No. 21 South Dakota women roll to 12th straight win, 88-51
Hannah Sjerven scored 18 points with 11 rebounds and No. 21 South Dakota beat Western Illinois 88-51 on Thursday night for the Coyotes' 12th consecutive victory.
Hannah Sjerven scored 18 points with 11 rebounds and No. 21 South Dakota beat Western Illinois 88-51 on Thursday night for the Coyotes' 12th consecutive victory.
Hannah Sjerven scored 20 points and No. 25 South Dakota celebrated its first appearance in the Top 25 on Saturday with an 83-61 win over Western Illinois for the Coyotes' second 10-game winning streak of the season.
Sophie Cunningham scored 31 points and No. 16 Missouri opened the season Tuesday night with an 89-64 win over Western Illinois.
As conference play opens, Green Bay remains No. 1 in espnW's bi-weekly mid-major rankings. Wright State and Western Illinois break into the top 10, while Ball State jumped five spots to No. 2.
After scoring a season-high 26 points against then-No. 18 Stanford to help Western Illinois notch its first win against a ranked opponent, Emily Clemens is the espnW national player of the week.
Emily Clemens scored 15 of her season-high 26 points in the second half and Taylor Higginbotham had 17 points and 10 rebounds to help the Western Illinois women beat No. 18 Stanford 71-64 on Monday night for its first-ever win over a ranked team.
TEAM | CONF | GB | OVR |
---|---|---|---|
South Dakota State | 14-0 | - | 21-2 |
South Dakota | 12-2 | 2 | 16-5 |
North Dakota State | 9-7 | 6 | 14-8 |
UM Kansas City | 7-8 | 7.5 | 10-11 |
Western Illinois | 6-8 | 8 | 7-15 |
Denver | 5-9 | 9 | 7-15 |
Oral Roberts | 4-8 | 9 | 6-14 |
Omaha | 4-8 | 9 | 5-12 |
North Dakota | 2-13 | 12.5 | 2-19 |