The Omaha Mavericks head to Minnesota to play the St. Thomas Tommies on Thursday, Feb. 1 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 head to the Twin Cities with a 5-16 overall record, going 1-9 on the road and 1-7 in conference play. 
    • Omaha last played at Baxter where they defeated Denver 80-77 in a thrilling game, picking up their first Summit League win and breaking a 10 game losing streak. 
    • Kennedi Grant led Omaha with a career-high 24 points. Grant went 7-of-13 on the field and 9-of-12 on the free throw line. Also in double-digits was Katie Keitges with 15 points going 5-of-6 from the arc. Keitges accounted for five of the eight threes made. Cora Olsen also hit 15 points after going a perfect 9-of-9 on the free throw line and 3-of-9 from the field. Olsen also carried the team-high six rebounds and Grant led with three steals. 
    • Omaha trailed just behind Denver in field goals 48.1% (25-of-52) to 48.3% (28-of-58). The Mavericks nearly doubled the Pioneers three-pointers going 57.1% (8-of-14) to 26.3% (5-of-19). On the free throw line, Omaha scored more but trailed in shot percentage (81.5%, 22-of-27 vs. 84.2%, 16-of-19).
    • The Mavericks' 17.67 free throws made per game ranks them second in the nation and first in the conference. 
    • Omaha averages 73.7 points per game, ranking them 67th for scoring offense nationally and third in the Summit. From the arc they are shooting a .350, placing them at 51 in the national ranking.
    • With 25.9 average bench points per game, the Mavericks rank in the top 30 and third in the conference.
    • Cave has gone 49-of-60 on the free throw line this season for a .817 percent, ranking her 106th among all D1 players. 
    • Keitges, having just shot 5-of-6 threes in the last game, ranks 125th for her 41 threes. 
    • Aaliyah Stanley continues to lead the Mavericks with 254 points, averaging 12.1 per game. 
    • Deanay Watson leads the team with 87 rebounds and Kennedi Grant leads with 32 steals.
    • Cave leads in both assists (64) and blocks (9). 

Scouting the St. Thomas Tommies 
    • St. Thomas hosts Omaha with a 12-9 overall record and 4-3 conference record. 
    • The Tommies are tied for fourth in the conference standings. 
    • St. Thomas got back to its winning ways on Saturday. After a road loss to North Dakota State, the Tommies rebounded with a 76-66 victory over North Dakota, earning their first Summit League sweep of the 2023-24 season. 
    • Amber Scalia was lights out for St. Thomas in Grand Forks, scoring a career-high 32 points on 9-19 shooting, including a 5-10 clip from beyond the arc. In fact, when the Fighting Hawks were starting to gain momentum, it was Scalia who flipped the script, scoring 13 of her 32 points in the final five minutes of the second quarter to secure a 34-19 lead for the Tommies. 
    • St. Thomas' defense was also superb, as the Tommies did not allow North Dakota to score a single point for an eight-minute stretch over the second and third quarters.
    • There's a new member in the Tommies 1000 point club. Junior Jade Hill became the first St. Thomas women's basketball player in the DI era to surpass the 1000 point milestone.

All-Time Against St. Thomas
Omaha had the leg up in the all-time series, going 3-1.