THIS WEEKEND
The University of Mary men's basketball team puts their seven-game winning streak on the line this weekend when the Marauders visit the 3rd ranked MSU Moorhead Dragons and the Wolves of Northern State University. The Marauders first face the Dragons at 8 p.m. on Friday, January 8, at Alex Nemzek Field House in Moorhead, Minn. The Marauders then skip over to Aberdeen, S.D., to tangle with the Wolves in Wachs Arena on Saturday, January 9, at 6 p.m.

RECORDS
U-Mary is 12-2 overall and 7-1 in the Northern Sun (3rd overall, 2nd North)
#3 MSU Moorhead is 16-1 overall and 8-0 in the NSIC (1st overall, 1st North division)
Northern State is 7-7 overall and 3-5 in the NSIC (9th overall, 4th North)

LAST TIME OUT
U-Mary extended its winning streak to seven with home wins over Minnesota Crookston 65-56 and Bemidji State 92-80.
MSU Moorhead won its 16th straight game with a 105-85 win at Upper Iowa and a 93-72 win at Winona State
Northern State split a weekend road trip, defeating Winona State 68-64 before losing 89-81 at Upper Iowa.

HISTORY LESSON - MARAUDERS v. DRAGONS
The Marauders trail the Dragons 15-11 in the all-time series
Since joining the NCAA and NSIC, U-Mary is 6-13 against MSUM
The Marauders won the first conference match-up with a 75-72 win at MSUM on January 16, 2007
The Dragons followed with five straight wins, including an overtime victory, one win by one point and another by two points
The Marauders snapped the Dragons streak with a decisive 74-58 win at home on Jan. 30, 2010, the first of five straight UM wins that concluded with a 72-51 win over 19th ranked MSUM on Jan. 7, 2012, at the MAC.
The Dragons have won the last eight meetings with the Marauders
The Marauders last defeated the Dragons 72-51 on 1.7.12 at the MAC
Last Meeting Trailing by just three points at intermission after U-Mary and MSU Moorhead traded the lead eight times and forged five ties, the Marauders were unable to keep pace in the second half of a 98-81 loss to the 6th ranked Dragons. MSUM opened the second half on a 12-2 run and U-Mary climbed no closer than eight points the rest of the game. Damonta Henry led UM with 14 points. Bryan Jefferson added 13, Marquealis Edwards had 13 and Rickey Suggs 10. Isaac Sevlie led the Dragons with game-highs 22 points and 13 rebounds. Aaron Lein hit five treys and scored 21 points for MSUM.

HISTORY LESSON - MARAUDERS v. WOLVES
The Marauders trail the Wolves 22-12 in the all-time series
U-Mary is on a two-game winning streak vs. Northern State
Last Meeting
Brandon Tyler hit the go-ahead free throw with 25 seconds left in the game and the University of Mary edged visiting Northern State University 60-58. Down two, single free throws by Isaac Lindquist and Bryan Jefferson knotted the game at 57-57. Tyler hit the second of two free throws for a 58-57 lead before Marquealis Edwards sealed the game with a pair of free throws with two seconds left. Defense led the Marauders. UM allowed NSU to make just one of their last six field goal attempts and grabbed nine of the last 12 available rebounds. Edwards scored a game-high 16 points, making 6-of-8 shots and all three free throws. He also added six rebounds and four steals. Lindquist and Jefferson had nine points each. Darin Paterka had 13 for the Wolves.
   
LAST WEEK REWIND
With a pair of home wins to open up the New Year, the University of Mary extended its win streak to seven games. Behind 20 points from Bryan Jefferson, the Marauders tipped off 2016 with a 65-56 win over the University of Minnesota Crookston. Tied 30-30 early in the second half, the Marauders ran of 11 straight points and 22 of the next 28 to build a 52-36 lead. The Golden Eagles closed within 59-55 with 55 seconds left in the game but the Marauders hit six straight free throws to close out the win. Jefferson made 7-of-11 shots and had eight rebounds and four assists. Edwards added 11 points, seven rebounds and four assists. Kobe Chritchley led UMC with 12 points as the Golden Eagles shot just 31.3 percent for the game... The weekend concluded with a 92-80 home win over Bemidji State. The Marauders used a 28-10 run in the first half to build a 45-30 lead at halftime. A 16-4 run in the second half increased the U-Mary lead to 70-46. Marquealis Edwards scored 23 points, made 6-of-7 field goals and 8-of-9 free throws, grabbed four rebounds and made four assists. Isaac Lindquist added 16 points, Bryan Jefferson 14 and Brandon Tyler 12. The Marauders shot 55.9 percent for the game to just 40.9 percent for BSU. Elijah Valdez led BSU with 16 points.

COURT DIVERSITY
Marauders fans saw the home team win one night with defense and the next with offense. On a night one of the Northern Sun's top offenses was held to 65 points, the Marauders in turn limited the Golden Eagles to 56 points, the fewest allowed by U-Mary this season. The Marauders offense rebounded the next night in a 92-80 win over Bemidji State. The Marauders shot over 55 percent for the game and held the Beavers to 40 percent shooting.

YOU AGAIN?
U-Mary faces MSU Moorhead and Northern State University on Friday and Saturday, January 8-9. It has been just a shade longer than a month since the Marauders hosted the Dragons and the Wolves on the first full weekend of the NSIC schedule on Dec. 4-5. When the weekend is over U-Mary will have completed their season schedule against NSIC North foes MSUM, NSU and Minot State.U-Mary has yet to play fellow NSIC North teams St. Cloud State and Minnesota Duluth. Also there are still six teams in the NSIC South yet to play.
ON THE ROAD AGAIN
The Marauders haven't played a road game since sweeping Southwest Minnesota State and Sioux Falls on Dec. 11-12... The Marauders are perfect away from the McDowell Activity Center this season, winning all six games (two neutral, four road).

ON THE ROAD AGAIN - NSIC VERSION
Dating back to the last regular season game of the 2014-15 season and a win at St. Cloud State, the Marauders own four straight regular season conference road wins, the team's best run since winning eight straight in Jan-Feb. 2011.

SEVENTH HEAVEN
The win over Bemidji State was the seventh straight win for U-Mary, the longest since rolling off 16 straight in Jan. - Feb. 2011... In ten years of NCAA competition, the Marauders have had three seasons of seven or fewer victories... This current run of seven straight victories is the Marauders second longest win streak of the school's NCAA era (beginning 2006-07), surpassing a string of five straight in 2009-10.

90
Six times the Marauders have scored 90 or more points in a game. That equals the U-Mary total from the previous NINE YEARS COMBINED! In only two other seasons during the NCAA era has U-Mary reached at least 90 points in a game twice (2009-10 and 2010-11).

80
In 14 games this season U-Mary has scored at least 80 points seven different times. Out of the school's ten NCAA era seasons (beginning with 2006-07), only in 2009-10 have the Marauders scored at least 80 points seven times.

FAST START
With 12 wins in 14 games the Marauders are off to the program's best start of U-Mary's NCAA era, which began with the 2006-07 season.

FAST START II
It took the Marauders 14 games this season to reach 12 wins. In the last decade the fewest games it took to reach 12 wins was 16 games in 2010-11.

FAST START III - NSIC EDITION
With seven wins in eight games, this is the Marauders best start in Northern Sun play. It took U-Mary 11 games to win seven in 2009-10.

DOZEN
With 12 wins this season the Marauders have already exceeded last year's win total of nine. The last time U-Mary had more than 12 wins was 2010-11 when the Marauders finished with 23.

12
The 12 wins this season is already the third best total for U-Mary in ten seasons of NCAA competition. The Marauders won 23 games in 20
10-11 and 15 in 2009-10, the only other two double-digit win seasons.

STAT STUFFER
It's no surprise that Marquealis Edwards would post the Marauders first triple double of the NCAA era when he recorded 10 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists in a win over Presentation. The senior guard from Minneapolis, Minn., ranks among Northern Sun leaders in five categories: 1st in steals (1.9/game), 10th in rebounds (6.7/game), 9th in assists (3.6/game), 13th in scoring (15/game) and 6th in free throw percentage (.841).

DEPTH
Ten Marauders have played in at least 13 of 14 games this season. All ten are averaging at least 10 minutes per game.

MARAUDERS CRACK D2SIDA ALL-CENTRAL REGION POLL
Tied for ninth last week, the University of Mary took over that spot all by itself this week in the NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Central Region Media Poll, presented by D2SIDA (Division II Sports Information Directors of America). Released January 5, the Marauders moved past Northwest Missouri State University for sole possession of 9th place with 17 points each in the Week 7 poll. Here is the latest Central Region rankings:
Rank        School (First Place Votes)                Record        Votes        Prev.
1        MSU Moorhead (6)                                    16-1            60            1
2        Augustana                                                    11-1                54            2
3        Minnesota State                                        10-3            41            3
4        Arkansas Tech                                             8-2                 39            5
5        Minnesota - Duluth                                    10-3             27            7
6        Lincoln                                                          9-3            26            NR
7        Southwestern Oklahoma State                  8-2            25            6
8        Missouri Southern                                      8-5            21            4
9        University of Mary                                    12-2            17            T9
10        Northwest Missouri                                      8-4            14            T-9

MAKING SHOTS
U-Mary is connecting on 51.1 percent of its field goal attempts, ranking 8th in NCAA Division II and first in the Northern Sun.

SHARING THE LOAD
Eight different Marauders are averaging at least 5.6 points per game this season.

POINTS POINTS POINTS
U-Mary is averaging 85.4 points per game, 3rd in the NSIC.

CAN'T MISS KIDS
The Marauders are shooting 50.6 percent from the floor this season, the top mark in the NSIC and 13th in NCAA D2. Six different Marauders are making at least half their shots: Michael Gorder (.583), Devam Douglas (.577), Bryan Jefferson (.563), Marquealis Edwards (.526), Rickey Suggs (.516) and Isaac Lindquist (.500).

DOUBLING DOWN
Bryan Jefferson owns four of the Marauders seven double doubles and three of the team's five 20 point outbursts this season. For his career Jefferson has seven double doubles and has scored 20 or more points five times.

DOWNTOWN
After playing limited minutes the last two seasons, SR G Brandon Tyler is averaging 10.9 points per game and leads U-Mary with 31 treys. He is 6th in the NSIC with 2.2 treys/game and makes 41.9 percent of hits shots beyond the arc.