Other Top Performances - North
#Reese Wishart (UMary) scored 17 points on 7-of-10 shooting in a 59-54 win at Minot State. 
#24 Brooke Olson (UMD) scored a team high 25 points on 8-of-12 shooting with five rebounds and two blocks in a 64-55 win over St. Cloud State.
#4 Natasha Elliott (MINOT) scored a season-high 16 points and was one point shy of her career high, leading the way for the Beavers on Saturday against Mary. She added four rebounds and was 5-of-6 from the free throw line.  
#45 Katrina Theis (SCSU) was St. Cloud State’s leading scorer in their game against UMD. Theis put up 19 points with seven rebounds, two assists and two steals.

Other Top Performances - South
#32 Aislinn Duffy (AUGIE) helped lead Augustana to a 3-0 weekend with wins over Upper Iowa, Winona State and Mount Marty. She averaged 15 points and nine rebounds per game while garnering 23 assists. She added a triple-double against Mount Marty with 11 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists. She surpassed 1,000 career-points at Augustana on Saturday against Upper Iowa as she leads the NSIC and is 12th in the nation in assists with 62.
#21 Ally Gietzel (CSP) averaged 15.5 points, five rebounds, three assists, two steals, and 1.5 blocks in two wins. She scored 15 points against SMSU, including the game winning layup with 22 seconds left. She added six rebounds, three assists, three steals, and two blocks against SMSU. She led CSP in scoring in both wins. She scored 15 of her 16 points in the second half in their 59-49 win against USF. She shot 72.2% from the foul line for the week(13-18), including 10-12 from the stripe against Sioux Falls. 
#1 Joey Batt (MSU) recorded a total of 47 points and averaged 23.5 points this week. She grabbed six rebounds, passed out 13 assists, and had 10 steals in a win against Sioux Falls (92-54) and a close loss vs. Southwest Minnesota State (85-88). Batt shot at.545 (18 out of 33 FG). 
Jenna Borchers (SMSU) recorded 29 points, 7 assists, and 7 rebounds in two games, including a victory over No. 4-ranked Minnesota State. She shot 5 of 10 from behind the arc and 8 of 17 from the field. She scored 21 points on 6 of 9 shooting against CSP. She dropped 8 points and dished a team-high 5 assists in victory over the Mavericks.
#10 Alex Dornfeld (WSU) led her team in scoring on both games of a NSIC weekend road trip at Wayne State College and Augustana University. She shot 52.6% from the field, hitting 10-of-19 attempts. She was 2-of-4 from behind the arc and averaged six rebounds a game and blocked a shot in each contest. She hit 10 of 15 free throws on the weekend.
 

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 25 team national championships and crowned 96 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 can 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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