Women's Basketball | 11/7/2018 1:56:00 PM
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The Minnesota State University Moorhead women's basketball team opens the 2018-19 regular season this week at the Central Region Challenge at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Mo. MSUM will face Arkansas Tech at 1:30 p.m. on Friday and then will face Pittsburg State at 11:30 a.m. on Friday.
Live Stats for the games and the tournament website are linked above.
MSUM dominated Minnesota Morris 95-44 in an exhibition game on Nov. 2 in Moorhead.
The Dragons were 23-6 last season and won their second straight NSIC regular season title. They also qualified for their second straight NCAA tournament, their fifth in head coach
Karla Nelson's tenure.
MSUM will have to replace 1,000-point scorers
Drew Sannes and
Cassidy Thorson but returns an experienced nucleus led by senior guard
Jacky Volkert, who was an All-NSIC First Team selection last season. Volkert averaged 13.4 points, 5.4 assists and 4.4 rebounds per game and set a single-season record with 156 assists.
Also returning is junior forward
Megan Hintz, who averaged 11.6 points and 6.6 rebounds per game last season and led the team with a 57.1 percent field goal percentage. Sophomore guard
Lauren Fech started all 29 games at point guard last season and had 74 assists. Also returning with experience are junior forwards
Madi Green and
Grace Swenson and sophomore guards
Kiley Borowicz and
Brooklyn Liegel.
Karla Nelson is in her 19th season as the MSUM head coach with a record of 325-188 at the school.
SCOUTING THE OPPOSITION...
Arkansas Tech
Arkansas Tech opens the 2018-19 season against the Dragons. The Golden Suns were 26-4 last season and qualified for the NCAA tournament, losing to Northern State in the first round. Arkansas Tech has been to four straight NCAA tournaments and was picked to finish second in the GAC preseason coaches poll.
Arkansas Tech returns seven players from last year, led by Jayana Sanders, who was a GAC Second-Team selection a year ago after averaging 12.3 points and 1.8 assists a game. Senior Lyrik Williams was GAC honorable mention last season while averaging 12.9 points and 8.1 rebounds per game. Ke'Vonshaye Stackhouse averaged 11.0 points per game last season.
Dave Wilbers is in his 12th season as the Arkansas Tech head coach with a record of 266-66.
Pittsburg State
Pittsburg State, who will face Northern State prior to facing MSUM, opens the season this weekend. The Gorillas finished 23-7 overall and 15-4 in the MIAA a year ago. They were picked in a tie for sixth in the MIAA preseason poll and return one starter and seven letterwinners from a year ago.
Shelby Lopez returns after averaging 11.0 points per game. Athena Alvarado averaged 6.7 points and 3.1 rebounds per game.
Amanda Davied is in her first season as the Pittsburg State head coach.
