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Category: Women’s Basketball

USD dominates opening weekend with Denver

Posted on January 5, 2021 By Mark Wendt No Comments on USD dominates opening weekend with Denver

The South Dakota women opened Summit League play with 2 convincing wins over the Denver Pioneers. The senior trio of Hannah Sjerven, Chloe Lamb and Liv Korngable paced the Yotes to a pair of win in Vermillion over the weekend.  On Saturday, USD dominated from the opening tip and overwhelmed the Pioneers in a 87-47…

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Women's Basketball

Despite starting the season 2-8, Denver underclassmen having strong seasons

Posted on January 5, 2021 By Pace Maier No Comments on Despite starting the season 2-8, Denver underclassmen having strong seasons
Despite starting the season 2-8, Denver underclassmen having strong seasons

Despite losing its last six games and getting outscored 176-121 to South Dakota over the weekend to open Summit League play, Denver is getting strong play out of its underclassmen. Three out of the Pioneers’ top five scorers are underclassmen and five Denver underclassmen have started at least three games this season. Sophomore Meghan Boyd is…

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Women's Basketball

Non Conference Power Rankings

Posted on December 29, 2020December 29, 2020 By Todd Buckingham No Comments on Non Conference Power Rankings

  Just repeating last weeks rankings as we head into Summit Play   1. South Dakota: 35pts (3) LW 1: No change at the top. Although one Voter felt they are not the top team in the league right now. 2. South Dakota State: 32pts (1) LW 2: SDSU gains one first vote closes the…

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Reaching The Summit Women’s Players of the Week

Posted on December 22, 2020 By Todd Buckingham 2 Comments on Reaching The Summit Women’s Players of the Week
Reaching The Summit Women’s Players of the Week

Senior of the week: Tough to look past the 31 point/21 rebound performance from South Dakota’s Hannah Sjerven vs Bradley as being enough to be honored as the Reach the Summit Podcast WBB Senior player of the week. Hannah added 15 points & 7 more rebounds vs Oklahoma on Sunday despite battling fouls and just…

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Summit Women’s Power Rankings 12/21

Posted on December 21, 2020December 21, 2020 By Todd Buckingham No Comments on Summit Women’s Power Rankings 12/21
Summit Women’s Power Rankings 12/21

1. South Dakota: 35pts (3) LW 1: No change at the top. Although one Voter felt they are not the top team in the league right now. 2. South Dakota State: 32pts (1) LW 2: SDSU gains one first vote closes the gap slightly with USD 3. North Dakota State: 29pts LW 3. The Bison…

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Senior trio leads Yotes to win at Bradley

Posted on December 17, 2020 By Mark Wendt No Comments on Senior trio leads Yotes to win at Bradley

It’s not very  often that when a player nets their 1,000 point during a road win that that story line, at least on some level, is the 3rd place finisher in the story line department.  But that was the case Thursday afternoon following USD’s 84-68 win over Bradley in Peoria, IL. Chloe Lamb did indeed…

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3 up and 3 down (recap of SDSU Women’s victory over Drake)

Posted on December 15, 2020 By Todd Buckingham No Comments on 3 up and 3 down (recap of SDSU Women’s victory over Drake)

By Steve Bruce It was a mark in the win column again as the Jacks ended their two-game losing streak. I’ve put together some ups and downs from this evening’s game. Let’s start with UPS. 1. The ball started going back into the hoop again! The Jacks took a lot of drives to the hoop…

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Reaching the Summit Women’s Player of the Week Awards

Posted on December 15, 2020December 15, 2020 By Todd Buckingham No Comments on Reaching the Summit Women’s Player of the Week Awards
Reaching the Summit Women’s Player of the Week Awards

Senior of the week: Chloe Lamb willed her team to a victory over Wichita State on Thursday. The University of South Dakota senior finished with 29 points on 10-of-22 shooting and 11 rebounds in the Coyotes 62-54 victory over the Shockers. Lamb played a team-high 39 minutes and also added four steals and two assists….

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Summit Women’s Power rankings 12/14

Posted on December 15, 2020December 15, 2020 By Todd Buckingham No Comments on Summit Women’s Power rankings 12/14

1. South Dakota: 36pts (4) LW 1: No change at the top. Some impressive play by SDSU has them lurking but voters still feel USD should be on top. 2. South Dakota State: 30pts LW 2: After receiving 1st place votes last week, SDSU stays in second but no voters put them on top. 3….

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The Reaching The Summit Women’s Players of the Week. First Edition

Posted on December 8, 2020 By Todd Buckingham No Comments on The Reaching The Summit Women’s Players of the Week. First Edition
The Reaching The Summit Women’s Players of the Week. First Edition

Just like the men’s awards we will be giving our weekly awards for Summit Women’s Basketball as well. This first edition will be for the year so far and weekly thereafter. Senior of the week: Liv Korngable. The Rochester MN native get the nod for her play this week, but her start to the season…

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