SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- Off to their best start in program history, the No. 14 Augustana women's basketball team looks to carry their momentum from 2017 in to 2018 when the Vikings return to the Sioux Falls Arena to host Minnesota State and Concordia-St. Paul this weekend.
 
Augustana (12-0, 8-0 NSIC) takes on Minnesota State (4-9, 2-5 NSIC) on Friday, Jan. 5 at 6 p.m., and Concordia St. Paul (4-9, 1-6 NSIC) on Saturday, Jan. 6 at 4 p.m. Friday's contest will be broadcast live on MidcoSN and both games can be heard live on KXRB 100.1 with Jeff Fylling on the call.
 
The Vikings took care of business over the weekend, handling Southwest Minnesota State, 91-77 and held off rival Sioux Falls, 76-65, on New Year's Eve.
 
Averaging just over 83 points a game, Augie enters this weekend's contents leading the NSIC in scoring offense and is seventh nationally. Logan O'Farrell, a senior guard from Summit, S.D., leads the team in scoring, pouring in 14.2 points-per-game. O'Farrell is also tied with Shelby Selland as the teams' leading rebounder as both are averaging 6.2 rebounds a game. With 54 steals on the season, O'Farrell is also the nations leader in steals and steals-per-game with 4.5.
 
The Vikings opened up NSIC play with both Minnesota State and Concordia-St. Paul.
 
Vikings Women's Basketball Quick Hits
• Head coach Dave Krauth is in his 29th season as the Vikings coach
• Augustana is out to a 12-0 start, its best start to a season in program history
• The Vikings are one of seven teams in the country that are still undefeated on the season
• Augustana is ranked 14th in the nation in the WBCA Coaches Poll and ninth in the D2SIDA poll
• The Vikings rank No. 1 in the NSIC in 12 different statistical categories (assist/turnover ratio, assists per game, blocked shots per game, scoring margin, scoring offense, steals, steals per game, three point FG made, three point FG per game, turnover margin, turnovers forced, win-loss percentage) 
• The Vikings 83 points per game leads the conference and ranks seventh nationally
• Augustana also ranks in the top-10 nationally with a 1.5 assist turnover ratio
• The Vikings have four players who are averaging 10 or more points on the season in Logan O'Farrell (14.2ppg), Presley O'Farrell (12.8ppg), Shelby Selland (12.3ppg) and Paige Peterson (11.8ppg)
• Logan O'Farrell leads the NSIC and the nation with 54 steals on the season. She also leads the conference and nation in steals per game, averaging 4.5 a contest
•  Augustana has had three NSIC South Players of the Week this season (Selland, P. O'Farrell, L. O'Farrell)