Jan 29, 2021 10:00 PM
VERMILLION – Stanley Umude scored 32 Friday, including 22 in the first half, as South Dakota remained unbeaten in Summit League play with a 91-59 victory over Omaha at the Sanford Coyote Sports Center.
Umude scored at least 30 for the third time this season. During a nine-minute stretch of the first half, Umude made seven straight shots, including two three-pointers.
Kruz Perrott-Hunt scored a career-high 16 points for USD (9-6, 7-0), who shot a season-best 57 percent from the floor.
USD will again host Omaha Saturday. A win would give the Coyotes their first 8-0 conference start since 2000.
Coming off a successful junior year campaign and winning Summit League Tournament MVP, senior center Hannah Sjerven received a nod to the 2021 Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player of the Year Watchlist.
Sjerven who is also a full time graduate student studying sports psychology finds new ways to excel in the classroom and on the court every year.
“I think it’s something I wasn’t expecting at all and it’s really cool, especially since Ciara (Duffy) got it last year,” Sjerven said. “It’s only the second year of the award and [Becky Hammon] is definitely a role model for anyone that plays women’s sports. Now she’s coaching in the NBA which not a lot of women get to do, so I am very honored to even be on the list.”
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