MANKATO, Minn.-- The Bethany Lutheran women's basketball team (11-2 overall, 4-1 UMAC) concludes its four-game homestand Wednesday against North Central (6-7, 3-2) at 7:15 p.m. The Vikings are tied for second in the conference standings and and the Rams are fifth . BLC enters the week on a six-game winning streak.

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The Series
BLC owns the all-time series lead at 17-0.

Bethany Lutheran
Junior Hanna Geistfeld (Truman, Minn.) leads the team with 21.8 PPG. Classmates Abby Olson (Montevideo, Minn.) and Kenlie Pytleski (East Chain, Minn.) follow with 19.8 and 10.6 PPG, respectively.

Geistfeld nearly averages a double double with a team-high 9.6 rebounds/game and Olson has a team-best 43 assists and 27 steals.

Career Record Watch
Olson ranks second in three-point field goals (136), fifth in points (1,077) and assists (220), sixth in steals (134), seventh in field goals (349), and eighth in free throws (238). Geistfeld is fourth in field goals (399), sixth in points (1,029), and ninth in rebounds (470). Pytleski is tied for sixth in blocks (53). Senior Emily Skrien (Nicollet, Minn.) is ninth in three-point field goals (71).

Against the Conference
Geistfeld is the league's leading scorer (21.0 PPG), ranks first in free throw percentage (.885) and in field goal percentage (.612), and is the third-leading rebounder (8.4/game). Olson is the seventh-leading scorer (14.8 PPG).

National Stat Rankings
Bethany Lutheran ranks in the top 100 of 12 national stat categories, the NCAA released Monday.

The Vikings are: 18th in free throws (223), 25th in scoring offense (76.2 PPG), 28th in free throw percentage (74.1), 30th in rebound margin (9.5), 34th in rebounds/game (45.54), 35th in won-lost percentage (84.6), 41st in assists/game (16.1), 61st in points (990), 66th in assists (209), 75th in scoring margin (10.7), 81st in rebounds (592), and 84th in assist turnover ratio (0.92).

Individually, Geistfeld is 10th in points/game (21.8), 12th in field goal percentage (58.7), 14th in field goals (108), 16th in points (284), 28th in free throws (65), 87th in rebounds/game (9.6), and 89th in rebounds (125).

Olson is 27th in points/game (19.8), 34th in free throws (63), 38th in points (257), 62nd in three-point field goals (34) and three-point field goals/game (2.62).

North Central
The Rams have three players in double figures as Naomi Hagstrom has 14.9 PPG, Emily DiGiorgio has 13.0 and Allison Bulthuis has 10.5. DiGiorgio is the leading rebounder with 8.5 boards/game