DENVER – The University of Denver women's basketball opens its postseason on Saturday when the eighth-seeded Pioneers take on top-seeded South Dakota State at the Denny Sanford PREMIER Center on Saturday at 12:30 p.m. CT/11:30 a.m. MT.
The Four W's
Who: Denver (10-19, 5-13 Summit) vs. South Dakota State (21-8, 17-1 Summit)
What: Summit League Quarterfinal No. 1
- Game 30 of the 2021-22 Season
Where: Denny Sanford PREMIER Center (Sioux Falls, S.D.)
When: March 5, 2022 – 11:30 a.m. MT
Last Time Out:
Denver got a balanced scoring effort led by 18 points from
Meghan Boyd, and hit 11 triples as a team to defeat Western Illinois 77-55 last Saturday afternoon inside Hamilton Gymnasium. The Pioneers' 22-point margin of victory was its biggest in a Summit League game under second-year head coach
Doshia Woods.
FULL RECAP
Series History:
Denver is 2-15 in its Division I history against South Dakota State. Denver's last win in the series came in February of 2020, a 72-62 win in Brookings for the Pioneers. Denver and SDSU have met in the Summit League Tournament once, a first round match-up in 2015 (SDSU won 79-61).
#Pledge4Pios:
Ahead of the 2021-22 season, the Pioneers began the #Pledge4Pios #LongBallElite campaign, an opportunity for supporters of the program to donate any dollar amount towards every made three the Pioneers knock down this season. To join #Pledge4Pios,
click here. Denver has made 217 three-pointers so far this season.
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