PURDUE FORT WAYNE at NORTH DAKOTA
DATE:  Sunday, Jan. 5 |  2 p.m. CT
SITE:  Grand Forks, N.D. (Betty Engelstad Sioux Center)
RADIO:  100.3 FM, 740 AM (Jack Michaels)
TV/VIDEO:  MidcoSN
LIVE STATS:  FightingHawks.com
TWITTER: @UNDWBasketball

ON TAP
Opening Summit League play with a 90-82 victory over Denver on New Year's Day, the University of North Dakota will play its first game of 2020 at The Betty Engelstad Sioux Center as it hosts Purdue Fort Wayne on Saturday, Jan. 5. It will be the first game of a doubleheader with the men's team.

QUICK JUMPERS
*North Dakota leads The Summit League in assists per game (17.1), blocked shots per game (4.6), rebounds per game (44.4), rebound margin (7.2), field goal percentage defense (35.8).
*The University of North Dakota is 2-0 in Summit League opening games.
*The Fighting Hawks six freshmen that have played this season have accounted for 40-percent of the team's offense this season.
*UND shot 51.6-percent from the field at Denver, the third time the Hawks have posted an average over 50-percent.
*With their sixth road win of the season, the Fighting Hawks registered their most away wins since 2016-17 when UND won the Big Sky regular season and posted nine road victories.
*North Dakota (44) and Denver (42) combined for 86 points in the paint on Jan. 1. It was the most by UND against a Division I opponent this season.
*The Fighting Hawks outscored the Pioneers, 15-6, on second-chance opportunities, the team's first advantage in that category since the Mayville State game (Dec. 18).
*Five Hawks scored in double figures at Denver, the most by UND since Nov. 29 at South Carolina State. North Dakota scored 95 points in Orangeburg and had five players score 10-or-more.

NEW YEAR, SAME HAWKS
North Dakota may have closed the first half of the season 9-4, but the Fighting Hawks continued its winning ways in their inaugural game of the new decade at Denver. UND's 10-4 start to the season equals the Fighting Hawks 2013-14 season when they earned its first NCAA Tournament bid as a Division I institution. The 2013-14 team went onto an 11-4 record before dropping two-straight games.

ALL FIGHTING HAWKS
The University of North Dakota and Purdue Fort Wayne have met three previous times with the Fighting Hawks winning all three contests. UND defeated the Mastodons in last season's Summit League opener, 79-60, the two teams' first meetings since a non-conference tilt during the Fighting Sioux's first national championship season in 1996-97. UND is 1-0 in Grand Forks against the Dons.

SCOUTING PURDUE FORT WAYNE
Purdue Fort Wayne will enter the weekend with a 4-10 record after dropping its Summit League opener against No. 22 South Dakota, 62-41. The Mastodons only trailed the Coyotes by two at halftime, 27-25, and were only outrebounded on the glass by two, 32-30. Though Purdue Fort Wayne is shooting seven points lower than its foes from the field, it does own an edge behind the three-point line (.304-.301). Hannah Albrecht leads the team in scoring with 14.4 points per game, while Anna Lappenküper also averages double figures with 10.3 points per game. Down low, Sh'Toya Sanders leads with 8.9 rebounds per game while also scoring 7.4 points per game.

NEXT UP
North Dakota will return to action Thursday, Jan. 9, when it hosts Omaha at 7 p.m. MidcoSN will broadcast the game while The CAT 100.3 FM will air Jack Michaels call courtside with the pregame show beginning at 6:30 p.m.