The Game

South Dakota travels to UT Martin for a game at 1 p.m. Saturday inside the Elam Center in Martin, Tennessee.
 
A live stream of the game will be provided by ESPN+ which is available through the WatchESPN app. A radio broadcast from the Coyote Sports Network with Jerry Palleschi will also be available on KVHT 106.3.
 

The Coyotes

South Dakota (8-3) is riding a five-game winning streak into Martin. The Coyotes scored 100 point in back-to-back games for the first time in program history this week. South Dakota is led by junior do-it-all guard Grace Larkins, who's featured on the Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player of the Year preseason watch list. Larkins has averaged 20 points while shooting at a 64 percent clip during the Coyotes' five-game winning streak. Behind Larkins, the Coyotes have five players averaging between six and 10 points on the season.
 
On the defensive end of the floor, USD's perimeter defense has continued to shine with opponents averaging 21.2 percent behind the arc. The average tops the Summit and ranks fifth in the nation.
 

The Skyhawks

UT Martin (2-7), who has won six Ohio Valley regular season titles in head coach Kevin McMillan's 14 seasons, was picked fourth in the preseason OVC poll. The Skyhawks have been without preseason all-OVC pick Shae Littleford since the fourth game of the season. In her absence, the trio of redshirt-freshman Kenley McCarn, sophomore Anaya Brown and sophomore Lexi Rubel have stepped up to combine for 56.2 percent of the team's scoring. Rubel's had four-straight double figure games since Littleford went down.
 

The Series

Saturday is the second half of a home-and-home series with the Skyhawks. UT Martin won last year's December meeting, 67-61, in Vermillion.
 

Up Next

The Coyotes are back home for one final game before the holiday break. South Dakota hosts Bradley at 6 p.m. on Wednesday inside the Sanford Coyote Sports Center in Vermillion.