GRAND FORKS, N.D. - The North Dakota women's basketball team will lace it up inside the Betty Engelstad Sioux Center for the final time this season on Saturday when they host Oral Roberts for Senior Day.
Watch the Hawks
All UND women's basketball games, home and away, can be heard on stations across the Home of Economy Fighting Hawks Radio Network, as well as through the iHeart Radio app, with Jack Michaels calling the action. Friday's game can be heard on 1440 AM (The Fan).
A live stream of Saturday's game can be found on Midco Sports Two and the Summit League Network.
Follow the Hawks
Receive live updates during all UND women's basketball games by following @UNDwbasketball on Twitter. Fans can also follow the Fighting Hawks on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram @UNDwbasketball as well as go to FightingHawks.com for up-to-the minute stories, stats and more.
Series History vs Oral Roberts
The Golden Eagles won the first meeting of the season, 71-55, over the Fighting Hawks at the Mabee Center. UND held the high scoring Oral Roberts offense to 71 points, the lowest point total ORU has produced against a Summit League opponent this season. The Hawks stuck with ORU through the first half, trailing by 29-28 at halftime. Oral Roberts doubled up the Hawks in the third quarter, 26-13, to carry a 55-41 lead into the final quarter.
Kacie Borowicz and
Kiyah Hurst paced the Fighting Hawks with 19 and 18 points, respectively. Borowicz recorded one of her three double-doubles of the season with 11 rebounds in the contest.
Kiera Pemberton also reached double-digits in rebounds with 10.
Oral Roberts had four players in double-figures, led by Jalei Oglesby's 17 points off the bench. Ruthie Udoumoh recorded a double-double with 10 points and 13 boards.
Last Time Out: vs Denver
Kiyah Hurst stole the show in the second half against the Pioneers, scoring 22 of the Fighting Hawks 41 points on 9-of-12 shooting with three treys. Hurst finished the contest with a career-high 27 points and her fourth double-double with 11 rebounds.
Kacie Borowicz poured in 24 points, her second consecutive game with 20-plus, six rebounds and four assists.
While the Pioneers began to make a run in the fourth quarter, the Hawks turned to Hurst and Borowicz to close out the win. In the final 10 minutes of play, Hurst was a perfect 4-of-4 from the field for eight points, while Borowicz totaled nine points and went 4-for-4 from the free throw line in the final 30 seconds.
UND carried a .492 field goal percentage throughout the game and was 8-for-9 in the final quarter.
Hurst Don't It
Kiyah Hurst erupted for a career-high 27 points in UND's 75-65 win over Denver on February 15, and scored 22 of the team's 41 second half points. Hurst was 9-of-12 from the field with three treys. She notched her fourth double-double of the year with 11 rebounds.
After returning to conference play following the Summit League - Big Sky Challenge in early January, Hurst scored in double-figures in all five Summit League games in January and averaged 17.6 points per game.
Hurst recorded two double-doubles in the five-game stretch. She notched a 22-point, 10-rebound double-double in a Hawks 100-75 win over Omaha on Jan. 11 and a double-double with 19 points and 12 boards in a win over Denver on Jan. 20. She was efficient during that stretch of play with a field goal percentage of .538 and was 10-of-22 from beyond the arc.
For more information on North Dakota women's basketball, follow on social media @UNDwbasketball or visit FightingHawks.com.