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The 2020 season ended in disappointment for the South Dakota State Women’s Basketball team with many ups and downs throughout the season. Heading into the non conference season there are few unknown heading into the season for this team. Returners The only major question mark is the health of Myah Selland. Coach Johnson…
MACOMB — It was a promising start to the year as the Western Illinois women opened the exhibition portion of the schedule with a 90-56 victory over Columbia College on Tuesday night at Western Hall.And while getting the win was nice, the Leathernecks had other things on the checklist they wanted to cross off, aside…
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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…
All apologies to The Who for the title. After a few weeks of searching for a new basketball coach, North Dakota decided in the end that the best person for the job, was the one who had it last year. It was announced last Wednesday that the interim tag was being removed and Mallory Bernhard…
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…
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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,…