VERMILLION, S.D.—South Dakota women's basketball remains third in the CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major poll as announced Tuesday evening. The Coyotes were also picked first in the espnW mid-major rankings compiled by Graham Hays this week.
In the pair of major polls, South Dakota (17-3, 5-1 Summit League) has been receiving votes in the Associated Press poll for eight-straight weeks and the USA Today Coaches poll for seven of the last eight weeks.
The Coyotes kicked off a three-game road swing with a pair of victories at Oral Roberts and Omaha. South Dakota turned a 10-point fourth-quarter deficit into a 76-72 victory last Friday in Tulsa. Senior guard
Allison Arens paced the Coyotes with a season-best 26 points while junior guard
Ciara Duffy pitched in 25 points. The Coyotes followed up with an 80-51 win in Omaha on Sunday, using a balanced attack with five players in double-figures. Duffy led the way with 17 points while junior guard
Madison McKeever added 14. The trio of Arens, junior forward
Taylor Frederick and sophomore center
Hannah Sjerven recorded 12 points a piece.
South Dakota wraps up its road trip with a game at North Dakota this Thursday with 7 p.m. tip-off in Grand Forks, N.D.
Rk School Record PR
1. Gonzaga (16) 16-2 1
2. Drake (14) 13-4 2
3. South Dakota (1) 17-3 3
4. Florida Gulf Coast 14-4 5
5. BYU 16-3 12
6. South Dakota St. 13-5 6
7. Ohio 15-1 7
8. Central Michigan 12-3 4
9. Buffalo 12-4 9
10. Wright State 13-4 8
11. Bucknell 14-4 13
12. James Madison 13-4 11
13. Penn 9-3 10
14. Marist 14-5 14
15. Drexel 11-5 16
16. Green Bay 12-5 18
17. Quinnipiac 11-6 21
18. Belmont 12-5 19
19. Princeton 8-8 20
20. UC Irvine 12-4 15
21. Tennessee Tech 14-3 24
22. Portland State 13-2 NR
23. Stephen F. Austin 14-3 NR
24. Troy 14-3 23
25. Maine 12-7 22
