SOUTH DAKOTA STATE at NORTH DAKOTA
DATE:Â Thursday, Feb. 20 |Â 7 p.m. CT
SITE:Â Grand Forks, N.D. (Betty Engelstad Sioux Center)
RADIO:Â 100.3 FM, 740 AM (Jack Michaels)
TV/VIDEO:Â MidcoSN; ESPN+
LIVE STATS:Â FightingHawks.com
TWITTER: @UNDWBasketball
NORTH DAKOTA STATE at NORTH DAKOTA
DATE:Â Sunday, Feb. 23 |Â 2 p.m. CT
SITE:Â Grand Forks, N.D. (Betty Engelstad Sioux Center)
RADIO:Â 100.3 FM, 740 AM (Jack Michaels)
TV/VIDEO:Â MidcoSN; ESPN+
LIVE STATS:Â FightingHawks.com
TWITTER: @UNDWBasketball
ON TAP
Hosting I-29 rivals South Dakota State and North Dakota State this weekend, the University of North Dakota will play its final games of the 2019-20 season at The Betty Engelstad Sioux Center and host Senior Day festivities on Sunday against the Bison.
QUICK JUMPERS
*The Fighting Hawks have played a combined 148 games versus the Bison and Jackrabbits. NDSU is UND's most common opponent with Sunday's contest marking the 83rd meeting.
*Three different UND players -
Julia Fleecs,
Jaclyn Jarnot, and
Olivia Lane - have tallied double-doubles this month.
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Jaclyn Jarnot pulled down a career-high 13 rebounds against the Leathernecks in her double-double last Saturday afternoon.
*North Dakota enters the weekend tied with North Dakota State in the Summit League standings at 5-7.
*Freshmen
Lilly Keplin (Western Illinois) and
Megan Zander (South Dakota) have been the Fighting Hawks leading scorers in the last two outings.
*UND made 10 three-pointers at Western Illinois - a feat last accomplished on the road at Charleston Southern (Nov. 30).
*The Fighting Hawks are 4-3 when hitting 10-or-more treys in a game.
*North Dakota recorded eight-straight stops in the third quarter versus the Leathernecks, allowing the Fighting Hawks to climb within eight points of WIU in the period.
SUMMIT SEEDING AT PLAY THIS WEEK
The Summit League Tournament seeding for North Dakota is relatively uncomplicated heading into the final two weeks of the season. Tied for sixth place with North Dakota State at 5-7, the Bison and Fighting Hawks are in a battle for the Nos. 6 and 7 seed. Though both teams are still vying for the No. 5 seed, currently held by Denver, the Pioneers own tiebreakers over UND and NDSU as they defeated South Dakota State last weekend, 72-62. NDSU currently owns the tiebreaker over North Dakota as they downed the Hawks in Fargo, 92-82.
SCOUTING SOUTH DAKOTA STATE
South Dakota enters the weekend with a 19-8 record and an 11-2 mark in Summit League contests. The Jackrabbits sit in second place in the conference standings and have won six of their 10 road games during the 2019-20 season. SDSU will also host its Senior Day this weekend when it plays rival South Dakota in Brookings. Paiton Burckhard paces the Jacks in points (14.7) and rebounds (6.1) and is one of three players averaging at least 11.0 points per game.
SCOUTING NORTH DAKOTA STATE
The Bison are winners of four of their last six games and enter the weekend with an 8-16 overall record and a 5-7 Summit League clip. NDSU has played two overtime games in the previous six with a 1-1 record and is coming off of a 74-53 victory versus Purdue Fort Wayne. Michelle Gaislerova leads North Dakota State in scoring with an average of 13.5 points per game while Emily Dietz paces the team in rebounds (7.8) and a supporting role in scoring with 11.6 points per game.
NEXT UP
North Dakota will close the regular season on the road when it travels to Omaha and South Dakota to take on the Mavericks (Feb. 27) and the nationally-ranked Coyotes (Feb. 29).
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