VERMILLION, S.D.—South Dakota women's basketball moved to third in the CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Poll as announced late Tuesday evening. The Coyotes are also receiving votes in the Associated Press poll for the seventh-straight week and the USA Today Coaches Poll for the sixth time in seven weeks.
The Coyotes (15-3, 3-1 Summit) have been ranked for 21-straight CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major polls, including 11-straight weeks this season. South Dakota's been featured in the poll for 43 of the last 46.
South Dakota's lone game of the week was a 69-51 win at home over Purdue Fort Wayne. Sophomore center
Hannah Sjerven led the Coyotes with 21 points for back-to-back 20-point games.
The Coyotes begin a three-game Summit road trip at Oral Roberts on Friday in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Rk School Record PR
1. Gonzaga (31) 15-1 1
2. Drake 12-4 2
3. South Dakota 15-3 4
4. Central Michigan 12-3 5
5. Florida Gulf Coast 13-4 6
6. South Dakota St. 12-5 7
7. Ohio 13-1 3
8. Wright State 13-4 8
9. Buffalo 10-4 9
10. Penn 9-2 10
11. James Madison 12-3 12
12. BYU 14-3 14
13. Bucknell 12-4 15
14. Marist 12-5 13
15. UC Irvine 12-2 17
16. Drexel 9-5 16
17. Northeastern 12-3 11
18. Green Bay 9-6 19
19. Belmont 10-5 20
20. Princeton 8-8 18
21. Quinnipiac 9-6 NR
22. Maine 11-6 22
23. Troy 13-2 23
24. Tennessee Tech 12-3 NR
25. Northern Colorado 10-5 NR
