SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – The Augustana University women's basketball team will close out the 2016-17 regular season this weekend. The Vikings will host Winona State on Friday at 6 p.m. and Upper Iowa on Saturday at 4 p.m.
 
Tip-Off
• Logan O'Farrell was named NSIC South Division Player of the Week this week after averaging a Double-Double against USF?and SMSU. O'Farrell is the first Viking to earn that award this season
• On Friday against Winona State O'Farrell will be making her 90th career start. She has played and started every game of her career to this point
• The Vikings enter the weekend in a tie with Winona State for first in the NSIC South
• If the Vikings earn one win this season head Coach Dave Krauth will earn his 575th career win. He is currently the 8th winningest active head coach based on total victories
 
About Augustana
• The Vikings will be back at home this weekend after two huge wins over rival Sioux Falls in overtime (74-72) and Southwest Minnesota State (68-57). Last weekend's perfect record sets up a huge match-up against Winona State on Friday night. The Winner of that meeting will have sole possession of the NSIC South Division with just one game remaining in the regular season.
• With just one week left in the regular season and teams jostling for playoff seeding, the NSIC is far from settled. Even with Friday's match-up against Winona State having big implications in the final standings, there is only one game separating second-place from fourth-place in the South and second to sixth in the overall standings. As it stands today Augustana and Winona State are tied at 15-5 while Wayne State and USF are tied for second at 14-6.
• Augustana has been the best offensive team in the NSIC this season. The Vikings scoring offense is averaging a league-best 76.7 points per game during the conference season. The closest team to the Vikings in offensive production is St. Cloud State who is averaging 72.5 ppg. The Vikings offense is also one of the best nationally. They are ranked 22nd out of 308 Division II teams in scoring average this season
•All season Augustana has done a great job protecting the basketball. The Vikings have not only been the best team in the NSIC in total assists, assist-turnover ratio and assists per game, but they rank in the top 10 of each category on the national level
• Two Vikings are ranked in the top 40 for scoring in the NSIC. Logan has the 23rd best scoring average at 12.4 and Naomi Rust ranks 34th with an average of 11.2 ppg in conference play. After Logan's 17 rebound performance last weekend against USF, she jumped up four spots in the NSIC ranks to 10th in rebounding in conference play at 7.7 boards per game. Sydney Rome is averaging 1.8 three's pre-game which is the ninth most in NSIC play. Augustana has three players ranked in the top 18 for assists per game average this season. Rome ranks 13th (3.4  ast ), Lynsey Prosser ranks 16th (2.9  ast ) and Logan ranks 18th (2.7  ast )
 
Weekend Promotions
Friday
• You can help feed South Dakota and receive a $5 GA ticket is you bring two canned food that will be donated to Feeding South Dakota
Saturday
• We will be honoring our two seniors, Sydney Rome and Hayley McCarron, prior to the start of the game against Upper Iowa
 
Moving up the Charts
Senior guard Sydney Rome continues to climb up the chart for most career 3-point field goals made. In her 113 game career to date, the senior has made 190 career triples. She is currently in sole possession of sixth on the list and needs just five triples to pass Alison Adamson for fifth on the list. The best mark in program history is Julie Krauth who made 230 triples in just 100 career games
 
Nearing 1,000 Career Points
Logan O'Farrell is nearing the 1,000 career point milestone in her career. The junior is currently sitting at 996 career points and is just 4-points from becoming the 30th member of the Augustana women's basketball 1,000-point club
 

Augustana	Pos.	Ht.	Class	Per Game
Sydney Rome	G	5-10	Senior	9.8 pts / 3.5 reb /3.2 ast
Logan O'Farrell	G	5-11	Junior	12.7 pts / 7.7 reb / 2.9 ast
Lynsey Prosser	G	5-7	Sophomore	8.8 pts / 2.9 reb / 3.3 ast
Naomi Rust	F	6-0	Junior	10.5 pts / 3.8 reb / 0.6 blk
Shelby Selland	F	6-2	Sophomore	9.4 pts / 5.4 reb / 1.0 blk
Winona State	Pos.	Ht.	Class	Per Game
Tara Roelofs	G	5-9	Senior	13.4 pts / 4.4 reb / 2.7 ast
Jenny Tuttle	G	5-7	Senior	12.5 pts / 2.8 reb / 3.5 ast
Liz Evenocheck	G	5-11	Sophomore	6.9 pts / 2.6 reb / 1.0 ast
Hannah McGlone	F	6-0	Junior	10.0 pts / 8.0 reb / 0.2 blk
Kayla Timmerman	C	6-3	Senior	11.0 pts / 5.7 reb / 1.8 blk
Upper Iowa	Pos.	Ht.	Class	Per Game
Blair Klostermann	G	5-11	Sophomore	17.6 pts / 5.3 reb / 1.7 ast
Sam Ofstad	G	5-4	Senior	7.9 pts / 3.1 reb / 3.8 ast
Ashley Ray	G	5-5	Junior	5.2 pts / 1.9 reb / 0.1 blk
Hayley Martin	F	5-10	Junior	5.6 pts / 5.9 reb / 0.9 blk
Carly Pagel	C	6-0	Senior	10.0 pts / 4.9 reb / 0.3 blk

Series History
vs Winona State
• Augustana is 23-8 all-time against Winona State
• When the game is played in Sioux Falls the Vikings are 13-3
• Augustana has won the last two meetings in the series
• In the last six meetings, Augustana won two then lost two then won two
• No team has won three straight since the Vikings won three in a row between Jan. 2010 and Jan. 2011
• Augustana is 1-1 against WSU in the Sioux Falls Arena
 
vs Upper Iowa
• Augustana is 18-0 all-time against Upper Iowa
• The Vikings and Peacocks have played in Sioux Falls 10 times and twice at the Arena
• The two teams have played 15 conference games against each other
 
The Last Time They Played
• Augustana at Winona State: Jan. 21, 2017 in Winona, Minn.; Augustana defeated Winona State 80-63 in front of a crowd of 1,077
• Augustana at Upper Iowa: Jan. 20, 2017 in Fayette, Iowa; Augustana defeated Upper Iowa 65-49 in front of a crowd of 341
 
A look at Winona State
• Winona State enters the weekend with a record of 20-6 overall and 15-5 in the NSIC
• On the road this season the Warriors are 8-4
• Winona State is on a 1-game losing streak after falling to Minnesota State 78-71 last Saturday
• This season the Warriors are averaging 67.9 ppg while allowing just 58.4 ppg
• This season Winona State has shot 46 percent from the field. In their last meeting, Augustana held WSU to just 41 percent shooting
• Winona State has four starters who are averaging double-digit points. Tara Roelofs leads the team with an average of 13.4 points per game. Jenny Tuttle is averaging 12.5 ppg, Kayla Timmerman is averaging 11 ppg and Hannah McGlone is averaging 10 ppg
• McGlone is the team's leading rebounder. On the year she is averaging 8 boards per game. She is the fifth best rebounder in the NSIC
 
A look at Upper Iowa
• Upper Iowa enters the weekend with an overall record of 4-20 and 4-16 in the NSIC
• On the road this season the Peacocks are 1-10. Their lone road win was against SMSU in early January
• Upper Iowa enters the weekend on a 1-game win streak after beating Concordia-St. Paul last Saturday
• Upper Iowa is averaging 59 ppg while allowing 70 ppg
• The Peacocks are shooting 37 percent from the field this season and 30 percent from behind the arc. In the last meeting with Augustana UIU?shot 38 percent from behind the arc
• Upper Iowa has two starters averaging double-digit points. Blair Klostermann leads the team with an average of 17.6 points per game while Carly Pagel is averaging 10 ppg
• The Peacocks leading rebounder is Haley Martin who is averaging 5.9 boards per game