Weekend activity for the University of South Dakota basketball teams brought a win for the Coyote women and a loss for the USD men.
South Dakota senior guard Nicole Seekamp stole the ball as the clock expired to seal the Coyotes’ 73-70 win over North Dakota Saturday afternoon inside Betty Engelstad Sioux Center.
South Dakota (8-4) has won eight of its last nine games and two-in-a-row in the series. North Dakota (4-6) lost inside ‘The Betty’ for the first time this season and just the 29th time since the arena opened in 2004-05.
Illinois junior guard Malcolm Hill had career highs of 34 points and 11 rebounds in leading the Fighting Illini to a 91-79 win against South Dakota Saturday at the State Farm Center.
It was the first meeting between the programs in 44 years and the second Big Ten foe for the Coyotes this season. South Dakota (7-5) beat Minnesota 85-81 in double-overtime back on Dec. 5. The team’s loss Saturday was its second in the last eight games.
