The UPDATE 2020-21 woMEn’s notebook: Championship Edition Women’s Basketball Standings Summit League Games All Games W-L PCT H A Strk PF PA W-L PCT H A N Strk L10 PF PA South Dakota State 14-0 1.000 8-0 6-0 W14 73.6 58.9 21-2 .913 13-0 8-2 0-0 W18 10-0 71.8 60.7 South Dakota 12-2 .857 6-0 6-2 W6 75.3 58.9 16-5 .762 8-0 8-3 0-2 W6 8-2 74.9 59.6 Communications North Dakota State 9-7 .562 5-3 4-4 L4 68.5 64.9 14-8 .636 9-3 5-5 0-0 L4 4-6 69.6 65.7 Aubrie Laufenberg, Associate Director Kansas City 7-8 .467 4-4 3-4 L2 66.8 70.9 10-11 .476 6-4 4-7 0-0 L2 5-5 68.7 71.1 [email protected] Western Illinois 6-8 .429 4-4 2-4 W3 73.4 77.0 7-15 .318 4-5 3-8 0-2 W3 5-5 70.1 77.1 www.thesummitleague.org Denver 5-9 .357 3-3 2-6 L1 72.4 77.9 7-15 .318 4-5 3-9 0-0 L1 4-6 72.0 77.8 Phone: 605-275-3067 Oral Roberts 4-8 .333 3-3 1-5 L6 69.1 78.7 6-14 .300 5-3 1-11 0-0 L6 2-8 64.3 78.4 Omaha 4-8 .333 3-3 1-5 W1 68.2 74.3 5-12 .294 3-3 2-9 0-0 W1 4-6 63.2 71.4 Championship Schedule North Dakota 2-13 .133 1-6 1-7 L4 66.3 73.8 2-19 .095 1-7 1-12 0-0 L4 2-8 66.5 75.5 All Times Central Thru games Feb. 28, 2021 Quarterfinals | Saturday, March 6 Q1: (1) South Dakota State vs. (8) Omaha 11:45 a.m. Players of the Week 2021 Championship seeds Q2: (2) South Dakota vs. (7) Oral Roberts 2:45 p.m. November 30 1. South Dakota State (21-2, 14-0) Haley Greer, South Dakota State 2. South Dakota (16-5, 12-2) 3. North Dakota State (14-8, 9-7) Quarterfinals | Sunday, March 7 December 7 4. Kansas City (10-11, 7-8) Q3: (4) Kansas City vs. (5) Western Illinois 11:45 a.m. Myah Selland, South Dakota State 5. Western Illinois (7-15, 6-8) 6. Denver (7-15, 5-9) Q4: (3) North Dakota State vs. (6) Denver 2:45 p.m. December 14 7. Oral Roberts (6-14, 4-8) Chloe Lamb, South Dakota 8. Omaha (5-12, 4-8) Semifinals | Monday, March 8 2021 #SummitWBB Awards S1: Q1 winner vs. Q3 winner 11:45 a.m. December 21 S2: Q2 winner vs. Q4 winner 2:45 p.m. Myah Selland, South Dakota State Player of the Year Hannah Sjerven, South Dakota Myah Selland, South Dakota State

Championship | Tuesday March 9 December 28 Defensive Player of the Year Myah Selland, South Dakota State Hannah Sjerven, South Dakota F1: S1 winner vs. S2 winner 1 p.m. Sixth Woman of the Year January 4 RaVon Nero, Kansas City Last week In The Summit League Hannah Sjerven, South Dakota Freshman of the Year Friday, February 26 January 11 Tierney Coleman, Oral Roberts Denver 94, Omaha 82 Myah Selland, South Dakota State Newcomer of the Year South Dakota State 73, Kansas City 53 January 18 Heaven Hamling, North Dakota State Evan Zars, Western Illinois Coach of the Year Saturday, February 27 January 25 Aaron Johnston, South Dakota State Omaha 80, Denver 75 Naomie Alnatas, Kansas City South Dakota 82, North Dakota 81 All-Summit League First Team February 1 Naomie Alnatas, Kansas City South Dakota State 72, Kansas City 66 Julia Fleecs, North Dakota Paiton Burckhard, South Dakota State Oral Roberts at Western Illinois Cancelled Tylee Irwin, South Dakota State February 8 Chloe Lamb, South Dakota Grace Gilmore, Western Illinois Sunday, February 28 Myah Selland, South Dakota State Myah Selland, South Dakota State Hannah Sjerven, Souht Dakota South Dakota 81, North Dakota State 61 Oral Roberts at Western Illinois Cancelled February 15 Myah Selland, South Dakota State All-Summit League Second Team Uju Ezeudu, Denver February 22 Grace Gilmore, Western Illinois Tylee Irwin, South Dakota State Heaven Hamling, North Dakota State Liv Korngable, South Dakota March 1 Keni Jo Lippe, Oral Roberts Hannah Sjerven, South Dakota Honorable Mention Meghan Boyd, Denver The Summit League On The Web / Twitter / SID Contacts Ryan Cobbins, North Dakota State SL...... thesummitleague.org...... @summithoops...... Aubrie Laufenberg ([email protected]) Emily Dietz, North Dakota State DU...... denverpioneers.com...... @DU_WHoops...... Chris Smith ([email protected]) Julia Fleecs, North Dakota Kansas City...... kcroos.com...... @KCRoos_WBB...... Jerod Fox ([email protected]) Evan Zars, Western Illinois UND...... fightinghawks.com...... @UNDwbasketball...... Matt Scheerer ([email protected]) All-Newcomer Team NDSU...... gobison.com...... @NDSUwbb...... Ryan Workman ([email protected]) Tierney Coleman, Oral Roberts Omaha...... omavs.com...... @OmahaWBB...... Jared Meister ([email protected]) Heaven Hamling, North Dakota State ORU...... oruathletics.com...... @ORUWBB...... Jarrett Hardwick ([email protected]) Reneya Hopkins, North Dakota State USD...... goyotes.com...... @SDCoyotesWBB...... Britni Smith ([email protected]) Maddie Krull, South Dakota SDSU...... gojacks.com...... @GoJacksWBB...... Heidi Holloway ([email protected]) RaVon Nero, Kansas City WIU...... goleathernecks.com...... @WIUWBB...... Matthew Hutchinson ([email protected])

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No. 1 South Dakota State

Saturday, March 6 Winner of Game 1 Game 1 • 11:45 a.m.

No. 8 Omaha Monday, March 8 Game 5 • 11:45 a.m. Winner of Game 5

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Sunday, March 7 Winner of Game 3 Game 3 • 11:45 a.m.

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Oral Roberts’ Tierney Coleman was named the Freshman of the Year becoming the first Golden Eagle to take home the honor since the award split into freshman of the year and transfer of the year (now newcomer of the year) for the 2015-16 season. Coleman has started 18 of the 20 games she has appeared in for the Golden Eagles, 10 of which were in league play. She recorded a career-high 22 points at South Dakota State and averaged 12.0 ppg to go along with 3.3 rpg and 1.8 apg this season.

South Dakota State’s Aaron Johnston was voted the Coach of the Year for the fifth time in his career. Johnston guided the Jackrabbits to a 14-0 league record becoming the fourth team in league history to accom- plish the feat. In 21 seasons at the helm of the Jackrabbits, he has led the Jackrabbits to 17 20-plus win seasons, including nine straight. Under his SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – South Dakota State’s Myah Selland was selected as leadership, South Dakota State earned a national top 25 ranking for the The Summit League Player of the Year for the first time in her career in a first time in 11 years. The Jackrabbits entered both the Associated Press vote by the league’s head coaches, athletic communication directors and Top 25 and the USA Today Coaches’ Poll for the first time on Dec. 7 at No. select media members. 22 and No. 21, respectively. South Dakota State has now been ranked for six consecutive weeks in the Associated Press and three-straight in the USA Selland becomes the third Jackrabbit to take home the league’s top Today Coaches’ Poll. individual honor, the last being the league’s all-time leading scorer Macy Miller, who earned the honor in back-to-back years in 2018-19. The Jack- The All-League first team is made up of Selland, Sjerven, Kansas City junior rabbit junior averaged 19.2 ppg, 6.8 rpg and 3.8 apg this season. Selland Naomie Alnatas (16.0 ppg, 3.4 rpg, 2.0 apg), South Dakota State junior notched double-figure scoring efforts in all 20 games she competed in and Paiton Burckhard (13.0 ppg, 5.5 rpg, 51.1 FG%), Jackrabbit senior Tylee recorded five double-doubles. She tallied a career-high 30 points at Oral Irwin (13.4 ppg, 4.2 rpg, 40.5 3FG%) and South Dakota senior Chloe Lamb Roberts, was named College Sport Madness National Mid-Major Player of (15.8 ppg, 2.3 apg, 2.1 spg). the Week and has totaled six weekly honors this season, which is tied for second-most in a single-season in league history. The five-player second team consists of Hamling, Denver sophomore Uju Ezeudu (15.2 ppg, 6.4 rpg, 48.5 FG%), Western Illinois senior Grace Gilmore Hannah Sjerven was named the Defensive Player of the Year for the (13.3 ppg, 3.8 rpg), South Dakota senior Liv Korngable (14.5 ppg, 3.9 apg, second-straight year making it the fifth time a Coyote has taken home the 48.5 FG%), and Oral Roberts senior Keni Jo Lippe (14.5 ppg, 5.2 rpg, 2.5 honor and the fourth-consecutive year. She is the fifth individual to garner apg). the award back-to-back. Sjerven helped USD hold opponents to an aver- age of 59.6 points throughout the season. She leads the league and ranks Honorable mention accolades went to Denver sophomore Meghan Boyd 17th nationally in blocked shots (52) and 21st in blocked shots per game (15.2 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 3.0 apg), North Dakota State sophomore Ryan Cobbins (2.45). Sjerven sits atop the league in rebounds per game (10.0) and has (10.7 ppg, 6.3 rpg, 43.9 FG%), senior Emily Dietz (10.5 ppg, 6.4 rpg, 61.6 pulled down 211 rebounds this season to rank 28th in the NCAA. FG%), North Dakota senior Julia Fleecs (13.3 ppg, 7.8 rpg) and Western Illinois junior Evan Zars (11.3 ppg, 8.9 rpg, 1.5 bpg). RaVon Nero, a junior guard from Kansas City, was voted as the Sixth Woman of the Year and is the fourth Roo to take the honor, the last being The Summit League All-Newcomer team features Coleman, Hamling, Nero, LeAndrea Thomas in 2012. Nero was a force coming off the bench scoring North Dakota State junior guard Reneya Hopkins (7.5 ppg, 1.5 apg) and double-digits eight times this season and is the second-best scorer for the South Dakota freshman Maddie Krull (9.0 ppg, 3.6 rpg, 2.3 apg). Roos with 11.2 ppg. She reached double-digits in 13 of 21 games, includ- ing a career-high-tying 28 points against North Dakota State. Eight of the league's nine teams will embark on Sioux Falls this weekend for The Summit League Women's Basketball Championship. The action North Dakota State’s Heaven Hamling was named the Newcomer of the starts Saturday at 11:45 a.m. CT when top-seeded South Dakota State takes Year and is the second Bison to garner the award in the last five seasons. on No. 8 Omaha at the Sanford Pentagon. All quarterfinal and semifinals Hamling has started all but one game since becoming a Bison and aver- games will be televised by MidcoSN and streamed digitally on Midco ages 13.2 ppg, 3.3 rpg and 2.9 apg. She has record double figures in 16 Sports Plus and ESPN+. Tuesday's title game will air on ESPNU at 1 p.m. CT games, 11 of which came in league play, including a career-high 30 points and be streamed on the Watch ESPN app. at South Dakota. Hamling leads the Bison in scoring and assists.

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#SummitWBB Championship: A Look Back at 2020 #SummitWBB Championship: A Closer Look CHAMPIONSHIP GAME: March 10, 2020 Tournament Titles By Seed: (1) South Dakota 63, (2) South Dakota State 58 Seed Total Last Time It was the Coyotes year from start to finish in The Summit League and for the first time in six years, top-seeded South Dakota captured the postseason tournament title with a 63-58 victory over South Dakota State. The 1 11 South Dakota (2020) games were a little easier during USD's 16-0 run through the regular season, but the 12th-ranked team in the 2 8 South Dakota State (2018) country should not have expected anything else from its in-state rivals, who had won four of the last five title- game matchups between the two teams. Championship MVP Hannah Sjerven scored nine of her team-high 15 3 3 South Dakota State (2011) points in a decisive fourth quarter that capped win No. 30 on the season for the Coyotes, who trailed at the half 4 5 South Dakota (2014) for only the fourth time this season. 5 0 Never 6 1 Oakland (2006) SEMIFINALS: March 9, 2020 (1) South Dakota 65, (4) Oral Roberts 43 7 0 Never Oral Roberts provided top-seeded South Dakota a little scare early on but the 12th-ranked Coyotes turned it on 8 0 Never in the second quarter to roll to a 65-43 victory over the Golden Eagles. The Coyotes' frontcourt duo of Han- nah Sjerven and Taylor Frederick combined to go 14-for-19 from the floor to pace the offense while the rest of the team went just 13-for-49. Those efforts allowed South Dakota to outscore ORU 44-14 in the paint. Sjerven finished with 15 points and 13 rebounds to record her fifth double-double of the season. Tournament Titles By Team South Dakota State 9 (2) South Dakota State 76, (6) North Dakota State 56 For the third straight year, South Dakota and South Dakota State will meet in The Summit League Tournament Oral Roberts 5 title game. The second-seeded Jackrabbits made that a reality with a … victory over sixth-seeded North Dakota South Dakota 3 State in Monday's second semifinal. Summit League Freshman of the Year Tori Nelson led four Jackrabbits in double-figures with 21 points in a game that saw SDSU shoot 46 percent from the field while holding the Bison Youngstown State 3 to a 38-percent clip. Western Illinois 2 Oakland 2 QUARTERFINALS: March 7-8, 2020 Valparaiso 2 (1) South Dakota 99, (8) Omaha 50 North Illinois 1 Top-seeded South Dakota pulled away early and cruised to a 99-40 win over No. 8 seed Omaha on Saturday in The Summit League Championships opener. Ciara Duffy led four Coyotes in double figures with 17 points. Green Bay 1 Monica Arens added 16, Hannah Sjerven chipped in 14 and Chloe Lamb added 11 points in the win. Sjerven also Troy 1 led the contest with eight rebounds. (2) South Dakota State 72, (7) North Dakota 43 No. 2 seed South Dakota State capitalized on a slew of North Dakota turnovers, and the Jackrabbits dominated in the paint to secure a 72-43 win over the seventh-seeded Fighting Hawks on Saturday in The Summit League 2020 CHAMPIONSHIP DOUBLE-DOUBLES Championship quarterfinals. Tagyn Larson paced the Jackrabbits with a game-high 18 points, adding eight Montserrat Brotons, ORU vs. WIU (16 pts and 10 rebs) rebounds and a trio of assists. Paiton Burckhard added 14 points, as 10 different Jackrabbit scored in the game. Keni Jo Lippe, ORU vs. WIU (19 pts and 11 rebs) Seven Jackrabbits teamed up to record 18 steals, tied for third all-time in the tournament. (4) Oral Roberts 74, (5) Western Illinois 66 USD (18 pts and 13 rebs) No. 4 seed Oral Roberts recovered from a slow start to battle back and secure a 74-66 win over No. 5 seed West- Madison Nelson, DU vs. NDSU (33 pts and 10 rebs) ern Illinois on Sunday in The Summit League quarterfinals. Lippe led a trio of Golden Eagles in double figures Rylee Nudell, NDSU vs. DU (12 pts and 12 rebs) with a team-high 19 points. Montserrat Brotons added 16 points and 10 rebounds to complete the double- Hannah Sjerven, USD vs. ORU (15 pts and 13 rebs) double, while Torrey added 14 points in the win. (6) North Dakota State 72, (3) Denver 68 Both No. 3 seed Denver and No. 6 seed North Dakota State came into Sunday's Summit League semifinal winless in the Denny Sanford PREMIER Center. The game went down to the wire before the Bison snapped their 0-5 streak and extended the Pioneers to 0-6 with a 72-68 win. Ryan Cobbins led the Bison with 18 points while both Michelle Gaislerova and Rylee Nudell added 12 points each. Nudell's dozen points all came from the foul stripe where she did not miss and also added a team-high 12 rebounds to complete the double-double.

ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM Rylie Cascio-Jensen, South Dakota State Ciara Duffy, South Dakota Chloe Lamb, South Dakota Hannah Sjerven, South Dakota (MVP) Tagyn Larson, South Dakota State

2020-21 Summit League Postseason Awards PLAYER OF THE YEAR FIRST TEAM HONORABLE MENTION Ciara Duffy, South Dakota Paiton Burckhard, South Dakota State*; Ciara Duffy, Montserrat Brotons, Oral Roberts; Taylor Fredericks, NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR South Dakota; Olivia Kaufmann, Western Illinois; Keni South Dakota; Michelle Gaislerova, North Dakota Evan Zars, Western Illinois* Jo Lippe, Oral Roberts*; Madison Nelson, Denver; State*; Madison McKeever, South Dakota; Rylie Torrey, FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR Hannah Sjerven, South Dakota* Oral Roberts Tori Nelson, South Dakota State* SIXTH WOMAN OF THE YEAR SECOND TEAM ALL-NEWCOMER Taylor Frederick, South Dakota Julia Fleecs, North Dakota; Chloe Lamb, South Dakota*; Ryan Cobbins, North Dakota State*; Jentry Holt, Oral DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR Tagyn Larson, South Dakota State; Lauren Loven, Roberts*; Tori Nelson, South Dakota State*; Riley Ott, Hannah Sjerven, South Dakota* Denver; Mariah Murdie, Omaha* Purdue Fort Wayne; Evan Zars, Western Illinois* COACH OF THE YEAR *Returning in 2019-20 Dawn Plitzuweit, South Dakota

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Rk Team Points Previous Rk Team Record Points Previous Rk Team Record Points Previous 1 UConn (27) 20-1 747 1 1 Connecticut (21-1) 772 1 1 South Dakota State (26) 20-2 769 1 2 Texas A&M (2) 22-1 703 3 2 Texas A&M (22-1) 725 3 2 State (1) 19-2 735 2 3 NC State 17-2 687 2 3 Stanford (22-2) 723 2 3 Gonzaga (2) 20-3 714 3 4 Stanford (1) 22-2 672 4 4 North Carolina State 17-2 671 4 4 FGCU (2) 21-2 687 5 5 Louisville 21-2 605 6 5 Louisville 21-2 652 5 5 South Dakota 17-4 642 6 6 Baylor 19-2 604 7 6 Baylor 20-2 619 7 6 Stephen F. Austin 20-2 606 7 7 South Carolina 19-4 575 5 7 South Carolina 19-4 586 6 7 BYU 16-4 567 4 8 Maryland 19-2 565 8 8 Maryland 19-2 559 8 8 California Baptist 20-0 529 8 9 UCLA 14-4 500 10 9 UCLA 14-4 516 10 9 UT Martin 16-4 499 9 10 Indiana 16-4 485 11 10 Indiana 16-4 493 11 10 IUPUI 13-4 462 11 11 Arizona 15-4 431 9 11 Arizona 15-4 436 9 11 UC Davis 8-1 443 12 12 Maine 16-2 442 10 12 Michigan 13-3 369 12 12 Michigan 13-3 407 12 13 Bowling Green 17-4 379 13 13 Arkansas 19-7 367 16 13 Arkansas 19-7 369 16 14 Idaho State 17-3 334 15 14 Tennessee 15-6 323 20 14 South Florida 14-2 318 13 15 Gonzaga 21-3 280 19 15 Bucknell 8-0 306 14 15 South Florida 14-2 304 13 16 Tennessee 15-6 262 21 16 Marist 14-2 278 16 16 Georgia 18-5 252 17 17 Missouri State 18-2 243 19 17 Belmont 17-5 248 19 17 Kentucky 16-7 227 19 18 Oregon 13-7 240 15 18 Ohio 12-7 246 18 18 Gonzaga 21-3 224 21 19 Kentucky 16-7 231 17 19 Delaware 19-3 244 20 19 Oregon 13-7 201 14 20 Ohio State 13-6 220 14 20 Liberty 17-5 148 24 20 West Virginia 18-4 199 18 21 Georgia 18-5 219 18 21 Illinois State 12-6 122 23 21 South Dakota State 21-2 163 22 22 South Dakota State 21-2 143 24 22 Central Michigan 13-8 111 17 22 Ohio State 13-6 158 15 23 West Virginia 18-4 127 22 23 Drake 13-10 92 NR 23 Missouri State 18-2 147 23 24 Florida Gulf Coast 21-2 77 26 24 Troy 19-5 74 NR 24 Rutgers 12-3 120 25 25 Northwestern 13-6 58 25 25 Green Bay 15-6 67 25 25 DePaul 14-6 31 24 Others receiving votes: Rutgers (12-3) 53; DePaul (14-7) Other receiving votes: Buffalo 56, James Madison 45, Wright Others receiving votes: Florida Gulf Coast 22, Ste- 22; Rice (15-2) 12; Marquette (17-5) 11; Iowa (14-7) 7; Day- State 33, Milwaukee 29, Mercer 28, Kent State 19, Howard 18, phen F. Austin 16, Marquette 14, Oklahoma State 9, ton (13-2) 6; North Carolina (13-9) 4; Oklahoma State (17-7) High Point 15, Stony Brook 14, Louisiana 12, Northern Iowa Oregon State 9, Iowa 6, Virginia Tech 6, Georgia Tech 5, 3; Georgia Tech (14-7) 3; Oregon State (9-6) 2; Mississippi 12, North Dakota State 7, Samford 7, San Francisco 7, Towson Northwestern 4. State (10-8) 2; Houston (15-5) 2; Seton Hall (14-6) 1; Central 6, Idaho 5, Drexel 4, NCA&T 4, Northern Illinois 4, Ball State 2, Florida (13-2) 1. Montana State 2.

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The Summit League Head Coaches Records Coach, School...... Career (Year) ...... at School (Year)...... Summit League Only Doshia Woods, Denver...... 7-15 (1st) ...... 7-15 (1st) ...... 5-9 (1st) Jacie Hoyt, Kansas City...... 57-54 (4th)...... 57-54 (4th)...... 7-8 (1st) Mallory Bernhard, North Dakota...... 2-19 (1st) ...... 2-19 (1st) ...... 2-13 (1st) Jory Collins, North Dakota State...... 224-85 (10th)...... 25-27 (2nd)...... 16-16 (2nd) Carrie Banks, Omaha...... 5-12 (1st)...... 5-12 (1st)...... 4-8 (1st) Misti Cussen, Oral Roberts...... 129-136 (9th) ...... 129-136 (9th) ...... 77-65 (9th) Dawn Plitzuweit, South Dakota...... 314-122 (12th)...... 126-29 (4th)...... 68-9 (4th) Aaron Johnston, South Dakota State...... 513-168 (20th)...... 513-168 (20th)...... 193-35 (13th) JD Gravina, Western Illinois...... 269-206 (16th)...... 155-145 (10th)...... 83-74 (10th)

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Player of the Week (March 1) No. 5. North Dakota State is receiving votes and has been for South Dakota senior Hannah Sjerven secured the final Summit the last six weeks. #BeatType1 Games League Women’s Basketball Player of the Week honor of the Date Host Opponents season after averaging a double-double on the weekend to National Numbers 1/3 Omaha Oral Roberts go along with 3.5 bpg as she guided the Coyotes to a pair of South Dakota State and Denver both rank in the top 10 in two 1/8 South Dakota State Western Illinois home wins over North Dakota State. statistical categories. South Dakota State ranks eighth in free 1/8 Kansas City South Dakota throw attempts (504) and sixth in free throws made (368) while 1/23 North Dakota State Denver In the first meeting with the Bison, she led the Coyotes to an Denver sits ninth in three-point field goals attempted (606) 1/23 Western Illinois South Dakota 82-81 victory after pulling down one of her seven offensive and 10th in three-point field goals made (202). 1/29 South Dakota Omaha (MBB) boards on the weekend and getting fouled on the putback 1/30 North Dakota Western Illinois (WBB) with .02 seconds remaining. She sank the game-winning free #BeatType1 2/12 North Dakota South Dakota (MBB) throw and ended the series opener with her eighth double- The 2020-21 Summit League basketball season marked the 2/26 Denver Omaha double of the year with 12 points and 12 rebounds. She also third consecutive that the league’s nine men’s and women’s 2/28 Oral Roberts Western Illinois (MBB) added three steals and two blocks in the victory. programs brought awareness to type 1 diabetes. All 18 pro- grams once again designated a league game to team up with #SummitFoodFight During the final meeting with the Bison, she finished with her Sanford Health and bring awareness to the disease that more The 13th annual #SummitFoodFight Challenge begins this third-straight double-double, scoring 24 points to go with 12 than 1.25 million Americans are currently battling. month throughout the academic year. The friendly competi- rebounds. Sjerven also had a season-high five blocked shots to tion between league schools focuses on supporting local move up to second in USD history for career blocks and added The #BeatType1 initiative is a collaborative effort between the organizations in the fight against hunger and food insecurity four assists to claim the series sweep over North Dakota State. league’s nine-member institutions and Sanford Health and through the donation of non-perishable food items. In the administrators from each institution have toured the Sanford program's 12 completed years, over 972,000 lbs. of food has Also nominated: Also nominated: Heaven Hamling (North Dakota Health facilities during visits to Sioux Falls in the past and been collected. State), Paige Bradford (Kansas City), Elena Pilakouta (Omaha), recorded public service announcements once again that will Paiton Burckhard (South Dakota State) air at each of their respective institutions during these aware- The event, which marks the 13th year of its kind, is an exten- ness games. sion of the nine-year league-wide drive. At the end of the Food Updates, Updates, Read All About Them! Fight schedule, the school that raises the most amount of food, Commissioner Tom Douple in conjunction with the Sioux Falls In total, there were 10 dates set aside by league members that measured in pounds, is deemed the winner and awarded The Sports Authority announced that the 2021 Men’s and Women’s ranged from Jan. 2 to Feb. 28. Summit League Food Fight trophy. Summit League Basketball Tournaments will be held without fans and the games will be moved to the Sanford Pentagon and played during the originally scheduled dates of March 6-9. REFERENCING THE SUMMIT The move from the Denny Sanford PREMIER Center to the Please stay current and use correct references and logos for each of The Summit League’s smaller, basketball-centric Sanford Pentagon was made to en- nine member institutions as listed below. sure all tournament operations, including practices, could be performed under one roof. The Pentagon has already hosted THE SUMMIT LEAGUE several successful collegiate basketball tournaments during these challenging times. acceptable: The Summit League, Summit League unacceptable: Summit Conference Where to Watch the #SummitWBB Championships All men's and women's games at The Summit League Bas- ketball Championships can be viewed live across multiple platforms ranging from cable television to handheld devices. The coverage by Midco Sports Network and ESPN platforms acceptable: Denver, Pioneers, , DU marks the 12th consecutive season that both the men's and unacceptable: Denver University, UD women's tournaments are available in their entirety. MidcoSN's involvement dates back to 2010 while the women's title game has aired on ESPNU for the 13th straight year. KANSAS CITY ROOS acceptable: Kansas City Athletics, Kansas City, Roos Things to Watch South Dakota State's Myah Selland and South Dakota's Han- unacceptable: UMKC, Kangaroos nah Sjerven were named semifinalists for the 2020-21 Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player of the Year Award presented by Her Hoop Stats as well as TheAthletic's Mid-Major Player of the Year NORTH DAKOTA FIGHTING HAWKS candidates. acceptable: North Dakota, Fighting Hawks, UND unacceptable: N. Dakota After suffering a season-ending injury last season, Player of the Year Selland has made her redshirt junior campaign known this season. She is averaging 19.2 ppg, 6.8 rpg and 3.8 apg and has helped pace the Jackrabbits to an undefeated league season. acceptable: NDSU, Bison, NDSU | say it: BI-zon unacceptable: N.D. State, N. Dakota St., Bisons Defensive Player of the Year Sjerven is averaging 17.2 ppg, 10.0 rpg and 2.5 bpg headed into the league tournament. South Dakota State’s head coach Aaron Johnston is one of acceptable: Omaha, Mavericks, UNO, Mavs 15 head coaches to be named to the 2021 Werner Ladder Naismith Women’s Coach of the Year Late Season Watch List. unacceptable: Neb.-Omaha, UNOmaha, UN-Omaha The Jackrabbits are currently ranked No. 21 in the AP Poll and No. 22 in the USA Today Coaches Poll. Johnston has guided the Jackrabbits to a 21-2 overall record this season and leads the ORAL ROBERTS GOLDEN EAGLES league with a perfect 14-0 mark. acceptable: Oral Roberts, Golden Eagles, ORU Records unacceptable: O. Roberts, Eagles South Dakota now owns the league record for most consecutive Summit League home wins after capturing its 31st-straight win at home Sunday over North Dakota State. acceptable: South Dakota, Coyotes, USD, Yotes | say it: KI-yotes Western Illinois had set the record with 30 consecutive unacceptable: S. Dakota home league wins from the 2001-02 season through the 2005-06 season. SOUTH DAKOTA STATE JACKRABBITS Top 25 National Rankings South Dakota State is now ranked No. 21 in the Associated acceptable: SDSU, Jackrabbits, SDSU, Jacks Press Poll and has moved up to No. 22 in the USA Today unacceptable: S.D. State, Rabbits Coaches poll. The Jackrabbits were receiving votes for six con- secutive weeks in the USA Today poll before moving back into the rankings. It is the sixth straight week ranked in the AP poll. WESTERN ILLINOIS FIGHTING LEATHERNECKS acceptable: Western Illinois, Fighting Leathernecks, WIU, Leathernecks The league continues to have South Dakota State and South Dakota in the CollegeInsider.com Women's Mid-Major Top 25 unacceptable: W. Illinois, Necks Poll. The Jacks moved up to No. 1 with the Coyotes sitting at

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11/25 at Air Force W, 72-56 11/25 at Bradley L, 84-70 11/25 at Chicago State Cancelled 12/1 at Northern Colorado L, 75-74 11/30 vs. Northwest Missouri State W, 76-51 11/29 vs. Marquette L, 90-82 12/5 at Wyoming L, 79-67 12/9 vs. William Jewell College W, 80-60 12/6 at Montana State L, 84-72 12/8 vs. Colorado W, 85-84 12/12 at SIUE W, 89-81 12/7 at Montana L, 86-72 12/13 at Colorado State L, 85-62 12/14 at Kansas State L, 74-57 12/11 at Old Dominion Cancelled 12/15 vs. New Mexico State L, 81-72 12/17 at Southern Illinois L, 79-68 12/13 at Wisconsin L, 80-60 12/18 vs. Colorado State L, 79-61 1/2 at North Dakota* W, 71-67 12/16 at North Dakota State L, 74-67 (OT) 12/20 vs. Air Force L, 82-79 1/3 at North Dakota* Cancelled 12/21 at Toledo L, 64-49 1/2 at South Dakota* L, 87-47 1/8 vs. South Dakota* L, 92-34 1/2 vs. Kansas City* L, 71-67 1/3 at South Dakota* L, 89-74 1/9 vs. South Dakota* L, 80-53 1/3 vs. Kansas City* Cancelled 1/15 vs. Oral Roberts* W, 89-71 1/15 at Western Illinois* W, 78-64 1/8 at Oral Roberts* L, 84-71 1/16 vs. Oral Roberts* L, 79-78 1/16 at Western Illinois* L, 82-76 1/9 at Oral Roberts* L, 90-82 1/22 at North Dakota State* W, 62-60 1/23 at Oral Roberts* W, 101-93 (OT) 1/15 vs. North Dakota State* L, 64-60 1/23 at North Dakota State* L, 74-56 1/24 at Oral Roberts* L, 71-67 (OT) 1/16 vs. North Dakota State* L, 71-68 (OT) 1/29 vs. 25 South Dakota State* Cancelled 1/29 vs. North Dakota State* W, 53-45 1/22 at South Dakota State* L, 81-52 1/30 vs. 25 South Dakota State* Cancelled 1/30 vs. North Dakota State* L, 68-65 1/23 at South Dakota State* L, 66-44 2/5 vs. North Dakota* W, 86-79 (OT) 2/12 vs. Omaha* W, 69-59 1/29 vs. Western Illinois* W, 79-57 2/6 vs. North Dakota* L, 75-70 2/13 vs. Omaha* W, 76-66 1/30 vs. Western Illinois* L, 83-74 2/12 at Western Illinois* L, 85-68 2/19 vs. Denver* L, 63-55 2/5 at Denver* L, 86-79 (OT) 2/13 at Western Illinois* L, 90-82 2/20 vs. Denver* W, 85-69 2/6 at Denver* W, 75-70 2/19 at Kansas City* W, 63-55 2/26 at South Dakota State* L, 73-53 2/12 vs. South Dakota* L, 72-63 2/20 at Kansas City* L, 85-69 2/27 at South Dakota State* L, 72-66 2/13 vs. South Dakota* L, 64-47 2/26 vs. Omaha* W, 94-82 2/19 at Omaha* L, 73-61 2/27 vs. Omaha* L, 80-75 All time Central 2/20 at Omaha* L, 75-72 * Summit League All times Mountain All time Central * Summit League NOTING THE ROOS *Summit League • Kansas City notched a 7-8 league record after NOTING THE PIONEERS suffering a series loss to No. 22/24 South Dakota NOTING THE FIGHTING HAWKS • First-year head coach Doshia Woods and the State. The Roos will match up with fifth-seeded • The Fighting Hawks finished the season with a Pioneers ended the regular season with a 5-9 Western Illinois in the third quarterfinal at 11:45 2-19 overall record and 2-13 in league play after league record and are headed into the tourna- a.m. CT. dropping the series to Omaha 73-61 and 75-72. ment as the No. 6 seed. • Kansas City and Western Illinois split their regu- • The series finale ended the Fighting Hawks • The Pioneers will take on third-seeded North lar-season series in Macomb, Ill. on Jan. 15-16. season for the 2020-21 season. Dakota State in the second quarterfinal at 2:45 • It will be the eighth-straight berth to a post- • Julia Fleecs paced the Fighting Hawks through- p.m. CT. It will be the only rematch from the season league tournament as the Roos have out the season as the tenth-best scorer in the 2020 quarterfinals. The seeds were reversed a made it to seven-consecutive WAC tournaments league averaging 13.3 ppg and 7.8 rpg. year ago and NDSU pulled off the upset in the before rejoining the Summit League. • Her efforts during her senior campaign earned opening round. • First team honoree Naomie Alnatas guides her a spot on the Honorable Mention All-Sum- • Denver has advanced to the Summit League the Roos headed into the tournament averag- mit League team. It was the second-consecutive tournament all eight years since entering the ing 15.7 ppg, 2.0 apg and 1.5 spg. Her 15.7 ppg all-league honor for Fleecs. league, including this season, and holds a 2-7 ranks fourth overall in the league. all-time record in the league tournament. • Sixth Woman of the Year Ravon Nero and Paige • Denver is paced by the fifth and sixth-best scor- Bradford join Alnatas in the efforts. Nero is ers in the league in honorable mention honoree averaging 11.2 ppg and 2.0 apg while Bradford Meghan Boyd and second-team member Uju is chipping in an average of 10.4 ppg as well as Ezeudu as both are averaging 15.2 ppg. 6 rpg. • Ezeudu is also the eighth-best rebounder in the • Kansas City holds the second-best three-point league as she enters the championship averag- field goal percentage in the league with 35.6 ing 6.4 rpg. percent (187-for-525) from behind the arc. • Denver as a team is the second-best offensive scoring team in the league averaging 72.0 ppg.

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11/25 at Nebraska Cancelled 11/25 at 15/18 Iowa State L, 69-43 11/25 at 14/14 Arkansas L, 96-49 12/2 vs. Northern Iowa W, 85-68 11/29 at Northern Colorado W, 66-64 11/29 at Oklahoma State L, 73-54 12/5 vs. Green Bay W, 59-51 12/1 at Air Force Cancelled 12/4 at Nebraska L, 90-61 12/6 vs. Green Bay W, 82-66 12/6 at Illinois L, 53-50 12/6 at Kansas L, 100-59 12/12 at 24 Iowa State L, 85-68 12/12 at Kansas State L, 66-59 12/10 vs. Tarleton State W, 66-56 12/16 vs. North Dakota W, 74-67 (OT) 12/17 at Illinois State L, 69-38 12/14 vs. Rogers State W, 71-60 12/21 at Kansas W, 72-69 12/19 vs. Graceland Cancelled 12/16 vs. Air Force Cancelled 1/2 at Western Illinois* L, 77-65 1/2 vs. Oral Roberts* Postponed 12/19 at Missouri L, 88-49 1/3 at Western Illinois* L, 93-60 1/3 vs. Oral Roberts* Postponed 12/22 at TCU L, 62-48 1/8 vs. Omaha* W, 62-53 1/8 at North Dakota State* L, 62-53 1/2 at Omaha* Postponed 1/3 at Omaha* Postponed 1/9 vs. Omaha* W, 66-55 1/9 at North Dakota State* L, 66-55 1/8 vs. North Dakota* W, 84-71 1/15 at North Dakota* W, 64-60 1/15 vs. South Dakota State* L, 62-50 1/9 vs. North Dakota* W, 90-82 1/16 at North Dakota* W, 71-68 (OT) 1/16 vs. South Dakota State* L, 64-54 1/15 at Denver* L, 89-71 1/22 vs. Denver* L, 62-60 1/29 at South Dakota* Cancelled 1/16 at Denver* L, 79-78 1/23 vs. Denver* W, 74-56 1/30 at South Dakota* Cancelled 1/23 vs. Kansas City* L, 101-93 (OT) 1/29 at Kansas City* L, 53-45 2/6 vs. Western Illinois* W, 105-102 (OT2) 1/24 vs. Kansas City* W, 71-67 (OT) 1/30 at Kansas City* W, 68-65 2/7 vs. Western Illinois* L, 89-66 2/5 at North Dakota State* L, 70-49 2/5 vs. Oral Roberts* W, 70-49 2/12 at Kansas City* L, 69-59 2/6 at North Dakota State* L, 78-63 2/6 vs. Oral Roberts* W, 78-63 2/13 at Kansas City* L, 76-66 2/13 vs. 23 South Dakota State* L, 82-60 2/19 vs. 23/25 South Dakota State* L, 86-78 2/19 vs. North Dakota* W, 73-61 2/14 vs. 23 South Dakota State* L, 73-61 2/20 vs. 23/25 South Dakota State* L, 69-60 2/20 vs. North Dakota* W, 75-72 2/20 at South Dakota* L, 77-54 2/27 at South Dakota* L 82-81 2/26 at Denver* L, 94-82 2/21 at South Dakota* L, 76-54 2/28 at South Dakota* L, 81-61 2/27 at Denver* W, 80-75 2/27 vs. Western Illinois* Cancelled 2/28 vs. Western Illinois* Cancelled All times Central * Summit League All time Central All times Central * Summit League * Summit League NOTING THE BISON • North Dakota State finished the regular season NOTING THE MAVERICKS NOTING THE GOLDEN EAGLES with a 9-7 league record after dropping the • The Mavericks finish the regular season with a • Oral Roberts held a 4-8 league record on the series to South Dakota. 4-8 league record after splitting the series with season. The Golden Eagles' last games were on • The Bison claimed the No. 3 seed under the Denver. Feb. 20 and Feb. 21 at South Dakota because their series against Western Illinois was can- guidance of second-year head coach Jory Collins • Omaha secured the No. 8 seed and is making celled due to following the league's COVID-19 and will take on sixth-seeded Denver in Sunday's its second consecutive appearance as the eighth protocols. second quarterfinal at 2:45 p.m CT. seed. The Mavericks will meet regular-season • Oral Roberts secured the No. 7 seed at the tour- • The No. 3 seed is the highest seed the Bison champs No. 1 South Dakota State for the first nament and will face No. 2 seed and reigning have been since being the number three seed quarterfinal game on Saturday at 11:45 a.m. CT. tournament champion South Dakota on Satur- in 2009. • Claire Killian and Josie Filer have led the Mav- day in the second quarterfinal at 2:45 p.m. CT. • The NDSU squad has the best 3-point field ericks this season each averaging 11.6 ppg and • The Golden Eagles are the third-best offensive goal percentage in the league coming into the 10.3 ppg, respectively. rebounding team in the league notching 214 tournament at 37.9 percent (164-for-433). They • Filer has been averaging 5.4 rpg this season throughout the season and averaging 10.7 rpg. also have the third-best field goal percentage while Sarah Schmitt is dishing out 3.1 apg. • Oral Roberts has two Golden Eagles averaging • The Mavericks have the fifth-best field goal per- (42.6 percent). double-digit scoring efforts. All-League second- centage heading into the tournament with 40.6 • NDSU has three Bison pacing the team averag- teamer Keni Jo Lippe is the eighth-best scorer in ing double-digit scoring. Newcomer of the Year percent and the fifth-best rebounding defense the league averaging 14.5 ppg while Freshman Heaven Hamling is averaging 13.2 ppg and averaging 36.4 rpg. of the Year Tierney Coleman has averaged 12.0 2.8 apg while all-league honorable mention ppg. honoree Ryan Cobbins averages 10.7 ppg and • Defensively, Regan Schumacher ranks third in 6.3 rpg. the league in rebounding averaging 8.0 rpg on • Honorable mention recipient Emily Dietz has the season while Lippe is pulling down an aver- also been able to contribute 10.5 ppg along with age of 5.2 rpg. 6.4 rpg for the Bison this season. THESUMMITLEAGUE.ORG #REACHTHESUMMIT @summithoops

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Bad Boy Mowers Crossover Classic (Sioux Falls, S.D.) 11/28 vs. 15/18 Iowa State W, 76-69 11/29 at Wisconsin L, 73-66 11/28 vs. 1/1 South Carolina L, 81-71 11/30 vs. Creighton W, 66-47 11/30 vs. Oklahoma Cancelled 12/6 vs. 18 Gonzaga W, 75-72 (OT) Compass Challenge (Charleston, Ill.) 11/30 vs. 21/20 Gonzaga L, 54-50 12/10 at Kansas State L, 62-53 12/4 vs. Southern Illinois Cancelled 12/12 at Northern Iowa L, 65-48 12/5 vs. Northern Illinois L, 79-67 12/6 vs. Lipscomb W, 89-52 12/15 vs. Drake W, 87-73 12/6 vs. Eastern Illinois L, 88-74 12/10 at Wichita State W, 62-54 12/19 at 20/20 Missouri State W, 60-52 12/17 at Bradley W, 84-68 12/21 at Montana State W, 82-67 12/7 at Indiana State L, 78-51 12/20 at Oklahoma L, 80-73 12/23 vs. Northern Iowa W, 74-63 12/11 at SEMO L, 67-57 12/30 vs. Midland W, 89-39 1/8 vs. Western Illinois* W, 71-61 12/13 vs. Illinois State L, 85-55 1/2 vs. Denver* W, 87-47 1/9 vs. Western Illinois* W, 87-66 12/19 vs. Bellarmine W, 79-57 1/3 vs. Denver* W, 89-74 1/15 at Omaha* W, 62-50 12/22 at Iowa L, 92-65 1/8 at Kansas City* W, 92-34 1/16 at Omaha* W, 64-54 12/30 vs. Chicago State Cancelled 1/9 at Kansas City* W, 80-53 1/22 vs. North Dakota* W, 81-52 1/2 vs. North Dakota State* W, 77-65 1/22 at Western Illinois* W, 73-56 1/23 vs. North Dakota* W, 66-44 1/3 vs. North Dakota State* L, 93-60 1/23 at Western Illinois* W, 61-56 1/29 at Denver* Cancelled 1/8 at South Dakota State* L, 71-61 1/29 vs. Omaha* Cancelled 1/30 at Denver* Cancelled 1/9 at South Dakota State* L, 87-66 1/30 vs. Omaha* Cancelled 2/5 vs. South Dakota* W, 64-45 1/15 vs. Kansas City* L, 78-64 2/5 at 23 South Dakota State* L, 64-45 2/6 vs. South Dakota* W, 80-75 1/16 vs. Kansas City* W, 82-76 2/6 at 23 South Dakota State* L, 80-75 2/13 at Oral Roberts* W, 82-60 1/22 vs. South Dakota* L, 73-56 2/12 at North Dakota* W, 72-63 2/14 at Oral Roberts* W, 73-61 1/23 vs. South Dakota* L, 61-56 2/13 at North Dakota* W, 64-47 2/19 at North Dakota State* W, 86-78 1/29 at North Dakota* L, 79-57 2/20 vs. Oral Roberts* W, 77-54 2/20 at North Dakota State* W, 69-60 1/30 at North Dakota* W, 83-74 2/21 vs. Oral Roberts* W, 76-54 2/26 vs. Kansas City* W, 73-53 2/6 at Omaha* L, 105-102 (OT2) 2/27 vs. North Dakota State* W, 82-81 2/27 vs. Kansas City* W, 72-66 2/7 at Omaha* W, 89-66 2/28 vs. North Dakota State* W, 81-61 2/12 vs. Denver* W, 85-68 All times Central 2/13 vs. Denver* W, 90-82 All times Central * Summit League 2/27 at Oral Roberts* Cancelled * Summit League 2/28 at Oral Roberts* Cancelled NOTING THE JACKRABBITS NOTING THE COYOTES • Under the guidance of Coach of the Year Aaron All times Central • South Dakota finished the regular season with Johnston, the Jackrabbits finished with a 14-0 * Summit League a 12-2 league record and enters the tournament league record becoming the fourth team in with an overall record of 16-5. league history to accomplish the feat. NOTING THE LEATHERNECKS • The reigning tournament champs clinched the • The regular-season champs claimed the No. 1 • The Leathernecks finished the regular season No. 2 seed at the tournament and will play in seed for the sixth time in program history and with a 6-8 record on the season. The Leather- Saturday's second quarterfinal at 2:45 p.m. CT. will be making a run for their 10th tournament neck's last matchups were on Feb. 12 and Feb. They will meet No. 7 seeded Oral Roberts. title in the last 13 years. 13 against Denver because the series against Oral Roberts was cancelled due to following the • South Dakota has three of the league's top • The Jackrabbits begin their quest for the 10 scorers entering the tournament. Defensive league's COVID-19 protocols. tournament trophy on Saturday at 11:45 a.m. CT Player of the Year Hannah Sjerven is leading the • Western Illinois held a tiebreaker over Denver when they match up with No. 8 seed Omaha. efforts averaging 17.2 ppg, 10.0 rpg and 2.5 bpg. thanks to a regular-season sweep over the Pio- First team member Chloe Lamb has been able • Player of the Year Myah Selland paced the Jack- neers to clinch the No. 5 seed in the tournament. to chip in an average of 15.8 ppg and 2.1 apg rabbits this year averaging 19.2 ppg, 6.8 rpg and The Leathernecks will match up against No. 4 while All-League second-teamer Liv Korngable • 3.8 apg while first-team honoree Tylee Irwin Kansas City in Sunday's quarterfinal session at contributes 14.5 ppg. joined in the effort with 13.4 ppg. All-League 11:45 a.m CT. • The Coyotes lead the league in scoring averag- first-teamer Paiton Burckhard contributed 13.0 • All-League second-teamer Grace Gilmore has ing 74.9 ppg as well as being the most effi- ppg and 5.5 rpg. led the Leathernecks this season averaging 13.3 cient in the field with a 44.4 percent field goal • In the league, South Dakota State is the ppg and 3.7 apg. percentage. second-most efficient in the field averaging 43.7 • Honorable mention honoree Evan Zars and • On the defensive end, South Dakota is the percent and leads the league in assists (14.39 Danni Nichols have helped Gilmore in the ef- second-best offensive and defensive rebound- apg). forts this season averaging 11.3 and 11.7 ppg ing team in the league averaging 11.5 offensive • The Jacks rank third in the league in rebound- respectively. • In addition to her 11.3 ppg, Zar is also averag- rpg and 27.3 defensive rpg. 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Games (TV) Time (local to site) Denver 79, Air Force 82 Tuesday, December 8 South Dakota 73, Oklahoma 80 Wednesday, November 25 Denver 85, Colorado 84 Oral Roberts 49, (14/14) Arkansas 96 Monday, December 21 Omaha 43, (15/18) Iowa State 69 Wednesday, December 9 North Dakota 49, Toledo 64 Kansas City 70, Bradley 84 Kansas City 80, William Jewell 60 North Dakota State 72, Kansas 69 Denver 72, Air Force 56 South Dakota State 82, Montana State 67 North Dakota at Chicago State Cancelled Thursday, December 10 North Dakota State at Nebraska Cancelled South Dakota 62, Wichita State 54 Tuesday, December 22 South Dakota State 53, Kansas State 62 Western Illinois 65, Iowa 92 Saturday, November 28 Oral Roberts 66, Tarleton State 56 Oral Roberts 48, TCU 62 South Dakota State 76, (15/18) Iowa State 69 South Dakota 71, (1/1) South Carolina$ 81 Friday, December 11 Wednesday, December 23 North Dakota at Old Dominion Cancelled South Dakota State 74, Northern Iowa 63 Sunday, November 29 Western Illinois 57, SEMO 67 North Dakota 82, Marquette 90 Wednesday, December 30 Oral Roberts 54, Oklahoma State 73 Saturday, December 12 Western Illinois vs. Chicago State Cancelled Western Illinois 66, Wisconsin 73 North Dakota State 64, Iowa State 85 South Dakota 89, Midland 39 Omaha 66, Northern Colorado 64 Kansas City 89, SIUE 81 Omaha 59, Kansas State 66 Saturday, January 2 Monday, November 30 South Dakota State 48, Northern Iowa 65 Denver 47, South Dakota 87 South Dakota vs. Oklahoma$ (FH) Cancelled Kansas City 71, North Dakota 67 South Dakota 50, (21/20) Gonzaga$ 54 Sunday, December 13 North Dakota State 65, Western Illinois 77 South Dakota State 66, Creighton 47 Denver 62, Colorado State 85 Oral Roberts at Omaha Postponed Kansas City 76, Northwest Missouri State 51 Western Illinois 55, Illinois State 85 North Dakota 60, Wisconsin 80 Sunday, January 3 Tuesday, December 1 Denver 74, South Dakota 89 Omaha at Air Force Cancelled Monday, December 14 Kansas City at North Dakota Cancelled Denver 74, Northern Colorado 75 Kansas City 57, Kansas State 74 North Dakota State 93, Western Illinois 60 Oral Roberts 71, Rogers State 60 Oral Roberts at Omaha Postponed Wednesday, December 2 North Dakota State 85, Northern Iowa 68 Tuesday, December 15 Friday, January 8 Denver 72, New Mexico State 81 South Dakota 92, Kansas City 34 Friday, December 4 South Dakota State 87, Drake 73 North Dakota 71, Oral Roberts 84 Western Illinois vs. Southern Illinois% (E+) Cancelled Omaha 53, North Dakota State 62 Oral Roberts 61, Nebraska 90 Wednesday, December 16 Western Illinois 61, South Dakota State 71 North Dakota 67, North Dakota State 74 (OT) Saturday, December 5 Oral Roberts vs. Air Force Cancelled Saturday, January 9 North Dakota State 59, Green Bay 51 South Dakota 80, Kansas City 53 Western Illinois 67, Northern Illinois% 79 Thursday, December 17 North Dakota 82, Oral Roberts 90 Denver 67, Wyoming 79 South Dakota 84, Bradley 68 Omaha 55, North Dakota State 66 Omaha 38, Illinois State 69 Western Illinois 66, South Dakota State 87 Sunday, December 6 Kansas City 68, Southern Illinois 79 North Dakota State 82, Green Bay 66 Friday, January 15 South Dakota 89, Lipscomb 52 Friday, December 18 South Dakota State 62, Omaha 50 Oral Roberts 59, Kansas 100 Denver 61, Colorado State 79 Oral Roberts 71, Denver 89 South Dakota State 75, Gonzaga 72 (OT) Kansas City 78, Western Illinois 64 Western Illinois 84, Eastern Illinois% 88 Saturday, December 19 North Dakota State 64, North Dakota 60 Omaha 50, Illinois 53 Western Illinois 79, Bellarmine 57 North Dakota 72, Montana State 84 South Dakota State 60, Missouri State 52 Saturday, January 16 Oral Roberts 49, Missouri 88 South Dakota State 64, Omaha 54 Monday, December 7 Omaha vs. Graceland Cancelled Oral Roberts 79, Denver 78 North Dakota 72, Montana 86 Kansas City 76, Western Illinois 82 Western Illinois 51, Indiana State 78 Sunday, December 20 North Dakota State 71, North Dakota 68 (OT)

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Sunday, February 14 Friday, January 22 South Dakota 64, North Dakota 47 South Dakota 73, Western Illinois 56 South Dakota State 73, Oral Roberts 61 Denver 62, North Dakota State 60 North Dakota 52, South Dakota State 81 Friday, February 19 Denver 63, Kansas City 55 Saturday, January, 23 Omaha 73, North Dakota 61 Kansas City 101, Oral Roberts 93 (OT) South Dakota State 86, North Dakota State 78 South Dakota 61, Western Illinois 56 Denver 56, North Dakota State 74 Saturday, February 20 North Dakota 44, South Dakota State 66 South Dakota 77, Oral Roberts 54 Kansas City 85, Denver 69 Sunday, January 24 Omaha 75, North Dakota 72 Kansas City 67, Oral Roberts 71 (OT) South Dakota State 69, North Dakota State 60

Friday, January 29 Sunday, February 21 Kansas City 53, North Dakota State 45 South Dakota 76, Oral Roberts 54 North Dakota 79, Western Illinois 57 South Dakota State at Denver Cancelled Friday, February 26 Omaha at South Dakota (MSN) Cancelled Denver 94, Omaha 82 South Dakota State 73, Kansas City 53 Saturday, January 30 North Dakota State 68, Kansas City 65 Saturday, February 27 Western Illinois 83, North Dakota 74 Omaha 80, Denver 75 South Dakota State at Denver Cancelled South Dakota 82, North Dakota 81 Omaha at South Dakota (MSN) Cancelled South Dakota State 72, Kansas City 66 Oral Roberts at Western Illinois Cancelled Friday, February 5 Denver 86, North Dakota 79 Sunday, February 28 North Dakota State 70, Oral Roberts 49 South Dakota 81, North Dakota State 61 South Dakota State 64, South Dakota 45 Oral Roberts at Western Illinois Cancelled

Saturday, February 6 Tournament Key North Dakota 75, Denver 70 $ Bad Boy Mowers Crossover Classic (Sioux Falls, S.D.) Omaha 105, Western Illinois 102 (OT2)