Storylines and history
• The Vikings are home for two games in Northern Sun Intercollegiate play this upcoming weekend.
• Both games will be played at the Sioux Falls Arena.
• Augustana opens up the homestand with a showdown against Concordia-St. Paul on Friday.
• Tip-off is set for 6 p.m.
• This will be the 21st meeting in the all-time series between the two teams.
• The all-time series is split at 10-10.
• The Golden Bears currently hold a three-game winning streak in the series that dates back to 2013.
• The Vikings lost the previous meeting earlier this season on Dec. 6, a 78-77 loss in St. Paul, Minn.
• Shaunteva Ashley led Augustana with 19 points.
• CU had a balanced scoring attack with five players in double figures.
• Anika Whiting led the way for Concordia-St. Paul with 18 points and 10 rebounds.
• The Vikings last defeated the Golden Bears on Mar. 15, 2013, a 78-66 win in the NCAA Tournament.
• On Saturday, Augustana and Minnesota State meet up for the 68th time in all-time series.
• Starting time is set for 4 p.m.
• Augustana owns a 39-28 record in the all-time series.
• The Mavericks have won the last three contests between the two teams.
• MSU won the first meeting between the two teams earlier this season in a 92-80 win at the Taylor Center.
• Logan O'Farrell led the Vikings with a season-high 20 points in the loss.
• Nicole Kerkhoff added 19 points and 11 rebounds.

Week in review
• Augustana got off the 2015 portion of its schedule with two losses on the road this past weekend.
• The Vikings almost erased a 21-point second-half deficit in a 77-72 loss to Sioux Falls on Friday at the Stewart Center.
• Kerkhoff carried Augustana with her career night of 24 points and 14 rebounds.
• The Vikings couldn't find their shooting touch from the field, finishing the game shooting 31.1 percent.
• Ashley was Augustana's other scorer in double figures with 17 points.
• The Vikings didn't get the result they were looking for on Saturday with loss to Southwest Minnesota State.
• The loss snapped a seven-game winning streak against the Mustangs.
• Ashley the way with 29 points.
• O'Farrell added 13 points and six rebounds.

About Augustana
• The Vikings are 9-6 on the year.
• Augustana ranks first in the NSIC in points scored, averaging 80.9 points per game (ppg), which is also 11th in the NCAA.
• The Vikings are 13th in the NSIC in points allowed, giving up 72.2 ppg.
• Augustana's scoring margin of +8.7 ppg is fifth in the NSIC.
• The Vikings are shooting 41.1 percent from the field on the year.
• Augustana is shooting 31.0 percent from the 3-point line.
• The Vikings are fifth in the NSIC in team rebounding, pulling down 40.9 (rpg).
• Augustana is third in assists per game (apg) in the NSIC, handing out 16.2 per contest.
• The Vikings are first in the NSIC in steals per game (spg), averaging 12.3 per contest, 15th in all of Division II.
• Augustana averages 7.9 3s made per game, third in the NSIC and 20th in the NCAA.
• Ashley leads the NSIC in scoring at 22.0 ppg, which also ranks 9th in the country.
• Ashley also is eighth in the NSIC in free throw percentage, shooting 83.3 percent on the year from the charity stripe (85 of 102).
• Ashley also leads the NSIC in assists at 5.3 apg, 23rd in the NCAA.
• L. O'Farrell is first in the NSIC in steals at 2.7 per game.
• Sophie Kenney's 2.2 spg average is fifth in the NSIC.
• Allie Koehn's 2.1 made 3s per game is fifth in the NSIC.

About Concordia-St. Paul
• The Golden Bears are currently 8-5 on the season.
• CU is averaging 69.5 ppg this year, ninth in the NSIC.
• Concordia-St. Paul gives up 66.3 ppg, eighth in the NSIC .
• The Golden Bears have a scoring margin of +3.2 this season.
• CU is shooting 40.8 percent from the field, 10th in the NSIC.
• Concordia-St. Paul's opposition is shooting 34.2 percent on the year, third in the NSIC.
• The Golden Bears shoot 34.3 percent from the 3-point line on the season, which ranks sixth in the NSIC.
• CU pulls down 41.4 rpg, good for third in the NSIC.
• Whiting leads the team in scoring with 13.8 ppg, 10th in the NSIC.
• Whiting is also the team's leading rebounder at 7.5 rpg, sixth in the NSIC.
• Kionda Nicks leads the team in blocks, swatting 2.6 bpg, first in the NSIC and 16th in the NCAA.
• Mishayla Jones is handing out a team-best 3.4 assists, which ranks fourth in the NSIC.
• Jones' 1.76 assist-to-turnover ratio ranks fifth in the NSIC.

About Minnesota State
• The Mavericks are 9-3 on the season.
• MSU averages 74.1 ppg this year, last in the NSIC.
• Minnesota State gives up 69.9 ppg, which ranks 11th in the NSIC.
• The Mavericks shoot 42.6 percent from the field.
• MSU's foes are shooting 39.4 percent in games against them this season, eighth in the NSIC.
• Minnesota State drains 36.3 percent of its 3s on the year, which is good for fourth in the NSIC.
• The Mavericks pull down 41.1 rpg, fourth in the NSIC.
• Sammie Delzotto is the team's leading scorer, putting up 12.5 ppg this year.
• Lexie Ulfers leads the team in rebounding at 7.7 rpg, fifth in the NSIC.
• Ulfers is also third in the NSIC in field goal percentage at 55.1.
• Aubrey Davis is second in the NSIC in apg at 4.5.