Game Time...10th-ranked Northwestern opens postseason play Wednesday night at home against Dordt College in one of four GPAC quarterfinal match-ups. Tip-off at the Bultman Center is scheduled for 6pm. Northwestern finished the regular season tied with Dakota Wesleyan for second with a 16-4 record and earned the No.2 seed due to tie-breaking procedures. They are 21-7 overall. Dordt finished seventh in the GPAC regular season with an 8-12 record, 14-16 overall. 

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All-Time...Northwestern holds a 68-20 all-time advantage in the rivalry against Dordt (since the 1976-77 season) and won both match-ups played earlier this season. The Red Raiders are 3-2 over the last five and 7-3 over the last 10.

Previously Against Dordt...Northwestern went 2-0 against the Defenders in the regular season, earning a 73-68 home win on Dec. 6 and a 101-61 win on Jan.31 in Sioux Center.

Dec. 6 Recap

Jan.31 Recap

Scouting Reports...

    Dordt College: 8-12 (7th), 14-16 overall       Head Coach: Kyle Lindbergh (1st season)

The Defenders earned a 51-38 road win over Briar Cliff last weekend to earn the No.7 seed in the GPAC Tournament, finishing with an 8-12 record, 14-16 overall. They closed the regular season with a 3-2 record, defeating Doane, Nebraska Christian and the Chargers while losing to ranked teams, Hastings and Morningside. 

Lindbergh takes over as the interim head coach for one season before Bill Harmsen, the current athletic director and head boys coach at Western Christian High School, takes over next season. Lindbergh, a former All-American for the Defenders' men's basketball team, inherits a squad that returns one starter and seven players from a 2016-17 team that finished 10th in the GPAC (5-15), 13-17 overall 

By the Numbers: (GPAC rank / NAIA rank-if top 10)
    Scoring Offense: 68.6ppg (7th)
    Scoring Defense: 74.1ppg (9th)
    Field Goal Percentage: 40% (9th)
    3pt Percentage: 30% (8th), 198 3pters (7th) 
    Free Throw Percentage: 76% (2nd / 10th)
    Rebound Margin: +4 (5th)

Top Players:  (GPAC rank / NAIA rank-if top 10)
    Rachel Evavold-13.4ppg (10th), 7.1rpg (8th), 30 blocks (5th)
    Erika Feenstra-10.9ppg, 4.7rpg, 26 3pters
    Annie Rhinesmith-10.9ppg, 3.8rpg, 40 3pters (9th), 81 assists (3rd)
    Kenzie Bousema-7.3ppg, 4.8rpg, 40 assists, 21 steals
    Ebby Prewitt-6.8ppg, 3.2rpg, 49 assists   

    #10 Northwestern College: 16-4 (T2nd), 21-7 overall       Head Coach: Chris Yaw (7th year)

The Red Raiders closed the regular season with an 86-65 road win at Doane last weekend, securing a tie for second place with Dakota Wesleyan in the final conference standings. They went 3-1 over the final two weeks of the regular season and bring a 21-7 overall record into Wednesday night's quarterfinal. 

By the Numbers: (GPAC rank / NAIA rank-if top 10)
    Scoring Offense: 79ppg (4th)
    Scoring Defense: 65.2ppg (4th)
    Field Goal Percentage: 48% (2nd /3rd)
    3pt Percentage: 34% (7th), 178 3pters (8th)
    Free Throw Percentage: 75% (3rd)
    Rebound Margin: +9 (2nd / 8th)

Top Players: (GPAC rank / NAIA rank-if top 10) *returning starter
    *Kassidy De Jong (All-American) 16.9ppg (3rd), 7.6rpg (T2nd), 44 assists
     *Darbi Gustafson (All-Conference)  14.8ppg (7th), 7.6rpg (T2nd), 59% (2nd / 9th)
     Anna Kiel (All-Conference)  13.4ppg, 63% FG, 5.8rpg
    *Renee Maneman  (All-Conference) 10.1ppg, 3.7rpg, 241 assists (1st /1st)
     *Haley Birks (All-Conference) 8.2ppg, 4.3rpg, 32 blocks (4th)    
     *Paige Danner  7.1ppg, 40 3pters, 35% 3pt FG