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ST. PAUL, Minn. - The #20 Concordia University women's basketball team (9-3, 4-1 NSIC) looks to keep their winning ways going this weekend as they hit the road to Mankato to take on the #23 Minnesota State Mavericks (6-3, 3-2 NSIC) on Saturday afternoon at 2:00 p.m.
THE MATCH-UP... Saturday's game at the Taylor Center is the 29th meeting between #12 Minnesota State and #25 Concordia on the court. CU leads the all-time series 15-13 and has won six of the last nine over the Mavericks. Concordia has gone 7-4 against MSU in Mankato.
BACK ON NOVEMBER 30TH... CU opened NSIC play with an 87-63 loss to the Minnesota State Mavericks. MSU used a 20-0 run midway through the first half to run away from Concordia. The Mavericks shot 45.5% (30-66) from the field and 42.9% from beyond the arc (12-28) while outrebounding the Golden Bears 48-31.
Rachel Hansen led the Golden Bears with 15 points, nine assists, five rebounds, two blocks and two steals while hitting 5-10 shots.Â
Anika Whiting joined her in double digits with 14 points.
Ali Wilkinson led the Mavericks with 16 points on 5-9 shooting while Karlee Gengenbacher chipped in 15 points on 5-8 from the floor.
LAST TIME OUT... Concordia had a pair of impressive wins on the road as they took down #10 Augustana and #17 Wayne State. The Golden Bears trailed at half against the Vikings 37-29 on Friday, but CU battled back in the second half. Concordia took their first lead of the game at 54-51 following a 13-2 run, but Augie stormed back to take a 64-58 lead with just under six to play. The Golden Bears closed the game on a 13-5 run, only allowing one made field goal, to claim a 71-69 win. Saturday night, the Golden Bears once again fell behind big in the first half, trailing by 11 with 3:48 left in the first. The two teams went back and forth in the second half before CU scored seven straight to take a 52-49 lead. Late free throws and a WSC bucket pushed it to a final score of 57-54.
As the travel partner for the Golden Bears, the Mavericks are also coming off a weekend against the Vikings and Wildcats. MSU, however, didn't fare as well as they were swept on the weekend. Wayne State knocked off Minnesota State 79-64 on Friday and the Vikings finished off the sweep with an 86-82 win on Saturday.
CHASING HISTORY... Whiting topped 1,000 career points on Friday, the 24th player in program history to top the milestone. Whiting was a force in Concordia's two huge road wins this past weekend against No. 10 Augustana and No. 17 Wayne State. She averaged a double-double with 19.5 points and 10.5 rebounds while shooting 50.0% from the field and going 8-8 from the free thrrow line. She scored a season-high 25 points on 9-16 from the floor and 6-6 from the line and grabbed 10 boards on Friday in the thrilling 71-69 win over the Vikings. She was named the NSIC Player of the Week.
Rachel Hansen isn't far behind as she is only 21 points away at 979. Hansen is also six assists shy of second in DII era history at CU.
The third member chasing 1,000 points is
Carissa Wolyniec as she is 139 points away from the mark.  Wolyniec also ranks thrid in DII history at CU with 202 threes made.
