Aberdeen, S.D. – The Northern State University women's basketball team opens their home schedule Thursday night as they host Presentation College at Wachs Arena. Tip-off is scheduled for 6 p.m. against the Saints.
 
Quick Hits on the Wolves

• The Northern State University Wolves enter their first home game of the 2018-19 season after a 1-1 weekend from Kansas City.
• The Wolves fell to Pittsburg State, 94-81, and defeated Arkansas Tech, 84-51, with multiple newcomers seeing significant action.
• Through the two games, NSU is averaging 82.2 points, 36.0 rebounds, 16.0 assists, 17.0 turnovers, 4.5 steals, and 2.5 blocks per game.
• They are shooting 49.1 percent from the floor, 44.4 percent from the 3-point line, and 79.6 percent from the foul line.
• Northern is averaging 4.5 rebounds and 10.0 points per game more than their opponents, but gave up 3.5 more turnovers per game last weekend.
• Brooke Luitjens and Lexi Wadsworth are leading the team averaging 17.5 and 16.0 points per game, with Luitjens shooting 70.6 percent from the floor and Wadsworth shooting 66.7 percent from the floor.
• Sara Tvedt is third on the team averaging 15.5 points per game, and early bringing in a double-double with 9.0 rebounds per game.
• Northern entered the 2018-19 season returning 11 student-athletes from a season ago, with six newcomers.
• Just two starters returned in Brianna Kusler and Jessi Marti, who were both out a weekend ago.
• Head coach Paula Krueger recorded the first Northern State victory of her coaching career versus Arkansas Tech.

 
About Presentation College

• Presentation enters the mid-week contest with a 3-5 record overall, recording wins over Providence College (94-49, 77-60) and Nebraska Christian (71-56).
• The Saints were picked fifth overall in the NSAA Preseason Coaches Poll.
• PC is averaging 64.4 points, 40.9 rebounds, 14.5 assists, 17.9 turnovers, 4.0 blocks, and 6.5 steals per game this season.
• They are shooting 38.9 percent from the floor, 29.5 percent from the arc, and 67.6 percent from the foul line.
• Allison Cox leads the team averaging 13.9 points per game, while April Hudelson is notching 10.6.
• The pair also lead the team in boards with Hudelson notching 6.5 rebounds and Cox recording 6.0 rebounds per game.
• Jada Campbell leads the team shooting 59.5 percent from the floor with 11 blocks this season.
• The Saints are led by head coach Eric Nelson in his sixth season at the helm.

 
Last Match-Up

• The Wolves defeated the Saints 95-54 from Wachs Arena in 2017-18.Four Wolves scored in double figures, with Haley Rithmiller leading the returners with 11 points.
• Northern shot 46.8 percent from the floor, 40.7 percent from the 3-point line, and 56.3 percent from the foul line.They tallied 53 points off the bench, 40 points in the paint, 17 second chance points off 21 offensive rebounds, 20 points off 17 PC turnovers, and six fast break points.
• NSU held their largest lead of 43 points with just 19 seconds remaining in regulation.
• The Wolves are 5-0 all-time versus the Saints with wins in 2004-05 (81-71), 2008-09 (80-35), 2009-10 (83-51), 2011-12 (84-39), and 2017-18 (94-54).