ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Golden Bears women's basketball team (1-1) will again hit the road this weekend as they travel to the Upper Peninsula to take on Northern Michigan on Friday for a 5 pm start and then travel to Michigan Tech on Saturday for a 3 pm tip-off.

Concordia is coming off their season opening weekend where they won their first game at Central Missouri by a score of 74-65 but then fell to a very good #12 Pittsburg State squad by a score of 73-53. Against CMU, Mishayla Jones led the way with a game-high 20 points and five steals. Anna Schmitt added 16 points, seven rebounds, and six assists while Caitlyn Russell and Kayla Miller each added 10 points apiece for CSP. Against PSU, Lindsay Dorr came off the bench and scored a career-high 17 points for the Golden Bears while Jones and Schmitt finished with 12 and 10 points, respectively. Kyrah Fredenburg pulled in a game-high 12 rebounds against the Gorillas.
 
From the Coach
"Our team goal this past weekend was to go on the road and get a split. We played two very tough teams on the road and we accomplished the split. We still have a lot of things to work on and we watched them in film after our games. We had a few new players step-up which was great to see this weekend as it's a team effort every day in the game of basketball. We leave again on Thursday to head out on the road and play two very good Michigan teams. We will be working hard this week to prepare for them and continue to get better," head coach Amanda Johnson said.
 
Scouting Northern Michigan (2-0)
The Wildcats are coming off a pair of wins over Truman University and Quincy University to open up their season. NMU's 2-0 start is their best start since the 2014-15 season when they defeated Minnesota Crookston and MSU Moorhead at the Moorhead State Tournament. The Wildcats return a core group of young players from last year's squad that went 13-16. NMU has started one senior, two sophomores and two freshman through the first two games of the season and have averaged 59 points as a team while holding their opponents to 51 points per game. Concordia is 3-2 all-time against Northern Michigan with their last win coming in 2014 by a score of 70-69 overtime win in Michigan. The Wildcats last win against CSP came in 2010 in a thrilling 72-68 overtime win at the Gangelhoff Center.
 
Northern Michigan has three players averaging double-digits in the young season and leading the way is sophomore Chloe Tompkins who is averaging 12.0 points per game while adding 2.5 assists per game and two steals per game. Gaspervich is currently second on the team with 11.5 points per game while pulling in 5.5 rebounds per game. Rounding out the double-digit scoring is sophomore Darby Youngstrom who comes in averaging 10.5 points per game and a team-leading 7.5 rebounds per game. Freshman Jessica Schultz and Erin Honkala have provided valuable minutes for the Wildcats early this season. Schultz is averaging nine points per game in two starts while also adding four rebounds per game and Honkala has been averaging 20.5 minutes off the bench while averaging 8.5 points per game and a team leading 2.5 blocks per game.
 
Scouting Michigan Tech (1-0)
The Huskies won their season opener on the road at Minnesota Duluth last Saturday by a score of 60-47. Michigan Tech will host Minnesota Crookston on Friday, Nov. 18 prior to their matchup with the Golden Bears. MTU finished last season with a 19-8 record last season but fell in the first round of the GLIAC Tournament to Grand Valley State in overtime. The Huskies have a solid group of returners from last year's regular season GLIAC champions. Michigan Tech shot 37.5 percent from the beyond the arc in their season opening win at Duluth. CSP is 3-5 all-time against the Huskies and won last year's matchup in St. Paul by a score of 86-77. Prior to last year's win, MTU had won the previous four meetings between the two teams all by double-digits except for the game in 2013.
 
Morgan Anderson leads the way for Michigan Tech with a team-high 14 points per game while adding four rebounds and three assists per game. She also went 4-7 from three-point range in the season opener. Sophomore Elizabeth Kelliher also added 14 points in the first game of the season and also added six rebounds and three blocks in the win. Brenna Heise finished with 11 points against UMD and also added three blocks. Kelli Guy rounded out the double-digit scorers in the season opener with 10 points while pulling in a team-high seven rebounds and four assists. Michigan Tech finished with nine team blocks against the Bulldogs.

Key Stats
- Mishayla Jones is averaging a team-leading 16 points per game through two games while leading the team in steals with 2.5 per game.
- Anna Schmitt is ranked second on the team with in points per game and rebounds per game with 13 and five, respectively. She leads the team in the assists with 3.5 per game.
- Lindsay Dorr had a big game off the bench against Pittsburg State scoring 17 points, while pulling in three rebounds and registering a pair of blocks. She is averaging 11.5 points per game to start the season.
- Kyrah Fredenburg has pulled in 19 total rebounds (9.5 per game) through two games.
- CSP has a 43.9 field goal percentage this season and has held their opponents to a 35.2 field goal percentage.
 
Live stats and video for both games this weekend can be found at the links above or on the Women's Basketball schedule page.