January 21st, 20230 The Coyotes men’s basketball team split their weekend at home falling to Denver 60-75 on Thursday and defeating Omaha 84-68 on Saturday. On Thursday night, the Coyotes hosted the Denver Pioneers. The Coyotes won the tip-off and scored on the opening possession as junior forward Tasos Kamateros hit a jumper. Kamateros...
November 29th, 20220 The Coyote men’s basketball team returned home for the first time in over two weeks to host the Mount Marty Lancers last night in a 97-58 victory. USD came in with a record of 3-4 losing their last two games. As for the Lancers, they were 4-6 on the season losing their last game to Southwest Minnesota State. For the...
The Coyotes had their first home game of the season against Lipscomb last Wednesday. The Coyotes dropped their first game of the season on the road in Wisconsin when they lost to the Badgers...
November 8th, 20220 The men’s basketball team went through a coaching transition this off-season after USD parted ways with Todd Lee and hired Eric Peterson to be the new head coach of the Coyotes. Peterson was an assistant coach for South Dakota from 2014 to 2018 before leaving for Utah State for three seasons. He then spent last season on the Utah...
October 30th, 20220 The Coyotes opened up their 2022-23 season with an exhibition game against Division-3 school Simpson College. This game did not count towards either team's overall record. In the game, the Coyotes defeated the Storm 101-55. South Dakota’s starting lineup consisted of senior guard Mason Archambault, junior guard Kruz...
March 6th, 20220 The Coyote men took down the Kansas City Roos in front of 7,364 fans during the quarterfinals of the Summit League Tournament tonight, 74-61. The contest began with the sophomore forward Tasos Kamateros winning the tip. The Roos held a lead early in the game but were only able to maintain it for five minutes. After that, the Coyotes...
February 20th, 20220 The men’s basketball team came out with two wins on the week after battling St. Thomas and Western Illinois in front of the home crowd. The Coyotes took on St. Thomas Feb. 17 in the Sanford Coyote Sports Center (SCSC). They went into the game 8-6 in Summit League play and added another win to their record after 81-60 victory of the...
February 1st, 202261 The Coyotes split last week’s games against the North Dakota teams. In a tightly matched competition against Summit League rivals North Dakota State University (NDSU) on Jan. 27, the men’s team eventually fell to the Bison in overtime, 74-62. They then played University of North Dakota (UND) on Jan. 29, where the Coyotes beat the...
January 25th, 202250 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...
February 16th, 2021190 When Tasos Kamateros decided to leave his home country of Greece to walk-on for the USD men’s basketball team, he knew he would have to work to earn his spot, so he put in the work. “He (USD assistant coach Gameli Ahelegbe) basically made me realize that when I come here, I have to work harder than everybody else if I want...