Women’s Basketball

Inside the University of South Dakota men’s track locker room doubled as a conference room, USD seniors Annie Roche and Amber Hegge sat in front of the media Monday night wearing an the unmistakable mask of disappointment. “It has been a great season, a lot of fun, but just not very much fun right now,” […]

After roping in 22 wins during their inaugural season in Division I, the University of South Dakota women’s basketball team received their first-ever bid into the Women’s National Invitation Tournament. The Coyotes will host Drake University in the first round of the NIT on Thursday, March 15 at 7 p.m. in the DakotaDome. The 32-team […]

After roping in 22 wins during their inaugural Summit League Season, the University of South Dakota women’s basketball team received their first-ever bid into the Women’s National Invitation Tournament. The Coyotes (22-7) will host Drake University (18-15) in the first round of the WNIT on Thursday, March 15 at 7 p.m. in the DakotaDome. Head […]

The University of South Dakota women’s basketball team will wrap-up their season Thursday night when they host the Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville Cougars in the DakotaDome. Having won ten of their previous eleven games, the Coyotes look to make it one better Thursday on the way toward collecting win No. 21 on the season. While the […]

A 70-56 victory over conference foe Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne was all the University of South Dakota women’s basketball team needed to clinch third place in the Summit League on Monday night. In the team’s first season of Division I play, the Coyotes have managed to climb their way up the Summit League standings, […]

Entering a final three-game home stand, the University of South Dakota women’s basketball team will look to finish out their season with three consecutive home wins. The start of that task will be on Saturday Feb. 25, when the Coyotes host the University of Oakland Golden Grizzlies. Oakland was chosen to finish in second in […]

Winning is becoming more and more of a common theme for the University of South Dakota women’s basketball team. Coming off one of the biggest wins since moving to Division I, USD is looking to extend its 8-game winning streak on Feb. 18 against Indiana-University Purdue-University Indianapolis. On Feb. 13 the Lady Coyotes pulled off […]

Even before the start of the 2011-2012 USD women’s basketball season, senior forward Amber Hegge was predicted to have a standout year for the Coyotes when she was selected to the Summit League Preseason All-Conference team for USD’s first year in the conference. At the men’s and women’s basketball Media Day on Nov. 3, women’s […]

Lackluster shooting countered by stellar defensive play was all the University of South Dakota women’s basketball team needed to earn a win over the University of Nebraska-Omaha Tuesday night at the DakotaDome. The Coyotes held the Mavericks to just thirteen field goals over the course of the game on their way to a 58-38 victory, […]

Before Monday night’s game in Tulsa, Okla., the Oral Roberts University women’s basketball team had their eyes set on consecutive home victory number 22. A feat, courtesy of the University of South Dakota, they never achieved. Behind senior forward Amber Hegge’s 24 points, USD took down conference rival ORU by a score of 60-57 on […]