The University of Minnesota Crookston Golden Eagles Women’s Basketball team travels to Marshall, Minnesota to play the Southwest Minnesota State Mustangs at 6:00 p.m. in the first round of the Northern Sun Conference Tournament.
UMC is the #12 seed with an 8-20 overall record and a 7-15 mark in the NSIC. SW Minnesota State was 16-11 overall and 14-8 in the NSIC.
The teams met once during the regular season, with SW Minnesota State beating UMC 76-66 on January 24 in Marshall.
The game will be on KROX Radio with the RiverView Health pre-game show at 5:30 p.m. You can listen on 1260AM/105.7FM, on the KROX app, your smart speaker by saying “listen to K-R-O-X in Crookston,” or online by clicking on listen live at the top fo the page.
MINNESOTA CROOKSTON
Projected Starters
Sr. PG 1 Emma Miller (5-1, Albertville, Minn.) 19.5 PPG, 5.2 RPG, 3.1 APG
So. SG 10 Halle Winjum (5-6, Crookston, Minn.) 3.9 PPG, 3.4 RPG
R-Jr. 3G 30 Riley Jenkins (5-10, Galesburg, Ill.) 10.6 PPG, 3.7 RPG
Fr. SF 12 Anna Westby (5-11, Eveleth, Minn.) 10.1 PPG, 5.2 RPG, 2.6 BPG
Jr. PF 14 Rayna Klejeski (6-0, Barnum, Minn.) 12.5 PPG, 6.1 RPG
Top Bench Contributors
R-Jr. G 2 Hope Dudycha (5-5, Austin, Minn.) 4.8 PPG, 1.4 RPG
Sr. G 11 Natalie Mikrot (5-6, Willow River, Minn.) 3.3 PPG, 1.0 RPG
So. G/F 20 Brynlea Mahlen (5-9, Fosston, Minn.) 0.9 PPG, 1.7 RPG
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA STATE
Projected Starters
So. PG 4 Nicole Maenke (5-10, Shakopee, Minn.) 14.0 PPG, 3.0 RPG, 2.6 APG
Sr. SG 22 Audrey Swanson (5-11, Waconia, Minn.) 17.9 PPG, 7.9 RPG, 2.7 APG
So. SF 33 Kylan Gerads (5-11, Albany, Minn.) 12.8 PPG, 6.3 RPG
Sr. PF 1 Maddie Thorfinnson (6-0, Glenwood, Minn.) 4.3 PPG, 2.4 RPG
Sr. C 35 Kennadi Buccholz (6-0, De Smet, S.D.) 1.5 PPG, 1.1 RPG
Top Bench Contributors
Jr. F 34 Natalie Nielsen (6-3, Akron, Iowa) 13.2 PPG, 8.7 RPG
Jr. G 10 Brynn Busse (5-6, Winthrop, Minn.) 4.7 PPG, 1.9 RPG
Fr. G 23 Allie Haabala (5-6, Alexandria, Minn. 3.3 PPG, 1.0 RPG
So. F 5 Elizabeth Wagner (6-0, Luverne, Minn.) 2.9 PPG, 3.1 RPG
FIRST QUARTER-
SECOND QUARTER –
THIRD QUARTER –
FOURTH QUARTER –
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final | |
| UMC | |||||
| Southwest |
| For UMC | Points | Rebounds | Misc. |
| Emma Miller | |||
| Rayna Klejeski | |||
| Riley Jenkins | |||
| Natalie Mikrot | |||
| Halle Winjum | |||
| Anna Westby | |||
| Brynlea Mahlen |
