Huskies to Host Concordia St. Paul and Minnesota State Mankato this Weekend

Weekend Notes may be found HERE.

SCSU's Weekend Match-Ups:

The St. Cloud State University women's basketball team (12-7, 9-6 NSIC) is looking to snap a three-game losing streak as they return home to Halenbeck Hall to take on the Concordia-St. Paul Golden Bears (7-15, 4-12 NSIC) on Friday night at 6 PM and the Minnesota State Mankato Mavericks (8-14, 6-10 NSIC) on Saturday at 4 pm.

Preview: Concordia St. Paul

The Golden Bears split at home last weekend, defeating Bemidji State by a score of 63-53 on Friday night and falling to Minnesota Crookston, 75-60 on Saturday night.
This season, the Golden Bears are 1-6 in road games.
Anna Schmitt is the NSIC leader in points per game (20.8).
Schmitt also leads the NSIC in free throws made (99) and free throw percentage (91.7)
Schmitt averages 2.1 made three-point shots per game.
Lindsay Dorr is CSP's next leading scoring threat, averaging 8.9 points per game while shooting 38.5 percent from the field.
Dorr is the Golden Bears' leading rebounder as well.

Series History: Concordia St. Paul

Over the past five years, the Huskies are 2-2 against CSP while playing in Halenbeck Hall.
Last season, the Huskies fell to the Golden Bears, 75-88.
Betsy MacDonald and Chelsea Nooker combined for 36 points in the loss.
Current Huskies, Amanda Christianson (12), Andrea Thomas (6) and Madelin Dammann (2) combined for 20 points.
CSP's Anna Schmitt recorded a game-high of 24 points and played 40 minutes in the contest.
SCSU is 14-15 all-time against the Golden Bears, with games dating back to 1977.
The Huskies have not defeated the Golden Bears since the 2013-14 season.

Preview: Minnesota State Mankato

The Mavericks defeated Minnesota Crookston, 64-54 last Friday night and the Beavers of Bemidji State on Saturday night, 65-33 to record a weekend sweep in conference play.
Minnesota State is 3-6 on the road this season.
The Mavericks average the third most offensive rebounds per game in the NSIC (40.2 per game)
Claire Ziegler's average of 7.6 rebounds is currently the sixth most in the NSIC.
Ziegler is also the Mavericks' leading scorer (12.3 points per game)
Claire Jordan is averaging 10 points per game and shooting 42.9 percent from the field.
Kirstin Klitzke is MSU's primary three-point threat, shooting 36.4 percent from behind the arc on the season.

Series History: Minnesota State Mankato

Over the past five years, the Huskies are 2-0 against Minnesota State at Halenbeck Hall.
Last season, the Huskies lost to the Mavericks by a score of 55-83.
Amanda Christianson paced the Huskies' offensive efforts with 15 total points.
Andrea Thomas and Mackenzie Uter combined for seven points.
The Huskies are (63-43) all-time against Minnesota State Mankato.
St. Cloud State's rivalry with Minnesota State dates back to 1969, which is tied for the oldest series history in SCSU women's basketball history. (Contests against the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers date back to 1969 as well)

Huskies' Weekend Summary

St. Cloud State was swept on the road last weekend.
On Friday night, the Huskies fell to Wayne State by a score of 84-56.
Amanda Christianson was the leading scorer for the Huskies with 11 points.
Andrea Thomas recorded 10 points.
On Saturday night, SCSU was defeated by Augustana in overtime, 76-74.
Amanda Christianson made a three-point shot with :01 left on the clock in regulation to send the game into overtime.
Christianson had a game-high of 21 points
Tori Wortz totaled 11 points and seven rebounds
St. Cloud State shot 38.7 percent from the field, 27.7 percent from three-point range and 78.6 percent from the free-throw line.
SCSU out-rebounded their opponents 85-71.

Last Time Out:

The Huskies are 7-2 in home games this season and averaging 69.3 points in those games.
Saturday's game was the first time since the Huskies' upset win over Northern State that the program has scored over 60 points in a contest.
The current three-game losing streak is the longest of the 2017-18 campaign, and longest since the three-game losing streak to close out last year's season.
SCSU is 8th nationally (1st in NSIC) in three-point field goal percentage (38.6)
SCSU is 56th nationally (1st in NSIC) in three-point FG defense (28.2 percent)

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Next Week's Match-Up:

St. Cloud State will have a three-game set next week.

First, the Huskies will travel to Duluth, Minn. to take on the Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs on Tuesday, Feb. 6 at 5 PM.
Following the day-trip, SCSU returns home to Halenbeck Hall to face off against the U-Mary Marauders on Friday night (Feb. 9) at 6 PM and the Minot State Beavers on Saturday night (Feb. 10) at 4 PM.