SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- South Dakota has collected a pair of wins early in the season and will look for more as the Coyotes head to the Bahamas to participate in the Battle 4 Atlantis. DePaul transfer Kendall Holmes, who had 14 during her USD debut in a win over Northern State, will get to face her former team in the opener.
North Dakota's Kacie Borowicz is the reigning Summit League scoring champ and has picked up where she left off, averaging 23.5 ppg through the Fighting Hawks' opening three contests. She had a game-high 23 as UND got into the win column Wednesday with a victory over Concordia.
South Dakota State nearly picked up a road win against a Power-5 team but Wisconsin was able to make a layup at the buzzer to survive with a 66-64 win. The Jackrabbits will get another chance against a Power-5 opponent Monday but this one will be against the top-ranked team in the country as SDSU plays South Carolina in a return game from the Gamecocks' visit to the Sanford Pentagon a season ago.
AROUND THE LEAGUE
Friday, Nov. 17
Northern Colorado at Omaha (SLN) | 12 p.m. CT
Saturday, Nov. 18
SDSU at UT Martin (ESPN+) | 1 p.m. CT
Utah Valley at St. Thomas (SLN) | 2:30 p.m. CT
Kansas City vs. Kansas | 3:30 p.m. CT
DePaul vs. South Dakota# (FLO) | 7:30 p.m. ET
Tulsa at Oral Roberts (SLN) | 7 p.m. CT
Sunday, Nov. 19
South Dakota vs. TBD# (FLO) | TBA
Montana State at North Dakota (SLN) | 12 p.m. CT
Monday, Nov. 20
South Dakota vs. TBD# (FLO) | TBA
Omaha at Wichita State (ESPN+) | 6 p.m. CT
NDSU at Northern Colorado (ESPN+) | 6 p.m. MT
SDSU at (1/1) South Carolina (SECN+) | 7 p.m. ET
Tuesday, Nov. 21
St. Thomas at Saint Mary’s (ESPN+) | 6:30 p.m. PT
Rankings: (AP/Coaches)
All times local to site
# Multi-Team Event
Key: FLO (FloSports), ESPN+ (ESPN Plus), SECN+ (Southeastern Conference Network Plus), SLN (Summit League Network)
TEAM TRACKER
DENVER PIONEERS (1-2, 0-0 SL) | @DU_WHoops
Next Up: Central Arkansas (11/24; 1 p.m. MT); South Alabama (11/25; 1 p.m. MT)
Previous Games: at Air Force (L, 65-63); at North Alabama (L, 67-51); Wyoming (L, 58-41)
After falling to Air Force in the season-opener, the Pioneers picked up their first victory of the 2023-24 season with a 67-51 win over North Alabama … In the two-point loss to Air Force, the Pioneers had three double-figure scorers, led by Emma Smith’s 22 points … Jordan Jones and Angelina Robles followed Smith finishing with 12 points apiece while, Jones’ 13 rebounds secured her first double-double of the season … Against North Alabama, Makayla Minett led the scoring efforts, finishing with 16 points and six rebounds … Lauren With recorded 14 points, while Smith rounded out a trio of double-digit scorers with 13 points and 11 rebounds … Emily Counsel and Smith combined to score 25 points in the home-opening loss against Wyoming … Counsel had 15 points to lead the way, while Smith added 10 points and three steals.
KANSAS CITY ROOS (1-2, 0-0 SL) | @KCRoosWBB
Next Up: vs. Kansas (11/18; 3:30 p.m. CT); vs. Chicago State (11/22; TBA); vs. Austin Peay (11/23; TBA)
Previous Games: Bradley (W, 73-66); at UTEP (L, 62-60); Utah State (L, 62-60)
The Roos picked up a win over Bradley at home in their season opener before falling to UTEP and Utah State, both by 62-60 finals … Newcomer Alayna Contreras paced the Roos in scoring, averaging 14.5 ppg off the bench but did not play against the Aggies ... She chipped in a game-high 19 points against Bradley and followed that up with 10 against UTEP … Nariyah Simmons led the Roos in scoring (15) and rebounding (8) vs. the Miners … Simmons followed up that performance with a team-high 14 points on 4-for-9 shooting from beyond the arc against the Aggies … Tamia Ugass joined Simmons in double figures vs. Utah State with 11 points and also grabbed six rebounds … Kansas City pulled down more offensive rebounds (19) than defensive rebounds (18) against Utah State.
NORTH DAKOTA FIGHTING HAWKS (1-2, 0-0 SL) | @UNDwbasketball
Next Up: Montana State (11/19; 12 p.m. CT); at Southern Miss (11/24; 11 a.m. CT); vs. North Texas (11/25; 8 a.m. CT)
Previous Games: at Wyoming (L, 77-60); Grand Canyon (L, 73-61)
Despite an 0-2 start to the season, senior guard Kacie Borowicz claimed the TicketSmarter Summit League Women’s Basketball Peak Performer of the Week honor after averaging 24.5 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 3.0 apg and 3.0 spg in losses to Wyoming and Grand Canyon … Against Wyoming, Borowicz poured in a game-high 29 points on 11-of-17 shooting … Rakiyah Beal finished with 12 points and nine rebounds against the Cowgirls … In UND’s home opener against Grand Canyon, Borowicz led all scorers with 20 points and equaled her career-high with five steals … Freshman Kiera Pemberton logged her first career double-double against the Lopes, scoring 18 points and pulling down 11 rebounds in just 17 minutes of action off the bench ... UND got into the win column with an 80-47 win over Concordia ... Borowicz reached the 20-point plateau for the third consecutive game to open the season, leading all scorers with 22 points.
NORTH DAKOTA STATE BISON (1-2, 0-0 SL) | @NDSUwbb
Next Up: at Northern Colorado (11/20; 7 p.m. CT); vs. Harvard (11/24; 2:30 p.m. PT); vs. Toledo (11/25; 12 p.m. PT)
Previous Games: vs. (23/22) Creighton (L, 75-52); vs. Jamestown (W, 112-59); at Minnesota (L, 75-53)
After falling to (23/22) Creighton in a neutral site game at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, S.D., the Bison bounced back and captured a 112-59 victory over Jamestown in their home opener ... Heaven Hamling led six Bison in double figures with 16 points against the Jimmies ... Elle Evans, who had 10 points against the Bluejays in the season opener, chipped with 14 against Jamestown ... Evans (11.3 ppg) and Hamling (10.3 ppg) are both averaging double figures through three games for NDSU ... Hamling now ranks third on the all-time three-point list in program history as the senior guard has tallied 202 career threes … Abby Krzewinski (11), Grace Massaquoi (10), Taryn Hamling (10) and Leah Mackenzie (10) all hit double figures in scoring against Jamestown ... In their latest action, NDSU dropped a 75-53 contest at Minnesota where Hamling and Evans led the way with 12 and 11 points, respectively ... With two more 3-pointers, Hamling now ranks third all-time on NDSU’s career list for made triples with 204.
OMAHA MAVERICKS (1-2, 0-0 SL) | @OmahaWBB
Next Up: Northern Colorado (11/17; 12 p.m. CT); at Wichita State (11/20; 6 p.m. CT)
Previous Games: vs. Illinois State (L, 105-59); vs. College of Saint Mary (W, 89-59); at Northwestern (L, 87-69)
The Mavericks opened the campaign with a 1-2 record after picking up a win over the College of Saint Mary that was sandwiched between a pair of losses to Illinois State and Northwestern ... Katie Keitges and Cora Olsen were the lone Mavericks to finish in double-figure scoring efforts in the season opener against the Redbirds as both players scored 10 points … In Omaha’s win over the College of Saint Mary, Olsen paced the team with 15 points, four steals and a block … Lucy Ghaifan followed just behind Olsen with 14 points, going a perfect 7-of-7 from the field … Against Northwestern, Keitges drilled six threes for a team-high 18 points, while Kennedi Grant paced the Mavericks with six assists ... Keitges six made 3-pointers were a career-high and the most by a Summit League player so far in a game this season.
ORAL ROBERTS GOLDEN EAGLES (2-2, 0-0 SL) | @ORUWBB
Next Up: Tulsa (11/18; 7 p.m. CT); at UTRGV (11/22; 1 p.m. CT)
Previous Games: vs. Friends (W, 100-47); at (NR/23) Oklahoma (L, 103-74); vs. MACU (W, 94-72)
The Golden Eagles have played the most games among #SummitWBB teams as they sit with a 2-2 ledger after picking up wins against Friends and Mid-America Christian … Through four games, Taleyah Jones scored in double figures in three of those contests, including a game-high 22 points against Friends … In her Golden Eagle debut against TCU, Jones notched 17 points while pulling down eight offensive rebounds … Emily Robinson collected her first career double-double as the freshman registered 10 points and a team-best 10 rebounds against Friends … She became the first ORU freshman to record a double-double since Tirzah Moore during the 2021-22 season … Against Oklahoma, Robinson tallied a team-high 19 points on 7-of-14 shooting with 16 of her points coming in the second half … Hannah Cooper and Ruthie Udoumoh each poured in 11 points of their own against the Sooners … Newcomer Jalei Oglesby chipped in a season-high 23 points while racking up 11 rebounds off the bench against MACU ... Oglesby is averaging 14.3 ppg and 7.5 rpg in four games off the bench for ORU.
ST. THOMAS TOMMIES (1-1, 0-0 SL) | @TommieWBBall
Next Up: Utah Valley (11/18; 2:30 p.m. CT); at Saint Mary’s (11/21; 7 p.m. CT)
Previous Games: at Drake (L, 94-69); vs. UW-River Falls (W, 101-62)
The Tommies are off to a 1-1 start after picking up a win over Wisconsin-River Falls after falling to Drake in the season opener … St. Thomas saw five different scorers reach double-figures against the Bulldogs, a first in the program’s Division I era … Jo Langbehn led the way with 16 points on 8-of-10 shooting and added five rebounds … Jordyn Glynn added 13, Jade Hill equaled that scoring output and pulled in a career-high 10 rebounds, Amber Scalia chipped in 12 and Faith Feuerbach added 11 points … Hill and Scalia both scored over 20-plus against River Falls as Hill led the way with 26 points on 9-of-18 shooting from the field, including 7-of-7 at the charity stripe … Scalia scored a career-high 24 points on 9-of-16 shooting in the victory … Zoey Washington was impressive in her home debut where she scored 15 points, including 3-of-4 from downtown … Phoebe Frentzel also added a career-high 10 points in the win.
SOUTH DAKOTA COYOTES (2-1, 0-0 SL) | @SDCoyotesWBB
Next Up: vs. DePaul (11/18; 7:30 p.m. ET); TBD (TBA); TBD (TBA)
Previous Games: vs. Northern State (W, 85-57); at (22/23) Creighton (L, 81-55); vs. Northern Colorado (W, 72-59)
South Dakota improved to 2-1 after picking up home win against Northern Colorado Tuesday ... In their season opener, the Coyotes outscored Northern State 28-4 in the paint and shot 50.8 percent from the field … Six Coyotes finished in double digits with DePaul transfer Kendall Holmes leading the way with 14 points … In the loss to (22/23) Creighton, Tori DePerry was the lone Coyote to score in double figures and closed out the game with 13 points and eight rebounds off the bench … South Dakota played the 100th game inside the Sanford Coyote Sports Center and improved to 87-13 all-time on Abbott Court with the win against Northern Colorado … Larkins led the way with 17 points, seven rebounds and five assists … DePerry came off the bench to add 15 points and four rebounds ... The Coyotes are off to the Bahamas to play in the Battle 4 Atlantis where they will open the multi-team event Saturday against DePaul.
SOUTH DAKOTA STATE JACKRABBITS (1-1, 0-0 SL) | @GoJacksWBB
Next Up: at UT Martin (11/18; 1 p.m. CT); at (1/1) South Carolina (11/20; 7 p.m. ET)
Previous Games: vs. Arkansas State (W, 55-42); at Wisconsin (L, 66-64)
The Jackrabbits split their first two games, defeating Arkansas State at home before falling to Wisconsin on the road … Paige Meyer led the way for SDSU against the Red Wolves after an 18-point, four assist outing but sat out the two-point loss to Wisconsin … Brooklyn Meyer has back-to-back double-doubles to open the season, posting a 15-point, 14-rebound performance to go with four blocks against Arkansas State … She followed that up by tallying a team-high 19 points to go with 11 rebounds in a 66-64 loss to the Badgers ... Her nine total blocks through two games rank ninth nationally and her 4.5 blocks per game tops the charts ... The Jackrabbits erased a nine-point deficit in the closing five minutes only to see Wisconsin hit a layup at the buzzer to claim the win … Sophomore Madison Mathiowetz scored a career-high 13 points on 4-of-6 shooting and had three steals ... The Jackrabbits hit the road for a pair of games, including a trip to face the nation’s top team, the (1/1) South Carolina Gamecocks.
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