NORTH DAKOTA at NORTHERN IOWA
DATE: Tuesday, Dec. 4 | 7:00 PM CT
SITE: Cedar Falls, Iowa (McLeod Center)
RADIO: 100.3 FM, 740 AM (
Mitch Wigness)
WEB VIDEO: ESPN 3
WEB AUDIO: FightingHawks.com
LIVE STATS: UNIPanthers.com
TWITTER: @UNDWBasketball
ON TAP
North Dakota wraps up its wacky seven-game start to the season, all road games, when it travels to Northern Iowa on Tuesday. UND is aiming for its third win during this stretch after a euphoric 59-52 win at UMass last Wednesday.
LAST ACTION
Lexi Klabo dropped her second straight 30-point game and her fourth consecutive double-double to lead North Dakota to a 59-52 win at Massachusetts Wednesday. With the offense struggling in the first half, Klabo poured in 23 of her 30 after halftime and added 14 rebounds for the contest en route to the win.
THE SERIES WITH UNI
Northern Iowa leads the all-time series between the schools, 4-3. The home team has won every meeting in the Division I era, including UND's 80-72 victory last season at the Betty Engelstad Sioux Center.
All-time vs. Northern Iowa
UND trails 3-4
Home: 3-0, Away: 0-3, Neutral: 0-1
2/4/78 L 50-68 (N)
12/18/10 L 54-78 (A)
12/17/11 W 74-70 (H)
11/12/13 L 56-61 (A)
12/5/15 W 64-59 (H)
12/18/16 L 53-74 (A)
12/2/17 W 80-72 (H)
DOUBLE DOZEN DOUBLE-DOUBLES
Klabo now has four consecutive double-doubles after her pair of 30-point performances in New England last week. She has 24 for her career. She is now averaging a double-double for the season (22.3 ppg, 10.0 rpg).
DIRTY 30s
Lexi Klabo's back-to-back 30-point games at Rhode Island and UMass were historic. Some notes after those performances:
*The last UND player to score 30 points on back-to-back nights was
Ashley Langen, who scored 31 against Augustana on Feb. 11, 2005 then poured in 36 a night later against Minnesota Duluth (at Ralph Engelstad Arena).
*The last UND player to score 30+ more than once in a season was Kierah Kimbrough, who did it in 2008-09 (32 vs. Houston Baptist, 30 vs. Seattle).
*Dating back to last season, Klabo has scored in double figures in 15 consecutive games (9 double-doubles in that span).
*She's scored 30 points or more in three of her last nine games and has 20-point performances in 10 of her last 14 games.
ROAD WARRIORS
UND will spend the entire month of November on the road. The Fighting Hawks will return home a few times but will have six games over four road trips, part of seven straight road games to open the season. See the PDF for a breakdown of the road slate to start the season:
NON-CONFERENCE NONSENSE
North Dakota will play 11 of its 13 non-conference games away from the Betty Engelstad Sioux Center. It starts with seven consecutive road games before the home opener on Dec. 7 vs. Milwaukee. UND then goes on the road to Iowa State before its final home non-conference tilt (Dec. 12 vs. Mayville State). The Fighting Hawks will finish the pre-league slate with three games at the Stetson tournament, Dec. 19-21.
BLOCK IT OUT
Senior
Lexi Klabo is inching among the leaders in blocked shots all-time at UND. She had 66 blocks this past season, which puts her into the top 10 in that category at the school. Her 136 career blocks also place her in the top 10 at North Dakota.
MORE TO MORTON
Senior
Jill Morton has started to score more in the last three weeks. After averaging just 4.7 points per game through the first three games, Morton has registered a pair of double-digit games in the three games since and averaged 12.3 points per contest in that stretch.
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.
FIGHTING HAWKS ON MOBILE
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**FOR THE COMPLETE GAME NOTES (PDF), CLICK HERE.**