SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – In just one month, the 2026 Summit League Women’s Basketball Championship tips off at the Denny Sanford PREMIER Center in Sioux Falls, S.D. The journey to Sioux Falls and for a regular-season trophy continues tonight at 8 p.m. CT as South Dakota State visits St. Thomas.
 
North Dakota State continued its dominant start to the season, extending its overall winning streak to 18 straight and a perfect league start to 9-0. All of that allowed the Bison to take over the No. 1 spot in the CollegeInsider Mid-Major Top 25 as they prep for two road tests this week at Kansas City and Omaha.
 
South Dakota re-entered the mid-major Top 25 at No. 24 following a key win over South Dakota State. The loss dropped the Jackrabbits from No. 4 to No. 10 in the rankings.
 
Plenty of opportunities to climb the Summit League standings are on tap this week, highlighted by a matchup between fourth-place Oral Roberts and tied-for-second South Dakota, tipping off at 2 p.m. CT on Saturday.
 
All games this week can be streamed on the Summit League Network.
 
AROUND THE LEAGUE
• North Dakota State extended its win streak to 18 games with back-to-back home victories over Denver (95-55) and Oral Roberts (93-72).
• The 18-game winning streak is NDSU’s longest since the 2004-05 season when the Bison won 24 straight at the Division II level, and currently ranks as the second-longest active streak in the nation behind UConn (38).
• With the win over ORU, NDSU achieved the 20-win mark for the third consecutive season and are one of eight DI teams to reach that plateau this season.
• Junior forward Avery Koenen powered the Bison past the Golden Eagles with a game-high 25 points and 13 rebounds, logging her 16th double-double of the season, tied for the national lead.
• South Dakota earned a 67-55 win over St. Thomas before knocking off in-state rival South Dakota State, 73-54, for the first time since the 2022 Summit League Championship game.
• USD outscored SDSU 41-24 in the second half to snap the seven-game losing streak.
• Against the Jackrabbits, senior Angelina Robles scored a season-high 25 points with 6-of-7 shooting from deep to surpass the 1,000-point mark.
• The loss marked the first time since the 2019-20 season that SDSU has dropped two regular-season conference games.
• Preseason Player of the Year Brooklyn Meyer poured in a game-high 27 points, marking her 14th 20-point performance of the season.
• Two weeks ago, both Koenen and Meyer were named to the midseason watch list for the 2026 Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player of the Year award, making the Summit League one of only two conferences with multiple representatives (Atlantic 10).
• Last week, Head coaches Aaron Johnston (SDSU) and Jory Collins (NDSU) were named to the Midseason Watch List for the 2026 Kathy Delaney-Smith Mid-Major Coach of the Year Award
• Oral Roberts split its weekend in North Dakota, knocking off UND 89-80 before falling to NDSU 93-72.
• Five Golden Eagles scored in double figures in the win, led by junior Gentry Baldwin’s career-high 25 points on 9-of-11 shooting.
• ORU’s Jalei Oglesby followed Baldwin with 21 points, her seventh 20+ point outing.
• Kansas City won its lone game of the week at Omaha, with junior guard Emani Bennett converting the game-winning layup with four seconds remaining to lift the Roos to a 60-59 victory.
• Bennett finished with 17 points as KC downed the Mavericks for the second time this season.
• St. Thomas forward Alyssa Sand tallied 12 points, marking her 19th double-digit scoring game of the season, as the Tommies fell in their only game of the week against South Dakota.
• Sand also grabbed 10 rebounds to record her third straight double-double.
• Denver fell on the road to North Dakota State and narrowly lost to North Dakota 73-72 this past week, as the Fighting Hawks rattled off an 11-0 run in the final five minutes to take the lead and hold on for the win.
• Junior Jocelyn Medina paced the Pioneers against UND with a season-high 23 points.
• North Dakota’s Ava Miller finished with eight points, including the go-ahead bucket with 23 seconds remaining to help secure the Fighting Hawks’ victory.
• The next day, UND was able to take down Bismarck State 89-80 in a makeup game from Dec. 9.
• Omaha held KC to a single fourth-quarter field goal, the game-winner, as the Mavericks’ losing streak reached nine.
• The Mavs outscored the Roos 38-21 in the second half, but were unable to conquer the first half deficit.

Upcoming In The Summit League
Date | Stream/TV | Local Time
Wednesday, Feb. 4
South Dakota State at St. Thomas* | SLN | 8 p.m. CT
 
Thursday, Feb. 5
South Dakota at Denver* | SLN | 6 p.m. MT
North Dakota at Omaha* | SLN | 6:30 p.m. CT
North Dakota State at Kansas City* | SLN | 7 p.m. CT
 
Saturday, Feb. 7
North Dakota State at Omaha* | SLN | 1 p.m. CT
North Dakota at Kansas City* | SLN | 2 p.m. CT
South Dakota at Oral Roberts* | SLN | 2 p.m. CT
St. Thomas at Denver* | SLN | 2 p.m. MT
 
Wednesday, Feb. 11
Omaha at Denver* | SLN | 6 p.m. MT
Oral Roberts at St. Thomas* | SLN | 7 p.m. CT
 
Thursday, Feb. 12
Kansas City at South Dakota* | SLN | 7 p.m. CT
North Dakota at South Dakota State* | MS/SLN | 7 p.m. CT
 
Saturday, Feb. 14
Omaha at St. Thomas* | SLN | 1 p.m. CT
Denver at Oral Roberts* | SLN | 2 p.m. CT
Kansas City at South Dakota State* | SLN | 2 p.m. CT
 
Sunday, Feb. 15
North Dakota State at North Dakota* | MS/SLN | 1 p.m. CT
 
Wednesday, Feb. 18
Denver at Kansas City* | SLN | 7 p.m. CT
 
Thursday, Feb. 19
South Dakota at Oral Roberts* | SLN | 7 p.m. CT
Omaha at South Dakota* | MS/SLN | 7 p.m. CT
St. Thomas at North Dakota State* | WDAY/SLN | 7 p.m. CT
 
Saturday, Feb. 21
St. Thomas at North Dakota* | SLN | 1 p.m. CT
North Dakota State at South Dakota* | SLN | 1 p.m. CT
South Dakota State at Denver* | SLN | 1 p.m. MT
Oral Roberts at Kansas City* | SLN | 2 p.m. CT
 
Key: MS (Midco Sports), SLN (Summit League Network), WDAY (WDAY Xtra)
 
Rankings: (AP/Coaches) | * Summit League game
 
RESULTS
Thursday, Jan. 22
South Dakota 67, Omaha 39*
 
Saturday, Jan. 24
Oral Roberts 74, Denver 86*
South Dakota 56, (RV/NR) North Dakota State 79*
North Dakota 54, St. Thomas 72*
South Dakota State 76, Kansas City 63*
 
Wednesday, Jan. 28
St. Thomas 55, South Dakota 67*
Omaha 41, South Dakota State 85*
 
Thursday, Jan. 29
Denver 55, North Dakota State 95*
Oral Roberts 89, North Dakota 80*
 
Saturday, Jan. 31
Oral Roberts 72, North Dakota State 93*
South Dakota State 54, South Dakota 73*
Kansas City 60, Omaha 59*
Denver 72, North Dakota 73*
 
Sunday, Feb. 1
Bismarck State 80, North Dakota 89
 
Rankings: (AP/Coaches) | * Summit League game
 
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