For Immediate Release
Monday, February 15, 2021
NSIC Media Relations
Media Packet
NSIC North Division Player of the Week
#23 Karley Motschenbacher (G, 5-8, Fr., Moorhead, Minn. / Park Christian HS) - MSU Moorhead
- Averaged 17.5 points, 3.5 assists and 3.0 rebounds in helping MSUM sweep at UMary
- Shot 80% (12-15) from the field on the weekend
- Had 13 points in 11 minutes in Friday’s 86-75 win
- Added a career-high 22 points on 8-of-10 shooting in Saturday’s 76-75 win
- Hit the game-winning free throw with less than two seconds left to seal the 76-75 win
NSIC South Division Player of the Week
#21 Hannah Mitby (G/F, 5-11, Sr., Burnsville, Minn. / Burnsville HS) - Augustana
- Averaged 22.5 points, 7.0 rebounds, 5.5 assists in a weekend sweep of USF
- Shot 62 percent (15-of-24) and added two steals and a block
- Scored 22 points making 8-of-10 field goal attempts in a 76-68 win on Friday
- Tied her career high with 23 points with 10 rebounds in a 80-74 win on Saturday
Other Top Performances - North
#24 Lauren Rotunda (UMary) averaged 29 points and 11 rebounds against MSU Moorhead. The senior shot 21-of-44 from the field and 4-of-10 from behind the arc.
#24 Brooke Olson (UMD) averaged 18.5 points, 5.0 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game in a sweep of Bemidji State. She shot 15-30 (50%) from the field and 6-8 (75%) from the charity stripe. She leads the NSIC in scoring with 19.1 points per game and in field goal percentage at 52.8%.
#12 Calli Delsman (MINOT) scored a career-high 18 points against Northern State in the first game of the weekend. Shot 7-17 (41.2%) from the field including 4-7 (57.1%) from three-point range with 10 rebounds to mark her first double-double of the season. Delsman played 27 minutes off the bench. In Game 2, she scored 12 points (4-12, 33.3%) and made two big three-pointers to help the Beavers complete a 20-point comeback in the fourth quarter and earn the win. Delsman grabbed 10 big rebounds for her second double-double of the season and in the last two games. She averaged 15.0 points over the two games and shot 11-29 (38.0%) from the field including 6-15 (40.0%) from three-point range.
#10 Brehan Evans (SCSU) led the Huskies to a sweep of Minnesota-Crookston by averaging 16.0 points, 3.5 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 2.0 steals while shooting .500 (12-24) from the floor. She scored a team-leading 18 points in Friday’s 59-49 win four rebounds, two assists, a block and two steals. She added 14 points on 6-10 shooting on Saturday with three rebounds, four assists and two steals. St. Cloud State has won four consecutive NSIC North Division games and Evans has led the team in scoring back-to-back weekends.
Other Top Performances - South
#21 Riley Wheatcraft (CSP) averaged 15.5 points per game on 10-23 shooting in the weekend split with WSU. Riley scored a team high 17 points on Saturday. She also scored 14 points in Friday’s win and contributed five rebounds and five assists on the weekend.
#45 Rachel Shumski (MSU) averaged 11.5 points and eight rebounds in only 15.5 minutes as the Mavericks cruised to back to back 20+ points wins.
#10 Anna Brecht (USF) averaged 18.5 points and 9.0 rebounds with 2.0 assists and 1.0 steals against Augustana. Brecht recorded her first career double-double with 15 points and 12 rebounds. She was 5-of-12 from the field and make all five free throws. She had 22 points with six rebounds, two assists and a steal for her sixth 20 point game. She has scored in double digits in all 11 games in her first season at USF. In addition, she has a string of 23 straight made free throws.
#1 Meleah Reinhart (SMSU) helped the Mustangs split the weekend series against Wayne State shooting 41 percent in the series along with averaging 13 points. Reinhart also grabbed a total of 10 rebounds and played an average of 29 minutes.
#43 Emma Fee (WSU) hit the game-winning basket as time expired in a 68-67 win on Saturday at CSP, capping a comeback effort that saw WSU outscore CSP 28-8 in the fourth quarter. She was 9-of-12 (.750) from the foul line for the weekend. She hauled in 5.0 rebounds per game, and averaged 2.0 assists over the two games. She led team in scoring with 13 points in Saturday’s win.
Women's Basketball Pages
NSIC Women's Basketball Players of the Week
2020-21 NSIC Players of the Week
1/4/21
N: #12 Brooklyn Bachmann - Bemidji State
S: #22 Erin Norling - Wayne State
1/11/21
N: #24 Brooke Olson - Minnesota Duluth
S: #11 Lindsey Becher - Concordia-St. Paul
1/18/21
About the NSIC
The NSIC is a 16-team, 18-sport, NCAA Division II conference with institutions located in Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota. The NSIC is a model Division II conference that uses high-level athletics competition to develop champions in the classroom and community while empowering student-athletes to be impactful and positive leaders. Formed in 1992 by the merger of the Northern Intercollegiate Conference (men’s league) and the Northern Sun Conference (women’s league), the NSIC has flourished over the past quarter century, maturing into a 16-team union of Upper Midwest colleges and universities. The NSIC has won 23 team national championships and crowned 77 individual national champions. For additional information, visit
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About NCAA Division II
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