Coyotes’ road trip continues at Oral Roberts

The Game

South Dakota women's basketball's road trip continues Saturday at Oral Roberts. Tip-off is set for 2 p.m. inside the Mabee Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

The game will be live streamed on the Summit League Network available via the Midco Sports Plus app. Fans can also tune into the game on the Coyote Sports Network with Jerry Palleschi on KVTK 101.5 in Yankton/Vermillion or by using the Varsity Network app.

The Coyotes

South Dakota (19-9, 8-5) continues further south to face Oral Roberts on its second game of the road trip.

Junior guard Grace Larkins moved into 20th on USD's scoring charts and is one of six players in USD history to accumulate more than 1,000 points, 500 rebounds and 300 assists. The do-it-all guard is also shooting 50-40-80 this season. Fourth-year junior guard Kendall Holmes was the Coyotes' leading scorer in both games last week. She's now recorded three 20-point games in conference play. Third-year sophomore Carley Duffney is also on a five-game streak of reaching double figures. She returned to the starting lineup last Saturday. Sophomore Walker Demers scored a career high 19 points Thursday night.

The Golden Eagles

Oral Roberts (18-9, 9-5) shot lights out in Vermilion to hand the Coyotes a 91-78 loss in round one. The Golden Eagles boast a league-leading scoring offense at 81.8 points per game, still putting up at least 72 points in their Summit losses this season.

Returning all-Summit guard Hannah Cooper is surrounded by a new cast of characters this season, including ORU leading scorer Taleyah Jones at 17.2 points per game. Jones had a career game of 37 points in round one with the Coyotes. Five Golden Eagles are averaging double-figure scoring.