Other Top Performances - North
#32 Rachael Heittola (BSU) averaged 20.0 points and 7.5 rebounds per game in weekend sweep. She scored 21 points with eight rebounds, two steals and one assists over UMary. She totaled 19 points with seven rebounds, four assists and one steal over Minot State. She shot 57.1 percent from the floor (16-28) and 80 percent from the free throw line (8-10). She recorded her eighth 20-point game of the season.
#14 Mary Burke (UMC) set the school record with eight three-pointers in a dominant 91-65 win over Minot State. She led the team to their first NSIC win of the 2021-22 season. Burke set her career high with 30 points on 11-of-20 from the field, and 8-of-14 from beyond the arc. Burke averaged 17.0 points and 4.0 rebounds on the weekend as she shot 13-of-28 for 46.4 percent from the field.
#24 Brooke Olson (UMD) led the Bulldogs to a 2-0 weekend with two big wins. Olson averaged 17.0 points, 5.5 rebounds, 1.0 steals, and 1.0 blocks per game over the weekend. Olson did so in just 24 minutes per game over the weekend. Olson was efficient from the offensive end of the floor as she shot 12-21 (57.1%) from the field. She also shot 10-11 from the foul line.
#30 Peyton Boom (MSUM) averaged 11.0 points and 6.5 rebounds on the road against first place UMD and No. 18 SCSU. She had her fourth double-double of the season with 13 points and 11 rebounds in a loss at No. 18 SCSU. She has scored in double figures 14 times this season.
#11 Kate Head (MINOT) led the Beavers on the road averaging 15.5 points per game and 4.0 assists per night in games at Bemidji State and Minnesota Crookston over the weekend.
#34 Kailee Oliverson (NSU) averaged 14.5 points and 6.5 rebounds for the Wolves against St. Cloud State and Minnesota Duluth last weekend. In the game against the Huskies she scored 12 points while adding seven rebounds and a block, and against the Bulldogs she scored a game high 17 points and grabbed six rebounds.

Other Top Performances - South
#11 Lindsey Becher (CSP) averaged 21.5 points, 7.5 rebounds, 3.5 blocks, 3.0 assists and 2.0 steals as she shot 50.0 percent from the field (18-36). She established a new career-high with 31 points including highs in FGM (14) and FGA (26) at SMSU, adding 6 blocked shots. She went 2-2 at the FT line with 1.3 seconds left to send the SMSU game into OT.  She leads the NSIC with 3.14 blocks per game. 
#34 Krystal Carlson (USF) averaged 13.0 points, 6.5 rebounds and 4.5 steals against CSP and MSU. She total 18 points, eight rebounds and seven steals - best since 2016 for USF - in a setback to CSP. She also had eight points, five rebounds and two steals against MSU.
#35 Abuk Akoi (SMSU) averaged 7.5 points, 9.5 rebounds, and 9.5 blocks in a pair of victories against MSU and CSP. She recorded a double-double with 10 rebounds and a program-record 11 blocks in Friday’s win over MSU. She nearly recorded a triple-double, posting 15 points, nine rebounds and eight blocks while knocking down three of her seven three pointers attempted in Saturday’s double OT victory over CSP. With SMSU’s lead trimmed to three in the second overtime against CSP, Akoi would knock down a big-time dagger from deep to double the lead with 1:49 to go. Her 11 blocks tied the most in a Division II game since March 6, 2019, and her eight blocks on Saturday also would’ve beaten the program record had it not been shattered the night before.
#21 Savannah Domeyer (UIU) averaged 13.5 points, 12 rebounds, three blocks, one assist, and one steal in 22.5 minutes off the bench, shooting 11-15 (75%) from the floor, 1-1 from deep, and 4-5 (80%) from the line. She notched 10 points, 11 rebounds, and four blocks against WSC before compiling 17 points, 13 rebounds, two blocks, and two steals against AUGIE. She set a season-high scoring, rebounding, and minutes totals in consecutive games while notching her first two double-doubles of the season.
#5 Kylie Hammer (WSC) averaged 27.5 points, 3.5 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game in home wins over Upper Iowa and Winona State. She had 26 points vs. UIU, including 1,000th career point, in a 74-72 win over the Peacocks She added 29 points in an 87-84 win over Winona State on 10-15 shooting from the field. For the weekend, she shot 58.6 percent (17-29) from the field, 62.5 percent (10-16) from 3-point range and 91.7 percent (11-12) at free throw line. She has five straight games over 20 points and 11 of 19 games this season scoring more than 20 in a game.
#12 Taylor Hustad (WSU) had a strong weekend for the Warriors in a NSIC road trip weekend, as Winona State battled Augustana University & Wayne State College. She averaged 21.5 points per game, including season-high 27 vs. Wayne State. She averaged 7.5 rebounds per game, including team-high 9 vs. Augustana. She moved passed the 600 rebound mark for her career on Saturday, currently at 607.  
 

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 24 team national championships and crowned 81 individual national champions. For additional information, visit NorthernSun.org.

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