A look back at MSU-Mankato basketball

So I was kind of right with my pre-game entry about what to expect with Saturday’s double header in the DakotaDome for the USD men’s and women’s basketball teams with MSU-Mankato.
As I stated in the entry, the women would win by 15-20 while the men would get a tight game.
Can I get a [...]

Saturday night showdown

The funs gets underway at 6 p.m. in the DakotaDome tonight.
That’s when the USD women’s basketball team tips off with MSU-Mankato.
The Coyotes, winners of 16 straight games (18-1) will put their win streak and perfect 4-0 North Central Conference record on the line while the Mavericks (16-4, 2-3 NCC) [...]

Big weekend for USD basketball team

The USD men’s and women’s basketball teams have two North Central Conference home games this weekend, starting with tonight’s women’s game at 6 p.m. in the DakotaDome against Minnesota-Duluth.
The Bulldogs, who look to be underdogs on both the men’s (8-12, 1-4 NCC) side and women’s (4-15, 1-4 NCC) side, most league games are never a [...]

Little returns, Coyote men win

The Coyote men’s basketball team returned home to play in front of a fairly large student body crowd last night, defeating Nebraska-Omaha 81-70.
The sixth-ranked Coyotes connected on 11-of-12 free throws in the final two and a half minutes to hold off a Mavericks squad that had already knocked off two top 10 teams this season.
“We [...]

Cain earns NCC honor

For the third time this season, Tyler Cain of the USD men’s basketball team has been honored as the North Central Conference Player of the Week.
In the latest conference release, Cain shares the weekly honor with Jadee Jones of MSU-Mankato.
Cain, a sophomore from Rochester, Minn., finished the week shooting 10-of-11 from the field in two [...]

Saturday in review

First, a question: How did the live blog go yesterday? What’d you think? It’s been something The Volante has tried out this year (our first try was the Nov. 1 USD football game in Omaha). Keep tuned into this blog for future live blogs during basketball season.
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WOMEN’S GAME
There’s not much [...]

Overtime for the men

Augie hit a quick three to go up 83-80. Tyler Cain just fouled up for the Coyotes. Augie was able to hold him in check offensively in the second half. Steve Smith now checks in with four fouls for the Coyotes. Augie has an 85-82 lead with 2:49 to go.
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Augie tried to milk the [...]

Second Half for the men

More of the same for Steve Smith. With 16:51 to go in the game, Steve will have to sit down again as he has four fouls already. he has only seen 8 minutes of playing time in the game because of the fouls. Augie has been able to get their inside game going and are [...]

Halftime

Well it has been a physical game so far. Neither team has been able to gain a clear advantage so far, as evident of the score 37-37. Tyler Cain leads the Coyotes in scoring with 10 points along with 7 rebounds. They only have him down for one block, but it should be at the [...]

First half of the men’s game

Despite an injured ankle, Jesse Becker is playing for the Coyotes tonight. It will be interesting to see how well his ankle will hold up. Jesse is very important from the three point line. Plus he has such a quick penetration to the basket where he will either take the layup or, as he is [...]