MINOT, N.D. – The Minot State Women's Basketball team takes its talents on the road again with another NSIC North Division weekend series. This week, the Beavers square off against the Dragons of Minnesota State Moorhead.
Both the Dragons and Beavers currently have two conference wins each, and this weekend's series presents an excellent opportunity for either team to put themselves in a position to make a run at the postseason.
Minot State and MSUM will tip-off at 6 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 5, and 2 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 6.
GAME NOTES
Series History
- MSU Moorhead leads the all-time series by a wide 14-3 margin.
- The Dragons won the most recent game between the two teams 78-50 last season.
- Minot State has lost 12 consecutive contests to the Dragons.
- The Beavers' last victory over MSUM came in the 2013-14 season by a score of 79-56.
- Minot State has an all-time 108 record in Moorhead.
Beavers by the Numbers
- Amber Stevahn leads the Beavers in scoring with 16.1 ppg. She also ranks fifth in the NSIC in scoring average.
- Stevahn scores her points very efficiently, with nearly a 54% field goal percentage.
- Lucy Chapman is the Beavers' most reliable three-point shooter with a 36% rate from deep.
- Stevahn also leads Minot State on the glass with 6.4 rebounds per game.
- Anna Counts and Calli Delsman also contribute on the boards with averages of 6.1 RPG and 5.4 RPG, respectively.
- Veteran guards Kate Head and Bethany Theodore have been quite generous as offensive leaders. Head averages 4.3 assists per contest and Theodore average 3.0. Head's numbers rank second in the NSIC.
- Counts and Stevahn have increased their defensive numbers, too, as each player has a team-high six blocks.
- Theodore has been a great defensive presence on the MSU perimeter with 17 total steals and a 2.1 per game average. She ranks sixth in the league in steals.
Scouting Report
- Three players average double-digit scoring for the Dragons. Peyton Boom, Mariah McKeever, and Sarah Jacobson score 12.3 ppg, 12.0 ppg, and 11.7 ppg, respectively.
- McKeever (43%) and Jacobson (42%) lead the Dragons in three-point shooting.
- Boom often cleans up the glass for MSUM with a team-high 6.3 RPG. Jacobson averages 5.8 and Nicole Brown averages 5.5 in the same category.
- Jacobson leads the squad in assists with 20 and 3.3 APG.
About Minot State
Minot State University is a member of the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) and NCAA Division II offering 14 men's and women's varsity intercollegiate athletics programs. The NSIC is a premier NCAA DII, 16-member conference featuring teams in North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Nebraska, and Iowa. The Beavers are the only public NCAA Division II institution in the state of North Dakota.
