2019–20 South Dakota Coyotes women's basketball team

The 2019–20 South Dakota Coyotes women's basketball represent University of South Dakota in the 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Coyotes, are led by fourth year head coach Dawn Plitzuweit, compete in the Summit League. They play home games in Sanford Coyote Sports Center in Vermillion, South Dakota.[1] The Coyotes finished the season ranked 17th in the AP Poll and eleventh in the coaches poll. It was the highest finish by any Summit League team and were in the top 25 ranking for 16 straight weeks, also setting a record.[2]

2019–20 South Dakota Coyotes women's basketball
Summit League regular season champions Summit League Tournament champions
Conference	Summit League
Ranking
Coaches	No. 12
AP	No. 17
2019–20 record	30–2 (16–0 The Summit)
Head coach	Dawn Plitzuweit (4th season)
Assistant coaches	Jason Jeschke Aaron Horn Jenna Schlafke
Home arena	Sanford Coyote Sports Center

2019–20 Summit League women's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 17 South Dakota†	16	–	0		1.000			28	–	2		.933
South Dakota State	13	–	3		.813			22	–	9		.710
Denver	9	–	7		.563			15	–	15		.500
Western Illinois	9	–	7		.563			15	–	15		.500
Oral Roberts	9	–	7		.563			15	–	15		.500
North Dakota State	7	–	9		.438			11	–	18		.379
North Dakota	6	–	10		.375			15	–	15		.500
Omaha	2	–	14		.125			7	–	23		.233
Purdue Fort Wayne	1	–	15		.063			5	–	24		.172
† 2020 Summit League Tournament winner As of January 19, 2021; Rankings from AP Poll

Previous Season

The Coyotes went 28–6 overall and 14–2 in Summit League play. At one point during the season South Dakota were ranked for the first time in school history. In the Summit League Tournament the Coyotes reached the championship game for the sixth time in the last seven years and would again face South Dakota State for the fifth time in those six years. South Dakota reached the NCAA Tournament, after the Summit League tournament loss to South Dakota State, as an at-large bid in the Portland Regional as a number 8 seed. They would face off against the Clemson but end up losing 79–66.

Offseason

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Notes
Allison Arens	10	G	5'10"	Senior	Crofton, NE	Graduated
Courtney Schoenbeck	4	G	5'8"	Freshman	Walworth, WI	Transferred to Wisconsin-Parkside[3]

Roster

2018–19 South Dakota Coyotes women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 1 Claudia Kunzer 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Jr Montini Catholic HS Bartlett, IL G 2 Liv Korngable 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Mayo HS Rochester, MN G 3 Macy Guebert 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Eastview HS Apple Valley, MN G 11 Monica Arens 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Crofton HS Crofton, NE F 14 Regan Sankey 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Lincoln East HS Lincoln, NE F 15 Taylor Fredrick 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr Harlan Community HS Earling, IA F 20 Megan Bonar 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr De Soto Gardner, KS G 22 Chloe Lamb 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Sully Buttes HS Onida, SD G 23 Madison McKeever 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Sr Win-E-Mac Secondary School Erskine, MN G 24 Ciara Duffy 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr St. Thomas More HS Rapid City, SD F 30 Jeniah Ugofsky 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Harrisburg HS Harrisburg, SD C 34 Hannah Sjerven 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS Jr Rogers HS New Mexico Rogers, MN F 35 Allison Peplowski 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Williamston HS Williamston, MI F 41 Alexi Hempe 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr TPLS Christian Academy Fredericksburg, VA	Head coach Dawn Plitzuweit (Michigan Tech) Assistant coach(es) Jason Jeschke (Southwestern College) Aaron Horn (Toledo) Jenna Schlafke (Concordia College) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 5, 2019* 12:05 pm, NESN/FLOHOOPS		vs. Northeastern	W 80–76	1–0	Cabot Center (818) Boston, MA
November 9, 2019* 1:00 pm, ESPN3		at Green Bay	W 66–60	2–0	Kress Events Center (1,997) Green Bay, WI
November 13, 2019* 7:00 pm, MIDCOSN/ESPN+		Drake	W 102–94 ^OT	3–0	Sanford Coyote Sports Center (2,330) Vermillion, SD
November 16, 2019* 12:00 pm		at Utah	W 84–81 ^OT	4–0	Jon M. Huntsman Center (2,139) Salt Lake City, UT
November 21, 2019* 7:00 pm		Missouri	W 72–56	5–0	Sanford Coyote Sports Center (2,407) Vermillion, SD
November 25, 2019* 7:00 pm, MIDCOSN2/ESPN+		Missouri State	L 66–74	5–1	Sanford Coyote Sports Center (2,115) Vermillion, SD
November 29, 2019* 5:30 pm		vs. Ohio State South Point Thanksgiving Shootout	W 68–53	6–1	South Point Arena (300) Las Vegas, NV
November 30, 2019* 3:15 pm		vs. Northern Illinois South Point Thanksgiving Shootout	W 91–48	7–1	South Point Arena (350) Las Vegas, NV
December 4, 2019* 7:00 pm, MIDCOSN/ESPN+		Creighton	W 72–65	8–1	Sanford Coyote Sports Center (2,146) Vermillion, SD
December 7, 2019* 1:00 pm		Coppin State	W 82–44	9–1	Sanford Coyote Sports Center (1,542) Vermillion, SD
December 11, 2019* 7:00 pm		Mount Marty College	W 110–39	10–1	Sanford Coyote Sports Center (1,471) Vermillion, SD
December 15, 2019* 1:00 pm, MIDCOSN/ESPN+		Montana	W 96–64	11–1	Sanford Coyote Sports Center (1,770) Vermillion, SD
December 22, 2019* 11:00 am, SECN+	No. 25	at No. 5 South Carolina	L 60–73	11–2	Colonial Life Arena (10,505) Columbia, SC
Summit League Regular Season
December 29, 2019 2:00 pm		at Western Illinois	W 96–65	12–2 (1–0)	Western Hall (576) Macomb, IL
January 1, 2020 11:30 am		at Purdue Fort Wayne	W 62–41	13–2 (2–0)	Hilliard Gates Sports Center (392) Fort Wayne, IN
January 5, 2020 1:00 pm		Denver	W 104–61	14–2 (3–0)	Sanford Coyote Sports Center (1,921) Vermillion, SD
January 11, 2020 1:00 pm, MIDCOSN/ESPN3	No. 22	Omaha	W 77–44	15–2 (4–0)	Sanford Coyote Sports Center (2,576) Vermillion, SD
January 16, 2020 7:00 pm, MIDCOSN2/ESPN3	No. 25	at North Dakota State	W 80–36	16–2 (5–0)	Scheels Center (465) Fargo, ND
January 19, 2020 1:00 pm, MIDCOSN/ESPN3	No. 25	South Dakota State	W 83–48	17–2 (6–0)	Sanford Coyote Sports Center (5,153) Vermillion, SD
January 24, 2019 7:00 pm	No. 24	Purdue Fort Wayne	W 79–25	18–2 (7–0)	Sanford Coyote Sports Center (1,786) Vermillion, SD
January 26, 2019 1:00 pm, MIDCOSN2/ESPN+	No. 24	Oral Roberts	W 79–56	19–2 (8–0)	Sanford Coyote Sports Center (1,857) Vermillion, SD
January 29, 2020 7:00 pm, MIDCOSN/ESPN3	No. 21	at Omaha	W 71–39	20–2 (9–0)	Baxter Arena (631) Omaha, NE
February 2, 2020 2:00 pm	No. 21	at Denver	W 92–60	21–2 (10–0)	Hamilton Gymnasium (316) Denver, CO
February 9, 2020 2:00 pm, MIDCOSN/ESPN+	No. 22	at North Dakota	W 93–46	22–2 (11–0)	Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,553) Grand Forks, ND
February 13, 2020 7:00 pm, MIDCOSN/ESPN+	No. 21	Western Illinois	W 88–51	23–2 (12–0)	Sanford Coyote Sports Center (1,888) Vermillion, SD
February 15, 2020 2:00 pm	No. 21	at Oral Roberts	W 77–73	24–2 (13–0)	Mabee Center (1,256) Tulsa, OK
February 20, 2020 7:00 pm, MIDCOSN2/ESPN+	No. 20	North Dakota State Coach P's Pack Night/Pink Game	W 96–57	25–2 (14–0)	Sanford Coyote Sports Center (2,260) Vermillion, SD
February 22, 2020 2:00 pm, MIDCOSN2/ESPN3	No. 20	at South Dakota State	W 77–67	26–2 (15–0)	Frost Arena (3,672) Brookings, SD
February 29, 2020 1:00 pm	No. 20	North Dakota Senior Day	W 76–47	27–2 (16–0)	Sanford Coyote Sports Center (3,863) Vermillion, SD
Summit League Women's Tournament
March 7, 2020 12:00 pm, MidcosSN/ESPN+	(1) No. 17	vs. (8) Omaha Quarterfinals	W 99–40	28–2	Denny Sanford Premier Center  Sioux Falls, SD
March 9, 2020 12:00 pm, MidcosSN/ESPN+	(1) No. 17	vs. (4) Oral Roberts Semifinals	W 65–43	29–2	Denny Sanford Premier Center  Sioux Falls, SD
March 10, 2020 1:00 pm, ESPNU	(1) No. 17	vs. (2) South Dakota State Championship	W 63–48	30–2	Denny Sanford Premier Center (7,833) Sioux Falls, SD
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. "2019–20 Schedule & Results". University of South Dakota Athletics. Retrieved February 17, 2020.

Rankings

2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Regular Season Polls

Poll	Pre- Season	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15	Week 16	Week 17	Week 18	Week 19	Final
AP	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	25	RV	RV	22	25	24	21	22	21	20	20	17	17	17
Coaches	RV	RV	RV	RV	24	21	21	22	22	22	21	18	18	17	16	15	12	12	11	11

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
(RV)		Received Votes
(NR)		Not Ranked

References

1. https://goyotes.com/facilities/sanford-coyote-sports-center/16
2. https://goyotes.com/news/2020/3/17/womens-basketball-south-dakota-17th-in-final-associated-press-poll.asp
3. "Courtney Schoenbeck – Women's Basketball".