The Game

South Dakota travels to North Dakota for a pair of games at noon Saturday and Sunday inside Betty Engelstad Sioux Center in Grand Forks, North Dakota. The game will be televised by MidcoSN with commentary from Alex Heinert and Val Sussex. That broadcast will also be available for streaming on espn3 and Midco Sports Plus. Fans can also tune into the game on the Coyote Sports Network with Carter Woodiel on KVHT 106.3 FM in Yankton/Vermillion or by using the TuneIn app.
 

The Coyotes

South Dakota (10-5, 6-2 Summit) wraps up its eight-game conference road stretch this weekend. The Coyotes are led in scoring by a trio of seniors – Hannah Sjerven, Chloe Lamb and Liv Korngable – who continue to rank 2-3-4 in the Summit for scoring. Sjerven was named one of 10 semifinalists for the Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player of the Year earlier this week. She's one of five players in the country averaging more than 15 points, 10 rebounds and two blocks per game. Lamb's the top 3-point shooter in the Summit, draining 2.47 triples per game at a clip of .420. Korngable, who will take the floor Saturday for her 100th career game, leads the squad with 3.5 assists per game.
 

The Fighting Hawks

North Dakota (2-15, 2-9 Summit) parted ways with head coach Travis Brewster at the end of last year after eight years. Associate head coach Mallory Bernhard was named interim head coach in March of 2020 after spending seven seasons as an assistant at her alma mater. The Fighting Hawks split their last two Summit series with Western Illinois and Denver. North Dakota has been within striking distance for six of its nine league losses, taking three games to overtime. Senior Julia Fleecs leads the squad with 15.2 points and 8.1 rebounds per game, the only player averaging double-figures for scoring.
 

The Series

These two programs, who transitioned to NCAA Division I together, have shared a conference for 32 of the last 39 years. North Dakota leads the all-time series 49-31, but South Dakota has won the last nine meetings and 11-of-17 meetings since the move to Division I.
 

One Last Thing

The Coyotes set a Summit League record for consecutive wins in league play with 24 straight from Feb. 28, 209 to Jan. 23, 2021. The Coyotes' scoring margin during the streak was +30.3 points per game.