Women’s Basketball Loses in Quarterfinals, First Time in Six Years

The women’s basketball team fell 92-69 to Oral Roberts in the quarterfinals of the Summit League Tournament This was the first time the Coyotes have lost in the quarterfinals since 2017, former head coach Dawn Plitzuweit’s first year with the program. The 2017 loss was also the last time current head coach Kayla Karius was […]

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Guard Grace Larkins Lands on Summit All-League First Team

Coming off her Summit League Sixth Woman of the Year award last season, sophomore guard Grace Larkins finishes the 2022-23 season as one of six members on the Summit All-League First Team. She was also named to the Summit League All-Defensive team. These awards were voted on by the conference coaches, media and sports information […]

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Jackrabbits Top Seed in Tournament after Perfect Conference Record

This year the Summit League Tournament has expanded to all 10 teams. There will be two play-in games on Friday as the bottom four teams will compete for the last two spots in the quarterfinals. The Women’s play-in games will kick off the tournament in Sioux Falls on Friday with games at 12:30 p.m. and […]

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Women’s Basketball Fall on Senior Day

The Coyotes split their weekend after defeating Omaha 61-41 on Thursday and fell to Denver 74-79 on Saturday. On Thursday, the Coyotes hosted the Omaha Mavericks. It took nearly three minutes for the Coyotes to put points on the board after sophomore forward Morgan Hansen made a 3-pointer to tie the game at three. The […]

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Women’s Basketball Falls to Jackrabbits in Vermillion

On Saturday, the women’s basketball team hosted their in-state rival  South Dakota State. This is the second meeting between the two teams this season as SDSU defeated the Coyotes in Brookings, 118-59.  The game opened up with South Dakota winning the tipoff and instantly hitting a 3-point shot from redshirt freshman guard Cassidy Carson, who […]

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Karius and Peterson Fall in First Matchup Versus Jackrabbits

The men’s and women’s basketball teams faced off against in-state rival South Dakota State on Saturday. This marked the first time that head women’s basketball coach Kayla Karius and head men’s basketball coach Eric Peterson have faced off against the Jackrabbits.  The Women’s team fell 59-118 in Brookings and the men’s team was defeated 64-82 […]

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Women’s Basketball Defeats Bellevue

The Coyote women’s basketball team hosted Bellevue on Wednesday coming back from their first away game of the season against Bradley where they won 71-53. South Dakota defeated Bellevue 100-38.  The Coyotes jumped out to a 28-8 lead after the first quarter as the Coyotes made four three-pointers in the opening six minutes, two of […]

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Women’s Basketball Falls to Ranked Opponent

The Coyote women’s basketball team hosted No. 21 Creighton on Thursday. This was the 27th time the Bluejays and Coyotes have played one another. The Coyotes lead the overall matchup 14-12 with their last game being in Omaha when the Coyotes won 73-71 in 2021. Creighton’s junior guard/forward Morgan Maly opened the scoring with a […]

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Four Coyotes land on Preseason All-Summit

On Oct. 11 the Summit League released the basketball preseason standings along with the players included in the first and second teams. This was voted on by the league’s coaches, sports information directors and select media members.  For Coyote men’s basketball, redshirt sophomore guard A.J. Plitzuweit, senior guard Mason Archambault and junior guard Kruz Perrott-Hunt […]

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Coyote women advance to Summit League semifinals

The Coyote women took down the Western Illinois Leathernecks in game two of the quarterfinals at the Summit League Tournament. With this win, redshirt senior guard Chloe Lamb tied for third place in Coyote history for scoring with 1793 career points. This was the second time the Coyotes competed against the Leathernecks in less than […]

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