South Dakota freshman guard Madison McKeever scored a career high 19 points as the Coyotes cruised past Fort Wayne 87-59 inside the Sanford Coyote Sports Center on Wednesday.
South Dakota (17-3, 6-1 Summit League) extends its program record home winning streak to 23 games, a mark that ranks third among active win streaks in the nation behind UConn and Baylor. Fort Wayne (3-16, 0-6 Summit) remains winless in Summit play.
McKeever scored 19 of USD’s 31 bench points in a game that featured the Coyote reserves. McKeever also added two to her team-high 31 steals this season.
Sophomore guard Allison Arens posted a stat line of 18 points, five assists, four rebounds, three steals and a career high three blocks. Five of the Coyotes’ season-high seven blocks on the night came in the first quarter. Arens also scored at an efficiency of 77.8 percent (7-of-9) from the field.
