Waco, TX—Hannah Sjerven stole the ball from Baylor’s Ja’Mee Asberry and drained a three-pointer to put South Dakota on the board first. Chloe Lamb made two more threes and another Sjerven jumper made it 11-0 in the blink of an eye and the tenth seeded Coyotes never looked back.
South Dakota beat the Bears 61-47 and held them to a mere four points in the first quarter; it was 16-4 after the first 10 minutes. Both the four first quarter points and 47 total points were season lows for Nicki Collen’s squad. The Coyotes have never trailed for the first two games of the tournament.