MANKATO, Minn.-- The Bethany Lutheran women's basketball team (9-2 overall, 2-1 UMAC) continues its four-game homestand Wednesday against Minnesota-Morris (7-4, 3-0) at 7:15 p.m. The Cougars stand atop the conference standings and the Vikings are fourth. Both teams enter the contest on a four-game winning streak.

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The Series
Minnesota-Morris leads the series at 23-10, though the Vikings have won the last two-straight meetings.

Bethany Lutheran
Junior Abby Olson (Montevideo, Minn.) leads the team with 21.1 PPG, classmate Hanna Geistfeld (Truman, Minn.) has 20.4 PPG, and junior Kenlie Pytleski (East Chain, Minn.) has 10.7 PPG. Geistfeld nearly averages a double double with a team-high 9.8 rebounds/game and Olson has a team-best 38 assists and 21 steals.

Career Record Watch
Olson ranks second in three-point field goals (132), fifth in points (1,052), sixth in assists (215), seventh in field goals (343), and eighth in free throws (226). Geistfeld is fifth in field goals (375) and seventh in points (969). Pytleski is eighth in blocks (51). Senior Emily Skrien (Nicollet, Minn.) is ninth in three-point field goals (71).

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

The Vikings are: 25th in free throw percentage (74.2), 29th in free throws (184), 33rd in rebound margin (9.3), 36th in scoring (75.0 PPG), 42nd in won-lost percentage (81.8), 44th in rebounds/game (45.64), 61st in assist turnover ratio (0.94) and three-point field goals/game (7.5), 75th in assists/game (15.4), 76th in three-point field goals (83), and 88th in points (825) and rebounds (502).

Individually, Geistfeld is 23rd in field goal percentage (55.6), 25th in scoring (20.4 PPG), 29th in double doubles (6), 33rd in field goals (84), 40th in points (224), 41st in free throws (53), 76th in rebounds/game (9.8), and 81st in rebounds (108).

Olson is 15th in scoring (21.1 PPG), 23rd in three-point field goals/game (3.00), 27th in points (232), 29th in three-point field goals (33), 56th in free throws (51), 83rd in field goals (74), and 89th in three-point field goal percentage (38.4).

Against the Conference
Minnesota-Morris leads the league in scoring (77.3 PPG), rebounding margin (12.0), field goal percentage (.428), and assist turnover ratio (1.08). Mia Wassink is the third-leading scorer (17.3 PPG) and leads the conference in field goal percentage (.564).

Olson is the fifth-leading scorer (16.3 PPG) and Geistfeld is ninth (15.0 PPG). Geistfeld is third in rebounds (8.3/game) and Pytleski is fourth (7.7). Pytleski is first in three-point field goal percentage (.421).

Minnesota-Morris
The Cougars have three players in double digits: Mia Wassink has 16.1 PPG, Lexus Eagle Chasing has 12.9 and Abby Van Kempen has 12.3.