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MOORHEAD, Minn. -- The Minnesota State University Moorhead women's basketball team faces a tough test as it wraps up the pre-Christmas portion of its schedule on Saturday against No. 7-ranked Northern State. Game time is 4 p.m. at Nemzek Fieldhouse in Moorhead, Minn.

The game will be televised live on WDAY'Z Xtra, which is cable channel 596 on Midcontinent Communications cable, channel 29 on Cable One and 6.3 over the air. Steve d'Eustachio and Scott Swanson will have the call. Live stats, live online video stream and audio can be found at msumdragons.com.

MSUM and Northern will meet for a 69th time with the Wolves leading the all-time series 45-23. The Wolves have won four straight in the series, including a 74-42 win over the Dragons on Nov. 29 in Aberdeen, S.D. The Dragons' last win in the series came on Dec. 1, 2012 when they prevailed in Aberdeen by a 66-54 score.

In the earlier meeting this season, senior forward Rachel Krogman had 21 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Wolves to the 32-point win. MSUM shot just 22.4 percent (13-of-58) from the field in the game.

MSUM split on the road last weekend, falling to St. Cloud State, 79-62 on Friday but beating Minnesota Duluth 78-69 on Saturday. Redshirt freshman forward Drew Sannes had a pair of solid games in the post for MSUM, averaging 12.5 points and 8.5 rebounds for the week while shooting 64.7 percent from the field. Junior guard Meghan Roehrich also scored in double figures in both games.

The Dragons are led in scoring by Roehrich, who averages 17.3 points per game. Junior forward Heather Strese averages 10.4 points and 6.8 rebounds per game. Sophomore guard Natalie Van Wyhe leads with 23 assists while sophomore guard Morgan Banasik leads with 12 steals.  Sannes is averaging 1.6 blocks per game. MSUM averages 64.0 points per game on offense and is shooting 36 percent from the field.  The Dragons are shooting 76.6 percent from the free-throw line this season.

On defense MSUM is allowing 67.3 points per game. The Dragons outrebound their opponents 39.7-35.4.

Karla Nelson is in her 15th season as MSUM's head coach with a record of 244-164 at the school.

About Northern State
The Wolves (10-1, 4-1 NSIC) won at Minnesota Duluth, 62-46 on Friday but lost to unbeaten St. Cloud State, 62-54 on Saturday.  Northern State was ranked No. 3 the Dec. 9 WBCA Division II poll but fell to No. 7 after the loss at SCSU.

Senior forward Rachel Krogman leads the Wolves at 14.6 points and 11.0 rebounds per game. Senior guard Megan Mutchler averages 11.5 points per game while Sadie Stotesbery averages 10.9 points per game.  As a team Northern State averages 68.7 points per game and shoots 45.2 percent from the field.

Northern's defense has been stellar this season, leading all of Division II and the NSIC in scoring defense (47.6). Teams are shooting just 30.6 percent from the field against the Wolves this season, which is also tops in the nation.

Curt Fredrickson, the longest-tenured head coach in the NSIC in his 36th season, has a record of 757-279 at the school.