WHAT'S GOOD?:
*UND leads the all-time series between the schools at 30-0 (in the regular season).
*North Dakota has not had a home losing streak reach four since 1986-87 season.
*UND plays just three games in a 17-day stretch (Nov. 17-Dec. 3) after starting with three games in five days.
Milestone tracker:
*Leah Szabla- 875 career points
*Holly Johnson - 863 (854 at NDSU)
ON TAP
North Dakota heads into the Thanksgiving weekend with one home game prior, a Tuesday evening tilt with Mayville State.
ON THE HORIZON
UND-- after starting the season with three games in a five-day stretch-- will take play just three games in a 17-day span. Followin the Mayville State game on Nov. 22, UND will play another Big 12 team with a trip to Phog Allen Fieldhouse and the University of Kansas on Nov. 27. Six days later, UND plays San Francisco at home.
ABOUT THE COMETS
Mayville State is officially 3-3 on the season. The Comets have a handful of exhibition games against NCAA Division I and II schools, including this contest vs. UND. Following this game, MSU heads to Minot State for another exhibition with the Beavers.
ALL-TIME VS. MAYVILLE STATE
UND leads 30-0
Home: 26-0, Away: 3-0, Neutral 1-0
1/28/76 W 63-35 (A)
2/1/77 W 107-42 (H)
1/26/78 W 96-51 (A)
2/10/78 W 87-39 (N)
1/23/79 W 81-59 (H)
12/13/79 W 92-69 (H)
2/5/80 W 104-81 (A)
11/19/82 W 87-54 (H)
11/17/83 W 88-54 (H)
12/16/89 W 71-58 (H)
12/15/90 W 60-38 (H)
12/3/91 W 106-55 (H)
12/15/92 W 79-46 (H)
12/15/93 W 84-46 (H)
12/20/94 W 80-42 (H)
11/17/95 W 102-68 (H)
11/23/96 W 94-26 (H)
11/25/97 W 131-41 (H)
11/19/99 W 88-45 (H)
11/17/00 W 96-49 (H)
11/24/03 * W 93-37 (H)
12/20/05 W 99-67 (H)
12/2/06 W 105-57(H)
12/11/07 W 73-64 (H)
12/17/08 W 111-27 (H)
12/07/09 W 75-51 (H)
2/15/11 W 88-54 (H)
2/14/12 W 79/45 (H)
12/18/13 W 71-62 (H)
12/16/14 W 98-54 (H)
LOOK AT KLABO GO GO
Lexi Klabo etched her first career double-double Sunday at Texas Tech with 15 points and a career-high 10 rebounds. Klabo is third on the team in scoring at 11.0 points per game and is the team's top rebounder at 8.7 per game.
NO. 1 IN YOUR PROGRAM
Senior Leah Szabla has taken on the scoring load this season, leading the team with a 19.3 points per game average. She tied her career high with 21 points in the opener against Drake and then etched a new mark with 25 at Texas Tech. It was her fourth 20+ game of her career.
MAK'S SIX PACK
Makailah Dyer set a new career standard with six three-point baskets in the season opener vs. Drake. She hit four of those in the first half en route to a 24-point night, her 13th 20-point game of her career.
TWENTY SOMETHINGS
UND has already had three 20-point performances this season, two in the opener vs. Drake and another at Texas Tech. leah Szabla turned the trick in both games to give her four 20-point performances in her career while Makailah Dyer's 24-point effort on Nov. 11 was the 13th in her decorated UND career. Active career 20-point games:
Makailah Dyer 13
Leah Szabla 4
Sam Roscoe 2
NINE TIMES? NIIIIIIINE TIMES
UND's nine three-pointers in the opener against Drake marked the most by a North Dakota team since Jan. 25, 2014, in a win at Northern Arizona (10-19). In Coach Brewster's tenure at UND, Friday was just the fifth time with eight or more three-pointers made in a game.
LOADED SCHEDULE
UND has yet another solid pre-conference schedule, loaded with postseason regulars. A peek at how tough the non-conference slate is for North Dakota:
Only three Division I teams on UND's non-conference schedule did not make the postseason and two are from Power 5 conferences (Texas Tech, Kansas, NDSU). Six of UND's nine non-conference Division I opponents played past their league tournaments last season.
HOME OPPONENTS
Opp. PS 15-16 Rec.
Drake WNIT 23-10
Iowa WNIT 19-14
Mayville St. -- 16-13
San Francisco NCAA 21-12
South Dakota St NCAA 27-7
Mary -- 15-16
ROAD OPPONENTS
Opp. PS 15-16 Rec.
Texas Tech -- 13-18
Kansas -- 6-25
North Dakota St -- 7-22
Northern Iowa WNIT 24-11
San Diego WNIT 24-8
COACHES PICK FIGHTING HAWKS SECOND
The University of North Dakota women's basketball team was picked second by the league's coaches in the Big Sky Conference Preseason Poll. UND was slotted fifth in a tight media poll that had five different schools with at least one first-place vote. Defending league champion Idaho took the coaches poll, edging out UND by just three points, while regular-season champ Montana State was the media's top selection.The UND women have been picked in the top two spots of the coaches poll in each of the past three seasons and have a conference title (2014) and a runner-up finish (2016) while qualifying for a postseason tournament in each of the past three seasons as well (NCAA in 2014, WBI in 2015 and 2016).
SENIOR CAPTAINS NAMED
Leah Szabla, Samantha Roscoe, Makailah Dyer and transfer Holly Johnson have been chosen by their teammates to represent the leadership group for the Fighting Hawks as they eye another postseason run. The trio of Szabla, Roscoe and Dyer have been part of one of UND's most successful runs. This class was the catalyst for North Dakota's 11-game turnaround in their freshmen season, a memorable Big Sky Conference championship and subsequent NCAA Tournament appearance. Since, UND has appeared in the postseason in each of the next two seasons as well, hosting and winning its first Division I postseason game last year against Grand Canyon in the Women's Basketball Invitational. Johnson, a transfer from North Dakota State, will be on the other side of an in-state rivalry that stands at 4-0 in favor of UND in the Division I era.
TOP OF THE SUMMIT
North Dakota played four Summit League teams last season and boasts an 10-2 all-time mark against that conference in Division I play.
11/25/11 vs. Southern Utah* W, 62-61
11/30/12 at North Dakota St. W, 73-63
11/17/13 South Dakota W, 65-61
12/14/13 North Dakota St. W, 88-83
11/26/14 at Omaha W, 72-52
11/29/14 at Western Ill. W, 85-77
12/6/14 at North Dakota St. (ot) W, 90-87
12/21/14 at South Dakota L, 81-86
11/17/15 Omaha W, 67-52
12/8/15 Western Illinois W, 78-67
12/12/15 North Dakota St. W, 71-54
12/19/15 South Dakota L, 70-73
*now in the Big Sky Conference
RECORD REWIND
The University of North Dakota women's basketball program holds an 873-369 (.705) record all-time since the first game was played in 1974.
All-time, North Dakota is 482-103 (.827) when it comes to defending its own court. The team played at the UND Fieldhouse/Hyslop Sports Center before moving into its current home at the Betty Engelstad Sioux Center in 2004-05.
YOU BETTY-CHA!
North Dakota is 148-34 (.822) all-time at the Betty Engelstad Sioux Center, which opened prior to the 2004-05 season.
Season records at 'The Betty'
2004-05 -------------------- 13-2
2005-06 -------------------- 19-1
2006-07 -------------------- 17-2
2007-08 -------------------- 14-1
2008-09 -------------------- 13-0
2009-10 -------------------- 8-4
2010-11 -------------------- 9-5
2011-12 -------------------- 10-3
2012-13 -------------------- 8-6
2013-14 -------------------- 15-1
2014-15 -------------------- 10-3
2015-16 -------------------- 12-4
2016-17 -------------------- 0-2
FIND UND ON THE TUBE... NATIONALLY
UND will enjoy the national spotlight a total of nine times this season with eight home games televised and an additional road contest available on a national platform.
Midco Sports Network (MidcoSN) will produce five home women's basketball games, including the big showdown against Big Ten Conference opponent Iowa on Nov. 16. Alex Heinert returns as the play-by-play voice while former UND women's basketball player and assistant coach Val Sussex will serve as the analyst for the women's tilts on MidcoSN.
FSN or FSN Plus will air three women's basketball games, including the women's game against Montana State on Jan. 12 in a game that features two of the top three teams in the Preseason Big Sky Conference coaches poll. These contests will be produced by UND Athletics staff, professional freelancers and UND students. UND Athletics' Video Production Coordinator David Folske will produce the broadcasts while Assistant Athletics Director for New Media and Video Production Matt Schill will serve as a key crew member. Assistant Media Relations Director Mitch Wigness will provide the play-by-play for women's contests with Sussex.
2016-17 Television Coverage
Date Opponent Channel
Nov 13 Texas Tech FOX Sports SW+
Nov 16 Iowa MidcoSN
Dec 6 South Dakota State MidcoSN
Jan 12 Montana State FSN
Jan 14 Montana MidcoSN
Jan 26 Southern Utah MidcoSN
Jan 28 Northern Arizona FSN +
Feb 16 Idaho State MidcoSN
Feb 25 Northern Colorado FSN +
HOW TO FOLLOW?
You can follow UND women's basketball on twitter @UNDWbasketball for in-game scores, notes and links to live stats and how to watch.
FOLLOW UND ON MOBILE
Take North Dakota women's basketball with you wherever you go with UNDsports.com's mobile app. Download it to your computer or your smart phone for free and follow your team wherever they go.
CAN I GET A WIGNESS?
All UND games can be heard live on KSNR 100.3 FM, the flagship for UND basketball. Mitch Wigness returns for his fifth season behind the mic providing the play-by-play.
LEAGUE TOURNEYS AGAIN HEAD TO RENO
The Big Sky Conference is in year two of a three-year agreement that sees its basketball championships held in Reno, Nev.
As in 2015-16, the Big Sky Conference Men's and Women's Basketball Championships will be played downtown at the Reno Events Center. The REC was constructed in 2005 and can accommodate roughly 5,000 fans in a basketball configuration.
All 12 men's and women's teams from the conference will participate in the championship. The tournament starts Mar. 6 and runs through Mar. 11.
