Storylines and history
• Augustana continues postseason play with a quarterfinal game in the NSIC/Sanford Health Women's Basketball Tournament on Saturday.
• The Vikings, the No. 4 seed in the South, will face the North's No. 1 seed, Northern State.
• Tip-off is set for 12 p.m. at the Sanford Pentagon.
•This will be the 41st meeting in the all-time series between the two teams, with Augustana leading 24-16.
• The Vikings won the first meeting earlier this season back on Feb. 6, a 59-57 victory.
• If Augustana wins, it will play the winner of the Minnesota Crookston/Minnesota State game on Monday in a semifinal contest at 12 p.m.

Tournament history
• This is the seventh year that the Vikings have been in the NSIC Tournament.
•  Augustana has an overall record of 8-5 in NSIC Tournament games since joining the league.
• The Vikings have won the conference tournament once, back in 2013 with an 81-73 win over Minnesota State in the finals.
• Augustana year-by-year results in the NSIC Tournament:
    
2009: 1-1
2010: 1-1
2011: 0-1
2012: 1-1
2013: 3-0
2014: 1-1
2015: 1-0

Week in review
• The Vikings opened NSIC Tournament play with a bang on Wednesday night with a 100-57 win over Minnesota Duluth.
• The 43 points set a new season high for margin of victory.
• The 100 points also set a new season high for Augustana.
• Recently named NSIC Player of the Year Shaunteva Ashley led the way 26 points and seven assists.
• Sydney Rome continued her torrid shooting from deep, knocking down 4 of 6 3s en route to 14-point performance off the bench.
• Sophie Kenney poured in 18 points, which included a rare four-point play midway through the second half.

About Augustana
• The Vikings are 21-9 on the year.
• Augustana ranks first in the NSIC in points scored, averaging 79.6 points per game (ppg).
• The Vikings are 10th in the NSIC in points allowed, giving up 69.4 ppg.
• Augustana's scoring margin of +10.2 ppg is third in the NSIC.
• The Vikings are shooting 41.1 percent from the field on the year.
• Augustana is shooting 31.7 percent from the 3-point line.
• The Vikings are fifth in the NSIC in team rebounding, pulling down 39.9 rebounds per game (rpg).
• Augustana is first in assists per game (apg) in the NSIC, handing out 15.9 per contest.
• The Vikings are first in the NSIC in steals per game (spg), averaging 11.4 per contest.
• Augustana averages 8.0 3s made per game, first in the NSIC.
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• Ashley also is seventh in the NSIC in free throw percentage, shooting 83.9 percent on the year from the charity stripe.
• Ashley also leads the NSIC in assists at 5.5 apg.
• Logan O'Farrell is first in the NSIC in steals at 2.4 per game.
• Allie Koehn ranks eighth in the NSIC in 3s made with 1.8 per game.
• Kerkhoff is 10th in the NSIC in rebounding with a 7.1 rpg average.

About Northern State
• The Wolves are currently 23-6 on the season.
• NSU is averaging 66.5 ppg this year, 11th in the NSIC.
• Northern State gives up 51.4 ppg, lowest in the NSIC.
• The Wolves has a scoring margin of +15.0 this season, which ranks second in the NSIC.
• NSU is shooting 43.8 percent from the field, fourth in the NSIC.
• Northern State's opposition is shooting 32.9 percent on the year, first in the NSIC.
• The Wolves shoot 28.7 percent from the 3-point line on the season, which ranks 15th in the NSIC.
• NSU commits 12.0 turnovers per game (tpg), first in the NSIC.
• Rachel Krogman leads the team in scoring with a 16.5 ppg average, sixth in the NSIC.
• Krogman also leads the team in rebounding at 10.7 boards per game, second in the NSIC.
• Krogman has posted 17 double-doubles this season.
• Saddie Stotesbery is second on the team in scoring, putting up 10.9 ppg.
• Stotesbery also is averaging 6.2 rebounds per contest.

M-V-P, M-V-P!
• Ashley was recognized by the league this past Wednesday, being named NSIC Player of the Year.
• The Sioux Falls, S.D. native becomes the first Viking to win the award since the program joined the NSIC back in 2008.
• Ashley becomes the third player under head coach Dave Krauth, joining former greats Dana Nielsen and Sandra Zwach.