The Game
South Dakota women's basketball travels to North Dakota for a game at 1 p.m. Saturday afternoon inside the Betty Englestad Sioux Center in Grand Forks, North Dakota.
The game will be televised by Midco Sports with play-by-play from Brian Shawn and color by Val Sussex. That broadcast will also be available for streaming on espn+ and Midco Sports Plus (subscription required). Fans can tune into the game on the Coyote Sports Network with Carter Woodiel, carried on KVHT 106.3 FM in Yankton/Vermillion or by using The Varsity Network app.
The Coyotes
South Dakota (17-4, 10-0) extended the nation's longest winning streak to 15 games Thursday night. USD's league-leading defense has paved the way, holding foes to 52.9 points per game for the 12th-best scoring defense in the nation. Senior guards
Chloe Lamb and
Liv Korngable paced the Coyotes again in Thursday night's win at North Dakota State. Lamb's leading the squad with nearly 16 points per game and tallied her fifth 20-point game of the season on Thursday. Korngable's averaged 17 points in the last four games. Second-year freshman
Maddie Krull has also come on strong as of late, tallying double figures in the last three games.
The Fighting Hawks
North Dakota (12-9, 6-4) had won six-in-a-row prior to Thursday's game with South Dakota State. The Fighting Hawks have climbed to third in the Summit standings behind league-leading scorer Kacie Borowicz. She's averaging 19.6 points per game in Summit action. Joining her in double-figures are Olivia Lane (11.5) and Claire Orth (11.0). Borowicz came off the bench in the first meeting with the Coyotes and scored 11 points on 4-of-18 shooting. She's moved back into the Fighting Hawks' starting lineup, dropped 33 points against Western Illinois and has earned two Summit Player of the Week honors in the weeks since.
The Series
North Dakota leads the all-time series 49-34. The Coyotes have won 12-straight and each meeting since UND joined the Summit League. In the first round of the season, South Dakota won 85-46 in Vermillion (12/30/21) with senior
Hannah Sjerven's double-double of 18 points and 10 rebounds leading the way.
One Last Thing
South Dakota moved to first in the Summit for steals per game (8.9) with 11 takeaways Thursday night against NDSU. The Coyotes are forcing 19.3 turnovers per game (54th in the nation).
