Aberdeen, S.D. – Looking to carry the momentum from a historic weekend in Wachs Arena with them, the Northern State women's basketball team will travel south for the final weekend of NSIC cross-division play. The Wolves will travel to Winona State for a Friday night battle at McCown Gymnasium for a 7:30 p.m. tip-off with the Warriors. Northern is then set to face Upper Iowa in Dorman Memorial Gymnasium with a 5:30 p.m. tip-off on Saturday afternoon.

GAME & FAN INFORMATION

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NORTHERN STATE STORYLINES

• Northern State enters the weekend with a record of 12-8 (7-7 NSIC)
• The Wolves are currently eighth place overall in the league standings and fifth in the north division
• Last weekend Northern knocked off No. 12 Minnesota State (72-69) and defeated Concordia St. Paul (71-52) in Wachs Arena
• Friday's victory over the No. 12 Mavericks was NSU's first top-25 win since November 17, 2017, in a 75-59 win at No. 5 CSU Pueblo
• Saturday's victory over the Golden Bears marked the 1,000^th win in the history of Northern State women's basketball, becoming the first of the 16 current NSIC programs to reach the milestone
• The Wolves improved to 5-1 against south division competition this season and 10-4 since the start of the 2021-22 season
• Kailee Oliverson leads a trio of Wolves who average double figures with 13.2 points, while Laurie Rogers and Rianna Fillipi adds 11.7 and 10.2 points per game
• Rogers leads NSU with 7.8 rebounds and 2.5 blocks per game, while Fillipi averages a team-best 3.7 assists and 2.0 steals per game
• Jordyn Hilgemann is shooting 37.3 percent from three point range and has made a team-high 22 shots from beyond the arc, Alayna Benike and Fillipi are second and third on the team with 18 and 14 3-pointers made respectively
• In conference games, Oliverson leads the NSIC in free throw percentage having knocked down 35-39 (89.7%) free throws; Rogers also ranks third having made 49-55 (89.1%) from the charity stripe
• Rogers leads NCAA Division II with 50 blocked shots this season and ranks fourth nationally with 2.50 blocks per game, she also leads the NSIC with 2.7 blocked shots per game in conference match-ups
• Northern State ranks within the top-10 nationally in two statistical categories, ranking third in fewest turnovers per game (11.9) and sixth in blocks per game (5.1)

WINONA STATE STORYLINES

• Winona State enters the weekend with a record of 9-11 (3-11 NSIC)
• The Warriors are currently tied for 13^th overall in the league standings and are tied for sixth in the south division
• Last weekend WSU dropped a pair of games in North Dakota to Minot State (66-58) and UMary (75-49), falling to 1-5 in cross-division play this season
• Alex Dornfeld and Caitlin Riley are the only two Warrior players to average double figures in scoring this season, averaging 11.5 and 10.1 points per game respectively
• Dornfeld averages a team-best 8.6 rebounds and Riley averages a team-high 1.0 steals per game, while Lauren Fech leads WSU with 2.2 assists and Ava Sergio averages 0.7 blocks per game
• Riley is shooting 43.7 percent from 3-point range this season, knocking down 45-103 from distance
• Ana Wurtz is in her first season as the head women's basketball coach at her alma mater, she holds a career record of 9-11 with the Warriors

LAST MATCH-UP

• Northern State fell to Winona State 65-55 in Wachs Arena on January 22, 2022
• Fillipi led the Wolves with 14 points in last season's match-up, while Oliverson added nine points and seven rebounds
• NSU leads the all-time series 51-14, and have won six of the past ten meetings

UPPER IOWA STORYLINES

• Upper Iowa enters the weekend with a record of 6-13 (2-12 NSIC)
• The Peacocks are currently tied for 15^th overall in the league standings and are eighth in the south division
• Last weekend UIU dropped a pair of games in North Dakota to UMary (80-56) and Minot State (72-61), falling to 1-5 in cross-division play this season
• Lydia Haack leads a trio of Peacocks who average double figures in scoring this season with 15.6 points per game, Katie Tornstrom and Mia Huberty add 12.6 and 10.3 points per game respectively
• Haack also leads UIU with 5.7 rebounds, 4.3 assists, and 1.8 steals per game this season, while Lexie Lodermeier averages a team-best 0.5 blocks per game
• Haack is second in the NSIC with 4.2 assists per game in conference play with a 1.3 assist/turnover ratio, and ranks third in the conference by playing an average of 36.4 minutes per game
• Justin Maass is in his first season as the head women's basketball coach at Upper Iowa, he holds a career record of 6-13 with the Peacocks

LAST MATCH-UP

• Northern State defeated Upper Iowa 71-62 in Wachs Arena on January 21, 2022
• Oliverson notched a double-double for the Wolves in last season's match-up with 18 points and 11 rebounds, while Fillipi added 11 points and six assists, and Rodgers scored ten points and grabbed nine rebounds
• NSU leads the all-time series 22-1, and have won 17 consecutive games against UIU