SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- As one of the six undefeated teams remaining in all of D-II, the No. 11 Augustana women's basketball team is set to hit the road this weekend for their toughest road test of the season to this point. The Vikings (14-0, 10-0 NSIC) takes on MSU Moorhead on Friday, Jan. 12 at 6 p.m. and No. 20 Northern State on Saturday, Jan. 13 at 4 p.m.
The Dragons enter the weekend riding a five game win-streak and boasts an 11-3 overall record and is 8-2 in league play. Northern State has won four in a row and is 13-2 overall and 9-1 in the NSIC.
Led by
Abby Hora's career-high 18 points last Friday night and
Presley O'Farrell's 20 points on Saturday, Augustana extended its win-streak to 14 games with wins over Minnesota State and Concordia-St. Paul last weekend inside the Sioux Falls Arena. The 14 wins in a row is the largest streak since the Vikings won 20 consecutive games from Nov. 5, 2006 to Jan. 20, 2007.
During the current 14 game stretch, Augustana has dominated its opponents, outscoring teams by 20.9 points-per-game. That scoring margin leads the NSIC and is 12th nationally. The Vikings have defeated 13 of their 14 opponents by double-digits, with their smallest margin of victory being a five point overtime win at Wayne State in the third game of the season.
Leading her squad in points, rebounds and steals,
Logan O'Farrell continues to prove that she can do it all. The senior guard from Summit, S.D. is currently averaging 14.1 points and 6.1 rebounds a game. She has 58 steals on the season, which leads the conference and is second nationally.
Her twin sister
Presley O'Farrell (13.6 ppg),
Shelby Selland (11.1 ppg) and
Paige Peterson (10.9 ppg) join
Logan O'Farrell as double-figure scorers for the Vikings, guiding the team to an average of 83 points a contest, which is the highest in the NSIC and eighth in the country.
Like Augie, MSU Moorhead has four players who score in double-figures, led by junior guard Jacky Volkert, who pours in 13.9 points a game. Drew Sannes, a 6-3 senior from Hawley, Minn. averages nearly a double-double with 11.6 points and 8.7 rebounds per game. The Dragons are fourth in the conference in scoring, averaging 70.6 points a night while shooting 40 percent from the field.
Mirana Risau leads the Wolves with 18.6 ppg and 7.6 rebounds. The 6-2 senior from Warner, S.D. hits her shots at a 54 percent clip and has blocked 36 shots on the year, good enough for second in the NSIC and 16th nationally. Northern State leads the conference in rebounds-per-game and is out-rebounding its opponents by 13.5 boards a night. As a team the Wolves average 74.3 points a game and shoots 35 percent from the field.
Both contests can be heard live on KXRB 100.1 with Jeff Fylling on the call.
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