BURNSVILLE, MN – University of Mary senior guard Megan Zander earned 2022-23 Northern Sun women's basketball all-conference first team honors after leading the Marauders to a top six finish in the NSIC and third place in the NSIC North division. 

In her second season with the Marauders, Zander demonstrated the ability to score from anywhere on the court. The Mandan, ND, native averaged a team-high 14.8 points/game as she reached double digits 20 times and hit for at least 20 points five times. She connected on 42.1% of her shots from the floor while hitting on 35% of her attempts from behind the arc. At the line Zander made an incredible 86.5% of her 74 attempts, the 2nd-most free throws on the squad.

In her final two games of the season, she scored a career-best 28 points against Northern State before closing out with 26 at MSU Moorhead, her second-best total.

A transfer from NCAA Division I University of North Dakota, Zander was second on the team in rebounding at 5.2/game. She is also second in assists (2.3/game), third in steals (24) and fourth in blocks (13). 

Zander becomes the 11th Marauder to earn All-NSIC first team honors, joining Corrie Villegas (2007), Nicci Landdeck (2008), Linda Murray (2012, 2014), Ali Collins (2013), Shaunna Knife (2013), Brittney Dietz (2016), Gabbie Bohl (2018, 2019), Cassie Askvig (2019, 2020), Lauren Rotunda (2020, 2021), and Lexie Schneider (2022). 
The Marauders finished the regular season 13-12 overall and 12-10 in the NSIC. UMary, the #4 seed in the North, faces #5 NSIC South seed Wayne State College in an NSIC tournament opening round game in Sioux Falls, SD, on Friday, February 24. The game was originally scheduled for Bismarck, ND, but weather issues caused the game to be rescheduled and relocated. 

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