SOUTH DAKOTA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL /SDCoyotesWBB @SDCoyotesWBB @SDCoyotesWBB GAME 22 | SOUTH DAKOTA VS. ORAL ROBERTS | MARCH 6 | 2:45 P.M. | SANFORD PENTAGON (SIOUX FALLS, S.D.) TV: MidcoSN Radio: KVHT 106.3 Live Stats: Tickets: PXP: Jay Elsen, Color: Brad Newitt Web: Midco Sports Plus, espn+ Coyote Sports Network with Carter Woodiel pentagon.sidearmsports.com/summitwomen No tickets sold. 2020-21 SCHEDULE/RESULTS TIP OFF THE MATCHUP Date Opp. Time/Result • The Coyotes are the defending Summit League N 28 vs. #1/1 South Carolina ^ L, 71-81 Tournament Champions, but two days after hoisting the N 29 vs. #18/20 Gonzaga ^ L, 50-54 trophy the 2020 NCAA Tournament was canceled. 16-5, 12-2 Summit Record 6-14, 4-8 Summit N 30 vs. Oklahoma ^ Canceled Dawn Plitzuweit Head Coach Misti Cussen • South Dakota has won two Summit Tournament 126-29 (5th) Record at School 130-136 (9th) D 6 Lipscomb W, 89-52 trophies (2014, 2020) and made it to the championship 314-122 (14th) Career Record 130-136 (9th) D 10 at Wichita State W, 62-54 game in seven out of eight tries. The Coyotes own a 16-6 Sjerven (17.2) Leading Scorer Lippe (14.5) D 17 at Bradley W, 84-68 tournament record and are 7-3 under Dawn Plitzuweit. Sjerven (10.0) Leading Rebounder Schumacher (8.0) D 20 at Oklahoma L, 73-80 Korngable (3.9) Leading Assists Lippe (2.5) D 30 vs. Midland W, 89-39 • This year's senior class owns a 103-20 record at USD. THE SERIES J 2 Denver* W, 87-47 The quintet have two undefeated Summit regular J 3 Denver* W, 89-74 season titles and qualified for two NCAA Tournaments. USD vs. Oral Roberts......................................USD leads 14-3 J 8 at Kansas City* W, 92-34 The class has also received votes in the AP Top 25 for in Sioux Falls .................................................. USD leads 3-0 Current Streak............................................................ won 14 J 9 at Kansas City* W, 80-53 more than half of their career. Senior starters Hannah Sjerven, Chloe Lamb and Liv Korngable were recognized Last Meeting ........won 76-54 in Vermillion (02/21/21) J 22 at Western Illinois* W, 73-56 as all-league players earlier this week. J 23 at Western Illinois* W, 61-56 THE STATS J 29 Omaha* Canceled • This is just the second time USD enters the tournament J 30 Omaha* Canceled as the No. 2 seed (2019). USD Category ORU F 5 at #23/rv South Dakota State* L, 45-64 37 ‹ NET 257 74.9 ‹ Scoring Offense 64.3 F 6 at #23/rv South Dakota State* L, 75-80 • The Coyotes have faced their share of adversity over 59.6 ‹ Scoring Defense 78.5 F 12 at North Dakota* W, 72-63 the past 12 months. After being sent home last spring, +15.2 ‹ Scoring Margin -14.2 F 13 at North Dakota* W, 64-47 players were left on their own to practice. Summer .444 ‹ FG Percentage .355 F 20 Oral Roberts* W, 77-54 access was limited and a team trip to Greece was .373 ‹ FG Percentage Defense .431 canceled. Compliance with the NCAA's testing protocols .332 ‹ 3FG Percentage .321 F 21 Oral Roberts* W, 76-54 took away additional weeks of practice. Injuries have 6.8 3P Made per game › 7.0 F 27 North Dakota State* W, 82-81 sidelined several players this season. And the Coyotes .723 ‹ FT Percentage .663 38.8 ‹ Rebounds per game 36.4 F 28 North Dakota State* W, 81-61 faced the toughest schedule in the Summit with all M 6 vs. Oral Roberts $ 2:45 p.m. 13.5 ‹ Assists per game 10.3 eight road league games played consecutively. Through 11.7 ‹ Turnovers per game 16.6 it all, USD has pulled together a 16-5 record this year. 7.9 ‹ Steals per game 7.4 ^ - at the BBM Crossover Classic (Sioux Falls, S.D.) * - Summit League contest THE COYOTE LINEUP $ - Summit League Tournament (Sioux Falls, S.D.) PROJECTED STARTERS No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Pts. Reb. Ast. Stl. 2 Liv Korngable G 5-8 Sr. 14.5 3.2 3.9 1.0 22 Chloe Lamb G 5-10 Sr. 15.8 4.2 2.3 2.1 30 Jeniah Ugofsky F 5-11 So. 3.6 4.3 1.2 0.9 34 Hannah Sjerven C 6-3 Sr. 17.2 10.0 1.6 1.6 42 Maddie Krull G 5-8 Fr. 9.0 3.6 2.3 1.1 OFF THE BENCH 1 Claudia Kunzer G 5-7 Sr. 1.5 2.1 0.5 0.5 3 Macy Guebert G 5-8 So. 2.3 0.7 0.2 0.2 10 Morgan Hansen F 6-2 Fr. 4.4 1.6 0.4 0.3 11 Monica Arens G 5-10 Sr. - - - - 14 Regan Sankey F 6-0 Jr. 0.8 0.7 0.0 0.1 23 Natalie Mazurek C 6-2 Fr. 2.0 2.3 0.4 0.1 31 Aspen Williston C 6-4 Jr. 0.8 0.3 0.0 0.0 32 Kyah Watson G 5-9 Fr. 5.4 3.7 1.6 0.6 35 Allison Peplowski F 6-1 R-So. 0.8 1.1 0.1 0.1 41 Alexi Hempe F 5-11 So. 2.4 1.5 0.4 0.1 CONTACT: BRITNI SMITH, ASSISTANT SID (WBB) | OFFICE: (605) 658-5656 • CELL: (402) 617-4494 | E-MAIL: [email protected] 2020-21 COYOTE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL QUICK FACTS COMMUNICATIONS Full Name .............................................................. University of South Dakota Basketball Contact ........................................................................... Britni Smith Location .........................................................................................Vermillion, S.D. Office Phone .................................................................................(605) 658-5656 Founded ............................................................................................................1862 Cell Phone .....................................................................................(402) 617-4494 Enrollment .......................................................................................................9,920 E-mail .................................................................................Britni.Smith@usd.edu Nickname ................................................................................Coyotes (KI-yotes) Office Address.........................................................................310 DakotaDome Colors ....................................................................................................Red & White ......................................................................................................414 E. Clark St. Arena (Capacity)..............................Sanford Coyote Sports Center (6,004) ......................................................................................... Vermillion, SD 57069 Affiliation ......................................................................................NCAA Division I Website ..............................................................................................GoYotes.com Conference..........................................................................The Summit League President ........................................................................................Sheila Gestring Athletic Director ..........................................................................David Herbster RADIO NETWORK Senior Woman Administrator .......................................................Jamie Oyen Play-by-play announcer ...........................................................Carter Woodiel Faculty Athletic Representative ........................... Dr. Jessica Messersmith E-mail .......................................................................carter.woodiel@gmail.com Ticket Office ..................................................................................(605) 677-5959 Athletics Website ............................................................................GoYotes.com MEDIA INFORMATION COACHING STAFF Game Day: The University of South Dakota sports information office Head Coach ............................................................................... Dawn Plitzuweit will provide pre-game notes, cumulative statistics and scorecards prior Alma Mater / Year .......................................................... Michigan Tech / 1995 to each Coyote home game. Complete game statistics will be available Phone ..............................................................................................(605) 658-5560 approximately 10 minutes after the conclusion of each game. Email..........................................................................Dawn.Plitzuweit@usd.edu Plitzuweit’s USD Record ..................................................126-29 (5th season) The Sanford Coyote Sports Center press row and courtside tables will Plitzuweit’s Career Record .........................................314-122 (14th season) house the media in addition to media relations and game operations Assistant Coaches ............................................... Jason Jeschke (4th season) personnel. Questions regarding press accommodations or requests for .................................................................................. Aaron Horn (5th season) credentials should be made 48 hours in advance through the South ............................................................................Jenna Schlafke (3rd season) Dakota sports information office. Director of Operations .......................................Alex Antonen (5th season) Graduate Assistant ........................................Solomon Freking (1st season) Official South Dakota Website: GoYotes.com for game notes, statistics, roster, schedules, photos and news about the Coyotes. TEAM HISTORY Credentials: Requests for press, broadcast and photo credentials and First year of basketball ............................................................................1971-72 press box space for all South Dakota home basketball games should All-time Record ............................................................................. 844-536 (.612) be made 48 hours in advance by contacting Britni Smith in the South Sanford Coyote Sports Center Record (2016-pres.) ................65-4 (.942)