SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- The meat of the conference schedule is in full swing for the 8th-ranked Augustana women's basketball team as the Vikings host two more NSIC foes this weekend, which wraps up their current four game homestand. Augustana is ranked in the top-10 for the first time since the 2007 season.

The Vikings (17-1, 13-1 NSIC) are 9-0 at home this season, and look to add to their win total when they play Minnesota Duluth on Friday, Jan. 26 inside the Elmen Center at 6 p.m. and St. Cloud State on Saturday, Jan. 27 at 4 p.m. at the Sioux Falls Arena.

Minnesota Duluth holds an 11-6 record with an 8-5 record in conference play. St. Cloud State is 12-5 overall and 9-4 in the NSIC. The Bulldogs dropped contests to MSU Moorhead, 81-45, and to Northern State, 84-83, last weekend and are on a two game losing streak. The Huskies knocked off No. 22 Northern State, 61-57, last weekend but lost to MSU Moorhead, 78-54.

Sammy Kozlowski leads Minnesota Duluth with 11.8 points per game. Additionally, she averages 4.9 rebounds and 5.2 assists a contest. Katie Stark and Sarah Grow average 10 points per game. Stark averages 5.2 rebounds and Grow hauls in 6.1 rebounds a game. The Bulldogs shoot 39.3 percent from the field.

The Huskies' Andrea Thomas is their leading scorer with 12.6 points per game. Tori Wortz is the other player who averages 10-plus points with 11 points per game. As a team St. Cloud State shoots 41 percent from the field.

Augustana has four players averaging 10 or more points a game this season, led by Logan O'Farrell who averages 13.5 points and 6.6 rebounds a game. As a team, the Vikings are shooting 45 percent from the field and 34 percent from long range.

Augie holds a 18-9 record vs. Minnesota Duluth and a 25-28 advantage over St. Cloud State. In its last meeting with the Bulldogs, the Vikings won 77-63 back on Jan. 27, 2017. Augustana lost to the Huskies, 74-70, the last time the two squads met back on Jan. 28, 2017.

Both contests will be aired live on KXRB 100.1 with Jeff Fyling on the call. The games will also be streamed live online. Links are available on the Augustana women's basketball schedule page on goaugie.com.