GRAND FORKS, N.D. - North Dakota women's basketball begins its Summit League Tournament against Oral Roberts in the quarterfinals round Sunday at 3:00 p.m.

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All UND women's basketball games, home and away, can be heard on stations across the Home of Economy Fighting Hawks Radio Network, as well as through the iHeart Radio app, with Jack Michaels calling the action. Sunday's game can be heard on 100.3 FM (The Cat).
 
A live stream of Sunday's game can be found on Midco Sports or the Summit League Network.
 
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Series History vs Oral Roberts
The Golden Eagles lead 8-3 all-time against the Fighting Hawks after earning a regular season sweep over UND. The Golden Eagles won 71-55 in the two team's first meeting this season at the Mabee Center. Despite the loss, UND held Oral Roberts to its lowest point total in a home game this season.
 
The Fighting Hawks and Golden Eagles have met in the Summit League Tournament once before in 2022, which ended in a 61-54 win for Oral Roberts. Kacie Borowicz tallied 13 points, nine rebounds and four assists in the contest. Sammiyah Hoskin and DJ Davis also saw action in the tournament game. Hannah Cooper scored eight points for the Golden Eagles and had two rebounds and two assists.
 
Oral Roberts won 102-57 over UND, led by a defensive effort that turned the Hawks over 28 times, at the Betty Engelstad Sioux Center on Feb. 17.
 
Kiyah Hurst led the Hawks in scoring in the two games against ORU, averaging 16.5 points and 5.5 rebounds per game. Kiera Pemberton recorded one of her three double-doubles on the season with 10 and 11 rebounds in the contest at the Betty. At the Mabee Center, Borowicz tallied a 19-point, 11-rebound double-double.
 
Hannah Cooper poured in a game-high 30 points in ORU's win in Grand Forks, while Ruthie Udoumoh and Jalei Oglesby both notched
double-doubles. Four Golden Eagles reached double-figure scoring in both contests.
 
Last Time Out: vs South Dakota
North Dakota fell in its regular season finale last Saturday, 65-54, to South Dakota in Vermillion, S.D. The Fighting Hawks were paced by Kacie Borowicz's 25 points and six boards. Early in the third quarter, Borowicz became the fourth player in UND history to hit 2,000 career points joining Jenny Crouse (1995-99), Ashley Langen (2004-08) and Kiera Kimbrough (2005-09).
 
Kiera Pemberton notched her third double-double of the year with 12 points and 11 rebounds and moved to No. 9 on the UND freshman scoring list with 273 points.
 
The Fighting Hawks were within striking range at halftime, trailing 29-25 after 20 minutes of play. The Coyotes won the first five minutes out of the intermission with a 12-2 run that expaned their lead to 41-27. NoDak cut the deficit to single-digits late in the fourth quarter, but were unable to complete a comeback.
 
Borowicz's 40-Burger
In her last regular season game against NDSU, Kacie Borowicz erupted for a career-high 40 points on 16-of-26 shooting with three treys. Both the 40 points and 16 made field goals are the most by a Summit League player this season. She broke her previous high of 36 points that was set last year against Omaha on March 5 in the Summit League Tournament.
 
It was the Summit League scoring leader's second game this season with 30 or more points and was the ninth time in her career. Borowicz also leads the conference in made field goals and has connected on 10 or more field goals 14 times in her career and four times this season.
 
Hurst Don't It
Kiyah Hurst erupted for a career-high 27 points in UND's 75-65 win over Denver on February 15, and scored 22 of the team's 41 second half points. Hurst was 9-of-12 from the field with three treys. She notched her fourth double-double of the year with 11 rebounds.
 
Over her last four games, Hurst has averaged 17.3 points per game on a .490 field goal percentage with six three-pointers. Hurst notched her third double-double of the season against Denver with 27 points and 11 rebounds and had her fourth game of the year with three or more treys.
 
After returning to conference play following the Summit League - Big Sky Challenge in early January, Hurst scored in double-figures in all five Summit League games in January and averaged 17.6 points per game.
 
Hurst recorded two double-doubles in the five-game stretch. She notched a 22-point, 10-rebound double-double in a Hawks 100-75 win over Omaha on Jan. 11 and a double-double with 19 points and 12 boards in a win over Denver on Jan. 20. She was efficient during that stretch of play with a field goal percentage of .538 and was 10-of-22 from beyond the arc.
 
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