SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – South Dakota State continues to sit atop the League standings with an undefeated record through seven games. The Jackrabbits are riding a seven-game win streak and hope carry that momentum into another week of League action.
The week’s schedule tips off Thursday at 7 p.m. CT with eight of our ten members taking the court. North Dakota State will be at Oral Roberts while South Dakota will meet the Pioneers in Denver. South Dakota State will journey south to take on the Mavericks while Kansas City will host the Fighting Hawks.
Travel partners Western Illinois at St. Thomas will face off Saturday at 1 p.m. CT in St. Paul, Minn.
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#BeatType1
The New Year brought Summit League Basketball play into the primary focus of the league’s ten men’s and women’s programs, but 2023 also brings another important matter back into their focus: type 1 diabetes. All 20 programs will designate a game throughout January to team up with Sanford Health and bring awareness to the disease that more than 1.25 million Americans are currently battling.
#BeatType1 Games
| Date | Host | Opponents |
| 1/7 | Kansas City | Oral Roberts |
| 1/12 | North Dakota | Omaha |
| 1/12 | Western Illinois | Oral Roberts |
| 1/14 | North Dakota State | Omaha |
| 1/14 | St. Thomas | Oral Roberts |
| 1/19 | Denver | South Dakota |
| 1/19 | Oral Roberts | North Dakota State |
| 1/26 | Omaha | Kansas City |
| 1/26 | South Dakota | Western Illinois |
| 1/26 | South Dakota State | St. Thomas |
TEAM TRACKER
DENVER PIONEERS (7-11, 3-4 SL) | @DU_WHoops
Next Up: vs. South Dakota (1/19; 6 p.m. MT); vs. South Dakota State (1/21; 1 p.m. MT)
Previous Games: at North Dakota State (L, 71-43); at North Dakota (L, 68-57); vs. Omaha (L, 75-64)
Denver dropped to 3-4 in League play after falling to North Dakota State, North Dakota and Omaha last week … Against the Bison, a duo of Pioneers led the scoring efforts with Ally Haar pacing the team with 12 points … Jojo Jones completed the duo as she finished with 10 points … In the loss to North Dakota, four Pioneers finish with double-figure points led by Mikayla Brandon’s 14 points and 15 rebounds … Haar followed with 11 points and six assists while Makayla Minett chipped in 10 points and six rebounds … Madelyn Atkins rounded out the double-digit scorers coming off the bench and scoring a career-high 10 points … In the loss to Omaha, Brandon was the lone Pioneer to finish with double-digit … She ended the game with 13 points and seven rebounds.
KANSAS CITY ROOS (5-13, 1-6 SL) | @KCRoosWBB
Next Up: vs. North Dakota (1/19; 7 p.m. CT); vs. North Dakota State (1/21; 2 p.m. CT)
Previous Games: at St. Thomas (L, 63-60); at Western Illinois (L, 78-68)
Kansas City is now 1-6 in League play after suffering two road losses to St. Thomas and Western Illinois … In the three-point loss to St. Thomas, four Roos finished with double-digits in the scoring column … Manna Mensah led the four with a career-high-tying 16 points … Machia Mullins recorded a double-double of 11 points and a career-high-tying 12 rebounds … E’Lease Stafford contributed 12 points and Rain rounded out the four with 11 points, five rebounds and four assists … Stafford led the offensive efforts for the Roos against Western Illinois sinking a career-high-tying six three-pointers en route to 24 points … Green is the only other Roos to finish with double-digit points as she notched 14 points to go along with five assists, three steals and three rebounds.
NORTH DAKOTA FIGHTING HAWKS (11-6, 4-3 SL) | @UNDwbasketball
Next Up: at Kansas City (1/19; 7 p.m. CT); at Oral Roberts (1/21; 2 p.m. CT)
Previous Games: vs. Omaha (W, 65-63); vs. Denver (W, 68-57)
The Fighting Hawks picked up two home wins over Omaha and Denver to improve to 4-3 in League play … Borowicz paced North Dakota against Omaha with a game-high 18 points including a bucket with 12 seconds left to play to give the Fighting Hawks a 65-63 victory … She also dished out six assists and pulled down five rebounds in the win … Rakiyah Beal was the only other Fighting Hawk to score double-figure points as she finished with a career-high 10 points to go along with a personal-best seven rebounds … In the victory over Denver, Borowicz achieved her ninth game with 20+ points on the season as she ended with a game-best 23 points … Claire Orth was the only other player for UND to finish with double-digits in the scoring column as she notched 10 points, four rebounds and three assists … As a team, the Fighting Hawks shot 42.6 percent from the field and 81.3 percent from the charity stripe … They also forced Denver into 16 turnovers which in turn led to 22 points.
NORTH DAKOTA STATE BISON (12-5, 6-1 SL) | @NDSUwbb
Next Up: at Oral Roberts (1/19; 7 p.m. CT); at Kansas City (1/21; 2 p.m. CT)
Previous Games: vs. Denver (W, 71-43); vs. Omaha (W, 83-71)
North Dakota State is off to its first 6-1 start in League play since joining the League in 2007-08 … In a 28-point win over Denver, Abby Graham led the offensive charge with a season-high 22 points on 8-for-9 shooting from the floor and 3-for-3 from behind the three-point line … Heaven Hamling also notched double figure points with 13 points, four rebounds and four assists … Defensively, Emily Behnke paced the Bison with a game-high and career-best 12 rebounds … A season-high 14 three pointers helped the Bison to a 83-71 win over Omaha to earn their third consecutive victory … Hamling took hold of the offensive effort and led NDSU with 22 points on 6-for-13 shooting from behind the arc … She also tallied six rebounds, six assists and three steals in the win … With her 22 points against Omaha, Hamling surpassed the 1,000 career points mark for her NDSU career with 1,005 … She has totaled 1,179 points over her four seasons, including one at Stephen F. Austin … Elle Evans wasn’t far behind Hamling as she recorded a career-high 20 points, six rebounds and a pair for steals … Taylor Brown rounded out the double digit scoring trio as she contributed 11 points.
OMAHA MAVERICKS (9-8, 4-3 SL) | @OmahaWBB
Next Up: at North Dakota (1/12; 7 p.m. CT); at North Dakota State (1/14; 1 p.m. CT)
Previous Games: at North Dakota (L, 65-63); at North Dakota State (L, 83-71); at Denver (W, 75-64)
Omaha moved to 4-3 in League play after hitting the road and going 1-2 on the week … In a tough two-point loss to North Dakota, Kennedi Grant led a trio of Mavericks in double-figure scoring efforts as she finished with 12 points, seven rebounds and five assists … Aaliyah Stanley and Elena Pilakouta followed each scoring 11 points apiece in the loss … Against North Dakota State the same trio of Mavericks led the offense … Pilakouta went a perfect 13-for-13 from the floor en route to a season-high 28 points … Her perfect shooting from the floor ranks second-best in League history for field goal percentage in a single League game … Stanley chipped in 13 points while Grant notched 11 points, four steals and three assists … In the victory over Denver, Pilakouta finished with 18 points on 7-for-8 shooting, five assists and three rebounds … Her 18 points helped her surpass the 1,000 career point milestone which makes her only the second Maverick in the Division I era to record 1,000 points and 500 rebounds … Grant tallied a career-high 19 points including three three-pointers in the win … Grace Cave finished the win with eight points, a team-high nine rebounds and six assists to help guide the Mavericks to victory.
ORAL ROBERTS GOLDEN EAGLES (6-12, 3-4 SL) | @ORUWBB
Next Up: vs. North Dakota State (1/19; 7 p.m. CT); vs. North Dakota (1/21; 2 p.m. CT)
Previous Games: at Western Illinois (W, 94-90); at St. Thomas (L, 76-75)
Oral Roberts is now 3-4 in League play after split its week’s competition on the road … In the four-point win over Western Illinois, five Golden Eagles recorded double-digits led by Ariel Walker’s career-high-tying 23 points and six rebounds … Delaney Nix followed with 17 points, including sinking five three-pointers … Hannah Cooper earned double digits for the 12th straight game after she recorded 16 points … Lauren Ramey came off the bench and added 13 for ORU … Tirzah Moore rounded out the double figure scorers as she earned her third straight double-double as she finished with 12 points and a career-high 20 rebounds … In a heart-breaking one-point loss to St. Thomas, Cooper and Nix combined for 60 points … In all 40 minutes of the game, Cooper poured in a game-high 33 points on 12-for-23 shooting and a team-best four assists … It was the third 30-plus point performance of the season for Cooper … Nix dropped a career-high 27 points including knocking down six three-pointers … On the defensive end, Ruthie Udoumoh pulled down a game-high 11 rebounds.
ST. THOMAS TOMMIES (7-11, 2-6 SL) | @TommieWBBall
Next Up: vs. Western Illinois (1/21; 1 p.m. CT)
Previous Games: vs. Kansas City (W, 63-60); vs. Oral Roberts (W, 76-75)
St. Thomas picked up its first two wins of League play last week … In the three-point victory over Kansas City, Maggie Negaard dominated for St. Thomas putting together a career-high performance of 24 points, eight assists and seven rebounds … Jordyn Lamker’s followed Negaard’s lead finishing with 12 points on 6-for-9 shooting including six rebounds … Jo Langbehn rounded out the Tommie double figure trio as she finished with 10 points on a perfect 5-for-5 shooting from the floor … In the one-point win over Oral Roberts, Negaard once again led the efforts as one of four Tommies to finish in double figures … She finished with 19 points, four rebounds, three assists and three steals … Jade Hill followed with 15 points, a team-high-tying eight rebounds, two assists and a steal … Amber Scalia came off the bench and chipping in 12 points, including going 7-for-8 from the free throw line … Jordyn Glynn rounded out the double digit scorers finishing with 11 points and a team-high-tying eight rebounds.
SOUTH DAKOTA COYOTES (8-10, 4-3 SL) | @SDCoyotesWBB
Next Up: at Denver (1/19; 7 p.m. CT); at Omaha (1/21; 12 p.m. CT)
Previous Games: at South Dakota State (L, 118-59)
The Coyotes moved to 4-3 in League play after suffering a 59-point loss to in-state rival South Dakota State … Against the Jacks, Carley Duffney came off the bench and led the Coyotes with 14 points, four rebounds and a pair of assists … In 18 minutes of play due to foul trouble, Grace Larkins was the only other Coyote to finish in double figures as she finished with 10 points, two assists, a rebound and a steal … Defensively, Macy Guebert pulled down a team-best five rebounds to go along with four points, three assists and a steal … As a squad, the Coyotes made all 16 free throws.
SOUTH DAKOTA STATE JACKRABBITS (14-5, 7-0 SL) | @GoJacksWBB
Next Up: at Omaha (1/19; 7 p.m. CT); at Denver (1/21; 2 p.m. CT)
Previous Games: vs. South Dakota (W, 118-59)
South Dakota State improved to 7-0 after defeating in-state rival South Dakota, 118-59, behind six Jackrabbits’ double-figure scoring performances … The scoring efforts were led by Paiton Burckhard’s 22 points, including a pair of three-pointers as well as eight rebounds, four assists and a steal … Myah Selland and Haleigh Timmer finished with 19 points, going 13-for-17 combined … Selland also added four boards, three assists and three steals to her stat line … Timmer was a perfect 3-for-3 from behind the arc and tallied three steals … Paige Meyer (14), Dru Gylten (12) and Madysen Vlastuin (11) rounded out the double-digit scorers for the Jackrabbits … As a team, South Dakota State sunk 17 three-pointers for a new program record and finished one point shy of its single-game scoring record.
WESTERN ILLINOIS LEATHERNECKS (7-12, 2-6 SL) | @WIUWBB
Next Up: at St. Thomas (1/21; 1 p.m. CT)
Previous Games: vs. Oral Roberts (L, 94-90); vs. Kansas City (W, 78-68)
The Leathernecks improved to 2-6 in League play after splitting the week’s competition … They fell to Oral Roberts then bounced back and defeated Kansas City … In the four-point loss the Golden Eagles, Jada Thorpe led all scorers with 28 points including going 10-for-14 from behind the charity stripe … She also had three rebounds, three assists and three steals in the loss … Anna Deets notched the second double-double of her last three games finishing with 24 points and 11 rebounds … Addi Brownfield completed the double-figure scorers with 14 points and three rebounds … In the victory over the Roos, Deets poured in a career-high 35 points including sinking six three-pointers and pulling down seven rebounds … Brownfield was the only other Leatherneck to finish in double-digits as she chipped in 18 points, seven rebounds, five steals and four assists … Elizabeth Lutz finished with seven points in the win which pushed her career total over the 1,000 point threshold … She is one of 19 Leathernecks to achieve the feat.
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