward tallied 15 points, 11 rebounds, two blocks, two assists and a steal in the Raiders’ 58-47 loss to Bennett County in the Class B state girls basketball consolation championship.

Lyman head coach Cody Volmer said following Scott’s final game how important she has been and meant to the Raiders success over the years.

“She has meant everything,” said Volmer. “The year I started coaching, I took over with two games left in the season of her eighth-grade year and they had won maybe four games that year. She’s basically one of the people that helped build the program into what it’s become. If you want to put in the kind of work she put in and train your mind to be as good as she is at basketball, there’s a lot of things you can achieve, goals you can accomplish.

Scott and the Raiders won just seven games in her eighth-grade season. That number doubled as a sophomore before earning a spot in the Class B state girls basketball tournament each of the past three seasons, accumulating a record of 63-12 in that stretch.

Mak Scott hugs Lyman head coach Cody Volmer as she subs out for the final time as a Lyman Raider. (Jon Akre / 605 Sports)

Volmer says the leadership provided by Scott over the years will be one of the biggest holes made by her departure.

“She’s going to be so sorely missed that we’ll get it figured out, but it’s going to take some games next year to figure out how we’re going to get through some of the stuff that this year we didn’t have to worry about because we always had her there as our staple or cornerstone,” Volmer said.

Scott is a three-time all-state and two-time all-state tournament team selection, helping the Raiders to a fourth-place finish two years ago and back-to-back sixth place finishes as a junior and a senior.

Volmer says Scott’s basketball IQ has been the biggest factor in both her and the Raiders’ recent success.

“Her basketball IQ is extremely high and she does really well with not letting the game get ahead of her,” Volmer said of Scott. “There’s times where the game is getting sped up a little bit, but she’ll slow it down and not take quick shots, not take shots that we’re not good at. Those are things that make somebody special. They can handle the moments that they need to handle to make your team successful and she did that several times this year.”

She became the 38th girls basketball player in state history to reach the 2,000-career point mark earlier this season and ended with 2,076 total points, the 28th most in South Dakota girls basketball history. Scott says out of all the accomplishments, the 2,000 point milestone is her proudest accomplishment.

Lyman's Mak Scott shoots a 3-pointer during the Class B state consolation championship against Bennett County on March 14, 2026, in Brookings. (Jon Akre / 605 Sports)

“I’m most proud of my 2,000 point mark,” Scott said. “That’s not something most people accomplish.”

Scott also had the opportunity to play her final high school basketball games with her sister Jordyn, a sophomore guard, and mother, Brooke, by her side. But what she’ll miss most is the culture and teammates that she’s had the chance to play with since arriving in Lyman.

“Just the people in general,” Mak said on what she’ll miss the most about Lyman. “The people, the culture, it’s all amazing. Especially my teammates and my coaches. Hanging out with my teammates. Taking the time to get ready before games and just playing with my teammates and being around them.”

Despite the disappointing outcome, the bar has been set exceptionally high by an exceptionally talented player.

“Our expectations ever since I showed up were to win it,” Volmer said. “Even in the years that we were lean and we didn’t have the girls we thought we could to win, the expectations were to win and not lose a game, not just lose some games, it was to not lose any games. That’s the bar we’re setting at Lyman and that’s the bar we’re going to continue to set and she’s helped make that attainable for us.”