Game Time...It's a match-up between ranked teams as No.15 Northwestern College heads to Sioux City, Iowa, to play No.10 Morningside in conference play Wednesday night, Nov. 29. Tip-off at the Rosen Verdoorn Gym is set for 6pm. Both teams are unbeaten in GPAC play with the Red Raiders at 2-0, 5-3 overall, and Morningside coming into Wednesday night's game at 3-0 in the GPAC, 8-2 overall. 

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All-Time...Northwestern trails the all-time series 30-46 and is 4-6 over the last 10 games against Morningside. The teams split last year with both teams winning on the road. 

Scouting Reports...

    No.10 Morningside College: 3-0 (GPAC), 8-2 overall  
        Head Coach: Jamie Sale (17th year)

    The Mustangs have won six consecutive games since losing to then-No.2 Saint Xavier (Ill.) at home, 83-75. Morningside has since defeated Bellevue (Neb.), Kansas Wesleyan and Buena Vista in non-conference play to go with victories over Mount Marty, College of Saint Mary and Doane in the GPAC. Their other loss is to then-NO.6 College of the Ozarks (Mo.) in the first game of the year.

   Coach Sale, now in his 17th season on the Mustangs' bench, has won four NAIA D-II Championships and is the all-time winningest coach in program history, owning  a 79% win percentage. He is 444-116 all-time at Morningside and 14 20+ win seasons. Sale returns two starters and seven players from a 2016-17 team that finished 24-9, losing in the second round on the NAIA Championship to C. of Ozarks.

    By the Numbers: (GPAC rank/NAIA rank-if top 10)
    Scoring Offense: 87ppg (3rd / 8th)
    Scoring Defense: 66ppg (5th)
    Field Goal Percentage: 45% (4th)
    3pt Percentage: 38% (1st / 9th) 121 3pters (1st /1st)
    Free Throw Percentage: 74% (5th)
    Rebound Margin: +4 (5th)

Top Players: (GPAC rank/NAIA rank-if top 10) *returning starter
    *Madison Braun (2x All-Conference)  20.3ppg (1st), 43 3pters (1st/1st), 4.2rpg
     Sierra Mitchell - 15.3ppg, 34 3pters (2nd/4th), 1.9rpg, 16 assists
    Sydney Hupp - 14.4ppg, 7.3rpg (3rd), 7 blocks
    *Lauren Lehmkuhl  (2x All-Conference)  5.9ppg, 6.5rpg (10th)
   
    No.17 Northwestern College: 4-3    Head Coach: Chris Yaw (7th year)

Northwestern is 2-0 in the GPAC, 5-3 overall, and moved up to 15th in this week's coaches' poll, the highest ranking since the 2014-15 season. They have won three straight, defeating Grand View, Doane and Hastings.

By the Numbers: (GPAC rank / NAIA rank-if top 10)
    Scoring Offense: 79ppg (4th)
    Scoring Defense: 67ppg (6th)
    Field Goal Percentage: 48% (2nd / 3rd)
    3pt Percentage: 36% (4th) 51 3pters (8th)
    Free Throw Percentage: 80% (1st / 5th)
    Rebound Margin: +3 (6th)

Top Players: (GPAC rank / NAIA rank-if top 10) *returning starter
    *Kassidy De Jong (All-American) 19.1ppg (2nd), 7rpg (8th), 17 assists
     *Darbi Gustafson (All-Conference)  18.5ppg (3rd), 7.5rpg (2nd), 60% (5th)
     *Paige Danner  10.1ppg, 16 3pters, 41 3pt % (8th)
     *Renee Maneman  (All-Conference) 9.6ppg, 4.5rpg, 58 assists (1st /1st)
     *Haley Birks (All-Conference) 8.8ppg, 4.4rpg   

Northwestern has outrebounded its opponent in five straight games

The Red Raiders have shot better than its opponent in all but one game this season (vs Mayville State)

The Red Raiders have shot better than 50%  in five straight games