ST. CLOUD, MN - The University of Mary women's basketball team (6-5, 1-2 Northern Sun) hits the road as they travel to St. Cloud, MN, to compete against St. Cloud State University (5-1, 3-0 NSIC) on Friday, December 10, at 7:30 pm. UMary then takes on the University of Minnesota Duluth in Duluth (4-3, 2-1 NSIC), MN, on Saturday, December 11, at 5:30 pm.

Last Time Out
The Marauders went 1-1 last weekend as they defeated Minnesota State University Moorhead 82-49. UMary would go on to lose a close contest 66-59 to Northern State University.

Lexie Schneider led the team in scoring against MSUM with 15 points while also grabbing five rebounds. Addison Rozell contributed 14 points off the bench and earned four rebounds.

Ryleigh Wacha scored 14 points on 6-of-8 shooting from the field. Megan Zander had a team-high seven assists while also scoring six points and collecting five rebounds. Macy Williams contributed nine points while also earning four assists and three steals.

About The Opposition
St. Cloud State University has gotten off to a hot start as SCSU is 5-1 overall while going 3-0 in the Northern Sun. Junior guard Brehna Evans and senior forward Nikki Kilboten lead the Huskies in scoring with 12.7 ppg. Kilboten also leads SCSU in rebounding with 7.8 rpg, while Kilboten leads the team in assists with 15 total.

The University of Minnesota Duluth has begun the season with a 4-3 record overall while going 2-1 in the NSIC. Senior forward Brooke Olson leads the NSIC in scoring as she averages 20.9 ppg. Olson also leads UMD in rebounding with 5.1 rpg. Leading the Bulldogs in assists is senior guard Maesyn Thiesen with 35 total assists.

Numbers To Know
Megan Zander leads the team in scoring with 12.1 ppg while averaging 5.5 rpg. She's shooting .457 from three on 16-of-35 shooting. She's 21^st in the NSIC in scoring, 23^rd in rebounding, 18^th in three-pointers made per game and 6^th in free-throw percentage.

Macy Williams leads the Marauders in assists with 35 and is averaging 9.0 ppg. Williams is 8^th in the NSIC in assist and 7^th in assist to turnover ratio.

Lexie Schneider is second on the team in scoring with 10.2 ppg while leading UMary in field goal percentage (.581) and rebounding with 8.1 rpg. She's second in the NSIC in rebounding and 15^th in blocks.

Megan Voit is the team leader in three-pointers made with a total of 30. She is shooting .375 from behind the arc while averaging 10 ppg. She is first in the NSIC three-pointers made per game.

Addison Rozell is averaging 8.5 ppg and 5.1 rpg on .508% shooting.

Coaches
Head coach Rick Neumann is fourth all-time in coaching wins at UMary with 139. In his ninth season, he has a record of 139-122. Hall of Fame coach Roger Haug is the Marauders all-time leader in wins (234), followed by Fred Fridley (170), Cal Collins (150) and Neumann (139).

UMary brought in two assistant coaches Brooke LeMar and Chloe Wanink for the 2020-21 season. LeMar was a two-time all-conference after spending her collegiate career at NCAA Division I North Dakota State University. She then went on to play professionally in several countries including Denmark, Germany, Australia and Sweden. LeMar worked as the Director of Player Development at the California Baptist University.

Wanink was a four-year all-conference performer at NCAA Division I Wofford University. She was a three-year captain at Wofford and led the Southern Conference in scoring her junior season averaging 21 points per game. She was named the 2019-20 SoCon Preseason Player of the Year and was named to the Nancy Lieberman Point Guard watchlist.

Returners
Notable returners to the Marauders include Macy Williams, Lexie Schneider and Megan Voit. Schneider led the NSIC in rebounding and was second on the team in scoring with 12.5 ppg.

Voit led the team in total three-pointers made with 22 while averaging 7.9 ppg.

Williams was first in the NSIC in assists with 75. Williams ranks 7^th all-time for the University of Mary in assists.

Other returners include senior Carly Kottsick, juniors Reese Wishart and Mady Shafer, sophomores Zoe Velde, Lakyn Darras, Ella Grove, Cadee Ryckman and Hallie Schweitzer.

New Faces
The Marauders add the University of North Dakota transfer Megan Zander, who averaged 8.8 ppg and 5.9 rpg last season.

UMary brings in five freshmen, who will look to make an immediate impact for the Marauders. Those five include Addison Rozell, Julia Fitterer, Ryleigh Wacha, Moriku Hakim and Ellie Hasz.

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