The Game
South Dakota women's basketball takes on Oral Roberts at 12:30 p.m. Sunday in the quarterfinals 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 Missy Heidrick and sideline reporting by Darron Wallace. 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 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 both 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, approximately 90 minutes prior to the game outside the hospitality room by creating a tunnel through the Convention Center hallway.
 
The PREMIER Center also has a clear bag policy. Only small personal handbags that are 4.5" by 6.5" or smaller will be allowed into the venue. Guests may also bring either a clear one gallon zipper lock bag or a clear stadium bag that is no larger than 12" by 12" by 6". A full look at the PREMIER Center's bag policy is available here.
 
The Coyotes
South Dakota (14-15, 10-8 Summit) is led by first team all-Summit League pick Grace Larkins. The do-it-all guard is the first player in Summit League history to rank in the top five in points, rebounds, assists and steals. She led the Summit League with 89 assists in 18 league games while averaging 18.3 points, 8.7 rebounds and 2.1 steals. The Coyotes are under the direction of first-year head coach Kayla Karius. South Dakota enters the Summit League Tournament as the No. 4 seed for the third time. The Coyotes were the last No. 4 seed to win the tournament, advancing to the 2014 NCAA Tournament in what was the program's first Division I appearance.
 
The Golden Eagles
Oral Roberts (11-18, 8-10 Summit) is led by the first team all-Summit League tandem of Hannah Cooper and Tirzah Moore. Cooper is the Summit's leading scorer at 20.3 points per game, while Moore has averaged a double-double of 13.3 points and 10.5 boards per game. ORU is also under the direction of a new head coach this season in Kelsi Musick, who previously led Division II Southwest Oklahoma State to seven NCAA Tournaments in 13 seasons. This is the Golden Eagles' sixth time in the Summit League Tournament's 4-5 game in eight seasons. Oral Roberts won all five of those quarterfinals.
 
The Series
South Dakota leads the all-time series 21-3 with 19-straight wins dating back to the 2015-16 season. This is the fifth meeting in Sioux Falls with the Coyotes advancing in the other four.
 
One Last Thing
The Coyotes are the three-time defending champions of the Summit League Tournament behind the 'Big Three' of Chloe Lamb, Hannah Sjerven and Liv Korngable. It will be a brand new experience for much of this year's squad with only four active players previously taking the court at the PREMIER Center. Among those four, only Larkins has averaged more than 10 minutes per game inside the Denny.