The University of Minnesota Duluth will sit out on the road one final time in 2015 before taking an earned break over the holidays as the Bulldogs take on Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference North Division rival St. Cloud State University this Saturday afternoon in St. Cloud.
UMD (2-6, 2-3 NSIC) will look to get back to .500 in conference play against the Huskies, a team that knocked off the Bulldogs 65-53 earlier this season on Nov. 28 at Romano Gym. Junior forwad
Kenzie Kane scored a career-high 22 points on 7-of-16 shooting against SCSU, but UMD had just six different players contribute points in the game -- they'll need to better balance the attack to match the season series on Saturday.
SCOUTING THE HUSKIES | 4-4, 4-1 NSIC
St. Cloud State saw a four-game winning streak snapped last time out against Northern State University, suffering its first defeat of the conference season ... the Huskies had five players reach double-digits scoring and seven contribute at least two points against UMD .... junior guard Chelsea Nooker scored 17 points and hauled in 10 rebounds against the Bulldogs ... senior forward Lexy Petermann leads St. Cloud State averages a team-high 13.8 points per game, adding 11 against UMD ... Nooker has averaged a team-high 8.3 rebounds per outing ... head coach Lori Fish is in her eighth season leading the Huskies ... with the defeat earlier this season, the Bulldogs are now 27-25 all-time against St. Cloud State ... the two teams split their meetings during last year's NSIC regular season.
FREE THROWSUMD saw its two-game winning streak ended as it stumbled twice on the road this weekend against Northern State and Minnesota State University Moorhead ... freshman guard
Sammy Kozlowski averaged 13.5 points and 6.5 rebounds per game on the week, hitting 5-of-13 from three-point range while adding six assists and four steals ... Kane and center
Allyson Harris each averaged 9.5 points per game on the weekend, with Harris finishing 9-of-18 from the floor (50.0 percent) ... Harris currently ranks 13th in the conference averaging 13.9 points per game ... UMD currently leads the NSIC in two key categories: commiting the fewest turnovers as well as commiting the fewest personal fouls.
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Live StatsUP NEXTUMD and St. Cloud State will finish up the season's first half at 2:00 p.m. Saturday afternoon in St. Cloud, preceding the men's contest.
