South Dakota women’s basketball on social media: Twitter: @SDCoyotesWBB or #GoYotes Facebook: /SouthDakotaCoyotes Instagram: @SDCoyotesWBB WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME 27 | SOUTH DAKOTA VS. OMAHA | SATURDAY FEB. 18 | 1 P.M. | VERMILLION, S.D. (SANFORD COYOTE SPORTS CENTER) TV: MidcoSN Radio: KVHT 106.3 Live Stats: GoYotes.com Tickets: Call 605-677-5959 (pxp: Jay Elsen, color: Kelly Stewart) Coyote Sports Network with John Thayer or visit GoYotes.com Online: GoYotes.com 2016-17 SCHEDULE/RESULTS TIP OFF Date Opp. Time/Result Records: South Dakota (21-5, 10-3 Summit) vs. Omaha (13-13, 6-7 Summit) N 11 vs. SIUE W, 75-68 N 13 Stephen F. Austin W, 80-74 Polls: USD ranks at No. 6 in the College Insider Mid-Major poll (Feb. 14). N 17 at Arkansas L, 67-70 N 20 at Tulsa W, 71-68 Coaches: USD’s Dawn Plitzuweit (1st year at USD: 21-5; 10th as a head coach: 209-98); and N 25 at UC Riverside W, 61-55 UNO’s Brittany Lange (4th year at UNO: 50-62; 4th as head coach: 50-62). N 27 at CSU Bakersfield W, 75-60 N 30 Concordia-St. Paul W, 83-58 Series Overall: South Dakota leads 41-34 D 4 at Wyoming L, 62-69 (OT) Series in Vermillion: South Dakota leads 25-13 D 7 Illinois W, 77-68 Series Notes: The Coyotes have now won five-straight against the Mavericks after sweeping the D 11 San Jose State W, 84-69 last two regular seasons. USD won 14 of the last 15 meetings. The series began in 1976-77. D 15 Northwestern (Iowa) W, 100-57 D 19 vs. Northern Illinois^ W, 97-83 South Dakota (RPI 62) quick notes: D 20 vs. Southern Illinois^ W, 68-57 • With three games remaining, South Dakota is guaranteed a top-4 seed in the Summit D 28 Denver W, 70-64 Tournament. Three wins earns the No. 1 seed while two wins earns at least a No. 2 seed. D 31 South Dakota State W, 65-62 • Today’s senior day and appropriately, the Coyotes two leading scorers last time out were J 4 at North Dakota State L, 73-83 seniors Abigail Fogg (27) and Bridget Arens (17) as the both posted new career highs. J 7 IUPUI W, 75-62 • The Coyotes rank second in the nation in free-throw shooting at 80.7 percent. J 11 at Oral Roberts W, 69-47 • While leading scorer Allison Arens has been limited in scoring opportunities the past few games, J 14 at Omaha W, 60-52 the Coyotes have continued to win games by becoming a more well-rounded offense. J 18 Fort Wayne W, 87-59 J 26 North Dakota State W, 80-48 Omaha (RPI 157) quick notes: J 28 Western Illinois L, 78-86 • Omaha needs two wins in its last three to hold of Oral Roberts for the No. 5 seed in the tourney. F 1 at Denver W, 53-44 • Mikaela Shaw is the Summit’s fourth-leading scorer at 16.9 points a game, although she leads F 4 at South Dakota State L, 58-70 the Summit in field goals made. She’s also the Summit’s second-leading rebounder at 7.8 and F 9 at Fort Wayne W, 82-55 ranks third in assists with 3.8 per contest. F 15 Oral Roberts W, 79-50 • Remy Davenport has the Summit’s second-best assist-to-turnover ratio at 2.0 with 88 assists. F 18 Omaha 1 p.m. • Omaha ranks second to USD in field-goal percentage at 44.4 percent. Courtney accherV leads F 22 at IUPUI 6 p.m. the Summit at 60.8 percent overall and 66.7 percent in Summit play. F 25 at Western Illinois 4:30 p.m. M 4-7 Summit League Tournament TBA 2016-17 COYOTE ROSTER PROBABLE STARTERS All times listed as CST No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Pts. Reb. Ast. Stl. ^ - at the UMKC Roo Holiday Tournament 10 Allison Arens G 5-9 So. 17.7 5.1 3.9 1.6 * - Summit League contest 12 Jaycee Bradley G 5-10 So. 13.2 3.7 1.7 1.0 Home games in bold; neutral games in italics 22 Bridget Arens F 6-0 Sr. 5.9 4.3 1.8 0.7 24 Ciara Duffy G 6-1 Fr. 11.5 4.4 2.6 0.9 44 Abigail Fogg C 6-4 Sr. 10.3 5.3 0.8 0.4 OFF THE BENCH 2 Kaitlyn Severyn G 6-0 R-So. 1.0 1.0 0.5 0.3 5 Jasmine Trimboli G 5-8 Sr. -- -- -- -- 15 Taylor Frederick F 6-1 Fr. 2.0 1.6 0.4 0.1 20 Megan Bonar F 6-1 R-Fr. 1.0 1.5 0.1 0.2 23 Madison McKeever G 5-8 Fr. 7.5 2.3 2.1 1.6 30 Kelsey Biltoft F 6-1 Sr. 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 33 Caitlin Duffy G 5-11 Sr. -- -- -- -- 34 Kate Liveringhouse C 6-1 Jr. 4.6 2.8 0.4 0.4 Contact: Britni Waller, Assistant SID (WBB) | Office: (605) 658-5545 • Cell: (402) 617-4494 | E-mail: [email protected] WOMEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA INFORMATION QUICK FACTS South Dakota Sports Information Contacts City / Zip ...............................................................Vermillion, SD / 57069 Assistant SID / WBB Contact ..................................Britni Waller Founded / Enrollment ........................................................1862 / 10,061 Office Phone .........................................................605.658.5545 Nickname ................................................................Coyotes (KI-YOTES) Cell .......................................................................402.617.4494 School Colors .................................................................. Red and White Waller’s E-mail ........................................ [email protected] Arena / Capacity ..........................Sanford Coyote Sports Center / 6,000 Affiliation .........................................................................NCAA Division I Sports Information Director............................... Bryan Boettcher Conference ..............................................................The Summit League Office ....................................................................605.658.5544 President ................................................................ Dr. James W. Abbott Boettcher’s E-mail [email protected] Athletic Director ...............................................................David Herbster SID Mailing Address ..........................................414 E. Clark St. Senior Woman Administrator ................................................Jamie Oyen ......................................................................310 DakotaDome Faculty Athletic Representative ........................................ Dr. Tina Keller .............................................................. Vermillion, S.D. 57069 Head Athletic Trainer .................................................... Bruce Fischbach Website .........................................................www.GoYotes.com Athletic Dept. Phone ..........................................................605.658.5500 Tickets Office .....................................................................605.677.5959 Game Day: The University of South Dakota Sports Information Athletics Website .......................................................www.GoYotes.com Staff will provide pre-game notes, cumulative statistics and scorecards prior to each Coyote home game. Complete game 2015-16 Team Information statistics will be available approximately 10 minutes after the 2015-16 Record ................................................................................32-6 conclusion of each game. 2015-16 Home Record .....................................................................17-1 2015-16 Away Record ......................................................................12-4 The Sanford Coyote Sports Center press row and courtside 2015-16 Neutral Record .....................................................................3-1 tables will house the media in addition to media relations 2015-16 Summit League Record (Finish) .................................15-1 (1st) and game operations personnel. Questions regarding press Letterwinners Returning/Lost ..............................................................7/6 accommodations or requests for credentials should be made Starters Returning/Lost .......................................................................1/4 through the South Dakota Sports Information Office. Coaching Staff Official South Dakota Web Site: GoYotes.com (contains game notes, statistics, roster, schedules, photos and news about the Head Coach ....................................................................Dawn Plitzuweit Coyotes). Alma Mater ............................................................ Michigan Tech / 1995 Phone ................................................................................605.658.5560 Credentials USD Record ............................................................ 21-5 (in 1st season) Requests for press, broadcast and photo credentials and press Career Record ...................................................209-98 (in 10th season) box space for all South Dakota home basketball games should Assistant Coach .................................................Russ Rose (1st season) be made in advance by contacting the South Dakota Sports Alma Mater / Year ........................................................ Davenport / 2007 Information Office. Assistant Coach ......................................... Kayla Tetschlag (1st season) Alma Mater / Year ........................................................ Green Bay / 2011 The South Dakota Sports Information Office staff has the Assistant Coach ................................................Aaron Horn (1st season) discretion to refuse credentials or revoke credentials at any Alma Mater / Year .............................................................. Toledo / 2012 time. Director of Basketball Operations ..................Alex Antonen (1st season) Alma Mater / Year ........................................................ Minnesota / 2013 Interviews Head coach Dawn Plitzuweit will be made available History approximately 10 minutes after the conclusion of all South First Year of Women’s Basketball ...............................................1971-72