VERMILLION, S.D. – The South Dakota Coyotes travel to Western Illinois for back-to-back games at 7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday inside Western Hall in Macomb, Illinois.
 
 Game Information
  Date/Time: Friday, Jan. 22 | 7 p.m.
                       Saturday, Jan. 23 | 7 p.m.
  Where: Western Hall
  Listen: KVHT 106.3 (Yankton/Vermillion)
                KQSF 95.7 (Sioux Falls)
  Live Stats: yote.us/WIUStats
  Stream: goleathernecks.com/watch

 

TIP OFF

• A.J. Plitzuweit is the only player in the Summit League that averages 15 points and 4 assists on the season.
• Stanley Umude ranks second in the Summit League in points per game with 21.2. He ranks fourth in rebounds with 7.3 rpg. He also has the most made FG's in a Division I game this season with 17 against SDSU.
• Umude nabbed the Summit League's December Male Athlete of the Month honor. The senior averaged 24.2 points on 52.3 percent shooting from the field (56-107) in the month of December.
• The Yotes are 4-0 for the first time in Summit League play. The last time the Yotes started 4-0 in conference play was 2006-07 when they started 4-0 in NCC play.
• USD ranks second in the Summit League in turnover margin at 1.58 and averaged the least amount of turnovers in the League with 11.2 turnovers a game. The Yotes also rank second in the conference with a 1.28 assist/turnover ratio and in assists with 14.3 per game.
• The Coyotes in amidst a five game win streak dating back to Mount Marty on Dec. 20. This is the second streak of five or more games in the Todd Lee era. USD has outscored its opponents by 21.8 points and are averaging 78 points per game. The Yotes are shooting 48.2 percent from the field and 45.9 percent from deep.

ABOUT WESTERN ILLINOIS
 The Leathernecks are 2-9 on the season and 0-4 in conference play. WIU lost to NDSU and SDSU and had its games this past weekend with Kansas City cancelled. The Leathernecks are averaging 69.6 points per game on the season and are allowing 78.8 points this season. WIU is shooting 40.2 percent from the field and 29.2 percent from deep.
At home the Leathernecks are allowing 75 points per game and averaging 63.3. WIU is shooting 39 percent from the field and while the opponent is shooting 40 percent from the field.
Tamell Pearson leads the team with 12.4 points per game while Will Carius averages 11.0 points. In three games at home Pearson averages 16.0 points while Rod Johnson averages 15.0 and Carius averages 10.0 points.

 SERIES HISTORY
 This is the 23rd matchup all-time between the two teams. The Yotes hold a 13-9 record while games played in Macomb are tied at 5-5. Last year the two teams split each winning on their home   courts.  The past four matchups have been back and forth and the past three matchups have been high scoring with someone reaching 80+ points