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MOORHEAD, Minn. -- The Minnesota State University Moorhead women's basketball team (4-6, 3-3 NSIC) is back in action this weekend with a pair of Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference home games. The Dragons will host Upper Iowa at 6 p.m. on Friday night and then host Winona State at 4 p.m. on Saturday, with both games being played at Nemzek Fieldhouse in Moorhead, Minn.

The games 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 Upper Iowa will meet for a 16th time; the Dragons have won the previous 15 meetings. The Dragons will meet Winona State for a 72nd time with MSUM holding a 43-28 lead. The Dragons beat both teams in Moorhead a year ago.

In its last action on Dec. 20, the Dragons were shut down by No. 7 Northern State, 60-39. Junior forward Savanna Handevidt was the lone Dragon in double figures with 10 points, while freshman Cassidy Thorson added seven rebounds for the Dragons. The Dragons shot just 25 percent (13-of-52) from the field in the loss.

The Dragons are led in scoring by junior guard Meghan Roehrich, who averages 16.1 points per game. Junior forward Heather Strese averages 9.8 points and 6.6 rebounds per game. Sophomore guard Natalie Van Wyhe leads with 23 assists while sophomore guard Morgan Banasik leads with 12 steals.  Sannes is averaging 1.2 blocks per game. MSUM averages 61.5 points per game on offense and is shooting 35 percent from the field.  The Dragons are shooting 75.8 percent from the free-throw line this season.

On defense MSUM is allowing 66.6 points per game. The Dragons outrebound their opponents 39.2-35.5.

Karla Nelson is in her 15th season as MSUM's head coach with a record of 244-165 at the school.

About Upper Iowa
Upper Iowa is 3-7 overall and 1-5 in the NSIC. The Peacocks have lost three in a row, including a 65-47 home loss to Winona State on Dec. 20. Lauren Buck had 22 points and 12 rebounds for Upper Iowa in the loss.

Four players average in double figures for Upper Iowa, led by Lindsay Carroll at 13.6 points per game. Olivia Winkler (13.0), Lauren Buck (13.0) and Aleesha Cleever (11.8) also average in double figures for the Peacocks, who are scoring 70.1 points per game. Upper Iowa is shooting 40.1 percent from the field this season.

On defense, the Peacocks surrender 78.3 points per game, and teams are shooting 44.5 percent against them this season. Upper Iowa is being outrebounded by a slight 38.2-40.2 margin.

Carol Russell is in her fifth season as Upper Iowa's head coach with a record of 19-100 at the school.

About Winona State
The Warriors (9-1, 5-1 NSIC), who face Northern State prior to facing MSUM, are coming off of a 65-47 win over Upper Iowa on Dec. 20.  Connor Nagle led Winona State with 13 points in the win.

Sophomore Tara Roelofs leads Winona State at 13.1 points per game, while sophomore Kayla Timmerman averages 11.7 points and 6.8 rebounds per game. Nagle averages 10.5 points per game while Alexis Foley averages 3.2 assists per game.

As a team Winona State scores 76.3 points per game and shoots 46.7 percent from the field. Winona State outrebounds its foes 40.2-33.3 and teams are shooting 34.6 percent against the Warriors this season.

Scott Ballard is in his 11th season as Winona State's head coach with a record of 169-131 at the school.