THIS WEEK
The University of Mary women's basketball team hosts their first home games of the new year this weekend. The pair of games coming up begin a four game home stretch for the Marauders. UMary opens the weekend up by welcoming the University of Minnesota Duluth to town for a game on Friday, January 10 at 5:30 PM in the McDowell Activity Center. The Marauders wrap up the weekend against St. Cloud State on Saturday, January 11 at 3:30 PM in the MAC.

 
LAST TIME OUT
The last time the Marauders took the court was for a pair of losses to Concordia – St. Paul and Minnesota State. The Golden Bears would best the Marauders by a score of 91-72 with the Mavericks beating the Marauders 70-59. Cassie Askvig led the way for the Marauders in both games, recording 20 points and five rebounds against CSP and 18 points and nine rebounds versus MSU.

 
THE RECORD
The Marauders come into the weekend with a 11-6 record, starting the season 5-3 in NSIC play.

 
OPPO RESEARCH – MINNESOTA DULUTH
NSIC leading Minnesota Duluth comes into the game with the Marauders with an 11-3 record, going 8-0 in Northern Sun play. The Bulldogs are a well rounded team with six different players averaging 7.9 PPG or more. UMD is led by Brooke Olson who averages 16.1 PPG. The Bulldogs share the ball very well, ranking second in the conference in assists. UMD is great at protecting the rim, ranking third in the conference in blocks with 4.07 per game.

 
LAST MATCHUP
The Bulldogs handed the Marauders their first conference loss of the season when two teams met up earlier this season. UMD held an 87-75 advantage. Cassie Askvig and Lauren Rotunda both posted big double doubles on the game with Askvig posting 24 points and 10 rebounds and Rotunda with 15 points and 10 rebounds.


HISTORY LESSON
The Marauders are 11-10 against the Bulldogs during UMary's NCAA era… UMary holds a 7-2 edge in home games at the McDowell Activity Center… On the road at Romano Gym, the Marauders are 3-8 against the Bulldogs… UMary is 9-5 in the last fourteen games against UMD… The Marauders swept the Bulldogs in 2015-16 and split the UMD series in 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19 with both teams protecting their home court.
 
OPPO RESEARCH – ST. CLOUD STATE
The Huskies come into the game against the Marauders with an 8-4 record, going 5-3 in NSIC play. SCSU has four players who average double figures. Madelin Dammann leads the team with 12.3 PPG. The Huskies are third in the NSIC in rebounding defense and steals. SCSU takes the ball away from opponents 9.25 times per game.

 
 
LAST MATCHUP
The last time these two teams squared off the Marauders held the advantage, winning by a score of 60-51. Cassie Askvig led the way for UMary with 21 points. Lexie Schneider had a near double double with 13 points and nine rebounds. She added three assists and two steals to her performance on the day.



HISTORY LESSON
The Marauders are 10-12 against the Huskies during UMary's NCAA era… The Marauders are 5-5 at home against the Huskies… UMary is 5-6 on the road and 0-1 at neutral site games against SCSU… The longest win streak for either team is three.

  
GETTING BUCKETS
UMary is fourth in the Northern Sun in points per game averaging 74.3. The Marauders have a plus 13.6 points scoring margin over the opponents which is second in the Northern Sun. Cassie Askvig is second in the conference in scoring, averaging 19.5 PPG. The Marauders lead the conference in field goal percentage (45.4). Askvig ranks fifth in the conference with a field goal percentage of 49.2 percent.
 
A HELPING PASS
The Marauders sure know how to share the ball. The team ranks first in the conference in assists, averaging 17 assists per game. Macy Williams is second in the conference averaging 4.5 assists per game. Williams leads the conference in assists / turnover ratio. Gillette ranks 17^th in assists with 2.8 per game.
 
DEEEE-FENSE
The Marauders allow just 60.7 points/game, third lowest in the NSIC. Teams are making just 38.2 percent of their shots against UMary, ranking them fourth in the conference in field goal percentage defense.
 
THIEVERY
UMary averages 7.65 steals per game this season, ranking them seventh in the Northern Sun. Christal Hearn leads the team with 1.9 steals a game, ranking tied for seventh in the conference. 
 
DOWNTOWN
Averaging 7.8 treys/game, the Marauders rank third in the NSIC. Shooting 35 percent from behind the arc, UMary is sixth in the conference in three point shooting percentage. Coral Gillette is second in the conference averaging 2.6 three pointers per game.
 
CHARITY STRIPE
Shooting 73 percent from the free throw line as a team this season the Marauders rank seventh in the NSIC. Cassie Askvig shoots 81.8 percent from the line, ranking her sixth in the NSIC.
 
CRASHING THE GLASS
The Marauders rank fourth in the NSIC in rebounding defense. UMary ranks fifth in rebounding margin with a plus 4.7 RPG average. Lexie Schneider is fifth in the NSIC in rebounding, pulling down 8.2 boards per game. Askvig and Rotunda join her in the top 15. Rotunda is ninth with 7.0 RPG and Askvig is 11^th with 6.6 RPG.
 
NSIC PLAYER OF THE WEEK
For the first time this season a Marauders women's basketball player earned NSIC North Player of the week. Lauren Rotunda earned the honor for her 19 point, eight rebound, six assist performance against Minot State during a dominant 81-60 win.

CLIMBING THE MARAUDERS ALL TIME RANKINGS
Cassie Askvig currently has 1,417 career points and 727 career rebounds. She ranks ninth all-time in points and sixth all-time in rebounds. She also sits sixth all-time in career blocks with 65.
Lauren Rotunda moves into sixth all-time in career steals with 104.
Macy Williams climbs to 16^th all-time in career assists with 237.
 
700 WINS CLUB
With the teams win over the Northeastern State Riverhawks the Marauders now have 700 all-time program wins!
  
 
LIVING UP TO EXPECTATIONS
Coming into the season as defending NSIC player of the year the expectations are high for senior Cassie Askvig and she is living up to those expectations. The Marauders senior is averaging 19.5 PPG and 6.6 RPG early on this season.
 
 
PACK THE MAC
The Marauders thrive off of a big crowd, boasting a 10-3 record on the home court last season and a 7-0 record so far this year. Come out and pack the MAC and cheer your Marauders onto victory.
 
LISTEN LIVE
University of Mary fans can listen to all Marauders home and conference games live on Fox Sports 710 as Jesse Rostvedt, 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. 
 
FOLLOW LIVE
To find links to live stats, audio and video, go to www.goumary.com/coverage
 
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