NORTH DAKOTA vs SOUTH DAKOTA
DATES: Saturday, Feb. 13 noon CT | Sunday, Feb. 14, noon CT
SITE: Grand Forks, N.D. (Betty Engelstad Sioux Center)
RADIO: 740 AM (Jack Michaels)
TWITTER: @UNDWBasketball
QUICK JUMPERS
* North Dakota has split its last two series.
* The Fighting Hawks outrebounded Denver, 119-74, including 61 rebounds last Friday, the most by UND in a conference game in the DI era.
* The University of North Dakota is seeking its first win against South Dakota since Nov. 17, 2013, giving UND a 1-9 record in the last 2,645 days.
* With a pair of 20-point games last weekend, Julia Fleecs has reached the plateau five times this season, the most by a Fighting Hawks since Lexi Klabo in 2018-19 (11).
* Fleecs has scored 935 points in her UND career and could become the 37th UND player to join the 1,000-point club by season’s end.
* Mikayla Reinke averaged 7.5 assists per game at Denver, distributing a career-high nine helpers on Friday.
* UND forwards Julia Fleecs and Jaclyn Jarnot have each recorded three double-doubles in the last four games.
* Fleecs has averaged 19.5 points and 11.3 rebounds per game, while Jarnot has recorded 10.8 points and 9.8 rebounds.
* UND has played a school-record four overtime games in 2020-21.
* The Hawks rank 15th in the NCAA and lead The Summit League in rebounding at 44.4 per game.
ON TAP
Coming off of a series split with Denver and a near sweep of the Pioneers, North Dakota will host South Dakota in its final home series on Feb. 13 and 14, hosting its annual Pink Game on Saturday and Senior Day on Sunday.
SCOUTING SOUTH DAKOTA
The Coyotes enter the weekend third in The Summit League standings with a 6-2 record after getting swept last weekend at South Dakota State. With a 10-5 overall record, four of USD’s losses have come at the hands of top-25 teams with their only unranked loss at Oklahoma. The Yotes are The Summit League’s No. 1 ranked offense and defense, averaging 74.7 points per game while allowing just 59.8 per game. The Coyotes have three players averaging over 15 points per game, led by Chloe Lamb and Hannah Sjerven’s 16.5 points per game. Liv Korngable rounds out the trip with 15.8 points per game. Sjerven boasts a .551 field goal percentage while Lamb is shooting .420 from behind the three-point line in 88 attempts.
NEXT UP
The University of North Dakota will close the regular season next weekend, heading south down I-29 to take on Omaha at Baxter Arena on Feb. 19 and 20. The Fighting Hawks will enjoy its bye week the following weekend before The Summit League Tournament begins March 6 in Sioux Falls, S.D., at the Sanford Pentagon.
