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BASKETBALL WEDNESDAY, JAN. 26
This evening it’s the second edition of a 2021-22 Siouxland showdown with Northwestern College’s visit to Allee Gymnasium of the Rosen-Verdoorn Sports Center. The twin bill with the Red Raiders opens a relatively quiet week’s slate for Morningside University. It’s the only contest of the span for head coach Trent Miller’s men’s team, while head coach Jamie Sale’s women travel to the College of Saint Mary Saturday, Jan. 29.
THE SERIES Northwestern claimed both ends of the doubleheader at their home Bultman Center on Dec. 11. NWC’s women’s victory stopped a six-game Mside win streak. Fans might want to settle in for a tight contest tonight as the last seven meetings have been decided by 10-points-or-less. The Red Raider men, with the Orange City victory, have won two in a row. Morningside has a 6-2 edge over the last eight clashes.
THE MATCH-UP Shooting accuracy continues to be a strength for Morningside’s men. They are among the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics top 50 in overall (48.1 pct. – No. 37), three-point (37.3 pct. – No. 28), and free throw (73.6 pct. – No. 36) conversion. Senior guard Zach Imig continues to move closer to the program’s all-time scoring top five. He enters the evening with 1,658 points, just 20 from moving past former teammate Brody Egger for the fifth spot. A fast-starting Morningside squad proved the difference in a needed Great Plains Athletic Conference decision on Jan. 22. The Mustangs scored 23 of the game’s first 30 points and allowed the host Mount Marty University Lancers to close to within four just once as part of an 80-71 victory at MMU’s Laddie E. Cimpl Arena. Miller’s squad, improving to 11-7 overall and 8-5 in the league, kept themselves just two and a half games behind GPAC-leading Briar Cliff University. Vanderloo led a hot-shooting visiting unit. He posted 19 points and grabbed five rebounds, hitting eight-of-15 from the field. Joey Skoff, also a sophomore perimeter player, scored 12 points, going five-of-nine shooting-wise. Forward/center Ely Doble, also a member of the Class of 2024, was five-for-nine from the field, too, highlighting a 10-point, six-rebound, four-assist afternoon. With those three plus senior forward Collin Hill, who put up 10 points and was only two rebounds short of a doubledouble typifying the Mustangs’ efforts, Morningside was above 50 percent from the field overall and outside the arc.
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Morningside Women
Morningside Men
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Head coach: Jamie Sale Assistant coaches: Jill Bodammer, Denny Lokken, Jordyn Wollenburg, Bryan Alfredson, Tenly Hansen
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Jada Cunningham Maddie Jones Hali Anderson Kylie Morrison Emilee Danner Taylor VanderVelde Zoe Heemstra Sutton Schlumbohm Margo Stoesz Maren Nerem Jazy Prins Lexie Van Kekerix Devyn Kemble Molly Schany Hannah Nerem Madison Naig
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Head coach: Kristin Rotert Assistant coaches: Macy Miller, Taylor Deniston, Morgan Swedorski, Gary Richardson
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Head coach: Trent Miller Assistant coaches: Joel Haveman, Tim Van Peursem, John Vanderloo, Trystan Cummins Graduate assistant coach: Jackson Lazzo Student coaches: Conner Hill, Zach Olson
Northwestern Men
WOMEN REMAINING SCHEDULE Jan. 29 Feb. 2 FEB. 5 FEB. 11 FEB. 12 Feb. 16 FEB. 19
College of St. Mary’s* Dordt* BRIAR CLIFF* JAMESTOWN* HASTINGS Dakota Wesleyan* MIDLAND*
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Head coach: Kris Korver Assistant coaches: Ben Miller, Colton Kooima, Austin Schlatter
MEN REMAINING SCHEDULE Feb. 2 FEB. 5 FEB. 11 Feb. 12 Feb. 16 FEB. 19
Dordt* BRIAR CLIFF* JAMESTOWN* Hastings* Dakota Wesleyan* MIDLAND*
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continued from page one Mside’s women, sporting a 17-3 overall and 13-1 league mark, have won nine in a row. The nation’s No. 8-ranked team continued to build momentum through the second half of the GPAC slate on Jan. 22. A 13-2 run in the fledgling stages of the first quarter, turning a 3-0 deficit to a 13-5 lead, helped jump-start Sale’s squad towards a rollicking 84-48 victory over Mount Marty University at Laddie E. Cimpl Arena. Sophomore guard Alexis Spier resumed her recent hot streak of play with a team-best 19 points with three assists and two steals. Spier was one of five Mustangs scoring in double figures. Senior forward Sophia Peppers was next in line with 17 points and also grabbed five boards; fellow senior forward Aspen Jansa and senior guard Sierra Mitchell wound up scoring 12 points each, and junior guard Makenna Sims tallied 11 points. The balanced offensive budget was due to converting better than 50 percent overall from the field and at a robust 56.5 percent clip from outside the arc. Peppers, who’s reached double digits in seven of her last eight contests, has climbed into the No. 15 spot on the program’s all-time scoring list (1,368 points). Mitchell recently overtook the all-time points lead and enters tonight with 2,376. The Mustangs coaches poll ranking isn’t its only highrent residence. Statistically, they’re among the first 10 of five categories with three-point shooting having some of the best listings (10.9 makes per game – No. 3/ three-point percentage – 38.4 pct. – No. 5). Northwestern’s men, coached by Kris Korver, have won six of their last seven. The combination of Alex Van Kalsbeek and Trent Hillenbrands is one of the conference’s best inside-out pairings, averaging 22 and 19 points per game, respectively. NWC’s women, led by first-year coach Kristin Rotert, have claimed their last six outings. Molly Schany and Devyn Kimble top the scoring chart (15.5 and 12.5 ppg).
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