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An up-and-down week leads to a lot of moving around in our latest power rankings. Seven out of ten teams are in a different spot compared to last week. Check out this week’s power rankings below! 1. South Dakota (77 points) 2-2 2. South Dakota State (75 points) 2-3 …
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Below are the Reaching the Summit Women’s Basketball Players of the Week. Our voters selected a senior, junior, sophomore, and freshman student-athlete they thought deserved this weekly award. Enjoy! SENIOR OF THE WEEK: Liv Korngable, South Dakota (@Liv_Korn) I’m sure it had nothing to do with us having Liv on our Second Team preseason…
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Here are our week 1 power rankings, as voted by the fans! Do they compare to your rankings? Where should your team rank? Leave us a comment. 1. South Dakota (58 points) 0-2 2. South Dakota State (56 points) 1-1 3. North Dakota State (45 points) 1-1…
The first of two episodes previewing the Women’s side of Summit hoops action. This episode I am joined by Head Coaches from St. Thomas (Ruth Sinn), Western Illinois (JD Gravina), South Dakota (Dawn Plitzuweit), and Omaha (Carrie Banks). Each Coach gives us a preview of their roster and non-conference schedule. Plus, what is Coach Gravina’s…
Welcome back Summit League basketball fans! Below you will find the preseason 1st and 2nd team selections from our voters, as well as the first team Power Rankings of the 2021-22 Summit League Women’s Basketball season! I can’t believe it is already that time of year. We at Reaching the Summit Podcast are excited to…
Once again, both South Dakota and South Dakota State find themselves in the NCAA Tournament. Although things will be significantly different this year (neutral location, limited fans, etc), the goal remains the same: to win in the NCAA Tournament. I’ll go through each first round matchup for USD and SDSU and provide a prediction! …
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For the second straight year, the Coyotes are going dancing! USD defeated Omaha in the Summit League Championship game 66-43 to punch their ticket to the NCAA Tournament. Barring an extremely unfortunate circumstance, USD will get a chance to prove themselves on the big stage, unlike last season (Ya know, COVID-19). Game Story The game…
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Game Story For the fourth straight year, and the eighth time in the past nine seasons, the USD Women’s Basketball team is heading to the Summit League Championship game. The Coyote women won their 11th straight game against NDSU 81-55 and will play 8-seed Omaha tomorrow at 1pm. The game will be televised on ESPNU….
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Game Story For the first time in Summit League WBB history, the eight-seed will be playing for a conference championship. The game started quick with Omaha’s Elena Pilakouta scoring an easy bucket in the paint. She scored four of the first six points for Omaha. Western Illinois would answer by the way of Evan Zars…
Read More “MAVERICK MAGIC CONTINUES: Omaha Defeats Western Illinois 69-55” »
GAME NOTES The Bison from North Dakota State are moving on to the semifinals after a convincing 79-67 win over Denver this afternoon. The top three-point shooting team in the conference showed up today as the Bison finished the game 10-23 from the three-point line. NDSU moves on to play the 2-seed, South Dakota,…