#24 Brooke Olson (F, 6-2, Jr., Rice Lake, Wis. / Rice Lake HS) - Minnesota Duluth 
- Averaged 19.5 points, 7.5 rebounds and 2.0 assists in a sweep at UMC
- Shot 16-of-33 (48.4%) from the field 
- Had 20 points and nine boards on Friday and 19 points and six boards on Saturday
- Named NSIC Player of the Week for the second time this season (1/11/21)

NSIC South Division Player of the Week
#1 Joey Batt (G, 5-5, So., New Ulm, Minn. / New Um HS) - Minnesota State
- Averaged 19.5 points, 6.5 steals, 4.0 assists and 3.0 rebounds in a split at WSU
- Shot 53.0% (16-of-30) from the field including five made three-pointers
- Scored a game high 27 points with 6 assists, 5 rebounds and 5 steals Saturday

Other Top Performances - North  
Other Top Performances - South 
#32 Aislinn Duffy (AUGIE) averaged 17.5 points in the split against Southwest Minnesota State last weekend. She collected a double-double with 20 points and 10 rebounds in the overtime win on Friday night. She also shot 50 percent from the field on Saturday night and hit three of four 3-pointers. Duffy had 15 points and six rebounds on the day. 
#1 Sydney Zgutowicz (CSP) averaged 17.0 points per game on 14-of-26 shooting in the weekend sweep of Upper Iowa. She scored a career-high 20 points in Sunday’s win over the Peacocks. She also added 10 rebounds, seven steals, and two blocks on the weekend. 
#10 Anna Brecht (USF) averaged 18.0 ppg, 1.5 rpg, 1.5 assists and .5 blocks to lead USF to a sweep of Wayne State. Brecht scored a career high 25 points with a career-best four three pointers in an 80-45 win Friday. Brecht made 10-of-14 shots from the field and hit a career-best 4-of-6 from beyond the arc. She had 11 points and three rebounds plus an assist in the 62-58 win on Saturday. Brecht, who ranks second in the NSIC in scoring, had her fifth 20-point game in nine played this season. She also has reached double-digits in all nine games. She hit 14-of-27 shots for 51.8 percent, 5-of-8 from 3 for 62.5 percent and was 3-of-3 from the foul line.
#11 Jenna Borchers (SMSU), on Saturday in SMSU’s 75-62 win over Augustana, earned a team high 25 points, a season high for her and the team. Along with leading the team in scoring, she made a career high seven 3-pointers.
#2 Allie Pickrain (WSU) entered the 1,000 point club in dramatic fashion on Saturday, hitting a three-pointer with under a minute to play to help Winona State close in on Minnesota State. Pickrain forced a steal at mid-court and took the turnover to the 3-point line, where she drained the shot to reach 1002 points and pull the Warriors within three at 78-75. Pickrain’s second steal in 90 seconds helped set up Emily Kieck for a three-pointer with 24 seconds to knot the game at 78, forcing overtime. For the weekend, Pickrain averaged 17.5 points, was 10-of-15 (0.667) from behind the arc and collected five steals (all in Saturday’s win). She also averaged 4.0 rebounds a game as a guard and logged a season-high 34 minutes in Saturday’s victory. With the milestone, Pickrain becomes just the 19th Warrior to reach the 1,0000 point mark in her career.
 

N: #32 Rachel Heittola - Bemidji State
S: #2 Anna Goodhope - Sioux Falls

1/25/21
N: #34 Amber Stevahn - Minot State
S: #22 Erin Norling - Wayne State (2)

2/1/21
N: #4 Lexie Schneider  - UMary
S: #22 Erin Norling - Wayne State (3)

2/8/21
N: #24 Brooke Olson - Minnesota Duluth (2)
S: #1 Joey Batt - Minnesota State

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 NorthernSun.org.

About NCAA Division II
The NCAA, the national governing body for college athletics, is a volunteer association of more than 1,000 colleges and universities that classify their athletics programs in one of three membership divisions. The 300+ institutions in NCAA Division II support a balanced approach in which student-athletes have the opportunity to earn scholarships based on their athletic ability, pursue their desired academic degree, and participate in all the campus and surrounding community have to offer. Division II student-athletes annually graduate at rates higher than their student body peers, and they have access to the best championships-participant ratio among the NCAA’s three divisions. Division II gives student-athletes the unique opportunity to compete in the classroom, on the field, in their career, for their causes, and on their terms. For additional information, visit NCAA.org. 

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