NORTH DAKOTA (0-0) vs MARQUETTE (0-0)
DATE: Sunday, Nov. 29 | 1 p.m. CT
SITE: Grand Forks, N.D. (Betty Engelstad Sioux Center)
RADIO: 100.3 FM, 740 AM (Jack Michaels)
TV/VIDEO: Fox Sports North, Fox Sports Wisconsin, Fox
Sports Southeast, Fox College Sports Central
PLAY-BY-PLAY/COLOR: Kyle Doperalski, Val Sussex '09
LIVE STATS: FightingHawks.com
TWITTER: @UNDWBasketball

UND GAME NOTES |  LIVE AUDIO |  LIVE VIDEO  |  LIVE STATS  |  MU GAME NOTES 

FREE THROWS 
*Sunday marks the start of the 46th women's basketball season at the University of North Dakota. 
*Mallory Bernhard, who was named UND's Interim Head Coach on March 11, is the first North Dakota graduate to coach the program in its recorded history (since 1974). 
* Bernhard is also the first woman to coach the program since Martha Hutchison (1985-87). 
* In the last five head coaching debuts at North Dakota, debutantes have gone 4-1. 
* UND was picked to finish eighth in The Summit League's Preseason Coaches Poll. 
* Julia Fleecs, a Second Team All-Summit League performer in 2019-20, was named The Summit League's Preseason Team, collecting Second Team accolades. 
* Fleecs will serve as a Team Captain, alongside Mikayla Reinke in 2020-21. 
* North Dakota returns over 90-percent of its scoring offense last season, and only has one newcomer - junior Makayla Wallace (St. Louis, Mo./Evansville). 
* Sunday's game versus Marquette is only the second contest against a BIG East team for North Dakota. UND played at former BIG EAST member USF on Nov. 23, 2012 and fell to the Bulls, 85-58. 

ON TAP 
In an ever changing college basketball landscape, the University of North Dakota women's basketball program will host Marquette at The Betty Engelstad Sioux Center on Sunday, Nov. 29. 

A FAMILIAR FACE IN A NEW ROLE 
For over a decade Mallory Bernhard, formerly Youngblut in her Fighting Sioux days (2006-11), has been synonymous with the women's basketball program at the University of North Dakota.  

After sitting on the bench next to former Head Coach Travis Brewster for seven seasons, Bernhard will make her head coaching for debut for UND. She will be the first North Dakota graduate to coach the program in its recorded history (since 1974).  

Bernhard's previous head coaching experience was from 2011-13 at her alma mater Davenport Assumption High School, leading the program to a pair of 3A State Championships in Iowa.  

As assistant and associate head coach at UND, Bernhard helped the program to four postseason appearances, including the 2014 NCAA Tournament, a Big Sky Tournament Championship and Big Sky Regular Season Championship in 2017.

SCOUTING MARQUETTE 
Marquette will also open its season on Sunday, and begin year No. 2 under Head Coach Megan Duffy, the 2020 BIG EAST Coach of the Year. The Golden Eagles finished second in the Conference with a 13-5 record with a 24-8 overall record. The Golden Eagles return three of its five starters from last season, including First Team All-BIG EAST selection Selena Lott. 

NEXT UP 
The University of North Dakota will return to action next weekend in a Big Sky Conference reunion tour at Montana State and Montana. The Fighting Hawks will take on the Bobcats on Sunday, Dec. 6 and follow up with the Lady Griz on Monday, Dec. 7.