SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - The No. 3 seed Augustana University women's basketball team will take on No. 1 seed Winona State in the semifinals of the NSIC/Sanford Health women's basketball tournament tonight at 8 p.m. in the Sanford Pentagon.
Fans can view the live stream of the game by clicking the links posted above and keep up with live updates by following
@AugieWBB on Twitter. Both games can be heard on KXRB Classic Country 1000 that can be found
HERE. Also, Monday night's game will be aired live on Midco Sports Network channels 26 (SD) and 622 (HD).
For more information on the NSIC/ Sanford Health Women's Basketball Tournament click
HERE.
AUGUSTANA AT A GLANCE• The Vikings enter the semifinals of the 2016 NSIC/Sanford Health Basketball tournament as the No. 3 seed in the South Division and will face off with South Division No. 1 seed Winona State
• This will be the third meeting between the two schools this season. This is the first time in series history that Augustana and Winona State will play three times in the same season
• Augustana and Winona State have each won two of the last four meetings, with Augie winning the first two and Winona winning the last two
• Last time a team in this series won three straight was Augustana from 2010-2011\
• Since their loss to Winona State on Feb. 20 Augustana has won two in a row
• Last time these two teams played 4 different Vikings scored in double-figures: Selland (17, a career-high), Kenney (13), L. O'Farrell (11) and Rome (10)
• Augustana has won 9 of their last 11 games. They had their four game winning streak snapped on Saturday Feb. 20 by #10 Winona State
• The Vikings have not lost two consecutive games this year. This is the first Vikings team to go through a season never losing two games in a row since the 1973-74 team that only played 9 games
• The Vikings are 15-3 this season when they get at least 10 steals
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Sophie Kenney is ranked 3rd in Division II in assist to turnover ratio at 3.07
• The Viking offense has been one of the best in the country the entire season. Augustana currently ranks 30th in Division II in points per game at 75.1
• Augustana has forced the 46th most turnovers during the 2015-16 season at 564 which is an average of 19.45 turnovers per game forced
• Augustana has played in two of the most attended games this season. The most attended game in D2 this season was Northern state and Augie with 4,431 fans. When Augie hosted Mary we had 2,451 fans, the 25th most in Division II this season
WINONA STATE AT A GLANCE• Winona State is the #1 seed in the North Division after finishing with a 29-2 overall record and a 20-2 record in the NSIC
• The Warriors defeated Bemidiji State (74-64) and Concordia-St. Paul 68-64 to reach the NSIC Tournament semifinals
• Winona State ranks 36th nationally in points per game at 74
• Sr. Connor Nagel won the last three NSIC South Player of the Week honors
• The Warriors regular season title was their programs first ever
• Winona State lost in last seasons quarterfinals and will be making their first ever appearance in the semifinals
• WSU is the best free throw shooting team in D2 with a 79.7% mark from the line. They also rank #2 in assist to turnover ratio at 1.35
• The Warriors are coached by Scott Ballard who has over 30 years of coaching experience. He has a 209-140 record in 12 seasons has WSU's head coach
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