Aberdeen, S.D. – The Northern State women's basketball team will return to Wachs Arena for their final full weekend of home games for the season, when they welcome Bemidji State and Minnesota Crookston. The Wolves and Beavers are scheduled for a 5:30 p.m. tip-off on Friday, and the Wolves and Golden Eagles are set for 4 p.m. tip-off on Saturday afternoon.

GAME & FAN INFORMATION

• The live stream, live stats, radio broadcast, tickets and game notes are available at the links above

NORTHERN STATE STORYLINES

• Northern State enters this weekend with a record of 10-12 (7-10 NSIC), and are currently tenth place overall in the NSIC and fourth in the north division
• Last weekend the Wolves dropped a pair of games to the NSIC co-leaders, #18 St. Cloud State (67-45) and Minnesota Duluth (66-46)
• Northern is averaging 64.2 points, 39.7 rebounds, 10.8 assists, 15.4 turnovers, 5.9 steals, and 4.5 blocks per game
• NSU is shooting the ball 40.3 percent from the field, 28.5 percent from 3-point range, and 73.3 percent from the free throw line
• Northern State remains the NSIC leader in rebounding margin, holding an advantage of 6.6 rebounds per game; the Wolves have out-rebounded opponents by ten or more on seven different occasions
• Kailee Oliverson leads the Wolves in scoring, averaging 14.7 points per game while shooting 41.9 percent from the field
• Laurie Rogers adds 9.9 points per game, while leading the team with 7.7 rebounds and 3.1 blocks per game
• Rogers' 3.1 blocks per game ranks _ nationally, and she has recorded 13 games of three or more blocks this season
• Rianna Fillipi is second on the team with 12.4 points per game, and she leads the team with 4.4 assists and 2.1 steals per game
• Fillipi ranks fifth in the NSIC in assists and eighth in the conference in steals per game

BEMIDJI STATE STORYLINES

• Bemidji State enters this weekend with a record of 13-8 (11-6 NSIC), and are currently fourth place overall in the NSIC and third in the north division
• Last weekend the Beavers earned a weekend sweep over Minot State (89-61) and UMary (66-63)
• BSU is averaging 69.6 points, 35.5 rebounds, 15.1 assists, 15.6 turnovers, 7.0 steals, and 2.9 blocks per game
• They are shooting the ball 44.5 percent from the field, 34.4 percent from 3-point range, and 69.5 percent from the free throw line
• Bemidji State's 34.4 percent 3-point percentage ranks second in the NSIC, and they average a conference best 7.7 made 3-pointers per game
• Rachael Heittola leads the team in scoring and rebounding, averaging 16.1 points and 7.5 rebounds per game
• Heittola ranks fourth in the NSIC in scoring and fifth in rebounds
• Trinity Yoder adds 13.3 points per game, while leading the team with 5.3 assists and 2.3 steals per game
• Yoder is second in the NSIC in assists per game and fourth in steals

LOOKING BACK TO DECEMBER

• Northern State and Bemidji State played the first of this season's two match-ups in Bemidji on December 11^th, when the Beavers used a strong second quarter to pull away for a 66-50 victory
• Northern leads the all-time series 62-10, and have won eight straight games in the series that have been played in Aberdeen

MINNESOTA CROOKSTON STORYLINES

• Minnesota Crookston enters the weekend with a record of 2-17 (1-12 NSIC), and are currently 16^th place overall in the NSIC and eighth in the north division
• Last weekend the Golden Eagles earned a weekend split, dropping the first game to UMary (72-70) before snapping a 13-game losing streak and earned their first conference win of the season over Minot State (91-65)
• UMC is averaging 58.1 points, 35.0 rebounds, 10.3 assists, 15.5 turnovers, 4.9 steals, and 2.5 blocks per game
• They are shooting the ball 37.5 percent from the field, 30.2 percent from 3-point range, and 72.6 percent from the free throw line
• Kylie Post leads the Golden Eagles in scoring, averaging 10.9 points while grabbing 5.0 rebounds per game
• Abi Fraaza is the only other UMC player to average double figures, averaging 10.6 points while grabbing 5.6 rebounds per game
• The leading rebounder for Minnesota Crookston is Bren Fox who averages 5.8 rebounds and adds 8.1 points per game

LOOKING BACK TO DECEMBER

• Northern State and Minnesota Crookston played the first of this season's two match-ups in Crookston on December 10^th, when the Wolves used a strong first half to earn a 64-47 road victory
• Northern leads the all-time series 36-12, and have won seven straight games in the series that have been played in Aberdeen