SIOUX FALLS – South Dakota’s Grace Larkins was named this week as the Summit League’s Sixth Woman of the Year. On Saturday, Western Illinois was shown why.
Larkins scored a career-high 23 points off the bench as South Dakota defeated WIU 75-49 in the first round of the Summit League Women’s Tournament at the Denny Sanford PREMIER Center.
Hannah Sjerven added 11 for the Coyotes (25-5). Liv Korngable scored 10. Sully Buttes alum and Summit League Player of the Year Chloe Lamb scored six points.
Danni Nichols tallied 17 points for Western Illinois (14-15).
USD will play the winner of Sunday’s Kansas City-North Dakota State game in a semifinal on Monday afternoon.
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