The University of Minnesota Duluth continues its four-game road trip this weekend, taking on a pair of Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference South Division opponents in Upper Iowa University and Winona State University.

UMD (10-12, 7-11 NSIC) suffered a pair of setbacks last weekend, including a heartbreaker on free throws in the closing seconds when MSU-Moorhead knocked off the Bulldogs on Saturday night. Friday night, Northern State held the Bulldogs to just 32.4 percent shooting in the opening half to hold them off despite a hot-scoring second half (14-of-23 as a squad), led by

Winona State (8-14, 4-14 NSIC) enters the weekend mired in an 11-game losing streak with its last victory coming on the road to Bemidji State on Jan. 3 to start the second half of the season. Last weekend, Wayne State dropped 91 on the Warriors while holding them to 57, the third-lowest scoring output by Winona all season. The 34 -point margin of defeat is the largest of the season. Senior forward Abby Busch hit a career milestone last time out when she scored her 1,000th career points. Busch is 17th in the NSIC with 15.0 points per game and 15th with 7.0 boards. As a squad, Winona State has scored just 60.4 PPG this season but has the third-best scoring defense in the NSIC at 62.2 PPG.

The Warriors knocked off UMD 56-74 on Feb. 27 last season in the NSIC tournament. Winona State is one of just two teams in the NSIC with a winning record against the Bulldogs at 62-79.

The weekend tips off on Friday night with Upper Iowa and UMD meeting at 6:00 p.m. The Bulldogs then stop in Winona for an afternoon tilt with the Warriors at 4:00 p.m.

 

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