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North Dakota Fighting Sioux
(18-1) vs. Morningside Mustangs (5-15)
Friday, Feb. 5 • 6 p.m./Hyslop Sports Center • Grand Forks
Morningside Series
•Series Record: UND leads 24-4
•Last UND win in Grand Forks: 1997-98, UND 104, Morningside 83
•Last Morningside win in Grand Forks: 1984-85, Morningside 92,
UND 81
•Last Meeting: 1998-99, UND 102, Morningside 73
•Current overall win streak: UND, 21
North Dakota Fighting
Sioux (18-1) vs. South Dakota Coyotes (5-15)
Saturday, Feb. 6 • 6 p.m./Hyslop Sports Center • Grand Forks
South Dakota Series
•Series Record: UND leads 28-12
•Last UND win in Grand Forks: 1998-99, North Dakota 109, USD
49
•Last South Dakota win in Grand Forks: 1988-89, USD 69, North
Dakota 65
•Last Meeting: 1998-99, North Dakota 64, USD 58
•Current overall win streak: UND, 19
Last Action: The Fighting Sioux saw their 46-game win streak,
the
second-longest in NCAA Division II history, fall with an 87-83 loss
at
North Dakota State. Katie Richards had a career-high 29 points and
Jenny
Crouse added 26 points to go with eight blocked shots. NDSU sank
36-of-44 free throws in the contest.
Player of Week: For the fifth time this season, North Dakota
had a
player named NCC Player of the Week. Jenny Crouse was chosen Jan.
25,
giving her three selections this month. She was also honored on Jan.
18
and on Jan. 4, joining Pudenz (Dec. 21) and Richards (Dec. 14) as
UND’s
NCC Players of the Week this season. In her career, Crouse has been
named NCC Player of the Week 11 times (three times each as a freshman
and sophomore, twice as a junior and the three times this season).
Crouse & NCC: In the NCC career charts, Crouse is:
•1st, Blocked shots, 243
•1st, FG percentage, 64%
•3rd, Field goals made, 485
•4th, Scoring, 1,181
•4th, Rebounds, 588
She is 64 points behind third place in the NCC scoring race and 147
points behind the all-time leader.
NCC Notes: Crouse leads the league in scoring (21.1 ppg),
rebounds (11.2
rpg) and blocked shots (4.7 bpg) ... Pudenz tops the conference in
assists (6.8 apg) ... Richards tops the NCC in three-point field goal
percentage (53.7 percent, 22x41) ...
Notes: With 12 assists against South Dakota State, Pudenz
moved into
second place all-time in assists (465) ... She is also second in career
steals (187) and 15th in scoring (1,044) ... Winger is 10th in career
points (1,112) and is third in rebounds at 804 ... ND’s senior
class
has won 103 of its last 115 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, 838
•field goal percentage, 63.6%
•points, 2,040
•rebounds, 1,008
•blocked shots, 435
Polls: The Fighting Sioux were ranked first in this season’s
sixth
WBCA/USA Today poll. UND is the North Central Region’s top-ranked
team.
200 and Counting: The Fighting Sioux have made a three-point
field goal
in 234 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 295-52 (.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 109 points scored in the win against
Minnesota-Morris tied the fourth-highest point total in UND history.
•UND 131, Mayville State 41, 11-25-97
•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
Hanging A Hundred II: North Dakota has scored 100-or-more
points 37
times in school history, including at least once in the past eight
seasons and 13 times the past two seasons.
NCC Numbers: North Dakota ranks first in the following categories:
•Scoring offense, 89.8 ppg
•Scoring margin, +20.2 ppg
•Field goal percentage, 47.0%
•Rebound margin, +8.3
•Assists, 23.1 apg
•Blocked shots, 6.1 bpg
The Fighting Sioux have the following individuals ranked in the top
10:
•Jenny Crouse
blocked shots, 1st, 4.7 bpg
scoring, 1st, 21.1 ppg
rebounds, 1st, 11.2 rpg
field goal percentage, 2nd, 59.4%
free throw percentage, 9th, 78.3%
•Jaime Pudenz
assists, 1st, 6.8 apg
steals, 6th, 2 spg
free throw percentage, 6th, 87.9%
3-point field goals per game, 6th, 2
scoring, 10th, 14.6 ppg
•Katie Richards
3-point FG percentage, 1st, 53.7%
3-point field goals per game, 3rd, 2.44
scoring, 4th, 17.7 ppg
rebounds, 6th, 8.8 rpg
FG percentage, 9th, 48.6%
blocked shots, 10th, 0.67 bpg
•Jenny Hoffner
steals per game, 8th, 1.8 spg
3-point field goals per game, 10th, 1.6
•Kami Winger
field goal percentage, 5th, 52.1%
rebounds, 7th, 8.5 rpg
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, 4.5 blocks per game
FG percentage, 4th, 63.8% (139x218)
Scoring, 38th, 18.3 points per game
Katie Richards
Three-point FG percentage, 6th, 47.3% (35x74)
Jaime Pudenz
Assists, 6th, 7 per game
Women’s Team
Won/loss percentage, 18-0, 1.000
Scoring offense, 2nd, 89.8 ppg
Field goal percentage, 3rd, 48.9% (604x1234)
Rebound margin, 3rd, +11.9 rpg
Scoring margin, 5th, 25.9 ppg
Three-point field goal percentage, 5th, 40.8% (124x304)
3-point FG per game, 13th, 6.9 per game (124 in 18 games)
Opponent Notes: Morningside The Mustangs enter the weekend
after downing
Nebraska-Omaha 77-70 for their first NCC win ... Five players, led
by
Trish Martin’s 19 points and 15 rebounds, scored in double figures
...
Martin averages 17.4 points and 10.3 rebounds per contest ... Forward
Melissa Johnson leads the team in three-point field goals (28) ...
South Dakota The Coyotes are led by Kelly Gese, one of the conference’s
top scorers ... She averages 18.4 points per game in league play and
18.9 overall ... USD has lost its last four games and 11 of its last
12
...
Next Up: UND hits the road for games at Minnesota State Mankato
Feb. 12
and at St. Cloud State Feb. 13.
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