The Summit League UPDATE 2020-21 woMEn’s Basketball 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]) @summithoops THESUMMITLEAGUE.ORG @thesummitleague 2021 SUMMIT LEAGUE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP MARCH 6-9, 2021 THE SANFORD PENTAGON • SIOUX FALLS, S.D. QUARTERFINALS SEMIFINALS CHAMPIONSHIP 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 No. 4 Kansas City Sunday, March 7 Winner of Game 3 Game 3 • 11:45 a.m. No. 5 Western Illinois 2021 SUMMIT LEAGUE Tuesday, March 9 CHAMPION Game 7 • 1 p.m. No. 2 South Dakota Saturday, March 6 Winner of Game 2 Game 2 • 2:45 p.m. No. 7 Oral Roberts Monday, March 8 Winner of Game 6 Game 6 • 2:45 p.m. No. 3 North Dakota State (All times Central) The winner of The Summit League Women’s Championship game earns an automatic NCAA Tournament berth. Sunday, March 7 Game 4 • 2:45 p.m. Winner of Game 4 All women’s quarterfinal and semifinal games are televised by Midco Sports Network and streamed on the Midco Sports Plus and ESPN+ apps. The women’s championship games will be televised on ESPNU and No. 6 Denver streamed on the ESPN app. WWW.THESUMMITLEAGUE.ORG/CHAMPIONSHIPS @THESUMMITLEAGUE // @SUMMITHOOPS PEPSI_H1_NB_SM_4C (FOR USE .25” 1.5" ) CMYK PEPSI_H1_NB_MEDIUM_4C (FOR USE 1.5" TO 4") CMYK PEPSI_H1_NB_LARGE_4C (4" AND LARGER) CMYK #REACHTHESUMMIT @summithoops South Dakota State’s Selland nets #SummitWBB Player of the Year honors 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).