The Game

South Dakota women's basketball takes on Kansas City at 3 p.m. Monday in the semifinals of the Summit League Tournament inside the Denny Sanford PREMIER Center in Sioux Falls, S.D.
 
The game will be broadcast by Midco Sports with play-by-play from Jay Elsen, color from Greg Stemen and sideline reporting by Elaina Lanson. That broadcast will be available for streaming on espn+ and Midco Sports Plus (subscription required). Fans can tune into the Coyote Sports Network with Carter Woodiel on KVHT 106.3 in Yankton/Vermillion and on KWSN 98.1 in Sioux Falls, or by using the Varsity Network app.
 

If You Are Going…

Join USD fans, friends and alumni for a pre and postgame social in the Coyote hospitality room in Ballroom A of the Convention Center. The hospitality room opens two hours before and one hour after each game. A bar is available with light snacks provided. Note that all bars at the Convention Center and the PREMIER Center will accept credit card purchases only.
 
Cheer on the team as the players arrive at the tournament as a part of the Coyote Walk, 90 minutes prior to the game in the Convention Center hallway.
 
The PREMIER Center also has a clear bag policy. Charlie's offers clear bags for $9.99.
 

The Coyotes

The Summit League regular season champions, South Dakota (25-5, 17-1) advanced to the tournament semifinals with a 75-49 win over Western Illinois on Saturday. The Coyotes are led by Summit League Player of the Year Chloe Lamb, Summit Defensive Player of the Year Hannah Sjerven and all-Summit pick Liv Korngable. The trio account for nearly two-thirds of USD's scoring this season. Second-year freshmen Maddie Krull and Kyah Watson join them in the starting line-up. Freshman Grace Larkins was named the Summit League Sixth Woman of the Year, and she showed out in her tournament opener with a career high 23 points to pace the Yotes in game one. Sjerven and Korngable both joined her in double-figures, while Lamb got the six points she needed to tie Ciara Duffy for third on USD's all-time scoring charts.
 

The Roos

Kansas City (23-7, 12-6) flipped the script in the second half, overcoming a 14-point deficit to defeat North Dakota State 81-74. The Roos are led by a pair of all-Summit first team picks in Naomie Alnatas and Brooklyn McDavid. Alnatas sank a 3-pointer, followed-up with the and-one free throw, with 21 seconds remaining to give UMKC a 76-72 advantage. She finished with 32 points in the game, while McDavid had 13. Kiara Bradley and Paige Bradford both tallied double-doubles and their fifth starter Mandy Williems had 11 points. The Roos' starting five accounted for 80 of their 81 points in the game.
 

The Series

South Dakota leads the series 6-4 with the Coyotes winning all four meetings since the Roos rejoined the Summit League in 2020. USD defeated Kansas City 71-49 in the last meeting Feb. 24 in Vermillion. The last time these two programs met on a neutral floor was in the 1983-84 season at the Grand View Classic during nonconference play in Des Moines, Iowa.
 

One Last Thing

The Coyotes forced 24 Leatherneck turnovers in Saturday's quarterfinals, swiping away a season-high 18 steals in the contest with four apiece from Watson and Larkins. It was also the most steals that USD's had in a Summit League Tournament game in program history.