DENVER -- The University of Denver women's basketball team travels to Vermillion, S.D. to take on the South Dakota Coyotes on Saturday at 12 p.m. MT in the finale of its three-game road trip.

Denver is 4-22 all-time against South Dakota and earned a 63-60 victory over the Yotes in their most recent meeting on March 1, 2025 in Vermillion. 

PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
•The Pioneers fell to South Dakota State, 44-90, on Thursday night in Brookings.
•Denver closes out its three-game roadtrip with a game against South Dakota on Saturday in Vermillion.
•DU returns home for the first of two home games on Jan. 21 against Kansas City in Hamilton Gymnasium.

UNIVERSITY OF DENVER ACCEPTS WCC INVITE FOR 2026-27
•On October 31, the University of Denver announced it has accepted an invitation to join the West Coast Conference in nine sports, beginning in the 2026-27 season.  
•Denver will join the West Coast Conference in men's and women's basketball, men's and women's golf, men's and women's soccer, men's and women's tennis and women's volleyball.
•The move provides Denver with a significant enhancement to the overall reputation of the university and brand association, allying DU with highly regarded, mostly private institutions with stronger academic ranking and profiles that will further strengthen the university's position in the western United States. 

DOUBLING UP
•Laia Monclova recorded the first double-double of her career on Thursday, January 8 at St. Thomas.
•The junior guard notched 17 points and a career-best 10 rebounds alongside six assists and three steals. 

PICKING POCKETS
•Laia Monclova leads the Summit League and ranks 86th in the nation with 38 steals through 16 contests. 
•Monclova's 2.38 steals/game lead the league and are 82nd in the nation. Coryn Watts averages 2.00 steals/game, good for second in the league and 168th nationally.
•Tori Baker tied for the third-most steals in a single game in program history with seven takeaways in the victory over North Dakota.
•The Pioneers average 8.2 steals per game, ranking fourth in the Summit League.

WORKIN' WITH WATTS
•Sophomore Guard Coryn Watts scored a career-high 32 points in the Dec. 19 win over California Baptist, good for ninth-most by a Pioneer in a single game in program history.
•The Colorado native leads the team and the league and ranks 12th in the nation with 35.70 minutes per game.
•Watts ranks 17th in the nation in field goal attempts and 30th in field goals, 43rd in points, and 16th in points per game.
•From behind the arc, Watts is 114th in the nation with 36 three-pointers and 82nd in the nation with 2.40 treys per contest.

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