Men’s Basketball Victorious in First Game of the Season

The Coyotes men’s basketball team opened up their 2023-24 season with a match against the NAIA team in the Mount Marty Lancers.  This game followed the women’s match against Northern State. South Dakota’s senior forward Lahat Thioune opened the season with a two point jumper to make the score 2-0 with 19:40 in the first […]

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Oral Roberts Secures Top Spot in Summit League Tournament 

With South Dakota defeating Kansas City in the final game of the Summit League regular season, the teams will be focusing on the Summit League Tournament in Sioux Falls.  This year, the tournament will look a little different as all 10 teams in the conference will be traveling to Sioux Falls. Unlike last year, the […]

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South Dakota Athletics Busy During National Signing Day

The Coyotes announced the signing of 46 athletes across multiple USD athletic teams on National Signing Day last week. The men’s basketball team signed three players for their 2023 recruiting class: Isaac Bruns, Jake Brack and Shey Eberwein. Bruns is a 6’4” guard from North Sioux City and plays basketball at Dakota Valley highschool where […]

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Plitzuweit Gives Up Street Clothes for Jersey

A men’s basketball player is ready to trade in his street clothes for a red and white jersey as he makes his comeback after a season away from the court. Vermillion native A.J. Plitzuweit has been on the Coyote roster for three seasons but has only played one. During the 2019-20 season, Plitzuweit was redshirted, […]

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Men’s basketball finds season interruptions due to COVID-19

Prior to entering Summit League play, the Coyotes finished their non-conference schedule with a winning record of 8-4. Their last four games against Waldorf, Northern Colorado, Northern Arizona, and Bellarmine all took place in the beginning of December and set the men’s basketball team up for their first conference game. During the Waldorf game on […]

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USD basketball back to prove themselves this season

In the next week, both the men’s and women’s basketball teams will begin their seasons at home in the Sanford Coyote Sports Center (SCSC). First, the men hit the court Thursday to take on Simpson College in an exhibition match, then the women will compete against Oklahoma Tuesday. During the 2020-21 season, in which COVID-19 […]

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USD coaches reflect on season during pandemic

The men’s and women’s basketball team has concluded their 2020-2021 season while USD’s track and field team is moving from their indoor season to outdoor. USD’s athletic programs have had to adjust their seasons because of new challenges with COVID-19 protocols. Coming off their last NCAA tournament game against the Oregon Ducks the women’s basketball […]

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USD senior Stanley Umude enters transfer portal, to partake in NBA draft process

The Coyote men’s basketball team’s lone senior Stanley Umude has entered the NCAA transfer portal as a graduate transfer and will also go through the NBA draft process, he announced on Twitter Friday afternoon. You can do betting at ease with the help of pointsbet deposit code that ensures safe transaction of money among all […]

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Lee tabbed Coach of the Year, seven players with All-Summit honors

USD men’s basketball coach Todd Lee was named Summit League Coach of the Year, and seven Coyote basketball players were named to all-Summit League teams Thursday afternoon.  Lee led the Coyotes to the no. 2 seed in the Summit League with a 11-4 conference record and a 13-10 overall record. The Coyotes were picked fifth […]

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Summit League Tournament Preview: Coyote men making adjustments

USD men’s basketball earned the No. 2 seed in the Summit League Tournament after splitting last weekend’s series with North Dakota State. The team is forced to change their lineup after losing starting point guard A.J. Plitzuweit to a knee injury late in Saturday’s game against the Bison. The Coyotes ended the regular season with […]

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