VERMILLION, S.D.—South Dakota women's basketball has moved back into the Associated Press Top 25 this week at No. 22. It marks the highest ranking the Coyotes have earned in the AP Top 25 in four weeks of being ranked the last two seasons.
 
No. 22 South Dakota (14-2, 3-0) kicked off Summit League action with three wins in eight days by an average scoring margin of 32 points.
 
Senior guard Ciara Duffy, the reigning Summit League Player of the Week, is averaging 17 points, 9.7 rebounds and 5.3 assists in Summit League play. She's one of four Coyotes averaging double-figures in league play, joined by junior center Hannah Sjerven with 15 points, junior guard Chloe Lamb with 13 points and senior forward Taylor Frederick with 12 points a game. Yesterday's 104-61 victory over Denver saw Duffy, Sjerven and Frederick each record double-doubles in a rare feat.
 
South Dakota is ranked in the AP Top 25 for the second time this season, previously clocking in at No. 25 on Dec. 16. Prior to this year, only four other Summit League teams had ever made it into the AP Top 25 with one of those being the 2018-19 Coyotes.
 
The Coyotes tip-off against Omaha at 1 p.m. Saturday in the first half of a doubleheader with the South Dakota men inside the Sanford Coyote Sports Center. Tickets are available on GoYotes.com.
 


 

	Record	Pts	Prv
1. UConn (19)	12-0	721	1
2. Oregon (7)	12-1	708	2
3. Oregon St. (3)	14-0	682	3
4. South Carolina (1)	14-1	669	4
5. Stanford	13-1	626	5
6. Baylor	11-1	614	6
7. Louisville	14-1	574	7
8. UCLA	14-0	531	10
9. NC State	14-0	529	9
10. Texas A&M	13-1	468	11
11. Florida St.	14-1	465	8
12. Indiana	12-2	389	14
13. Mississippi St.	14-2	371	15
14. Kentucky	12-2	367	13
15. DePaul	13-2	316	16
16. Gonzaga	14-1	303	17
17. Maryland	10-3	278	12
18. Arizona	13-1	243	18
19. West Virginia	11-1	239	19
20. Missouri St.	12-2	155	21
21. Arkansas	13-2	150	20
22. South Dakota	14-2	92	-
23. Tennessee	11-3	89	22
24. Michigan	11-3	71	-
25. Princeton	12-1	19	-