SIOUX FALLS, S.D.—South Dakota senior basketball players Ciara Duffy and Tyler Hagedorn have been named the Summit League November Athletes of the Month as announced by the league office Friday.
 
This marks Duffy's second career Summit League monthly honor after receiving the award last January.
 
Duffy, a native of Rapid City, South Dakota, led the Coyote women to November wins over the Big Ten's Ohio State, the SEC's Missouri and the Pac-12's Utah in a 7-1 start for the year. She averaged 17.6 points, 6.5 rebounds and 5.9 assists during the month, while shooting 46.5 percent from the field and 51.3 percent from behind the arc. Duffy reached double-figures in all eight games with four past 20 points. She recorded two double-doubles with 23 points and 10 boards at Green Bay and 22 points and 12 rebounds against Ohio State. Duffy earned the South Point Thanksgiving Shootout Tournament MVP award and a spot on the all-tournament team. She also picked up the first two Summit League Player of the Week honors of the season.
 
Hagedorn, who hails from Norfolk, Nebraska, helped the Coyote men off to a 6-2 start on the season. Hagedorn was tops in the Summit League in scoring (18.9) and field-goal percentage (.634), while leading the nation in 3-point field-goal percentage (.750) for the month. He broke a Summit League record by going 8-for-8 from 3-point range in a win against Texas Southern. It was a part of a career-high 33-point performance for Hagedorn, who made 12 consecutive 3-pointers over a three-game span. He tallied two double-doubles during the month with 29 points and 10 boards against California Baptist and then 13 points and 14 rebounds in a win over SIUE. Hagedorn was named to both the Rainbow Classic and the Collegiate Hoops Roadshow all-tournament teams. He was the Summit League Player of the Week following the Texas Southern performance.
 
The Coyote women and men are in the beginning of lengthy home stands with nine home games on the hardwood in the month of December.
 
South Dakota's men host Mount Marty at 7 p.m. tonight and the women host Coppin State at 1 p.m. tomorrow. Tickets for Coyote basketball are available on GoYotes.com.
 
 
 
2019-20 Summit League Athletes of the Month
 

August/September	Dante Brigida, Oral Roberts, soccer	Elyse Huber, North Dakota State, soccer
October	Tanguy Guerineau, Oral Roberts, soccer	Abby Ripperda, South Dakota, cross country
		Maggie Smither, South Dakota State, soccer
November	Tyler Hagedorn, South Dakota, basketball	Ciara Duffy, South Dakota, basketball