Continued: Transfer Portal Recap

Men’s Basketball

The Coyotes lost their entire starting lineup from last season: two to graduation (Damani Hayes and Mason Archambault), one playing overseas (Kruz Perrott-Hunt) and the other two to the transfer portal (A.J. Plitzuweit and Tasos Kamateros).

A.J. Plitzuweit. Grade: Redshirt Junior. Position: Guard. New Team: Undecided.

The son of former women’s basketball head coach Dawn Plitzuweit started his collegiate career at Augustana where he won the NSIC Freshman of the Year and was a conference honorable mention after averaging 14.6 points. In his first season at USD, Plitzuweit earned Summit League Newcomer of the Year and First Team honors.

Ty Walker. Grade: Redshirt Sophomore. Position: Guard. New Team: Undecided.

Walker redshirted in his first season in Vermillion and battled injuries this year which kept him sidelined for the entire season.

Keaton Kutcher. Grade: Junior. Position: Guard. New Team: Illinois.

Kutcher exited highschool as a premier 3-point shooter and that stuck at the college level as he went 15-31 from the 3-point line in his two seasons where he averaged 2.5 points per game in his 25 games played. He will now head to Illinois as a priority walk on for the Illini.

Tasos Kamateros. Grade: Senior. Position: Forward. New Team: Undecided.

The last two seasons Kamateros was an All-Summit Honorable Mention averaging over 11 points per game in those years. He played in 100 games making starts, scored 989 points and brought down 497 rebounds as a Coyote. Kama- teros entered the portal but is also considering playing overseas like his teammate Kruz Perrott-Hunt decided to do.

South Dakota has been active in the portal being reported to have reached out to quite a few athletes to fill their roster, so far only signing two.

Kaleb Stewart. Grade: Junior. Position: Guard. Previous Team: Louisiana Tech.

In the 2021-2022 season Stewart was named to the Conference USA All-Freshman Team after coming off the bench in 31 games scoring 3.2 points per game. Last season, Steward started in four of his 18 appearances where he scored 5.2 points per game.

Mayoum Buom. Grade: Redshirt Junior. Position: Center. Previous Team: Emporia State.

The 6-10 center from Lincoln, Nebraska was named to the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association (MIAA) All-Defensive Team in his redshirt freshman season after recording 25 rebounds. Last season Buomom bettered his block total as he tallied 36 and paired it with 7.1 points per game.

Women’s Basketball

The women’s basketball team remains pretty much the same as no players have entered the portal and have only signed one as of April 25, 2023.

Tori DePerry. Grade: Senior. Position: Forward. Previous Team: Saginaw Valley State.

Coming in with over 1,100 points at the Division III level, DePerry is coming off a year where she averaged 17 points and recorded eight rebounds per game and was named to the First Team of the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.