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The No. 24 Minnesota State University Moorhead women's basketball team begins a stretch of three consecutive road games on Friday at the University of Mary. Tipoff is 5:30 p.m. in Bismarck, N.D. The Dragons will wrap up the weekend at Minot State on Saturday at 3:30 p.m.
MSUM leads the all-time series with Mary 32-13 and the all-time series with Minot State 25-5. MSUM swept both teams last season.
The Dragons cruised to a pair of home wins last week, beating Minnesota Crookston 89-43 and Bemidji State 86-57. Senior forward
Megan Hintz averaged 16.5 points and 9.0 rebounds per game to lead a balanced Dragon attack.
Hintz leads MSUM at 17.5 points and 8.8 rebounds per game while junior guard
Sarah Jacobson averages 8.9 points, 3.4 assists and 6.7 rebounds per game. Freshman guard
Katie Tornstrom averages 8.8 points per game. Hintz leads with 12 blocks and Jacobson leads with 18 steals. Senior forward
Madi Green averages 5.6 rebounds per game.
MSUM is outrebounding its opponents 47.3-29.6 and outscoring its foes 72.7-52.5.
Karla Nelson is in her 20th season as the MSUM head coach with a record of 360-197 at the school.
About UMary
The Marauders are 8-4 overall and 2-1 in the NSIC. They split on the road last weekend, falling at Minnesota Duluth and beating St. Cloud State.
Senior forward Cassie Askvig averages 20.3 points and 6.7 rebounds per game for the Marauders while sophomore forward Lexie Schneider averages 11.2 points and 8.2 rebounds per game. Junior guard Coral Gillette averages 10.2 points per game. Junior guard Macy Williams leads at 3.8 assists per game.
UMary averages 73.9 points per game and shoots 45.7 percent from the field. The Marauders allow 56.2 points per game.
Rick Neumann is in eighth season at UMary with a record of 114-101.
About Minot State
The Beavers are 3-4 overall and 0-3 in the NSIC after losing at Minnesota Duluth and St. Cloud State last weekend.
Mariah Payne leads Minot State averages 18.3 points and 5.3 rebounds per game and is the only Beaver player in double figures. Calli Deisman averages 8.9 points per game and leads 3.3 assists per game.
Minot State averages 62.9 points per game and shoots 41 percent from the field. The Beavers allow 60.1 points per game.
Mark Graupe is in his third season at Minot with a record of 30-34.
