#14 Trinity Yoder (BSU) averaged 16.5 points, 5.5 rebounds, 4.0 assists, 2.5 steals and 1.0 blocks to lead the Beavers to a 1-1 weekend. She totaled 33 points on 13-of-32 shooting from the field and including 3-for-7 from three. She recorded 22 points, four rebounds and four assists to lead the Beavers to a 70-67 victory over CSP.
#22 Megan Zander (UMary) averaged 14.5 ppg and 4.5 rpg as the Marauders split a pair of NSIC road games. She opened the weekend with 13 points, three rebounds, five assists and two steals at Augie. She followed with 16 points and six rebounds while making 2-of-3 treys in a 56-49 win over Wayne State.
#24 Brooke Olson (UMD) averaged 22 points on 69.2% shooting from the field to go with 7.5 rebounds a game across two double-digit wins this weekend . Her .692 FG% was also second in the conference. The 7.5 boards a game was tied for eighth in the NSIC for the weekend. She tallied her 2000th career point against Upper Iowa on Friday, becoming just the third player in UMD WBB history to achieve that mark. She is just one of three active NCAA DII women to hold 2000 or more points. She finished Friday’s win with 30 points on shooting splits of 61.1% (11-18) from the field and 66.7% (4-6) from deep to go with seven rebounds. She leads a UMD team on an 11-game win streak (that’s 12-0 in NSIC play) with 18.9 PPG and 7.1 RPG. She is shooting 50.4% from the field on the season.
#14 Kennedy Harris (MINOT) had a career-high 20 points to lead the Beavers to a road win Friday night, then followed that up with 10 points in the Beavers game Saturday night.
#1 Mariah McKeever (MSUM) scored a team-high 21 points on a 47 percent shooting mark in MSUM’s win over Northern State on Tuesday. She also dished out four assists and five rebounds in the win. She tallied 12 points against Southwest Minnesota State on Friday and added 15 points on Saturday against Sioux Falls. She pulled down seven rebounds against SMSU. She averaged 16 points for the Dragons across their three games this week. She went a perfect six of six from the free throw line during the week.
#3 Rianna Fillipi (NSU) in three game this past week, Fillipi led the Wolves by averaging 14.7 points, 7.7 rebounds, 4.3 assists, and 2.0 steals per game while also maintaining a 1.6 assist/turnover ratio. She recorded her third career double-double and first of the season in a 20-point win on the road at Southwest Minnesota State. She scored a career-high 25 points off a career-best nine made field goals (9-15) and seven made free throws (7-9) against the Mustangs. Fillipi also tied another career-high mark, grabbing 12 rebounds in in the win at SMSU.

Other Top Performances - South
#25 Megan Gamble (CSP) averaged 14 points, 7 rebounds, and three assists in a road trip split. She shot 71-percent from the field, and 40-percent from behind the arc in the two games. She scored 14 points against while going 6-8 from the field, including 2-3 from three against UMC.
#14 Destinee Bursch (MSU) scored 33 points on 14-21 (66%) shooting, went 3-4 from the 3-point line to go along with 4 rebounds, 4 assists, and 7 steals. Bursch put together these numbers in 34 total minutes of play as the Mavericks won big on the road against Crookston (85-50) and Bemidji (90-48).
#10 Alex Dornfeld (WSU) led Winona State with 15 points across two road contests at SCSU and UMD. She averaged six rebounds per game over the weekend and continues to lead the conference with an average of 8.8 rebounds per game.
 

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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