MANKATO, Minn.-- The Bethany Lutheran women's basketball team (8-2 overall) hosts Valley City State (3-6) Saturday at 3 p.m.

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The Series
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Bethany Lutheran
Junior Abby Olson (Montevideo, Minn.) leads the team with 20.6 PPG, classmate Hanna Geistfeld (Truman, Minn.) has 19.5 PPG, and junior Kenlie Pytleski (East Chain, Minn.) has 11.6 PPG. Geistfeld nearly averages a double double with a team-high 9.8 rebounds/game and Olson has a team-best 36 assists.

Career Record Watch
Olson ranks second in three-point field goals (128), fifth in points (1,026), sixth in assists (213), seventh in field goals (334), and eighth in free throws (222). Geistfeld is fifth in field goals (363) and seventh in points (940). Pytleski is eighth in blocks (49). Senior Emily Skrien (Nicollet, Minn.) is ninth in three-point field goals (71).

National Stat Rankings
Bethany Lutheran ranks in the top 100 of 13 national stat categories, the NCAA released Tuesday.

The Vikings are: 17th in free throw percentage (75.7), 27th in free throws (168), 42nd in rebound margin (9.3), 47th in scoring offense (74.8 PPG), 50th in won-lost percentage (80.0), 51st in rebounds/game (44.90) and three-point field goals/game (7.8), 58th in three-point field goals (78), 70th in assist turnover ratio (0.93), 79th in assists/game (15.2), 85th in rebounds (449), 91st in points (748), and 99th in assists (152).

Individually, Geistfeld is 33rd in points/game (19.5), 35th in double doubles (5), 42nd in field goal percentage (54.1), 43rd in free thros (48), 51st in field goals (72) and points (195), 77th in rebounds/game (9.8), 79th in rebounds (98),

Olson is 21st in points/game (20.6), 34th in three-point field goals/game (2.90), 37th in points (206) and three-point field goals (29), 49th in free throws (47), 75th in three-point field goal percentage (40.3), and 96th in field goals (65).


Valley City State
Mackenzie Huber leads her team with 13.1 PPG and 7.1 rebounds/game. The Vikings enter the weekend on a two-game losing streak.