WOMEN’S December 7, 2015 RELEASE NO. 4 www.northernsun.org For Immediate Release #NSICWBB Nick Kornder • Asst. Commissioner for Media Relations • 2999 County Road 42 West • Burnsville, MN 55306 • P: 651.288.4017 • [email protected] Week 4 Results Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Fri., December 4 2015-16 Women’s Basketball Standings *MSU Moorhead 81 at Minot State 72 OT *Southwest Minnesota State 46 at Winona State 81 as of December 7, 2015 NSIC Overall North Division Standings *Northern State 63 at U-Mary 49 W-L Win % W-L Win% Strk MSU Moorhead 3-0 1.000 *Sioux Falls 72 at Upper Iowa 62 #10 Winona State 3-0 1.000 10-0 1.000 W10 St. Cloud State 3-0 1.000 *Minnesota Crookston 65 at Minnesota Duluth 71 RV-MSU Moorhead 3-0 1.000 6-0 1.000 W6 Minnesota Duluth 2-1 0.667 *Concordia-St. Paul 74 at Wayne State 59 St. Cloud State 3-0 1.000 3-3 .500 W3 Minot State 1-1 0.500 *Bemidji State 38 at St. Cloud State 64 RV-Sioux Falls 2-1 .667 8-1 .889 L1 Northern State 1-2 0.333 *Minnesota State 93 at Augustana 96 2OT Augustana 2-1 .667 7-1 .875 W4 Minnesota Crookston 1-2 0.333 RV-Wayne State 2-1 .667 5-3 .625 W1 U-Mary 0-2 0.000 Sat., December 5 Minnesota Duluth 2-1 .667 2-4 .333 W2 Bemidji State 0-3 0.000 *Sioux Falls 52 at Winona State 91 Concordia-St. Paul 1-1 .500 5-3 .625 L1 South Division Standings *Southwest Minnesota State 54 at Upper Iowa 59 Minot State 1-1 .500 4-4 .500 W1 Winona State 3-0 1.000 *Concordia-St. Paul 69 at Augustana 76 Northern State 1-2 .333 5-3 .625 L1 Sioux Falls 2-1 0.667 *MSU Moorhead 62 at U-Mary 61 Minnesota Crookston 1-2 .333 4-3 .571 L2 Augustana 2-1 0.667 *Bemidji State 79 at Minnesota Duluth 81 3OT Upper Iowa 1-2 .333 2-7 .222 W1 Wayne State 2-1 0.667 *Northern State 61 at Minot State 69 U-Mary 0-2 .000 5-4 .556 L2 Concordia-St. Paul 1-1 0.500 *Minnesota State 70 at Wayne State 89 Bemidji State 0-3 .000 4-3 .571 L3 *Minnesota Crookston 67 at St. Cloud State 70 Upper Iowa 1-2 0.333 Minnesota State 0-2 .000 1-5 .167 L2 Minnesota State 0-2 0.000 SMSU 0-3 .000 1-7 .125 L2 Week 5 Schedule Southwest Minnesota State 0-3 0.000 Ranking based on USA Today Sports/WBCA Top 25 (12/1/15) Tues., December 8 Valley City State at U-Mary 7 p.m. NSIC North Division Player of the Week #21 Lexy Petermann (F, 6-0, Sr., Fond du Lac, Wis. / Oshkosh Lourdes HS) - St. Cloud State Fri., December 11 - Averaged 21 points, 8 rebounds, and two assists as SCSU went 2-0 *Minot State at Sioux Falls 6 p.m. - Scored 14 points and grabbed six rebounds in 64-38 win over Bemidji State *Wayne State at Minnesota Crookston 6 p.m. *U-Mary at Southwest Minnesota State 6 p.m. - Recorded a double-double with 28 points and 10 rebounds in a 70-67 win over UMC *St. Cloud State at MSU Moorhead 6 p.m. - Shot 57.7% (15-of-26) from the floor in the two games *Upper Iowa at Minnesota State 6 p.m. - Leads the Huskies in scoring, averaging 13.7 points per game *Minnesota Duluth at Northern State 6 p.m. *Augustana at Bemidji State 6 p.m. NSIC South Division Player of the Week *Winona State at Concordia-St. Paul 6 p.m. #30 Logan O’Farrell (G, 5-11, So., Summit, S.D. / Summit HS) - Augustana - Logan had a double-double in both games this weekend against MSU and CSP Sat., December 12 - Had 17 points and 13 rebounds against MSU and 29 points and 13 rebounds against CSP *Augustana at Minnesota Crookston 4 p.m. - Averaged 23 points,13 rebounds, two assists, five steals and two blocks for the weekend *Minnesota Duluth at MSU Moorhead 4 p.m. *U-Mary at Sioux Falls 4 p.m. - Scored a career high 29 points against CSP *Upper Iowa at Concordia-St. Paul 4 p.m. - Shot 56% from the field on 14-of-25 shooting while hitting 45% from behind the arc on 5-of-11 shooting *Wayne State at Bemidji State 4 p.m. - Had six steals against MSU and four against CSP *Minot State at Southwest Minnesota State 5 p.m. - Had three blocked shots against MSU and one against CSP *St. Cloud State at Northern State 6 p.m. *Winona State at Minnesota State 6 p.m. *NSIC Contest The NSIC is a 16-team, 17-sport, NCAA Division II Conference with teams located in Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota. • Augustana • Bemidji State • Concordia -St. Paul • University of Mary • Minnesota Crookston • Minnesota Duluth • Minnesota State University, Mankato • • MSU Moorhead • Minot State • Northern State • Sioux Falls • Southwest Minnesota State • St. Cloud State • Upper Iowa • Wayne State • Winona State • 2015-16 NSIC WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM NOTES Augustana Vikings Bemidji State Beavers www.goaugie.com www.bsubeavers.com Dave Krauth • Sioux Falls ‘74 • 27th Season Chelsea DeVille • Augustana ‘09 • 1st Season - Augustana went 2-0 for the weekend defeating Minnesota State 96-93 in - Bemidji State lost both NSIC road games at St. Cloud State, 64-38, and Minne- double overtime and upsetting Concordia-St. Paul 76-69 sota Duluth in triple overtime, 81-79 - Augustana now has a 2-1 record in the NSIC and a 7-1 record overall - The Beavers shot 22.2 percent from the field in the first half while going down - The Vikings had two individuals earn double-doubles against MSU, Logan 31-17 at halftime O’Farrell and Nicole Kerkhoff. Logan had 17-points and 13 rebounds while - BSU went into overtime for the first time since Jan. 24, 2014, eventually falling in three extra periods Nicole had 11-points and 13 rebounds - The Beavers shot 23 percent from the field while averaging 47.5 rebounds per - Logan also had a double-double against CSP the following night and aver- game aged 23-points and 13 rebounds for the weekend - Sophomore Sierra Senske led the Beavers with 17.5 points and 10 rebounds - The Vikings will be on the road this weekend at Bemidji State and Minnesota per game Crookston - Junior Aimee Pelzer tied a career-high 23 points against UMD while averaging 14 per game Concordia-St. Paul Golden Bears University of Mary Marauders www.cugoldenbears.com www.goumary.com Paul Fessler • Northern Iowa ‘88 • 16th Season Rick Neumann • U-Mary ‘98 • 4th Season - CSP split on the road to open NSIC play as they knocked off WSC before - Brittney Dietz averaged 21.5 points in games against NSU and MSUM falling to Augie - Dietz had 31 points against MSUM, her fifth career 30-point game, along with nine - Defense and bench play proved to be the difference in the 74-59 win over WSC as rebounds CSP held the Wildcats to 27.1% shooting and outscored them 37-14 in bench points - Dietz shot 43.2% from the field, including a 12-for-23 mark against the - CSP saw a double digit first half lead disappear before erasing a double digit Dragons lead in the second half before getting shut out over the final 2:59 in a 76-69 loss - Dietz leads the conference in scoring at 21.4 ppg and ranks eighth in the at Augie nation in scoring with 21.4 ppg and is eight on the U-Mary all-time scoring list - Kionda Nicks filled the stat sheet on the weekend as she averaged 12.5 with 1,355 points points, 7.5 boards, 4.0 assists, 1.5 blocks and 1.5 steals - The Marauders dropped both games over the weekend with a 63-49 loss to - The Golden Bears return home for the NSIC home opening weekend against NSU and a 62-61 heartbreaker to MSUM No. 10 Winona State and Upper Iowa next weekend - U-Mary will host Valley City State early in the week before taking on SMSU - CSP holds a 28-13 record against WSU, including 11-5 at home, and a 19-2 and USF for the weekend conference games record against UIU, including 9-1 at home - The Marauders are 8-3 all-time against the Mustangs and 4-0 against the Cougars after U-Mary took the lone contest from each opponent Minnesota Crookston Golden Eagles Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs ™ www.goldeneaglesports.com www.umdbulldogs.com Mike Roysland • Bemidji State ‘80 • 9th Season R Mandy Pearson • Concordia College ‘05 • 1st Season - Katrina Nordick averaged 15 points per game for the Golden Eagles on the - UMD picked up its first two victories of the season as well as the UMD career weekend of head coach Mandy Pearson - She tallied 17 points against Minnesota Duluth and had 13 points and five - The Bulldogs knocked off Minnesota Crookston on Friday night before needing boards against St. Cloud State triple overtime to take out Bemidji State on Saturday - Nordick has averaged 13.0 points and 5.6 rebounds per game for the Golden - Junior center Allyson Harris averaged 21.5 points per game while also grab- Eagles this season. bing 6.0 rebounds per outing on the week, shooting 48.1 percent and 17-of-23 - Minnesota Crookston lost by a combined nine points on the weekend to St.