THIS WEEK
The North Dakota State (6-2) women's basketball team continues its road swing with a midweek encounter at Northern Iowa (4-3) on Tuesday night. Tip-off is set for 5:00 p.m. at McLeod Center.
 
GAME COVERAGE
Radio: Andy Rieckhoff (play-by-play) will be on the call on Bison 1660.
 
Watch: The contest will be available on ESPN+ for subscribers.
 
GoBison.com: Live statistics, audio and video links are available on GoBison.com.
 
BISON QUICK HITS

• The Bison enter the week with a 6-2 overall record.
• NDSU is coming off a 66-65 loss at Central Michigan on Saturday.
• This will be the third straight week the Bison will be on the road. NDSU has a 2-2 mark in road games this season.
• NDSU begins the week slotted No. 19 in the College Insider Mid-Major Top 25 Poll, while Northern Iowa is ranked No. 22.
• This will be the 10th all-time meeting between NDSU and Northern Iowa dating back to 2008. The Panthers lead the all-time series, 7-2.
• Elle Evans has reached double figures in scoring in each of her last five games, including a season-high 17 points at Central Michigan.
• Heaven Hamling has drained a team-high 19 three-pointers through the first eight games this  season. She has totaled 143 triples over three seasons and is positioned in sixth place on the NDSU all-time three-point field goals list. She needs only two three-pointers to tie Katie Lorenz for fifth place in Bison history.

LAST TIME OUT
Central Michigan drained three free throws in the final seconds to sneak past NDSU, 66-65, at McGuirk Arena on Saturday. Elle Evans paced NDSU with a season-high 17 points to go along with a season-best five assists and five rebounds. Emily Behnke also notched her first-career double-double with a career-high 15 points and 10 rebounds.
 
COLLEGE INSIDER MID-MAJOR TOP 25 POLL
NDSU debuted at No. 19 in the latest College Insider Mid-Major Top 25 Poll last week. It marked the first time the Bison were listed since the 2020-21 season.
 
STACKIN' WINS
The Bison started the season with a 6-0 overall record before falling short at Eastern Michigan. It marked the best start to a season since 2004-05. NDSU began the 2004-05 season winning its first 24 games and finished with a 26-1 overall record.
 
LIFE ON THE ROAD
NDSU is in the middle of a six-game road swing covering three total weeks. Over that span, the Bison will travel over 3,400 miles and visit four different states (Nevada, Michigan, Iowa, Wisconsin).
 
IOWA CONNECTIONS
Abbie Draper is a native of Waverly, Iowa and was a First Team All-State selection at Waverly Shell Rock High School. She surpassed the 1,000 career points mark with 1,318 and helped guide her team to back-to-back appearances in the state championship during her sophomore and junior seasons.
 
TOUGH DEFENSE
NDSU is averaging 5.0 blocks per game, which ranks third in the Summit League and 32nd in the nation. The Bison notched a season-high eight blocks against Valley City State and Eastern Michigan this season.
 
HISTORIC PERFORMANCE
Heaven Hamling posted a career-high 39 points on 11-of-19 shooting from the field and 7-of-12 shooting from three in the win over Nevada.  The Grand Rapids, Minn., native also went 10-of-10 from the free throw line and added six rebounds, three steals and one assist to her stat line.
 
Her 39 points rank as the third-most all-time in a single-game at NDSU and marked her second career 30-point performance. Hamling is one of only five players in the country to post 39 or more points in a single-game this season. Additionally, her seven triples against the Wolf Pack rank as tied for the ninth-most in a single-game in the nation this season.
 
1,000 CAREER POINTS FOR NO. 11
Heaven Hamling has surpassed the 1,000 career points milestone with 1,031. She started her career at Stephen F. Austin State for one season in 2018-19 and netted 174 points. Hamling has totaled 857 points over the last three seasons at NDSU.
 
HAMLING CHASES HISTORY
Heaven Hamling enters the 2022-23 season with the opportunity to leave her name in NDSU history. She's positioned inside the top 10 in Bison history in scoring average (6th, 14.0), three-point field goals made (6th, 143), three-point field goal percentage (3rd, .406) and free throw percentage (2nd, .884).
 
NOT PLAYING LIKE A FRESHMAN
Elle Evans is off to a fast start in her freshman season starting all eight games and is averaging 12.5 points per game. She has hit double figures in scoring in each of her last five games, including a season-high 17 points at Central Michigan.
 
BROWN FITS RIGHT IN
In her first season at NDSU, Taylor Brown has fit right in starting each of the first eight games. The Lakeville, Minn., native is averaging 9.6 points per game and has reached double digits in scoring in three games.  Brown notched her first double-double of the season with a game-high 16 points and 10 rebounds in the win over Minnesota.
 
CONTRIBUTING OFF THE BENCH
Abbie Draper and Abby Graham have both come off the bench in all eight games this season. Draper is averaging 6.0 points per game and has reached double digits in scoring twice. Graham has added 5.5 points per game and netted a season-high 11 points in the win over Minnesota.
 
WHO'S BACK THIS YEAR?
The Bison return six letterwinnners from last season, including three starters: Heaven Hamling, Abby Schulte and Katie Hildebrandt.
 
WELCOME TO THE SQUAD
The roster features eight newcomers this season: Taylor Brown, Kristina Ekofo Yomane, Abbie Draper, Elle Evans, Marwa Bedziri, Abby Graham, Leah Mackenzie and Georgia Baldwin.
 
NEW, BUT PLENTY OF EXPERIENCE
Three of the eight newcomers on the roster this season have played at least 10 NCAA games in their careers. Taylor Brown appeared in 95 games over four seasons at American and Abbie Draper played in 26 games with 15 starts during her freshman season at Bradley last year. Georgia Baldwin also appeared in 11 games at Eastern Kentucky over the last two seasons.
 
NEW LOOK COACHING STAFF
The NDSU coaching staff has a new look this season with addition of assistant coaches Jaime Adams and Michaela Crall. Adams is back for her second stint with the program after spending four seasons from 2008-12 as an assistant coach. She also played at NDSU from 1997-01 and was inducted to the Bison Athletic Hall of Fame in 2019.
 
Crall comes to NDSU after spending last season at Dubuque as an assistant coach. She also played for Wisconsin for three seasons from 2013-16 before starting her career in coaching as an undergraduate coach. Emily Dietz, who played at NDSU from 2017-22 and is the all-time leader games played, returns as a graduate manager this season.
 
STARTING A NEW 3-POINT STREAK
NDSU shot 1-of-9 from three at Kansas State last season, which ended a streak of 56 straight games that the Bison have netted at least two triples. The Bison have bounced back and have connected at least two triples in each of their last 30 games.
 
NDSU has a recent history of assembling lengthy three-point streaks. The Bison went 0-of-14 from three-point range against Valparaiso in 2019-20, ending a streak of 113 straight games with at least two 3-pointers.
 
PRESEASON ALL-SUMMIT LEAGUE FIRST TEAM
Heaven Hamling was selected to the Preseason All-Summit League First Team. She started all 29 games last season and logged a team-high 34.4 minutes per contest. Hamling ranked ninth in the Summit League with a team-best 14.3 points per game and reached double digits in scoring in 24 of 29 games. The Grand Rapids, Minn., native led the conference in three-point field goals per game with 2.31 and three-point field goal percentage shooting 39.0 percent.
 
SUMMIT LEAGUE PRESEASON POLL
NDSU was picked to finish fifth in the Summit League Preseason Poll. South Dakota State garnered 36 first place votes to take the top spot, while South Dakota picked up four first place votes in second place. Oral Roberts closed out the top three in third place.
 
BISON IN GREECE
Over the span of eight days, the Bison had the opportunity to practice, play two games and learn about the culture in Greece during a trip in August. NDSU spent the first four days in Athens before concluding the trip in Glyfada.
 
THE SERIES VS. NORTHERN IOWA
This will be the 10th all-time meeting between NDSU and Northern Iowa dating back to 2008 with the Panthers leading the series, 7-2. In their most recent meeting last season, Northern Iowa edged NDSU, 76-63, at Scheels Center. Heaven Hamling netted 10 points with four rebounds and four assists.
 
LOOKING AHEAD
NDSU will continue its road swing at Green Bay on Saturday. Tip-off is set for 1:00 p.m.