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North Dakota Fighting Sioux (20-1)
vs. MSU Mankato Mavericks (8-14)
Friday, 6 p.m./Otto Arena • Mankato, Minn.
MSU Mankato Series
•Series Record: UND leads 26-10
•First Game: 1976-77, UND 77, MSU Mankato 47
•Last UND win at Mankato: 1997-98, UND 73, MSU Mankato 55
•Last MSU win at Mankato: 1995-96, MSU Mankato 81, UND 73
•Last Meeting: 1998-99, UND 78, MSU Mankato 58
•Win streak: UND, 5
North Dakota Fighting Sioux (20-1)
vs. St. Cloud State Huskies (14-8)
Saturday, 6 p.m./Halenbeck Hall • St. Cloud, Minn.
St. Cloud State Series
•Series Record: UND leads 22-12
•First Game: 1977-78, St. Cloud State 69, UND 42
•Last UND win at St. Cloud: 1997-98, UND 91, St. Cloud State
62
•Last SCSU win at St. Cloud: 1988-89, St. Cloud State 75, UND
73
•Last Meeting: 1998-99, UND 90, St. Cloud State 74
•Win streak: UND, 19
Last Meetings: Jaime Pudenz and Jenny Crouse each scored 16
points to
lead the Fighting Sioux to the 78-58 win over MSU Mankato. Kami Winger
added 12 points and 10 rebounds.
Crouse scored 28 points to lead UND past St. Cloud State 90-74. Katie
Richards had 12 points and 12 rebounds.
Last Action: UND sank all 15 of its free throw attempts in
the 90-56 win
over South Dakota Saturday. The game was the team’s first-ever
perfect
night from the line. UND also sank 13 three-point field goals, six
by
Richards and five by Pudenz, in the triumph. Richards led with 28
points.
UND scored early and often in the 124-83 win Friday night over
Morningside. The 124 points were the second-most in UND history,
trailing only a 131-point outburst last season, set Nov. 25, 1997
against Mayville State. The 124 points are the most scored by a team
this season in North Central Conference play. Crouse led the way with
25
points. Richards added 20 points while Winger had 21 points and nine
rebounds in a reserve role.
Crouse & NCC: In the NCC career charts, Crouse is:
•1st, Blocked shots, 250
•1st, FG percentage, 64.3%
•3rd, Field goals made, 501
•4th, Scoring, 1,221
•4th, Rebounds, 608
She is 24 points behind third place in the NCC scoring race and 107
points behind the all-time leader.
NCC Notes: Crouse leads the league in scoring (20.9 ppg),
rebounds (11
rpg) and blocked shots (4.5 bpg) ... Richards tops the NCC in
three-point field goal percentage (52.6 percent, 30x57) ...
Notes: After netting 15 points in the win over Morningside,
Pudenz
vaulted from 15th to 12th place in the all-time scoring chart with
1,076
points ... She is second all-time in assists (474) and in career steals
(189) ... Pudenz, after making five three-point field goals against
South Dakota, is third all-time in that category (148) ... Winger
is
10th in career points (1,145) and is third in rebounds at 820 ...
She
is also eighth in free throws made (257) ... UND’s senior class
has won
105 of its 117 games, 89 of its last 100 and 48 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, 854
•field goal percentage, 63.4%
•points, 2,080
•rebounds, 1,028
•blocked shots, 442
She is four shots away from becoming the all-time leader in field
goals
attempted.
Polls: The Fighting Sioux were ranked first in this season’s
sixth
WBCA/USA Today poll.
200 and Counting: The Fighting Sioux have made a three-point
field goal
in 236 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 297-52 (.850), 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.
Broadcast: The Fighting Sioux basketball games are broadcast
via the
Fighting Sioux Radio Network. KCNN-AM (1590) in Grand Forks serves
as
the flagship station. Jim Bollman serves as the play-by-play voice
while
Scott Swygman offers color commentary.
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 38 times in school history, including
at
least once the past eight seasons. Here are the top five all-time
scores:
•UND 131, Mayville State 41, 11-25-97
•UND 124, Morningside 86, 2-5-99*
•UND 110, Wayne State (NE) 36, 12-29-89
•UND 110, St. Cloud State 55, 1-2-94*
•UND 109, Minn.-Morris 54, 12-12-98
•UND 109, South Dakota 49, 1-31-98*
NCC Numbers: North Dakota ranks first in the following categories:
•Scoring offense, 92.7 ppg
•Scoring margin, +22.8 ppg
•Field goal percentage, 47.8%
•Rebound margin, +9.8
•Assists, 24 apg
•Blocked shots, 6 bpg
•3-point field goals per game, 7.83
The Fighting Sioux have the following individuals ranked in the top
20:
•Jenny Crouse
blocked shots, 1st, 4.5 bpg
scoring, 1st, 20.9 ppg
rebounds, 1st, 11 rpg
field goal percentage, 2nd, 58.3%
free throw percentage, 10th, 79.7%
•Katie Richards
3-point FG percentage, 1st, 52.6%
3-point field goals per game, 2nd, 2.73
scoring, 2nd, 18.8 ppg
rebounds, 7th, 8.5 rpg
FG percentage, 6th, 51%
blocked shots, 10th, 0.67 bpg
•Jaime Pudenz
assists, 2nd, 6.42 apg
free throw percentage, 3rd, 89.5%
steals, 7th, 1.83 spg
3-point field goals per game, 5th, 2.17
3-point FG percentage, 6th, 43.3%
scoring, 10th, 14.8 ppg
•Jenny Hoffner
steals per game, 8th, 1.67 spg
•Kami Winger
field goal percentage, 3rd, 56.3%
rebounds, 9th, 8.4 rpg
scoring, 16th, 13.3 ppg
NCAA Stats: Crouse is second in the nation in blocked shots,
averaging
4.4 blocked shots per game, in the latest NCAA Division II statistical
release.
Here are the UND numbers:
Jenny Crouse
Blocked shots, 2nd, 4.7 blocks per game
FG percentage, 4th, 63.4% (149x235)
Scoring, 33rd, 18.7 points per game
Jaime Pudenz
Assists, 5th, 7.1 per game
Katie Richards
Three-point FG percentage, 7th, 48.8% (40x82)
Women’s Team
Scoring offense, 2nd, 89.5 ppg
Rebound margin, 3rd, +11 rpg
Field goal percentage, 4th, 48.7%
Scoring margin, 6th, 24.4 ppg
Won/loss percentage, 6th, 94.7%
Three-point field goal percentage, 7th, 40.6% (131x323)
Three-point field goals per game, 12th, 6.9 per game
Opponent Notes: Minnesota State Mankato The Mavericks suffered
a pair of
road losses this past weekend, falling to Nebraska-Omaha in overtime
and
to Northern Colorado ... Head coach Ann Walker is in her first season
... Brenda Stachowski leads the team in scoring ...
St. Cloud State Head coach Lori Ulferts is in her fifth season at
SCSU
... Christine Williamson, the 1998 NCC Freshman of the Year, leads
the
team in scoring ... Freshman Nicole Persby leads the team in assists
... SCSU leads the NCC in defensive field goal percentage, allowing
teams to shoot only 37.5 percent ...
Next Up: UND closes the regular season home schedule against
Augustana
Feb. 19 and South Dakota State Feb. 20.
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