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North Dakota Fighting Sioux (24-1)
vs. Nebraska-Omaha Mavericks (11-14)
Friday, 6:05 p.m./Sapp Fieldhouse • Omaha, Neb.
•Series Record: UND leads 28-8
•First Game: 1981-82, Neb.-Omaha 68, UND 52
•Last UND win at Omaha: 1997-98, UND 88, Neb.-Omaha 46
•Last Neb.-Omaha win at Omaha: 1986-87, Neb.-Omaha 87, UND 78
•Current overall win streak: UND, 13
North Dakota Fighting Sioux (24-1)
vs. Northern Colorado Bears (17-9)
Saturday, 7 p.m./Butler-Hancock Hall • Greeley, Colo.
•Series Record: UND leads 21-1
•First Game: 1980-81, North Dakota 75, UNC 56
•Last UND win at Greeley: 1997-98, North Dakota 93, UNC 77
•Last UND win at Greeley: 1996-97, UNC 68, North Dakota 66
•Current overall win streak: UND, 5
Last Meetings: Jaime Pudenz scored 25 points to go with six
steals and
six assists in the 98-52 victory over Nebraska-Omaha.
Jenny Crouse scored 22 points while Pudenz had 16 points and eight
assists in the 103-75 triumph over Northern Colorado.
Last Action: Katie Richards scored a career-high 31 points
to lead UND
to the 94-56 win over Augustana. Kami Winger added 13 points and a
career-high 16 rebounds. Crouse scored 18 points, including her first
three-point field goal, and Pudenz added 16 points and a game-high
six
assists. The win was head coach Gene Roebuck’s 300th at UND.
Crouse and Pudenz each scored 21 points to power UND to the 97-78
win
over South Dakota State. The victory allowed the Fighting Sioux to
claim
the North Central Conference title for the second-straight season.
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 picked on Dec. 14. Crouse was
chosen Jan. 4, 18 & 25, while Pudenz was selected Dec. 21.
Crouse & NCC: In the NCC career charts, Crouse is:
•1st, Blocked shots, 271
•1st, FG percentage, 64%
•1st, Field goals made, 529
•1st (tie), Rebounds, 641
•3rd, Scoring, 1,308
Crouse needs 21 points to become the all-time scoring leader. In
second
place, just nine points ahead, is former UND star Sheri Kleinsasser.
NCC Notes: Crouse leads the league in scoring (21.1 ppg),
rebounds (10.3
rpg) and blocked shots (4.69 bpg) ... Pudenz tops the league in assists
(6.5 apg) ... Richards leads in three-point field goal percentage
(48.8
percent) and three-point field goals made per game (2.67) ...
Notes: After scoring the season-high 30 points against St.
Cloud State,
Pudenz is in 11th place in the all-time scoring chart with 1,152 points
... She is second all-time in assists (503) and in career steals (198)
... Pudenz, after making five three-point field goals against South
Dakota, is third all-time in that category (160) ... She also has
a
career-high 173 assists ... Winger is ninth in career points (1,199)
and
is third in rebounds (866) ... She is also fourth in free throws made
(273) ... UND’s senior class has won 109 of its 121 games, 91
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, 882
•field goals attempted, 1,400
•field goal percentage, 63%
•free throws made, 402
•free throws attempted, 542
•points, 2,167
•rebounds, 1,061
•blocked shots, 463
She needs 17 points to become the first player in school history
to
score 500-or-more points in four seasons.
Polls: The Fighting Sioux were ranked first in this season’s
ninth
WBCA/USA Today poll.
200 and Counting: The Fighting Sioux have made a three-point
field goal
in 240 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 301-52 (.853), 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 six 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.
The
Fighting Sioux have reached the mark seven times this season, second
only to last season’s record eight appearances. UND has reached
the
100-point mark 39 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, 92.9 ppg
•Scoring margin, +23 ppg
•Field goal percentage, 47.2%
•Rebound margin, +10.7
•Assists, 23.31 apg
•Blocked shots, 6.5 bpg
The Fighting Sioux have the following individuals ranked in the
top 15:
•Jenny Crouse
blocked shots, 1st, 4.69 bpg
scoring, 1st, 21.1 ppg
rebounds, 1st, 10.3 rpg
field goal percentage, 2nd, 57.3%
free throw percentage, 7th, 82.5%
•Jaime Pudenz
assists, 1st, 6.63 apg
free throw percentage, 2nd, 87.3%
3-point field goals per game, 4th, 2.38
3-point FG percentage, 45th, 44.7%
steals, 7th, 1.94 spg
scoring, 9th, 15.9 ppg
•Katie Richards
3-point FG percentage, 1st, 48.8%
3-point field goals per game, 1st, 2.67
scoring, 3rd, 19.3 ppg
rebounds, 7th, 8.4 rpg
FG percentage, 6th, 50.5%
assists, 10th, 3.33 apg
•Kami Winger
rebounds, 3rd, 9.2 rpg
field goal percentage, 4th, 55.4%
scoring, 15th, 13.2 ppg
•Jenny Hoffner
steals, 9th, 1.69 spg
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, 4.7 blocks per game
FG percentage, 7th, 61.6% (181x294)
Scoring, 28th, 19.3 points per game
Jaime Pudenz
Assists, 5th, 6.9 per game
Katie Richards
Three-point FG percentage, 13th, 45.8% (49x107)
Scoring, 48th, 17.7 points per game
Women’s Team
Scoring offense, 1st, 91.2 ppg
Rebound margin, 3rd, +11.6 rpg
Won/loss percentage, 3rd, 95.7%
Field goal percentage, 5th, 48.7%
Scoring margin, 5th, 24.9 ppg
Three-point field goal percentage, 9th, 39.7%
Three-point field goals per game, 8th, 7.1 per game
Opponent Notes: Nebraska-Omaha is coached by Paula Buscher,
who is in
her first season. A former UNO assistant, Buscher was the head coach
last season at Minnesota State Mankato before returning to UNO ...
Freshman guard Jennifer Mitchell leads the team in scoring at 15.3
points per game and has a team-high 97 assists ... Kim Birkel, a former
player at Baylor, leads the team with 52 steals ... She also leads
the
NCC in steals ... Forward Sarah Larson averages 14.6 points and a
team-high 7.6 rebounds per game ...
Northern Colorado is under the direction of Greg Bruce, who is in
his
second season at the school ... Transfer guard Petra Olson leads the
team in scoring and guard Kara Ketterer is among the NCC and national
leaders in assists ...
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