SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- The No. 8 Winona State women's basketball team continues NSIC/Sanford Health Tournament play against Augustana in the semifinals at 8 p.m. Monday at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls.

AUGUSTANA vs WINONA STATE FIRST LOOK:
Overall Series: Vikings lead 21-8 ... 30th Meeting
First meeting: Nov. 16, 1984 ... AUGIE won 79-57
Last meeting: Feb. 20, 2016 ... WSU won 69-59
Last AUGIE win over WSU: Feb. 21, 2015 ... AUGIE won 83-65 
WSU Last Game: W, 68-64 vs Concordia-St. Paul
AUGIE Last Game: W, 79-74 vs MSU Moorhead

LAST TIME OUT: The Warriors pushed their winning streak to a program record-tying 13 games with a 68-64 win over Concordia-St. Paul in the quarterfinals. Alexis Foley scored 18 points on 6-of-13 shooting, while Jenny Weiland scored a career-high 15 points off the bench. WSU outscored the Golden Bears 26-13 in the final quarter after trailing by nine points to start the period to mount the comeback.

REGULAR SEASON RECAP: The Warriors assembled the most storied regular season in program history, setting a school record with 27 overall wins and 20 NSIC victories.

GOING FOR A RECORD: The Warriors, who set a program record with 13 consecutive wins to open the season, have accomplished the feat for a second time after their quarterfinal win over Concordia. A win over Augustana would WSU a program record for consecutive wins as well as the first 30-win season in program history.

LAST TIME VS. THE VIKINGS: The Warriors ended the regular season with a 69-59 win over the Vikings in Sioux Falls. Tara Roelofs had a game-high 21 points, while Connor Nagle and Kayla Timmerman added 14 points. WSU also took the first game of the season series at home with 73-49 victory as all five starters reached double figures.

WHAT A WIN WOULD MEAN: A win over the Vikings would send the Warriors to their second NSIC/Sanford Health Tournament championship game in program history, as the Warriors won the program's only title in 2011.

LAST YEAR IN THE TOURNAMENT: The Warriors earned a 67-62 win over U-Mary in the opening round thanks to a late 3-pointer from Connor Nagle before falling to MSU Moorhead 93-84 in the Quarterfinals  at the Pentagon in Sioux Falls.

FIRST CHAMPIONSHIP: The Warriors secured their first NSIC regular season in program history with their win over Concordia-St. Paul in the regular season finale. The Warriors have one NSIC Tournament title to their name as well, earning the 2011 crown with a 63-61 victory over Concordia-St. Paul on the Golden Bears' home floor.

THREE-TIME NAGLE: Senior Connor Nagle is making the most of her final stretches of her Warrior career, earning the last three NSIC Player of the Week Awards. Nagle has made at least four 3-pointers in the past seven games and 42 during that span (54.5 percent). She leads the NSIC in field goal percentage at 45.2 percent.

NAGLE NEARS A RECORD: Nagle moved into second place in the WSU record book for 3-pointers made in a season, surpassing assistant coach Ana Wurtz who had 92 in the 2008-09 season. Nagle currently has 100, three shy of Becca Friestleben's record of 103 set in 2012-13.

LIGHTS-OUT SHOOTING: The Warriors' win over Minnesota Crookston marked the most efficient shooting performance of any team in DIvision II this season. WSU shot a sweltering 67.8 percent (40-of-59) from the field, more than two percentage points better than Western Washington's 65.7 percent performance this season.

OFFENSE AND DEFENSE: The Warriors are statistically superior on both offense and defense. WSU leads the NSIC in both field goal percentage (45.4 percent) and field goal percentage defense (34.1 percent) while ranking 2nd in scoring offense (73.8 percent, behind only Augie's 75.0) and first in scoring defense (55.2, ahead of Northern St.'s 59.7).

200 FOR BALLARD: WSU head coach Scott Ballard won his 200th game at WSU earlier this season at Bemidji State. The winningest coach in program history, Ballard is in his 12th season at WSU with a record of 207-140. In his 26-year NCAA coaching career, he holds a record of 476-274.

TIMMERMAN'S BLOCK PARTY: Kayla Timmerman is having a record setting season when it comes to blocks. She's already set single-season (87+) and game (11) records and ranks third in Division II with 3.22 blocks per game.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Senior guard Alexis Foley notched WSU's first NSIC South Division Player of the Week accolade on  Feb. 1 after leading the Warriors to wins over BSU and UMC. Foley averaged 19.5 points and 7.5 assists with a fantastic 15-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio. She added her first career double-double against UMC with 17 points and a career-high 11 assists. Foley shot 65 percent in the games. The Warriors have four player of the week awardees this season.

ATOP THE NATION: The Warriors currently rank in the top five in Division II in a pair of statistical categories. WSU remains the No. 1 team in the nation in free throw shooting at 80.4% - the only team above 80%, while WSU ranks No. 2 in assist-to-turnover ratio at 1.35, behind only NSIC South foe Sioux Falls' 1.44.

NATIONAL RANKING: The Warriors remained at No. 8 in the latest WBCA Top 25 Coaches' poll, the highest ranking in program history. 

REGIONAL RANKING: The Warriors were ranked third in the second NCAA Central Region rankings released last Wednesday. Pittsburg State jumped to No. 1, followed by Fort Hays State, while previous No. 1 fell to No. 4.

LIMITING STAR PLAYERS: The Warriors have allowed just four opposing players to reach 20 points this season, while the Warriors have accomplished the feat on 16 occasions.