Aberdeen, S.D. – Northern State women's basketball is ready for the annual 'I Hate Winter' weekend at the Barnett Center with activities starting Friday night. The Wolves will face off against Concordia-St. Paul at 5:30 p.m. on Friday and Minnesota State at 4 p.m. on Saturday from Wachs Arena. Saturday's game will air on Midco Sports Network. For a full list of I Hate Winter events and promotions CLICK HERE.
 
ABOUT THE NORTHERN STATE WOLVES

• Northern State enters the I Hate Winter weekend with an 11-9 record overall and 7-7 mark in the NSIC
• With eight games remaining in the regular season, NSU sits fifth overall in the North Division and ninth in the league as a whole
• The Wolves are shooting 42.1% from the floor, 32.8% from the 3-point line, and 72.9% from the foul line
• They are averaging 65.0 points, 34.9 rebounds, 12.8 assists, 13.8 turnovers, 5.9 steals, and 1.9 blocks per game
• NSU is out-rebounding their opponents by 2.5 boards per game, however is being out-scored by their foes by 0.1 points per game
• Lexi Wadsworth and Brianna Kusler led the Northern State offense averaging 14.9 and 12.7 points per game respectively
• Kusler is grabbing a team high 8.0 rebounds per contest and leads the Wolves with 57 total assists this season, averaging 2.9 per game
• Sara Tvedt leads the team from the floor shooting 55.8%, followed by Wadsworth with a 50.3 field goal percentage and team high 43.3 3-point field goal percentage

 
ABOUT THE GOLDEN BEARS

• Concordia-St. Paul returns to Aberdeen with a 9-11 record overall and 6-8 mark in the Northern Sun
• The Golden Bears are on a 5-game loss streak in league play being out-scored by their opponents by 11.4 points per game in those contests
• CSP is shooting 41.4% from the floor, 36.8% from the 3-point line, and 72.2% from the foul line this season
• They are averaging 72.2 points, 36.6 rebounds, 14.6 assists, 14.5 turnovers, 8.4 steals, and 4.6 blocks per game; being out-rebounded and out-scored by their opponents by 0.7 points and 2.1 rebounds per contest
• Sidney Wentland leads three starters averaging double figures notching 13.4 points per game, followed by Danielle Schaub and Meghan DuBois recording 12.3 and 10.4 respectively
• Sydney Schultz is pulling down a team high 5.1 rebounds per game and shooting a CSP best 57.4% from the field
• The Golden Bears are led by head coach Amanda Johnson in her fourth season at the helm

 
LAST MEETING

• The Wolves fell to the Golden Bears, 71-49 on the road a season ago
• Northern gave up 20 points off turnovers in the loss, shooting 33.3% from the floor, 25.0% from beyond the arc, and 100.0% from the free throw line
• Brianna Kusler led the team with 12 points and seven rebounds, while Lexi Wadsworth tallied a team high 12 boards
• Northern is 22-16 all-time versus Concordia-St. Paul and 3-2 in the past five seasons

 
ABOUT THE MAVERICKS

• Minnesota State enters the weekend with an 11-7 record overall and 8-6 mark in the league, sitting one place ahead of the Wolves in the Northern Sun Conference overall standings
• The Mavericks are coming off a weekend sweep versus Wayne State (79-69) and Augustana (61-60) at home
• MSU is shooting 38.9% from the field, 28.9% from beyond the arc, and 67.8% from the foul line
• They are averaging 75.4 points, 42.8 rebounds, 13.6 assists, 14.3 turnovers, 12.2 steals, and 2.4 blocks per game; out-scoring and out-rebounding their opponents by 4.8 points and 1.8 rebounds per game
• Kristin Klitzke leads the Mavericks averaging 10.2 points per game, while Kristi Fett is grabbing a team leading 6.1 rebounds per game
• Fett is shooting a team high 54.1% from the field, while Klitzke leads the team from the 3-point line, shooting at a 44.4 clip
• The Mavericks are led by head coach Emilee Thiesse in her seventh season with the program

 
 
LAST MEETING

• The Wolves fell to the Mavericks 54-40 on the road in 2018-19
• Brianna Kusler led the team with nine points and 11 rebounds, while Jessi Marti and Joie Spier tallied eight points apiece
• NSU shot 24.6% from the floor and 13.3% from the 3-point line in the loss
• Northern is 11-11 all-time versus Minnesota State