NORTH DAKOTA at WESTERN ILLINOIS
DATE:  Saturday, Feb. 15 |  4:30 p.m. CT
SITE:  Macomb, Ill. (Western Hall)
RADIO:  100.3 FM, 740 AM (Jack Michaels)
TV/VIDEO:  ESPN3
LIVE STATS:  FightingHawks.com
TWITTER: @UNDWBasketball

ON TAP
Seeking its second-straight road win, the University of North Dakota will head East to Illinois when it takes on Western Illinois on Feb. 15 at Western Hall.

QUICK JUMPERS
*The Fighting Hawks hosted their first-ever ranked opponent at The Betty Engelstad Sioux Center in their Division I history last Sunday.
*North Dakota is 1-2 in its second Summit League games in 2020, dropping its meeting with Oral Roberts last Friday.
*The University of North Dakota has a chance to earn its second series sweep at Western Illinois.
*With five games remaining, the Fighting Hawks can match and surpass last season's Summit League win total (6).
*A win on Saturday would clinch a regular-season record above .500 for North Dakota.
*Alaina Jarnot averaged 9.5 points per game and shot 50-percent (4-of-8) from the field with a 7/1 assist to turnover ratio.
*Ten Fighting Hawks saw 25 minutes-or-more last week against Oral Roberts and South Dakota
*Freshman Olivia Lane shares the team lead for double-doubles this season (3) with team captain Julia Fleecs.
*UND is 3-2 all-time against Western Illinois, last winning in Macomb on Nov. 19, 2014 (85-77).
*The matchup with the Leathernecks will be the Fighting Hawks final game of the season against a team that does not sit on the I-29 corridor.
*North Dakota will play three of its next five games on the road.

SCOUTING WESTERN ILLINOIS
Western Illinois enters the weekend with a 7-5 Summit League record and a near-even 13-12 overall clip. The Leathernecks are coming off an 88-51 loss at No. 21/16 South Dakota in Vermillion. In its previous 12 games at Western Hall, WIU owns a 9-3 record with four wins and two losses in conference games in Macomb, dropping contests to the Coyotes and South Dakota State. Averaging 16.3 points per game this season, Olivia Kaufman has nearly kept pace with that average in Summit League play at a rate of 16.2 points per game.

NEXT UP
The University of North Dakota will play its final home games of the season next weekend when it hosts South Dakota State and North Dakota State on Feb. 20 and 23, respectively. Sunday's finale will serve as Senior Day for Fighting Hawk Alaina Jarnot.