WACO, Texas—How sweet it is!
 
South Dakota women's basketball led wire-to-wire in a 61-47 win over No. 7/5 Baylor inside the Ferrell Center in the second round of the NCAA Tournament to advance to the Sweet 16 for the first time in program history.
 
The Coyotes (29-5) are just the second Summit League team to advance to the Sweet 16. Sunday also marks the first win by a Summit team over a top-10 nationally ranked team since 1994.
 
USD's historical afternoon included ending Baylor's streak of 12-straight Sweet 16 appearances and handed the Bears' just their third second-round loss in 19 tournament appearances. It was the first non-Big 12 loss on Baylor's home floor since 2014.
 
South Dakota's trio of super seniors paced the Coyotes with double-figure scoring. Hannah Sjerven scored 16 points, Chloe Lamb had 15 and Liv Korngable added 11 points and five assists. Sjerven moved to fifth all-time in scoring at USD in the game.
 
Baylor (28-7) was led by seniors Queen Egbo and NaLyssa Smith with 13 and 10 points, respectively. The pair were both members of Baylor's 2019 NCAA Championship squad.
 
Sunday's game started much like Friday afternoon, with Sjerven stealing the ball and knocking down a 3-pointer on the opening defensive and offensive possessions for the second-straight game. USD scored the first 11 points, holding Baylor scoreless for the first seven minutes of the game. South Dakota's 16-4 lead after the first quarter was the difference-maker in the game, never allowing the Bears to close within four points during the game. South Dakota has not yet trailed in 80 minutes of NCAA Tournament action.
 
The Coyotes' top-10 defense held Baylor to its lowest scoring outing of the season with those four first-quarter points being the lowest Baylor's scored in a quarter this season. Baylor's 31.5 percent (17-of-54) from the field was the Bears' lowest field-goal percentage in a game this season. The Bears shot 19.2 percent (5-of-26) from 3-point range.
 
South Dakota shot 39.2 percent (20-of-51) from the field and made 50 percent (8-of-16) from deep.
 
In addition to slowing Baylor's high-octane scoring output, the Coyotes capitalized with 20 points off 19 Bear turnovers. Sjerven led the way with four steals, while second-year freshman Maddie Krull added three.
 
Other notables in Sunday's game include South Dakota's first top-25 win since Dec. 15, 2018. The Coyotes' last top-10 win came at the Division II level, when the Coyotes defeated No. 1 Delta State 68-58 in the 2008 Division II Final Four.

Baylor became the 17th opponent South Dakota has held under 50 points this season. It marked the first time since 2015 that Baylor has been held under 50 points in a game.
 
South Dakota plays the winner of third-seeded Michigan and 11th-seeded Villanova next Saturday at INTRUST Bank Arena in Wichita, Kansas.