|
North Dakota Fighting Sioux (22-1) vs. Augustana
Vikings (17-6)
Friday, 5 p.m./Hyslop Sports Center • Grand Forks
Augustana Series
•Series Record: UND leads 27-15
•Last UND win at Grand Forks: 1997-98, UND 83, Augustana 69
•Last Augustana win at Grand Forks: 1988-89, Augustana 78, UND
75
•Last Meeting: 1998-99, UND 77, Augustana 59
•Win Streak: UND, 3
North Dakota Fighting Sioux (22-1)
vs. South Dakota State Jackrabbits (18-5)
Saturday, 4 p.m./Hyslop Sports Center • Grand Forks
South Dakota State Series
•Series Record: UND leads 30-16
•Last UND win at Grand Forks: 1997-98, UND 93, S.D. State 66
•Last SDSU win at Grand Forks: 1995-96, S.D. State 70, UND 69
•Last Meeting: 1997-98, UND 93, S.D. State 66
•Win Streak: UND, 6
Last Meetings: Jenny Crouse scored 25 points while Katie Richards
added
20 in UND’s 77-59 win at Augustana.
Richards had a game-high 26 points and Jaime Pudenz had 11 points
to go
with a career-high 12 assists in UND’s 108-77 victory over South
Dakota
State. The 108 points were the most-ever allowed by SDSU.
Last Action: UND surpassed the 100-point mark for the seventh
time this
season in the 106-83 win over St. Cloud State. Pudenz had a season-high
30 points while Crouse added 27. Pudenz sank six three-point field
goals.
UND got 21 points, 11 rebounds and seven blocked shots from Crouse
in
the 78-64 win over MSU Mankato. Richards added 17 points.
The two wins pushed head coach Gene Roebuck’s record to 299-52
at North
Dakota. Including his three seasons at UND-Lake Region, Roebuck is
386-66 (.854)
Player of Week: For the sixth time this season, North Dakota
had a
player named NCC Player of the Week. Richards was named Feb. 8, giving
her two honors this season as she was named on Dec. 14. Crouse was
chosen Jan. 4, 18 & 25, while Pudenz was chosen Dec. 21.
Crouse & NCC: In the NCC career charts, Crouse is:
•1st, Blocked shots, 261
•1st, FG percentage, 64.3%
•2nd, Field goals made, 517
•2nd, Rebounds, 628
•3rd, Scoring, 1,269
Crouse needs two field goals to become the league’s all-time
leader in
that category and 14 rebounds to take over first in that one. She
needs
60 points to become the all-time scoring leader.
NCC Notes: Crouse leads the league in scoring (21.4 ppg),
rebounds (10.9
rpg) and blocked shots (4.64 bpg) ... Pudenz tops the league in assists
(6.5 apg) ...
Notes: After scoring the season-high 30 points against St.
Cloud State,
Pudenz is in 11th place in the all-time scoring chart with 1,115 points
... She is second all-time in assists (488) and in career steals (194)
... Pudenz, after making five three-point field goals against South
Dakota, is third all-time in that category (155) ... Winger is 10th
in
career points (1,171) and is third in rebounds (839) ... She is also
sixth in free throws made (263) ... UND’s senior class has won
107 of
its 119 games, 89 of its last 100 and 49 of the last 50 ... UND’s
senior class has won 100-or-more games the past three seasons ...
Crouse is first at UND in the following categories:
•field goals made, 870
•field goals attempted, 1377
•field goal percentage, 63.2%
•points, 2,128
•rebounds, 1,048
•blocked shots, 453
Polls: The Fighting Sioux were ranked first in this season’s
seventh
WBCA/USA Today poll.
200 and Counting: The Fighting Sioux have made a three-point
field goal
in 238 consecutive contests. The last time UND did not make a
three-point field goal was in a 61-59 win at North Dakota State on
Feb.
23, 1991.
UND Head Coach Gene Roebuck: One of the most successful coaches
in
basketball with a record of 299-52 (.852), Roebuck ranks third among
active NCAA Division II coaches in winning percentage. Roebuck, who
is
in his 12th season, is assisted by Darcy Deutsch, Sheri Kleinsasser
and
Tiffany Pudenz. UND has won five NCC titles during his reign.
Hanging A Hundred: The 124 points scored in the win over Morningside
was
the second-highest total in school history. UND’s 109-point ouput
against Minnesota-Morris this season is the fifth-highest all-time.
UND
has reached the 100-point mark 39 times in school history, including
at
least once the past eight seasons.
NCC Numbers: North Dakota ranks first in the following categories:
•Scoring offense, 92.6 ppg
•Scoring margin, +22.2 ppg
•Field goal percentage, 47.5%
•Rebound margin, +10.1
•Assists, 23.64 apg
•Blocked shots, 6.29 bpg
The Fighting Sioux have the following individuals ranked in the top
15:
•Jenny Crouse
blocked shots, 1st, 4.64 bpg
scoring, 1st, 21.4 ppg
rebounds, 1st, 10.9 rpg
field goal percentage, 2nd, 57.9%
free throw percentage, 10th, 79.8%
•Jaime Pudenz
assists, 1st, 6.5 apg
free throw percentage, 3rd, 87.5%
3-point field goals per game, 4th, 2.36
3-point FG percentage, 4th, 45.2%
steals, 6th, 1.93 spg
scoring, 10th, 15.6 ppg
•Katie Richards
3-point FG percentage, 2nd, 47%
3-point field goals per game, 3rd, 2.38
scoring, 3rd, 18.5 ppg
rebounds, 8th, 8.4 rpg
FG percentage, 6th, 50.3%
•Kami Winger
field goal percentage, 3rd, 55.3%
rebounds, 5th, 8.6 rpg
scoring, 15th, 13.1 ppg
NCAA Stats: Crouse is second in the nation in blocked shots
in the
latest NCAA Division II statistical release.
Here are the UND numbers:
Jenny Crouse
Blocked shots, 2nd, 4.6 blocks per game
FG percentage, 7th, 62.3% (165x265)
Scoring, 33rd, 18.9 points per game
Jaime Pudenz
Assists, 6th, 6.9 per game
Katie Richards
Three-point FG percentage, 6th, 49% (48x98)
Scoring, 49th, 17.8 points per game
Women’s Team
Scoring offense, 2nd, 91.1 ppg
Rebound margin, 2nd, +11.6 rpg
Field goal percentage, 4th, 49%
Scoring margin, 5th, 25.5 ppg
Won/loss percentage, 4th, 95.2%
Three-point field goal percentage, 6th, 40.8% (152x373)
Three-point field goals per game, 9th, 7.2 per game
Opponent Notes: Augustana The Vikings have won four straight
games ...
Six players average 8-or-more points per game ... Head coach Dave
Krauth
is 202-76 in 10 seasons ...
South Dakota State Head coach Nancy Neiber is in her 15th season
with a
284-131 record ... Forward Lora Kluis leads the team in scoring, blocked
shots and steals ...
Next Up: UND closes the regular season at Nebraska-Omaha Feb.
26 and at
Northern Colorado Feb. 27.
|