Sioux Center, Iowa – The Dordt Defenders will host Northwestern in Great Plains Athletic Conference basketball on Wednesday, December 8 in Sioux Center, Iowa at 6:00 pm.
Northwestern is 10-1 this season and 4-1 in the conference after starting the season with a 10-0 mark the Raiders lost to Concordia on December 4 in overtime.
Molly Schany scores 16 points per game with 6.6 rebounds and she is converting 66 percent of her field goals. Devyn Kemble converts 14.1 points per game and Taylor Vander Velde is averaging 11.7 points per game with 5.5 rebounds per outing. Maddie Jones converts 10.2 points per game with 5.7 rebounds and Jada Cunningham is good for 10.1 points per game. Jones and Cunningham have 4.8 and 4.5 assists per game averages.
Northwestern is averaging 78 points per game while allowing 60 and the Raiders are making 49 percent of their field goals while foes convert 39. Northwestern converts 37 percent of its three-point shots and hold foes to 27 percent and Northwestern shoots 22 free throws per game and make 70 percent of them. The Raiders are outrebounding teams 39-30.
Kristin Rotert is in her first season as head coach for the Raiders after serving as the Director of Operations at South Dakota State University.
Dordt is 6-5 this season with a 1-4 GPAC mark and is looking to break a three game losing skid.
The Defenders are outscoring teams 71.6-70.1 and outrebounding teams 38.7-36.3. Teams convert 41.6 percent of their field goals and Dordt is at 38.6 percent success.
Ashtyn Veerbeek averages 18.5 points per game with 8.7 rebounds and 2.9 blocks. Bailey Beckman converts 10.8 points per game with 17 made three-point baskets and Janie Schoonhoven is at 10.2 points per game with 6.7 rebounds. Hayden Heimensen converts 9.4 points per game and Karly Gustafson add 8.8 points per contest and Mya Chmielewski is good for 7.8 points per contest.
