UP NEXT FOR NORTH DAKOTA

Back in the win column, the Fighting Sioux (9-12, 5-1 GWC) are looking to snap Chicago State's perfect eight-game Great West Conference winning streak and hand the Cougars (17-8, 8-0 GWC) their first loss since they dropped a 62-48 decision to Iowa State on Jan. 2, 2011.

The Sioux currently sit second in the GWC behind Chicago State. UND will tipoff with the Cougars at 2 p.m. Saturday afternoon at the Emil and Patricia Jones Convocation Center in Chicago, Ill.

LIVE FROM CHICAGO

Saturday's Great West Conference game at Chicago State will be broadcast live on KSNR 100.3 FM (CatCountry) with Paul Ralston handling the play-by-play. All Fighting Sioux women's basketball games - home and away - can be heard on KSNR 100.3 FM (CatCountry) and on select stations across the Fighting Sioux radio network. Stay tuned for schedule changes.

Links for live radio, live chat and live stats can be found on the home of UND athletics, FightingSioux.com.

Want to listen to the game, but don't have access to a computer? KSNR 100.3 (CatCountry) can be accessed using the iheartradio application on your mobile phone.

SERIES HISTORY ... CHICAGO STATE

• Overall: UND leads 2-0 since 2010
• In Grand Forks: UND leads 1-0
• In Chicago: UND leads 1-0

In their first meeting, Jossy Bergan (G, Valley City, N.D.) hit a career-high tying five three-pointers to help the University of North Dakota to a 76-59 victory over Chicago State in front of over 1,200 fans at the Betty Engelstad Sioux Center on March 13, 2010.

Bergan's five threes helped the Sioux set a new season record of 13 buckets from behind the three-point line. Adding to the total was Kayla Bagaason (G, Clearbrook, Minn.) with four, Mallory Youngblut (G, Davenport, Iowa) with three, and Nicole Smart (G, Ada, Minn.) with one.

Bagaason led the Sioux with 22 points for her fourth 20-point game of the season and the fifth 20-plus game of her career. Youngblut finished with 19 points and five rebounds. Bergan rounded out the high-scoring trio with 15 points on 5-for-9 shooting from the field and a 5-for-8 performance beyond the three-point line.

CSU was led by Courtney Waldon with 20 points and seven rebounds. Janay Dockery added another 11 points and Laureen Pierson finished with 10 points.

On Feb. 25, UND picked up its seventh-consecutive win overall and sixth in the Great West Conference with an important 70-66 win over Chicago State at the Jones Convocation Center. Four Fighting Sioux finished in double-figures.

North Dakota held a double-digit lead through the majority of the game, but a CSU surge midway through the second half brought the Cougars within two points of the Sioux for the first time since the opening minute and a half of the game. With 4-for-11 shooting and six turnovers in the final seven minutes, Chicago State was unable to overtake UND.

Mallory Youngblut led the Sioux with her 33rd career game in double-digits. The Davenport, Iowa native finished with 18 points nine rebounds, and five steals. Whitney Ledger (F, Bismarck, N.D.) finished with 15 points on 4-for-7 shooting from the field and a 7-for-8 performance at the free throw line. Ledger added seven rebounds and three assists.

Jossy Bergan (G, Valley City, N.D.) shot 4-for-6 from the field, 2-for-2 from three-point range, and 3-for-6 at the charity stripe for 13 points and Kayla Bagaason (G, Clearbrook, Minn.) finished with 10 points. Bergan led the Sioux with five assists.

UND shot over 50 percent from three-point range for the second-consecutive game and was over .700 at the free throw line for the fourth-straight time.

The Cougars were led by Alyssa Waldon, who finished with 16 points. Natalie Marlowe scored 15 points on 5-for-8 shooting from the field and a perfect 4-for-4 showing beyond the arc. She added a team-high seven rebounds. Courtney Waldon finished with 13 points.

SCOUTING THE COUGARS (17-8, 8-0 GWC)

Picked to finish fourth in Great West Conference Preseason Coaches Poll, Chicago State currently stands as the lone undefeated team in the league. The Cougars have dominated conference foes over the past month and a half. Most recently, CSU nabbed a come from behind, 72-54 victory over South Dakota (Feb. 10).

Junior Janay Dockery (Detroit, Mich.) led all scorers with 19 points. She shot 8-of-17 from the field while adding five rebounds and four assists on the day. Senior Tressa Beckel (Waseca, Minn.) added 15 points and game highs of seven boards and four steals. Seniors Courtney Waldon (Sun Prairie, Wis.) and Caila Desroches (Long Island, N.Y.) each added 14 points, and junior Natalie Marlowe (South Milwaukee, Wis.) recorded out a game-high 10 assists with six points.

The Cougars are led by Beckel, a four-time Great West Conference Player of the Week, who is averaging 18.2 ppg and a team high 8.3 rpg. She also leads with a .471 (170-for-361) shooting percentage from the field, a .545 (6-for-11) shooting percentage at three-point range, 39 blocked shots and 62 steals.

Waldon is ranked second on the team averaging 17.0 ppg and Dockery is third averaging 12.6 ppg.

Marlowe has notched a team high 109 assists and Jazzmyn Harvey is shooting a team-high .889 (16-for-18) at the line.

The Cougars are averaging 72.8 ppg while allowing just 61.9. No conference opponent has scored more than 79 points while up against CSU this season.

CHICAGO STATE HEAD COACH ANGELA JACKSON

Angela Jackson is in her eighth season as head coach of the Chicago State women's basketball team and has amassed the most victories of any bench boss in program history. Jackson looks to guide the Green and White towards success in the second year of the Great West Conference after leading the team to posting its sixth season with double-figure wins in 2009-10.

The Cougars posted a 12-19 record last season and finished the first year of Great West play in third place with a 7-5 record. In addition, the Green and White produced a 5-1 mark at home versus conference opponents while Courtney Waldon (first team), Tressa Beckel (honorable mention/All-Newcomer), Natalie Marlowe (honorable mention) and Alyssa Waldon (honorable mention) earned All-Great West Conference recognition at the end of the season.

The Green and White also won the inaugural Great West Conference game on Jan. 9, 2010 when it defeated Utah Valley in Orem, Utah. It was the Cougars' first conference win since the 2005-06 season when it was a member of the Summit League (formerly Mid-Continent Conference).

CSU finished the season ranked fourth among the NCAA Division I leaders in three-point field-goal percentage, while Courtney Waldon was ranked nationally in three-point field-goal percentage for the second year in a row when she placed 11th in the country.

In addition to their accomplishments on the hardwood, the Cougars have also been recognized for their work in the classroom thanks to a multiyear Academic Progress Rate of .962 and have graduated over 91 percent of the players that have suited up for Coach Jackson.

NOTING THE FIGHTING SIOUX (8-12, 4-1 GWC)

Picked to repeat as Great West Conference champions in the 2010-11 preseason coaches poll, the University of North Dakota women's basketball team is in its third year of transition towards NCAA Division I status.

After suffering a 69-53 loss to South Dakota on the road (Feb. 5), the Fighting Sioux bounced back with 67-51 victory over NJIT (Feb. 10) to pick up the first road win of the season.

Freshman center Allyssa Wall (North Sioux City, Iowa) led the way with a career-high 23 points. She has hit double-figures on 14 occasions, including a pair of 20-point games. She currently leads the team in field goal shooting percentage (.552) and blocked shots (48). Wall is second on the team averaging 11.6 ppg.

UND's scoring leader is senior forward Mallory Youngblut (Davenport, Iowa), who is averaging 13.5 ppg and leads the team in free throw shooting percentage (.889). She has also dished out 71 assists and tallied 28 steals. Youngblut ranks 21st on UND's all-time scoring list.

Beyond the three-point line, sophomore Carly Rothfusz (Eden Prairie, Minn.) leads the team with a .435 (10-for-23) shooting percentage.

Senior forward Corey Lof (Detroit Lakes, Minn.) tops the team averaging 5.4 rpg. She racked up 11 boards on Thursday against NJIT. She is the team steal leader with 38.

Junior guard Charnay Mothershed (Phoenix, Ariz.) leads the team in assists (78).

The Fighting Sioux are averaging 64.7 ppg while giving up 68.5. When it comes to conference games only, the Sioux are out-scoring opponents 72-57.

ON A NATIONAL SCALE

Due to their reclassification status, the Fighting Sioux do not count in the national team and individual rankings. However, if they did, they'd be ranked top 40 in a three of categories.

The Sioux currently lead all reclassifying schools and would be tied with Baylor nationally at No. 16 in free throw percentage (.756) and tied with Dayton at No. 14 in three-point percentage (.372). The Sioux would also be ranked 36th in assists per game (15.7).

Freshman center Allyssa Wall (North Sioux City, S.D.) would be listed No. 34 in blocked shots (2.3 bpg). Senior forward Mallory Youngblut (Davenport, Iowa) would be listed No. 20 with a .424 three-point shooting percentage.

RECORD REWIND

The University of North Dakota women's basketball program holds a 777-294 (.725) record all-time since the first game was played in 1974. Under head coach Gene Roebuck, UND is 601-130 (.822).

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