mens basketball
Coyotes look to experienced cast as Summit League Tournament approaches
In his first season at the helm, USD men’s basketball head coach Todd Lee led his team to a 13-17 overall record, a six seed in the Summit League tournament and a first-round exit at the hands of Purdue Fort Wayne. Now, a year later, Lee has led the Coyotes to a 20-11 record, a […]
New coach, new position, new hair and becoming a team leader
Triston Simpson’s senior campaign started out rocky. Being forced to miss the majority of the nonconference season due to a knee injury created trouble for the Coyotes. But since his first game back in late December, Simpson has been a leader on the court. The four year player for the Coyotes has accumulated 91 points […]
Foreign players in Coyotes’ basketball: different backgrounds, one team.
The men’s basketball team welcomed three newly-recruited international players this season. Joining Australian sophomore forward Matt Johns and Serbian redshirt freshman Simeon Jovic are freshmen Hunter Goodrick from Australia, Kruz Perrot-Hunt from New Zealand and Tasos Kamateros from Greece. Brad Davidson, USD’s talent identification manager and the assistant coach for the Coyotes said the recruitment […]
Bison stifle Coyotes in SCSC
In a battle between two of the Summit League’s best, the Coyotes (19-10, 9-5 CONF) fell short to North Dakota State University (20-7, 11-2 CONF) on Wednesday in the Sanford Coyote Sports Center. NDSU and USD came into the game ranked second and third respectively in the Summit League standings, both trailing South Dakota State. […]
Success goes deeper than what people see on the court
The Coyote women’s basketball team has their highest ranking ever — 21 AP/17 coaches poll — the second ever at-large bid for the Summit League in 2019 and over 100 wins under head coach Dawn Plitzuweit; how have the Coyote women achieved these? Plitzuweit said the building of the team’s success starts with three main […]
Coyotes cruise past Peru State
The Coyotes (17-8, 7-3 CONF) defeated the Peru State Bobcats (12-11, 11-6 CONF) 106-45 Tuesday inside the Sanford Coyote Sports Center. USD, who earned their sixth consecutive victory, took a break from their conference schedule to host the Bobcats, a member of the NAIA. The Coyotes follow this game with six more Summit League matches […]
2020: The year of the senior
Both the Coyotes men’s and women’s basketball teams are led by a strong group of seniors as they prepare for the second half of conference play. The USD women (19-2, 8-0) are atop the Summit League standings at the mid-point for the regular season and rank No. 21 in the latest Associated Press Top 25. […]
Coyotes men’s basketball holds off Oral Roberts 91-80
South Dakota (14-8, 5-3) beat Oral Roberts (11-9, 4-3) 91-80 Saturday night. This win was the Coyote’s third in a row and their fifth win in their last six games. Senior forward, Tyler Hagedorn, led the Coyotes with 31 points, 9 rebounds and was 6-8 on three pointers. His 31 points were two shy of […]
Coyote victory spells sweep for Jacks
The Coyotes (12-8, 3-3 CONF) earned a weekend sweep in basketball over their in-state rivals, the Jackrabbits, as the men’s team took down SDSU (14-8, 5-2 conf) 99-84 in front of 5,349 fans inside the Sanford Coyote Sports Center Sunday afternoon. USD’s win directly followed the women’s 83-48 victory over SDSU in the doubleheader. It […]
Hagedorn, Simpson, Umude lead season-opening sweep in Hawaii
USD men’s basketball opened its season in Honolulu, Hawaii, defeating Pacific on Saturday, Hawaii on Sunday and Florida A&M on Monday to win the Rainbow Classic and a 3-0 start. USD vs. Pacific USD tipped off its season against Pacific (2-2) in the Stan Sheriff Center Friday night. Senior forward Tyler Hagedorn, returning from a […]