WOMEN’S BASKETBALL RELEASE DECEMBER 15, 2014 www.northernsun.org RELEASE NO. 5 #NSICWBB FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Nick Kornder • Asst. Commissioner for Media Relations • 2999 County Road 42 West • Burnsville, MN 55306 • P: 651.288.4017 • [email protected] NSIC Players of the Week Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference 2014-15 Women’s Basketball Standings North Division #25 Emily Gruber as of December 15, 2014 NSIC Overall North Division Standings F/C, 5-11, Fr., W-L Win % W-L Win% Strk St. Cloud State 5-0 1.000 Monticello, Minn RV-St. Cloud State 5-0 1.000 8-0 1.000 W8 Northern State 4-1 .800 Monticello HS #3 Northern State 4-1 .800 10-1 .909 L1 U-Mary 3-2 .600 Minnesota Crookston RV-Sioux Falls 4-1 .800 8-1 .889 L1 MSU Moorhead 3-2 .600 Winona State 4-1 .800 8-1 .889 W2 Minnesota Duluth 2-3 .400 Emily Gruber had the best weekend of her RV-Minnesota State 3-1 .750 6-3 .667 L1 Minnesota Crookston 2-3 .400 young career as she tallied an NSIC-high 23.5 #7 Wayne State 3-2 .600 9-2 .818 W1 Minot State 1-4 .200 points per game to go with 6.5 rebounds per University of Mary 3-2 .600 5-6 .455 W2 Bemidji State 0-5 .000 game as the Golden Eagles picked up one of MSU Moorhead 3-2 .600 4-5 .444 W1 South Division Standings their biggest wins in program history with a 67- Concordia-St. Paul 2-2 .500 6-4 .600 W1 Winona State 4-1 .800 58 win at No. 7 Wayne State. Gruber notched Augustana 2-3 .400 8-4 .667 W2 26 points and six rebounds in the win at Wayne Sioux Falls 4-1 .800 Minnesota Duluth 2-3 .400 4-5 .444 L2 State and tallied 21 points and seven rebounds Minnesota State 3-1 .750 Minnesota Crookston 2-3 .400 3-6 .333 L1 in a 97-90 overtime loss at Augustana. Gruber Wayne State 3-2 .600 Minot State 1-4 .200 6-4 .600 W1 was 52.9 percent from the field (18-34) and 83.3 Concordia-St. Paul 2-2 .500 percent from the charity stripe (10-12) in the two Upper Iowa 1-4 .200 3-6 .333 L2 Augustana 2-3 .400 games while adding three assists and two steals. Bemidji State 0-5 .000 2-7 .222 L5 Upper Iowa 1-4 .200 Southwest Minnesota 0-5 .000 0-9 .000 L9 Southwest Minnesota State 0-5 .000 South Division Ranking based on USA Today Coaches Poll (12/9/14) #3 Shaunteva Ashley Week 5 Results Week 6 Schedule G, 5-8, Sr., Fri., Dec. 12, 2014 Fri., Dec. 19, 2014 Sioux Falls, S.D. *Northern State 62 at Minnesota Duluth 46 *Bemidji State at Minnesota Crookston 5 p.m. Roosevelt HS *Bemidji State 72 at Augustana 83 *University of Mary at Minot State 6 p.m. Augustana *MSU Moorhead 62 at St. Cloud State 79 *Sioux Falls 71 at Minot State 61 Sat., Dec. 20, 2014 Ashley guided the Vikings to two wins in NSIC *Concordia-St. Paul 61 at Winona State 71 *St. Cloud State at Minnesota Duluth 2 p.m. play over the weekend. The senior guard *Minnesota Crookston 67 at Wayne State 58 *Southwest Minnesota State at Sioux Falls 2 p.m. recorded the second double-double of her *Southwest Minnesota State 70 at U-Mary 76 OT *Minnesota State at Concordia-St. Paul 2 p.m. career in an 83-72 win at home over Bemidji *Minnesota State 80 at Upper Iowa 75 OT *Northern State at MSU Moorhead 4 p.m. *Augustana at Wayne State 4 p.m. State on Friday with 18 points and 13 assists. Sat., Dec. 13, 2014 *Winona State at Upper Iowa 4 p.m. The 13 assists was a career high for Ashley *Concordia-St. Paul 75 at Upper Iowa 62 Michigan Tech at Minot State 4 p.m. and just one short of the school record for as- *Minnesota State 62 at Winona State 73 sists in a game. Ashley followed up that per- *Northern State 54 at St. Cloud State 62 *=NSIC Contest formance with all-around effort in a wild 97-90 *MSU Moorhead 78 at Minnesota Duluth 69 overtime win against Minnesota Crookston *Southwest Minnesota State 51 at Minot State 71 on Saturday, finishing with 24 points, eight *Sioux Falls 58 at U-Mary 62 assists, and seven rebounds in the contest. *Minnesota Crookston 90 at Augustana 97 OT Ashley finished the weekend with averages *Bemidji State 52 at Wayne State 99 of 21.0 points, 10.5 assists, 5.0 rebounds on 48.6 percent shooting from the field. The 21 assists were ten better than the next best per- formance in the NSIC this past weekend. This marks the third time this season Ashely has been named NSIC South Division Player of the Week (11/17 & 11/24). 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 College • 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 • 2014-15 NSIC WOMEN’S BASKETBALL NOTES Augustana Vikings (8-4, 2-3 NSIC) Bemidji State Beavers (2-7, 0-5 NSIC) www.goaugie.com www.bsubeavers.com Dave Krauth • Sioux Falls ‘74 • 26th Season Mike Curfman • Concordia College ‘92 • 10th Season 2013-14 Record: 16-12, 11-11 NSIC (t-9th) 2013-14 Record: 9-18, 5-17 NSIC (14th) #3 Shaunteva Ashley (G, 5-8, Sr., Sioux Falls, S.D. / Roosevelt HS) The Beavers dropped two games on the road in their first NSIC road trip of the season - Ashley guided the Vikings to two wins in NSIC play over the weekend as they fell to Augustana Friday, 83-72 and #7 Wayne State Saturday, 99-52. Leading the Beavers in scoring against WSC for the second time this season was - The senior guard recorded the second double-double of her career in Tatum Sheley as she charted 14 points. Sheley ended the weekend charting the an 83-72 win at home over Bemidji State on Friday with 18 points and 13 second highest point total with 29 points assists Allison Cordes, Hanna Zerr and Aimee Pelzer recorded 13 points each with Afton - The 13 assists were not only a career high for Ashley, also just one Kuehndorf adding 11 to end the weekend short of the school record for assists in a game Mikayla Larson not only led the team in rebounds and steals against the Wildcats but her numbers were career-highs with nine rebounds and four steals - She followed up that performance with all-around effort in a wild 97-90 overtime win against Minnesota Crookston on Saturday, finishing with 24 #32 Sierra Senske (C, Fr., Glyndon, Minn. (Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton HS)) points, eight assists, and seven rebounds in the contest Recorded her first career double-double as she led the Beavers offense with 19 points - Ashley finished the weekend with averages of 21.0 points, 10.5 assists, and pulled down a career-high 11 rebounds against Augustana. Senske shot 8-of-8 5.0 rebounds on 48.6 percent shooting from the field from the field and added three free throws in her 32 minutes of action Averaged 15.0 points per game in 59 minutes of action on the weekend Marked her fifth consecutive game scoring in double-digits with 11 points against Augustana and Wayne State meet for the 32nd time on Saturday, with Wayne State the Vikings leading the series 17-14 Senske finished the weekend shooting 63.2 percent (12-19) from the field and went - This is the second meeting between the two teams this year, with the 6-of-13 from the free throw line Wildcats winning 71-57 back on Nov. 24 Totaled 18 rebounds (9.0 RPG) on the weekend including her career-high 11 at Augie and one assist Leads the Beavers in rebounding (6.3 RPG) and is second on the squad in scoring with 11.8 points per game. Ranks third among the league best in field goal percentage (58.6%, 41-70) Bemidji State will be back in action Dec. 19 as it travels to rival Minnesota Crookston before the holiday break. Tip off is set for 5 p.m. from Crookston, Minn. The Beavers hold a 20-15 edge over the Golden Eagles coming into Friday’s game. BSU is 3-2 in the last five meetings as UMC defeated the Beavers in the NSIC opener 66-53 in Bemidji Concordia-St. Paul Golden Bears (6-4, 2-2 NSIC) University of Mary Marauders (5-6, 3-2 NSIC) www.cugoldenbears.com/ www.goumary.com Paul Fessler • Northern Iowa ‘88 • 15th Season Rick Neumann • U-Mary ‘98 • 3rd Season 2013-14 Record: 28-9, 16-6 NSIC (4th) 2013-14 Record: 17-10, 14-8 NSIC (t-5th) -CU split their road trip at Winona State and Upper Iowa #13 Brittney Dietz (F, 5-10, R-Jr., Beach, N.D., Beach HS) -Concordia led 51-49 late in the second half before a 12-3 WSU run - Averaged 20.5 points in two wins the previous week over Southwest helped close out a 71-61 win for the Warriors Minnesota and Sioux Falls -CU inserted three new starters on Saturday which helped spark a 75-62 - Scored 28 points on 12-for-21 shooting (57.1%) against Southwest win over UIU Minnesota -Ameshia Kearney led CU with 13.0 points per game on 10-18 from the - Played all 45 minutes in 76-70 OT win over the Mustangs with six floor on the weekend rebounds, four assists, four steals and one block -Caitlyn Russell led Concordia with a career-high 16 points against UIU - Finished with 13 points, five rebounds, three assists and two blocks in -CU shot 45.1% from the floor as a team and held their opponents to 62-58 win over Sioux Falls despite leaving the game early with an injury 36.0% in the two games -CU assisted on 34 of their 55 baskets - Handed the University of Sioux Falls their first loss, 62-58 after holding the Cougars to 17.1% shooting (5-for-35) in the second half, totaling 15 -Concordia meets Minnesota State on Saturday at 2 p.m.