MAYVILLE STATE vs NORTH DAKOTA
DATE:  Wednesday, Dec. 18  |  7:00 p.m. CT
SITE:  Grand Forks, N.D. (Betty Engelstad Sioux Center)
RADIO:  100.3 FM, 1440 AM (Jack Michaels)
TV/VIDEO:  Fox Sports North
LIVE STATS:  FightingHawks.com
TWITTER: @UNDWBasketball

ON TAP
Last playing on Dec. 9 at SMU, the University of North Dakota will return to action on Wednesday, Dec. 18, hosting Mayville State at 7 p.m.

QUICK JUMPERS
*North Dakota is in the middle of final exams right now and will only be playing its second game of December.
* Wednesday's game will be the University of North Dakota's last game of the decade at the Betty Engelstad Sioux Center. The Fighting Hawks have posted a 97-40 record at The Betty.
*The Fighting Hawks 7-3 record is tied for the second-best start to a season since the University joined the Division I ranks in 2009-10.
*UND was 8-2 in 2014-15 and opened the 2017-18 season 7-3 as well.
*After a seven-block game at SMU, Melissa Leet led the country in blocked shots last week with 35. She currently ranks third in the nation.
*UND enters Wednesday's tilt ranked in the top-10 nationally in both rebounds (10th) and rebounds per game (8th).
*The Fighting Hawks lead The Summit League in opponents field goal percentage (.343) and rank 25th in the NCAA.
*North Dakota is 33-0 all-time against Mayville State, including a 29-0 clip in Grand Forks.
*The Comets led North Dakota State at halftime, 35-31, on Sunday, Dec. 15.
*In the last five games, the University of North Dakota has dished 107 assists on 146 field goals (73-percent).

FLYING HIGH WITH THE EAGLES AND COMETS
The series between North Dakota and Mayville State is one of the program's longest continuing series since the teams first met in 1976. Wednesday's game will be the 34th meeting between the Fighting Hawks and Comets and the 30th in Grand Forks. UND is 33-0 all-time against Mayville State.

SCOUTING MAYVILLE STATE
The Comets opened the season ranked 23rd in the NAIA Division II Coaches Poll and moved up to No. 21 on Dec. 2. Mayville State owns a 9-2 record with its only losses to No. 10 Saint Xavier (Ill.) and Jamestown College on Dec. 11. MSU is coming off a 97-59 exhibition loss to North Dakota State; however, the Comets led NDSU at halftime, 35-31. Mayville State has a trio of players scoring in double figures, led by Claire Blascziek's 14.3 points per game average. In its regular-season games, MSU has outscored its foes 214-129 in the second quarter.

NEXT UP
North Dakota will return to action Saturday, Dec. 21 when it heads to Milwaukee for a 2 p.m. matinee with the Panthers.