ORAL ROBERTS at NORTH DAKOTA
DATE:  Friday, Feb. 7 |  7 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

#22/18 SOUTH DAKOTA at NORTH DAKOTA
DATE:  Sunday, Feb. 9 |  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
Riding a two-game winning streak, the University of North Dakota will seek redemption and welcome its first nationally-ranked foe to The Betty since 2008 when it hosts Oral Roberts and No. 22/18 South Dakota.

QUICK JUMPERS
*The Fighting Hawks will play four of their next five games in Grand Forks.
*North Dakota allowed 49 points at Purdue Fort Wayne last Saturday, its best performance on the road since Jan. 9, 2014 at Idaho State (47).
*The University of North Dakota only allowed four points on second-chance attempts against the Mastodons and held their bench scoreless.
*Julia Fleecs has averaged 18.5 points and 13.0 rebounds in the last two games, shooting 44.1 percent from the field and 50 percent behind the arc.
*Fleecs has led UND in scoring in four of the previous five games as well.
*The University of South Dakota will be the first nationally-ranked Division I women's basketball team to play in The Betty Engelstad Sioux Center.
*Augustana was the last nationally-ranked women's team to play at The Betty (Feb. 2, 2008). The Vikings are also the last ranked team UND has defeated (Feb. 14, 2008).
*The University of North Dakota is 1-1 in Summit League return games this season, defeating Purdue Fort Wayne and falling to Denver.

EVEN THE SCORE AGAINST THE GOLDEN EAGLES
In the Fighting Hawks and Golden Eagles first meeting on Jan. 11 in Tulsa, Oral Roberts dominated the boards and the ball game en route to a 23-point win. It was the only game in 2019-20 that a North Dakota player failed to score at least 10 points as Lilly Keplin and Maggie Manson each led the Hawks with nine points. While ORU was +20 on the glass and 27-of-64 from the field, the Golden Eagles are only averaging 60 points and shooting less than 35-percent on the road with a 1-11 record. Keni Jo Lippe and Rylie Torrey have accounted for almost 50-percent of the team's shots on the road and have combined for 31.2 points in 12 ORU road games. The Golden Eagles are 9-13 this season with a 4-5 clip in Summit League contests. ORU is led by Lippe, who leads the team in points (18.4), rebounds (7.3) and assists (2.7).

SCOUTING SOUTH DAKOTA
South Dakota has only improved on upon last season's success that saw them ranked in the Associated Press Top-25 for the first time in its Division I history. The Coyotes have been ranked in each poll since mid-December and currently sit 22nd in the AP Poll and No. 18 in the USA Today Coaches Poll with a 21-2 record and a 10-0 conference mark. USD's only losses have come at the hands of nationally-ranked foes Missouri State and South Carolina. Ciara Duffy, The Summit League's reigning Player of the Month for January, is averaging 17.4 points per game and is shooting a conference-best .583 in the last six games.

HOW THEY'VE FAIRED
The Fighting Hawks are 0-6 against nationally-ranked opponents since making the jump to the Division I ranks in 2008-09. All five games have occurred during the tenure of Head Coach Travis Brewster.

#9 Texas A&M    3/23/14    L, 55-70 (A)
#23 Iowa    11/13/15    L,61-83 (A)
#17 Oregon State    11/10/17    L, 55-65 (A)
#18 Syracuse    11/6/18    L, 49-85 (A)
#25 South Dakota    3/2/19    L, 54-87 (A)
#25 South Dakota    3/11/19    L, 61-84 (N)

NEXT UP
The University of North Dakota will hit the road next weekend when it flies to Macomb, Ill. to take on Western Illinois on Saturday, Feb. 15, in a doubleheader with the men's team. The Fighting Hawks will tip at 4:30 p.m., followed by the men 30 minutes later.

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