#14 Trinity Yoder (BSU) went for her third double-double of the season with 21 points and 10 rebounds against Northern State. The next night, it was another 21-point effort, while adding seven rebounds in the overtime contest. Seven times this season she has scored at least 20 points and 13 times this season the guard has grabbed at least five rebounds. For the week, Yoder scored 42 points, making 16-39 from the field and made 10 free throws. She pulled down 17 rebounds, dished out six assists, sent back two blocks and came away with five steals in 79 minutes.
#24 Brooke Olson (UMD) averaged 16.5 points on a 63.6% shooting percentage across two wins last weekend that helped UMD clinch at least a share of the NSIC Championship. The .636 shooting percentage was tied for third in the conference on the weekend. She also averaged eight rebounds. She scored 20 points on 9-14 shooting to go with nine rebounds in UMD’s 63-41 win over Minot State.
#1 Mariah McKeever  (MSUM) scored 16 points to go along with six rebounds and a steal in Friday night’s win over Minnesota Crookston. She followed that performance up with a 26-point, eight-rebound outing in Saturday’s overtime win over Bemidji State. The 26 points she scored was a new season-best. She ended the weekend averaging 21 points, seven rebounds and 1.5 steals. 
#4 Natasha Elliott (MINOT) had 14 points, a season high 9 rebounds and 2 steals vs SCSU. Her number was called late in the game as she hit a shot at the buzzer to knock off the second place Huskies and keep Minot State’s playoff hopes alive. Elliott followed up her game clinching performance with a career high 20 points Saturday versus Minnesota Duluth, as well as hitting a career high 4 threes, grabbing 6 rebounds, and recording 2 steals and 1 block. On the weekend she averaged 17 PPG, 7.5 RPG, 2 SPG and shot 13-35 (37.1%) from the field and 6-15 (40%) from three. 
#11 Jada Eggebrecht (SCSU) put up 31 total points averaging 15.5 per game going 10-25 from the field, 5-8 from behind the arc, and 6-8 from the line. Additionally, she had eight rebounds, five assists, one block, and one steal over the weekend. Against Minot State, Eggebrecht put a career high 22 points including making a key three-pointer and a pair game-tying free throws to give the Huskies a chance to send the game into overtime. Additionally, she went 8-12 from the field, 4-5 from behind the arc, and 2-2 from the line with four rebounds, and four assists.

Other Top Performances - South
#21 Ally Gietzel (CSP) averaged a double-double with 17.5 points and 10 rebounds per game. She scored 18 points against Augustana while adding seven rebounds and two steals. She put up 17 points and a career high 13 rebounds against WSC with six assists and four steals. She shot 82.4-percent from the foul line for the week (14-of-17). 
#2 Bri Stoltzman (SMSU) averaged 17.5 points, 8.5 rebounds, 2.0 assists, 1.0 blocks, and 1.0 steals per game on the weekend, helping SMSU go 2-0. She shot 12-of-19 (.632) from the field while shooting 11-of-12 (.917) from the free throw line. She scored 11 points and grabbed 10 rebounds en route to her fourth career double-double in a 63-55 victory against Upper Iowa. She tied a career-high with 24 points, adding seven rebounds, four assists and two steals in a 73-64 victory against Winona State.
#3 Lydia Haack (UIU) led the Peacocks to a weekend split on the road with 17.0 points, 9.0 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 1.0 steals per game. The junior point guard did not have her best weekend shooting from the floor, but made up for it with 92.9% (13-14) shooting at the free throw line and 18 rebounds including 16 on the defensive glass. UIU’s overtime win at USF (75-67) marked the first conference win on the road for the Peacocks since January of 2017 and gave the Peacocks a two-game cushion in sixth place in the standings.
#30 Kassidy Pingel (WSC) scored her career high 26 points in a loss to Concordia-St. Paul off 8-12 shooting and 3-5 from the three-point line. She scored 20 points against Minnesota State with six rebounds.
#1 Lauren Fech (WSU) was the top scorer for Winona State in a pair of NSIC weekend games on the road. She averaged 14.0 points per game and shot 45.8% from the floor. She hit 80.0% from the free throw line and averaged two steals per contest.

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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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