March Madness 2022: South Dakota women shock Baylor, advance to Sweet 16

Hannah Sjerven scored 16 factors and Chloe Lamb added 15 as Tenth-seeded South Dakota beat No. 2 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 towards 12-time Massive 12 regular-season champion Bears, who had gained 17 consecutive NCAA tourney video games performed on their dwelling court docket since 2011.

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 had been the report eighth double-digit seed to win a sport within the girls’s match this 12 months.

Queen Egbo had 13 factors whereas two-time AP All-America ahead NaLyssa Smith matched her season low with 10 factors on 4-of-11 taking pictures 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 hardly ever loses, the Coyotes had a loud contingency of roughly 150 followers, cheerleaders, and pep band members that bought to have a good time with them. The followers within the seats behind their bench stood chanting “U-S-D!” within the closing seconds and celebrated with their crew lengthy after Baylor had left the court docket.

Baylor had gained 66 consecutive dwelling video games towards non-conference opponents since UConn gained within the Ferrell Middle on Jan. 13, 2014.

Baylor guard Sarah Andrews, proper, will get a hug from head coach Nicki Collen after Andrews fouled out within the closing minutes of the second half of a school basketball sport towards South Dakota within the second spherical of the NCAA match in Waco, Texas, Sunday, March 20, 2022.
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The Bears gained their twelfth consecutive Massive 12 title even after shedding 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 after final season. 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 total. However the Coyotes had by no means gained a tourney sport 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, similar to she did of their 75-61 victory over Mississippi when main all through within the first-round Wichita Area sport Friday.

BIG PICTURE

South Dakota: The Coyotes, an skilled group, performed with confidence and had been fearless on the highway towards a perennial Prime 10 crew whereas turning into on the second Summit League crew to make the Candy 16. Together with the three tremendous seniors, South Dakota had two second-year freshmen within the beginning lineup.

Baylor: The Bears shot a season-low 31.5% from the sector (17 of 54) and had been held 30 factors beneath their season common in scoring. They’d 10 turnovers within the first quarter and 19 total which led to 22 factors for South Dakota. Baylor had solely two factors off the 14 USD turnovers.