SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (USD PR) —South Dakota senior forward Tyler Hagedorn (Norfolk, Neb.) earned his first Summit League Player of the Week award Monday after averaging 28 points and going 11-for-11 from three-point range in leading the Coyotes to a pair of wins last week.
Hagedorn led South Dakota in scoring in wins against Florida A&M and Texas Southern. He had 23 points on 8-of-10 shooting from the field in the Coyotes’ final game in Hawai’i and was selected to the Rainbow Classic all-tournament team. In his home debut Friday, Hagedorn scored a career-high 33 points and set a Summit League record by going 8-for-8 from beyond the arc. The previous mark of 7-for-7 had stood for more than 20 years.
Hagedorn, who sat at all of last season with an injury, is the nation’s leader in 3-point percentage through four games. He has made 15-of-17 for 88 percent. South Dakota is the national leader in 3-point percentage at 56 percent (42-of-75).
Hagedorn leads the Summit League in scoring at 21 points per game. He and the Coyotes host SIUE (2-2) tonight at 7 p.m. inside the Sanford Coyote Sports Center. USD is the lone unbeaten team in the Summit at 4-0.
