The University of Minnesota Duluth, thick in the race for homecourt advantage in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference North Division, will look to make a splash this weekend against the two teams atop the division while avenging a pair of earlier conference defeats when they take on Minnesota State University-Moorhead and Northern State University on the team's final road trip.
UMD (11-11, 9-9 NSIC) returned to Romano Gym this past weekend, splitting a pair of games against Upper Iowa University and Winona State University, in the team's brief break from six-of-eight games on the road. The Bulldogs won comfortably 74-62 on Friday night against the Peacocks before falling 67-47 on Saturday against Winona State. UMD has won every other game dating back to Jan. 23 -- the last time the Bulldogs won two in a row -- a stretch of six outings.
FREE THROWS• Senior guard
Danielle Flood led UMD offensively, scoring 14.0 points per game on the weekend, shooting 48.1 percent (13-of-27) on the weekend, adding four assists, three rebounds, one block, and one steal. She scored 16 points to lead the Bulldogs against Upper Iowa, shooting 7-of-13 including 2-of-5 from three-point range, adding four assists, a block, and a steal against the Peacocks.
• Junior forward
Taylor Meyer averaged 10.5 points and 8.0 rebounds on the weekend, shooting 36.4 percent (8-of-22) while adding two blocks, one assist, and one steal. She put together an even weekend, scoring 11 points with eight rebounds against Upper Iowa and 10 points with eight boards against Winona State.
• UMD is currently tied for fourth place in the NSIC North division with St. Cloud State. The two teams split their meetings this year, meaning the tiebreaker becomes divisional win-loss percentage. The two teams are traveling partners and thus, have the same four opponents down the stretch. The Bulldogs are currently down a win, 6-4 against the North, while the Huskies are 7-3. UMD will need to put wins together down the stretch to edge out its conference rival.
SCOUTING THE DRAGONS (Friday, Feb. 13, 6:00 p.m.) -
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MSU-Moorhead (12-10, 11-7 NSIC) has won five of its last seven, but stalled a two-game losing skid last Saturday night, knocking off Sioux Falls on the road 86-77. The Dragons defeated the Bulldogs 78-69 on Dec. 13, 2014 earlier this season, but UMD still owns a 50-29 all-time record against Moorhead.
• Junior guard Meghan Roehrich led the Dragons against UMD, netting 22 points on 7-of-17 shooting while nailing a trio of threes. Freshman forward Drew Sannes added 12 points off the bench and a team-high eight rebounds, going 5-of-10 from the floor.
• Roehrich ranks third in the NSIC, averaging 18.1 points per conference game and tied for no. 12 in the NSIC shooting 35.8 percent from three-point range. Sannes ranks fourth in the league, knocking back 1.9 blocks per game. Sophomore guard Natalie Van Whye is second in the NSIC with a +2.4 assist-turnover ratio with 4.2 assists per outing.
SCOUTING THE WOLVES (Saturday, Feb. 14, 5:00 p.m.) -
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Northern State (RV, 19-5, 13-5 NSIC), ranked No. 3 in the country when the Wolves knocked off UMD in Romano Gym earlier this season, have slipped down the national ranks recently, No. 16 last week and the first team out in the Feb. 10 poll after dropping its last two games by a combined three points. Northern knocked off UMD 62-46 in Duluth on Dec. 12, 2014 earlier this year to improve their all-time record to 26-32 against UMD.
• Three senior forwardss hit double figures against the Bulldogs, with Rachel Krogman leading the way with a double-double, 14 points and 11 rebounds on 6-of-7 shooting. Sadie Stotesberry and Meghan Mutchler added 13 and 12 points, respectively.
• Krogman is currently seventh in the NSIC averaging 15.9 points, and second averaging 10.8 rebounds, per game. Junior guard Devon Brecke currently ranks tenth in the NSIC, averaging 3.3 assists in conference play and currently leads the conference with a +3.5 assist-turnover ratio.
The Bulldogs and Dragons will take the court on Friday night at 6:00 p.m. in Moorhead. Saturday's outing against Northern State will start an hour later than usual - 5:00 p.m. - in Aberdeen, S.D.
