VERMILLION, S.D. (KELO.com) — South Dakota women’s basketball climbed to No. 21 in the latest Associated Press Top 25 poll.
It is the highest the Coyote women have ever been ranked in the writers’ poll.
The 19-2 Coyotes remain undefeated at the midway point of Summit League play. The Coyotes have won their first eight league games by an average margin of 35.5 points per game.
One of the Coyotes’ two losses was to the number one team in the country, South Carolina, which beat USD by 13 points.
The Coyotes boast the nation’s ninth-best scoring offense by putting up 81.4 points per game.
Senior guard Ciara Duffy (from Rapid City) paces the Yotes with 17 points, six boards and five assists per game. She’s joined in double-figures this season by junior center Hannah Sjerven, junior guard Chloe Lamb (from Onida) and junior guard Monica Arens.
(Colin Strombeck of KELO Radio News contributed this report.)
