Orange City, Iowa — Northwestern College plays host to No.9 Dordt for a GPAC women’s basketball match-up Wednesday night, Jan. 5, at the Bultman Center. Tip-off is scheduled for 6pm. Northwestern is in seventh place in the current league standings with a 7-9 record, 12-9 overall. Dordt is fourth in the GPAC at 12-4, 20-4 overall.
Dordt has won three straight, six of its last seven, heading into Wednesday night’s rivalry game. They sit in fourth place in the current GPAC standings, 1/2 game in back of Morningside and a comfortable three-game cushion over DWU with six left in the regular season. The Defenders own wins over Jamestown, Doane and Midland during their current streak.
Harmsen brings back three starters and eight players from a 2018-19 team that qualified for the NAIA D-II National Championship for the first time in program history, losing in the first round. They finished tied with Hastings for fourth place in the GPAC with a 13-9 record, 20-12 overall. Harmsen was named the 2018-19 GPAC Coach of the Year and his squad was picked second in this year’s GPAC preseason poll.
The Red Raiders have lost straight, two of which were to top-five teams (Concordia, Hastings), to fall into seventh place in the current GPAC standings at 7-9, 12-9 overall. They are 2-6 since the new year, defeating College of Saint Mary and Doane.
Earlier this season Northwestern was outscored by 10 in the second half in losing to then ranked #5 Dordt University 92-84 in a fast-paced, high intensity match-up played earlier this season (Nov.20) in Sioux Center, Iowa.
