South Dakota freshman guard Ciara Duffy scored 21 points and senior center Abigail tallied her first career double-double with 20 points and 10 boards as the Coyotes defeated Fort Wayne 82-55 inside the Gates Sports Center on Thursday. 

The Coyotes (20-5, 9-3 Summit League) reach 20 victories for the third consecutive season and the fifth time in nine years at the NCAA Division I level. 

“We did a nice job of both attacking the rim and finding some post touches,” said USD head coach Dawn Plitzuweit. “We have done a lot of dribble penetration this year and tonight we made a concerted effort to swing the ball and get the offense moving off the pass. We scored quite a few points in the paint by attacking, swinging, re-attacking and scoring in the post.” 

South Dakota opened the game with an 18-6 run in the first five minutes with 11 points from Fogg. The Coyotes never trailed and used a series of small runs to build onto the lead, reaching as much as a 28-point advantage with 2:25 remaining.