WACO, Texas (AP) — Hannah Sjerven scored 16 factors and Chloe Lamb added 15 as Tenth-seeded South Dakota beat Baylor 61-47 on Sunday to advance to the Candy 16 for the first-time ever.
The Coyotes (29-5) scored the sport’s first 11 factors and led all through in opposition to 12-time Large 12 regular-season champion Bears, who had gained 17 consecutive NCAA tourney video games performed on their dwelling courtroom since 2011.
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Summit League champ South Dakota was the second No. 10 seed to beat a No. 2 seed on Sunday, after Creighton gained 64-62 at Iowa earlier within the day. They have been the document eighth double-digit seed to win a recreation within the girls’s event this 12 months.
Queen Egbo had 13 factors whereas two-time AP All-America ahead NaLyssa Smith matched her season low with 10 factors for the Bears (28-7), who noticed the top of their streak of 12 consecutive Candy 16 appearances. Smith and Jordan Lewis every had eight rebounds.
Liv Korngable had 11 factors for the Coyotes. She is the third super-senior starter, together with Summit League participant of the 12 months Lamb and Sjerven, who returned for an additional NCAA likelihood. They’re now headed to Wichita subsequent weekend.
In a constructing the place Baylor not often loses, the Coyotes had a loud contingency of roughly 150 followers, cheerleaders and pep band members that bought to rejoice with them. The followers within the seats behind their bench stood chanting “U-S-D!” within the closing seconds, and celebrated with their staff lengthy after Baylor had left the courtroom.
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The Bears had gained 66 consecutive dwelling video games in opposition to non-conference opponents since UConn gained within the Ferrell Heart on Jan. 13, 2014.
The Bears gained their twelfth consecutive Large 12 title even after dropping their first two convention video games with Nicki Collen, the WNBA coach who took over when three-time nationwide champion coach Kim Mulkey left for LSU. However they’ve their earliest NCAA tourney exit since 2008.
South Dakota, in its Tenth 12 months of Division I eligibility, is in its fourth consecutive NCAA Match, and fifth general. However the Coyotes had by no means gained a tourney recreation earlier than the previous couple of days.
The Coyotes had an 11-0 lead lower than three minutes into the sport by hitting their first 4 photographs. Sjerven made a 3-pointer on the primary shot, identical to she did of their 75-61 victory over Mississippi when main all through within the first-round Wichita Area recreation Friday.
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