THIS WEEKEND
A big weekend for the University of Mary women's basketball team as the Marauders face two teams right with them in the Northern Sun North Division standings, UMary visits the University of Minnesota Crookston and Bemidji State University. The Marauders first face the Golden Eagles at 6 pm on Friday, January 19, in Crookston, MN. The site switches to Bemidji, MN, for the Saturday, January 20, contest against the Beavers. Tip off is 4 pm.
 
LAST TIME OUT
UMary earned its first weekend sweep of the season with home wins over Concordia-St. Paul and Minnesota State University. The Marauders dispatched the Golden Bears 74-66 behind 17 points and nine rebounds from Gabbie Bohl and 13 points from Dani Williams. The following night the Marauders needed overtime to secure a 90-84 win over the Mavericks. Cassie Askvig scored 23 points and posted ten rebounds, Bohl had 20 points and seven rebounds, Lauren Rotunda paired 15 points and ten rebounds and Williams made 6-of-7 shots and scored 15 points.
 
THE RECORD
The Marauders are 8-10 overall and 4-8 in the NSIC (4^th NSIC North, 9^th overall)
 
ALUMNI WEEKEND JANUARY 26-27
Marauders women's basketball honors their alumni January 26-27 with a special emphasis on the Roger Haug coaching era of 1990-2003 that includes the national title team of 2000. Under Haug's direction the Marauders were 233-119 with eight conference titles and six national tournament appearances. Saturday, January 27, features a women's alumni game at 9 AM, a men's alumni game at 10 am, the women's and men's varsity games at 4 pm/6 pm, and a post-game social for all University of Mary basketball alumni in Chick's Place. Women's basketball alumni planning to attend any of the weekend festivities should contact assistant women's basketball coach Kayla Timmerman at kmtimmerman@umary.edu.
 
FAST BREAK

• The Marauders completed their first weekend sweep of the season against Concordia-St. Paul and Minnesota State
• Last weekend was the Marauders first home series of the season against teams from the NSIC South division
• With 12 conference games in the bank, the Marauders are now into the second half of the conference season with just 10 regular season games remaining
• After playing eight of their first ten conference games against teams in the top six of the standings, UMary is now in a stretch of playing just two out of eight games against teams with winning records
• UMary faces fellow NSIC North compadres Minnesota Crookston and Bemidji State for the first time this season this weekend. The Marauders have already completed their season home-and-home series against Minot State, Northern State and MSU Moorhead.
• UMary has played games against four nationally-ranked teams this season: home and away against #19 and #16 Northern State, neutral site game against #11 Central Missouri and at #23 Augustana (rankings at time of game)
• Just the 24^th UMary women's basketball player to crack 900 points in her career, Sr. G Dani Williams is up to 20th on the all-time scoring list with 948 points after passing Rhonda Leinius (944) last weekend. Next ahead is Jennifer Lunde (950) and Kayla Rogers (974). UMary's all-time leading scorer is Brittney Dietz with 1,836, set in 2016.
• Soph. F Gabbie Bohl is up to 769 career points in 48 games
• The Marauders have allowed 69 or fewer points in 12 of 18 games, including 8-of-10 home games. Their six-game streak was snapped in the 90-84 overtime win over Minnesota State.
• The 90 points scored by the Marauders against the Mavericks was the most for UMary in an NSIC game since a 98-92 loss at MSU Moorhead on February 4, 2012. It was the most points scored by the Marauders in an NSIC win since defeating Augustana 99-94 on February 12, 2011.

 
OPPO RESEARCH – UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA CROOKSTON GOLDEN EAGLES
Minnesota Crookston is 4-12 overall and 4-8 in the NSIC (5^th NSIC North, 9^th overall)… The Golden Eagles blitzed Bemidji State 73-48 earlier this week… UMC upset MSU Moorhead 69-65 earlier this season, just one of two conference losses for the 2^nd place Dragons… Michael Noga is 24 points from becoming the 11^th player in UMC history to crack 1,000 career points. She is second on the team in scoring at 13.3 ppg and leads UMC with 30 3-pointers… Isieoma Odor paces UMC in scoring (13.4 ppg) and rebounds (7.1 rpg)… Caitlin Michaelis averages 10.4 ppg… UMC has had the same starting five for all but one game… Head coach Mike Roysland in 109-206 in his 12^th year with the Golden Eagles.
 
HISTORY LESSON The Marauders are 16-6 against the Golden Eagles since Mary joined the Northern Sun in the 2006-07 season… UMary is 7-4 at home and 9-2 on the road vs. UMC… The Marauders snapped a 5-game losing streak to the Golden Eagles in the last regular season game of last year.
 
LAST MEETING The Marauders secured home court in the opening round of the 2017 NSIC tournament with an 87-82 road win at Minnesota Crookston on February 18. UMary overcame an 11-point deficit in the 3^rd quarter. Lauren Rotunda scored a career-high 30 points for UMary and Gabbie Bohl posted 27 points and 10 rebounds. Dani Williams added 11 points. Isieoma Odor led UMC with 20 points and 10 rebounds.
 
OPPO RESEARCH – BEMIDJI STATE UNIVERSITY BEAVERS
Bemidji State is 3-9 overall and 4-12 on the season (8^th NSIC North Division, 13^th overall)… Beavers have lost six straight games, including a 73-48 midweek road drubbing at Minnesota Crookston… BSU is coming off a five-game road trip and has yet to play at home in 2018… Fr. G Brooklyn Bachman has led BBSU in scoring nine times this season in 16 games. She averages 13.2 ppg and 4.7 rebounds. She is the only BSU player to average double digits… Sierra Senske averages 8.9 ppg and a team-high 5.3 rpg.
 
HISTORY LESSON The Beavers and Marauders began their all-time series Nov. 30, 1984, an 80-75 win by BSU, before taking a 22-year break between meetings… UMary leads the series record, 18-4, and have won five straight against BSU… The Marauders have swept the season series each of the last two years.
 
LAST MEETING UMary picked up a 64-52 road win at Bemidji State on February 17, 2017, behind a 17-9 second quarter and a 14-0 run in the fourth. Gabbie Bohl had 17 points, Cassie Askvig posted 15 points, eight rebounds and four assists off the bench and Lauren Rotunda had ten points and five assists. Sierra Senske led BSU with 16 points and seven rebounds.
 
 
DEEEE-FENSE
The Marauders allow 62.6 points/game, 6th in the NSIC. Teams make just 38.7 percent of their shots against UMary… The 45 points allowed against Minot State was the fewest in a conference game for UMary since defeating Minnesota Duluth 54-44 on January 23, 2016. The Marauders followed up their performance against the Beavers by allowing UMD to score just 51 points and shoot 28.8 percent from the floor.
 
PICKPOCKET
UMary averages 6.4 steals/game. Lauren Rotunda is the leader in thievery with 1.8 steals/game, 4th in the league.
 
REJECTION
The Marauders are 4th in the NSIC in blocked shots at 4.2/game. Cassie Askvig leads the Marauders in blocks with 23 and Gabbie Bohl has 21. The pair rank 10-11 among league players… UMary ranks 27^th nationally in blocked shots.
 
DOWNTOWN
Averaging 7.0 treys/game, the Marauders are fifth in the NSIC. Sr. G Dani Williams leads UMary with 2.1 made treys/game, fifth in the NSIC… last weekend the Marauders hit 18 treys in the two games. Dani Williams, Jordyn Jossart and Macy Williams all hit three treys against the Golden Bears. Williams and Williams also had three each in the Mavericks win.
 
MAC ATTACK
The Marauders are 7-3 at home this season at the McDowell Activity Center.
 
FOUR SCORE
Four Marauders nearly average double digits in points. Gabbie Bohl (17.3 ppg) leads the way, followed by Cassie Askvig (13.5 ppg) and Lauren Rotunda (10.1 ppg). Dani Williams is at 8.9 ppg.
 
YOUNG
Dani Williams may almost feel out of place in the Marauders starting lineup as the senior guard is the only upperclassmen among the five starters. She is joined by sophomores Gabbie Bohl, Lauren Rotunda and Cassie Askvig and freshman Macy Williams.
 
POWER PLAY
The 2017 NSIC Freshman of the Year and an all-conference second team selection, sophomore post Gabbie Bohl is a dominant force in the middle for the Marauders. The Minot, ND, native is third in the NSIC in scoring (17.3 points per game), 8th in field goal percentage (.514), 10th in rebounding (6.7 rpg) and 11^th in blocks (1.2/game)… She just missed her career scoring mark by a point when she posted 30 points at #23 Augustana, making 14-of-17 free throws in the game. Bohl had 21 points the day before at Wayne State… She has scored in double figures in 16 of the 17 games she has played this season… Bohl has two double doubles (24 and 13 vs. Dickinson State and 14 and 10 vs. Minnesota Duluth) and missed two others by a single rebound.
 
THREE FOR THREE
While her uniform number may be coincidental, senior guard Dani Williams is the Marauders leading 3-point shooter. After a fantastic weekend making 6-of-9 behind the arc, including all three attempts against Minnesota State, she is shooting 44.6 percent from behind the arc and has knocked down 37 treys this season. Williams is third in the NSIC in 3-pointers per game at 2.2 and is 3rd in 3-point field goal percentage among players with at least 40 attempts.
 
GROWTH
In her first season as a starter, Cassie Askvig is having a tremendous season. The sophomore forward leads the team in rebounds with 8.8/game (5^th in the NSIC) and blocks with 23 (10^th in the NSIC). She is second on the squad in scoring at 13.5 ppg (9^th in the NSIC), and assists (2.7/game) and third in 3-pointers (23).  She is shooting 43.4 percent from the floor and 33.3 percent behind the arc. Askvig scored a career-high 25 points against MSU Moorhead and Minnesota Duluth. She also had career-highs with 18 rebounds and five blocks against the Bulldogs. Askvig was named the NSIC Player of the Week January 2 after averaging 20.5 points, 15.0 rebounds, 4.0 blocks and 2.0 rebounds in a weekend split over Minnesota Duluth and St. Cloud State. She has five double doubles this season.
 
SOUND ALL-AROUND
A member of the NSIC All-Freshman team last spring, sophomore Lauren Rotunda has taken another step forward this season. The Fargo, ND, native averages 10.1 points, 7.4 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 1.8 steals while shooting .369 from the floor and .771 at the free throw line. Rotunda five double doubles this season, including one against Northern State.  
 
LISTEN LIVE
University of Mary fans can listen to all Marauders conference games live on Fox Sports 710 as Rick Anthony, the Voice of the Marauders, brings you all the game action. You can also listen live online at www.foxsports710.com. Click the "Listen Live" link to stream the game in real time.
 
ON THE HORIZON
The Marauders return home for Alumni Weekend on January 26-27 when Upper Iowa and Winona State visit the McDowell Activity Center.
 
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