MANKATO, Minn. --- The Minnesota State women's basketball team will return home from its two-game road trip to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan when it faces Bethany Lutheran College Monday, Nov. 26 at 6:00 p.m., at Taylor Center.  

Mavericks at a Glance: Minnesota State (2-1, 0-0 NSIC), enters the week after taking to the road for the first time this season, and splitting a pair of games with Northern Michigan and Michigan Tech.  Friday afternoon the Mavericks lost to the Northern Michigan Wildcats 71-51, but Sunday afternoon they bounced back defeating the Michigan Tech Huskies 72-68 in an overtime thriller.  

Impact Mavericks: Junior forward Taylor Drost is the leading scorer for the Mavericks averaging 11 points per game, including a 21-point outing against the Huskies. Senior guard Monica Muth is also averaging double figure points per game with 10.3, and leads the team with seven three pointers made, shooting them at .583%.  Sophomore forward Brooke Tonsfeldt is the leading Maverick in rebounds averaging 6.7 per game and also is averaging 3.3 steals per game.  

Stat Pack: As a team Minnesota State is averaging 72 points per game in comparison to its opponents' 68.3. Additionally, the Mavericks average 38 rebounds per game and dish out 14.3 assists per game.

Scouting Bethany Lutheran:  Bethany Lutheran is located in Mankato, Minn., and is currently 4-0 on the season. The Vikings are members of the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC). Bethany Lutheran is led by head coach Lyle Jones who is in his 17th season with the Vikings.  
As a team this season, the Vikings net 75.8 points per game in comparison to its opponents' 66.0. Bethany Lutheran also snatches 43.5 rebounds and dishes out 14.5 assists per contest. 

The Vikings are led by sophomore guard Abby Olson who is averaging 21 points and 7.3 rebounds per game.  Also averaging double digit points per game for Bethany Lutheran are Haley Sandin and Hanna Geistfeld with 16.3 and 14.8 points per game respectively

Monday's game will mark the second all-time meeting between these two programs, the first of which was a Maverick 93-54 win in 2005.

Looking Ahead: Minnesota State will remain home to face Concordia-St. Paul in the conference play opener, Saturday, Dec. 1 at 2:00 p.m.