Aberdeen, S.D. – Northern State women's basketball will close out 2019 on Saturday as they welcome No. 24 MSU Moorhead for a 4 p.m. tip-off from Wachs Arena.
 
Quick hits on the Wolves

• Northern State is coming off a weekend split in North Dakota defeating Minot State (65-46) Friday and falling to UMary (75-69)
• The Wolves as a team are scoring an average of 66.0 points per game with a +2.8 scoring margin
• NSU is shooting 43.9% on the floor, 37.0 from distance, and 74.3 at the foul line thus far in the season
• Last weekend Northern State grabbed 62 rebounds and swiped the ball away 14 times
• NSU shot below their season average from distance against Minot (33.3%) and Umary (35.7%) last weekend
• The Wolves are averaging 36.4 rebounds per game and 6.3 steals per game
• Northern State is currently 1-0 when shooting below 39.0% from the field and 1-4 when shooting between 40 and 50% from the floor
• NSU in the month of December sports a 3-1 record

 
Matching up with the Dragons

• #24 MSU Moorhead enters Wachs Arena Saturday 9-3 overall and 4-1 in NSIC play
• MSUM's scoring margin is +15.9 points as they average 72.2 points per game
• The Dragons are holding opponents to an average of 56.3 points per game and forcing them to turn the ball over 10.3 times per game
• MSU Moorhead is scoring their most points in the second quarter of the game, where they have scored 234 of their 867 total points
• Opponents have had their most success in the third quarter scoring 190 of the 676 total points allowed by the Dragons
• MSUM is averaging 13.8 turnovers per game giving opponents an average of 5.7 steals per game
• MSU Moorhead is averaging 45.8 rebounds per game with a rebound margin of +15.3
• The leading scorers for the Dragons are Megan Hintz averaging 16.6 points per game and Sarah Jacobson with a 9.3 points per game average
• The Dragons are led by head coach Karla Nelson in her 20th season at the helm

 
Last Match-Up

• The Wolves last year fell to the Dragons 60-51 in Moorhead, Minn.
• Northern State entered the fourth quarter last year trailing by 13
• Brianna Kusler was the top scorer for the Wolves with 19 points while also leading the wolves in rebounds with 13

• •NSU is 46-26 all-time against MSUM with the first meeting between these two squads dating back to the 1980-81 season where the Wolves rolled the Dragons 86-40