The Omaha Mavericks take the road to North Dakota for a pair of Summit League contests. The Mavericks start the road trip against the Fighting Hawks on Thursday, Jan. 11 at 7 p.m. 

The game can be heard on 1180 The Zone with Jon Schriner on the call. Links to live stats, audio, and video are available on OMavs.com.

Quick Hits
    • The Mavericks enter this weekend's contests with a 4-11 overall record, having gone 1-6 on the road and 0-2 in conference play. 
    • Omaha last played Montana with the home-court advantage and fell 81-60. 
    • Omaha was led by the only double-digit scorer Katie Keitges with 17 points going 6-of-11 on the field and 5-of-9 behind the arc. Leading in rebounds was Polina Nikulochkina with six. Three Mavericks notched two assists including Aaliyah Stanley, P. Nikulochkina, and Kennedi Grant. Grace Cave and Deanay Watson each recorded two blocked shots. Omaha was outshot on field goals 40% (22-of-55) to 47.5% (29-of-61). Though the Mavericks did lead three-point attempts 43.8% (7-of-16) to 29.6% (8-of-27). On the line the Mavericks also best the Lady Griz (69.2%, 9-of-13 vs. 62.5%, 15-of-24).
    • Against Eastern Washington earlier in the week, Aaliyah paced with 32 points. On the field she went 11-of-17 and a perfect 6-of-6 on three-point attempts. On the charity stripe, Stanley sunk 4-of-5. On top of her stellar offense, she notched two steals and one rebound. 
    • The Mavericks 16.6 free throws made per game ranks them 11th in the nation and first in the conference. 
    • Omaha stays in the top-30 at the 28th spot for bench points with 27.5 per game. 
    • Their scoring offense of 74.4 average points per game, ranks them 73rd nationally. And ranking them 72nd is their three-point percent of .347.
    •  Stanley has gone 42-of-48 on the line and is currently shooting 87.5% from the line, which now ranks her 37th among all Division 1 players who are eligible to be ranked. 
    • Stanley paces the team with 197 points, averaging 13.1 per game. She has now improved to a .481 field goal percentage. Going 27-of-53 she holds a team-high .509 three-point percentage. 
    • Leading the Mavericks in total and defensive rebounds is Grace Cave with 64 and 51, respectively. P. Nikulochkina has now moved into the spot as team leader in offensive rebounds with 18. 
    • Cave has taken over as assist leader with 47, averaging 3.1 per game. With 24, Grant leads the team in steals and Cave leads with six blocks. 

Scouting the North Dakota Fighting Hawks
    • North Dakota comes into Thursday's competition with a 4-11 overall record and a 0-2 Summit League record.
    • UND fell to Eastern Washington 72-65 Saturday and went 1-1 during the Summit League - Big Sky Challenge. UND led 26-25 after a defensive-heavy first half that saw both teams shoot under .350 percent from the field.
    • In a back-and-forth contest, the lead changed hands 18 times and neither team led by more than eight points. Kacie Borowicz led the Hawks in scoring for the 10th time this season with 8 points. She also grabbed seven rebounds and had two assists. Kiera Pemberton added 10 points, while Sammiyah Hoskin totaled seven points and nine boards.
    • In UND's first game of the Summit League - Big Sky Challenge, Miranda VanderWal had a career day to lead the Hawks to a 78-72 win over Idaho State on Jan. 3. She led NoDak in scoring for the first time this season with a career-high 18 points on 7-of-10 shooting, including her first three-pointer in the green and white. Alongside her scoring output, VanderWal also dished the rock against ISU tying for a team-high with four assists, another new career-best, as UND tied a season-high with 16 assists as a team. VanderWal grabbed seven rebounds in the contest, with two off the offensive glass, and swatted two Bengal shot attempts.
    • With her 32 points against St. Thomas, Kacie Borowicz set the North Dakota Division I scoring record passing Lexi Klabo's total of 1,633 points. Borowicz moved into seventh on the UND all-time scoring list. Borowicz has reached the 20-point mark in six games this season and has been the Hawks's leading scorer 10 times. The fifth-year guard from Roseau, Minn. scored 674 points last season, the most by a Fighting Hawks since Marisa Leighton's 682 points in 2003-04.
    • NoDak trails opponents in scoring and rebounds by -7.8 and -3.2 margins, respectively. 
    • From the field, the Fighting Hawks shoot a .371 percent, and only .257 behind the arc. From the line, they have gone 185-of-254 for a .728 free throw percent. 
    • Kacie Borowicz is one to watch for UND. On the line she shoots a .924, ranking her top-five in the nation. With an average of 20.2 points per game, she ranks 18th nationally. 
    • Their block leader, Miranda Vanderwal, has made 17 blocks this season averaging 1.13 a game. 
    
All-Time Against North Dakota
Omaha has only won 11 games against North Dakota all-time, compared to the NoDak's 55 wins.