MANKATO, Minn.-- The Bethany Lutheran women's basketball team (14-2 overall, 7-1 UMAC) concludes a three-game road trip and will face Minnesota-Morris (9-7, 5-3) Saturday at 4:45 p.m. The Vikings are in first and the Cougars are tied for fourth in the conference standings. BLC enters the weekend on an nine-game winning streak.

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The Series
Minnesota-Morris leads the series at 23-11, though the Vikings have won the last three-straight meetings. This includes the meeting in Mankato on Jan. 8 where BLC won 69-66.

Bethany Lutheran
Junior Hanna Geistfeld (Truman, Minn.) leads the team with 20.9 PPG. Classmates Abby Olson (Montevideo, Minn.) and Kenlie Pytleski (East Chain, Minn.) follow with 19.7 and 10.3 PPG, respectively.

Geistfeld nearly averages a double double with a team-high 9.6 rebounds/game and Olson has a team-best 54 assists and 30 steals.

Career Record Watch
Olson ranks second in three-point field goals (143), fourth in points (1,135) and assists (231), sixth in steals (137) and field goals (366), and seventh in free throws (255). Geistfeld is fourth in field goals (419), sixth in points (1,080), and ninth in rebounds (498). Pytleski is sixth in blocks (58). Senior Emily Skrien (Nicollet, Minn.) is ninth in three-point field goals (54).

Season Record Watch
Olson is tied for ninth in three-point field goals (41).

Against the Conference
BLC leads the league in offense (77.5 PPG), field goal percentage (.428), and assist turnover ratio (1.03).

Geistfeld is the second-leading scorer (19.5 PPG) and Olson is sixth (16.5). Geistfeld is also first in field goal percentage (.616), and free throw percentage (.895), and third in rebounds (8.8/game).

Minnesota-Morris
Mia Wassink  leads the Cougars with 16.1 PPG. Lexus Eagle Chasing follows with 11.7 and Abby Van Kempen completes the leaders with 11.2 PPG. Van Kempen is the leading rebounder with 7.8/game.