Huskies journey to Minnesota for pair of video games

HOUGHTON, Mich. – Fresh off its first house weekend sweep of the season, the 4-0 Michigan Tech ladies’s basketball crew travels to Minnesota for 2 extra non-conference contests in opposition to NSIC foes, taking part in at No. 17 Concordia-St. Paul on Friday (4:00 p.m.) earlier than taking up Winona State on Saturday (3:00 p.m.)

A dwell stream and dwell stats of the video games might be discovered at Michigantechhuskies.com/dwell.

About the Golden Bears

No. 17 Concordia-St. Paul welcomes the Huskies following its second lack of the season, dropping a 77-75 contest to Winona State in extra time on Tuesday. The Golden Bears are 3-2 general and 0-1 within the NSIC.

Standout guard Lydia Haack and ahead Lauren Wilson are the top-returners from the CSP squad that made the Central Region event a season in the past. The duo mix for 42 of the groups 78.8 factors per recreation as Wilson produces a double-double of 23.4 factors and 11.6 rebounds whereas Haack provides 19 factors, 7.4 assists, 6.2 rebounds and three.4 steals.

Leah Dengerud additionally provides 12.0 factors and three.0 rebounds into the combination.

The Golden Bears discover success from past the arc with 31 three-point makes an attempt per recreation and 10 three-pointers made per recreation, each rank within the high 10 nationally. CSP additionally takes care of the ball, with an NSIC-leading 13.2 turnovers per recreation, rating 18th within the nation.

Wilson has three double-doubles to date this season, which is eighth-best within the nation, as Haack’s 7.4 assists is third within the nation.

The Golden Bears have been chosen to complete second within the NSIC South below the steerage of Amanda Johnson in her eleventh season on the helm.

About the Warriors

Winona State has performed to a .500 report following its first-ranked win of the season, besting No. 17 Concordia-St. Paul 77-75 in extra time on Tuesday for a 3-3 general standing and a 1-0 ledger within the loop.

The Warriors are led by Hailey Markworth (13.3) and Sadie Jarmolowicz (10.3) in scoring, because the duo provides two assists and over a steal per recreation. Markworth posted a double-double of 24 factors and 10 rebounds within the ranked win over the Golden Bears.

Markworth leads the crew with 6.8 rebounds, as Megan Schuman provides 5.7 and Jarmolowicz produces 4.7.

As a crew, the Warriors are outrebounding the opposition by 7.7 boards, averaging 39.5 per recreation.

Ana Wurtz is in her fourth season on the helm of the Warriors, who have been chosen to complete twelfth within the NSIC.

About the Huskies

Michigan Tech is off to its greatest begin because the 2021-22 season, touring to Minnesota with a 4-0 ledger. The Huskies confirmed out in entrance of their house crowd final weekend with two non-conference wins over NSIC associates Minnesota Duluth (79-69, OT) on Friday earlier than keeping off St. Cloud State 69-66 Saturday.

The weekend was a showcase of kinds by sophomore guard and Negaunee, Michigan, native Ella Mason, who recorded back-to-back career-highs in factors to guide the Black & Gold. Mason scored 22 factors in opposition to the Bulldogs earlier than placing on a 3-point taking pictures clinic in opposition to SCSU–ending with 24 factors whereas going six-for-12 from 3-point land. For the weekend, she shot 52.9 p.c (18-34) and 44.4 p.c from past the arc (8-18) to go together with seven rebounds and two assists in over 33 minutes a recreation.

Junior guard Alyssa Wypych additionally had a 20-point outing, scoring 20 factors whereas going 10-for-12 from the free throw line in Friday evening’s win. In complete, 4 Huskies reached double-figure scoring in each video games, with Soraya Timms combining for 25 factors over the weekend as Janie Tormanen recorded her first double-double of the season with 10 factors and 10 boards within the win over SCSU.

For the season, Wypych paces the Huskies in scoring with 13.3 factors, joined by Mason (13), Timms (11.0) and Tormanen (10.8) in double-figure scoring. Three gamers are averaging over six boards per recreation, led by Kendall Standfest with seven rebounds per recreation to go together with 8.3 factors. Tormanen and Wypych carry down 6.3 and 6.0 boards per recreation, respectively.

One Last Thing

The Huskies have performed Concordia-St. Paul and Winona State have met a mixed 5 occasions, courting again to the 2022-23 season, taking part in to a 2-3 report with one win over every crew.