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Dordt will face Briar Cliff on Saturday, January 14 at 4:00 in Sioux Center.  

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DORDT

2022-23 Overall record/Great Plains Athletic Conference: 16-1/10-1
National Rating: 3

2022-23 Schedule

• Oct. 27 Def. Presentation 107-48
• Nov. 1   Def. Dakota State 89-68 @ The Pentagon in Sioux Falls, SD
• Nov. 8   Def. Bellevue 77-53
• Nov.11 Def. Trinity Christian 82-69 @ Orange City, IA
• Nov. 12 Def. Dickinson State 70-46 @ Orange City, IA
• Nov. 16 Def. @ Morningside  88-72
• Nov. 19 Def. Concordia 76-65
• Nov. 22 Def. @ Briar Cliff 81-75
• Nov. 30 Def. College of Saint Mary 79-42
• Dec. 3   Def. @ Midland 84-63
• Dec. 7   Def. Northwestern 65-55
• Dec. 10 Def. Dakota Wesleyan 75-65
• Dec. 31 Def. Mount Marty 85-53
• Jan. 2    Def. Grand View 74-49
• Jan. 6    Def. Hastings  79-59
• Jan. 7    Def. Jamestown 72-70
• Jan. 11  Lost to Doane 71-66
• Jan. 14  Briar Cliff
• Jan. 18  @ College of Saint Mary
• Jan. 21  Midland
• Jan. 25  @ Dakota Wesleyan
• Jan. 28  @ Hastings
• Feb. 1    Morningside
• Feb. 4    @ Concordia
• Feb. 8    Mount Marty
• Feb. 11 Doane
• Feb. 15 @ Northwestern
• Feb. 18 @ Jamestown

2022-23 Team Stats

• Points per game: 79.4
• Points per game allowed: 60.2
• Field goal percentage: 48.5
• Field goal percentage allowed: 38.6
• Three-point field goal percentage: 39.2
• Three-point field goal percentage allowed: 25.2
• Rebounds per game: 39.1
• Rebounds allowed per game: 31.4
• Turnovers per game: 13.5
• Turnovers forced per game: 16.6

Individuals

• Karly Gustafson: 17.1 ppg, 7.2 rpg, 63.8 fg%, 3.0 apg
• Bailey Beckman: 16.5 ppg, 1.0 spg, 38-3pt fg
• Janie Schoonhoven: 11.8 ppg, 7.7 rpg, 62.7 fg% 
• Macy Sievers: 8.0 ppg, 4.9 rpg, 6.2 apg, 1.9 spg
• Hayden Heimensen: 6.7 ppg, 2.0 apg, 26-3pt fg
• Faith Van Holland: 6.1 ppg, 3.1 rpg
• McKenna Klecker: 4.1 ppg, 21-3pt fg, 38.9 3-pt %
• Macey Nielson: 4.2 ppg, 21-3pt fg

BRIAR CLIFF

2022-23 Overall record/Great Plains Athletic Conference: 13-4/9-2
National Ranking: 21

2022-23 Results

• Lost to Clarke 53-52
• Def. Dakota State 85-78
• Def. Bellevue 81-49
• Def. Presentation 102-43
• Def. Concordia 87-76
• Def. Mount Marty 64-54
• Lost to Dordt 81-75
• Lost to Northwestern 72-68
• Def. College of Saint Mary 86-53
• Def. Morningside 76-54
• Def. Midland 91-59
• Def. Hastings 83-71
• Lost to Dakota State 88-83
• Def. Avila 85-44
• Def. Dakota Wesleyan 65-48
• Def. Doane 80-57
• Def. Jamestown 70-66
• Jan 14 @ Dordt
• Jan 18 Northwestern
• Jan 21 College of Saint Mary
• Jan 25 @ Midland

2022-23 Team Stats

• Points per game:  78.4
• Points per game allowed: 61.5
• Field goal percentage: 45.5
• Field goal percentage allowed: 39.9
• Three-point field goal percentage: 32.9
• Three-point field goal percentage allowed:  30.5
• Rebounds per game: 37.2
• Rebounds allowed per game: 33.6
• Turnovers per game: 14.3
• Turnovers forced per game: 19.3

Individuals to Watch

• Konnor Sudmann: 19.1 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 48.9 fg%, 30-3pt fg, 35.3 3pt-fg%
• Madelyn Deitchler: 13.8 ppg, 6.8 rpg, 52,5 fg%
• Kennedy Benne: 11.6 ppg, 2.8 spg, 20-3pt fg, 37.7 pt-fg%
• Payton Slaughter: 9.6 ppg, 7.1 rpg

NOTES

Briar Cliff

• The Chargers have won four games in a row and have won seven GPAC games in a row since starting the league season 2-2.
• The Chargers are 8-3 in games played away from home.
• Briar Cliff is coached by Brian Ortmeier in his first season at the Sioux City school. Ortmeier was most recently at Iowa Central where he coached the Tritons to a 37-18 mark.  Prior to his time at Fort Dodge Ortmeier coached four seasons at Laramie County and Colorado Northwestern for two seasons.
• Briar Cliff has three 1,000 point scorers with Konnor Sudmann at 1,070, Madelyn Deitchler has 1,113 and Payton Wingert has 1,130.  Wingert spent four seasons at Midland where she totaled 1,007 points and she is pursuing a master's degree at Briar Cliff in her fifth season.

Dordt

• Karly Gustafson: 1,255 career points (9^th all-time) and trails Serena Van Beek's (1998-02) 1280.  Gustafson has 731 career rebounds and is 7^th behind Amber Soodsma's (2007-2011) 733 in 6^th.
• Bailey Beckman: 1,201 career points (11^th all-time), 158 made 3pt fg is 4^th all-time and Serena Van Beek's (1998-2002) total of 166 is 3^rd.  Beckman trails Karly Gustafson's 1235 points in 10^th and Jacque Van Leeuwen's (1982-86) 1246.
• Bill Harmsen is 104-42 coaching Dordt and is in his fifth season…71.2 winning % is best in program history. 104 wins is 3^rd all-time at Dordt.
  • Len Rhoda 1979-2001 (258-304)
  • Craig Stiemsma 2007-15 (111-130)
  • Bill Harmsen 2018-Present (104-42)
  • Glenn Bouma 2001-07 (61-105)

RECENTLY

Briar Cliff traveled to Jamestown on Wednesday night, January 11 and secured a 70-66 win after leading 37-33 at halftime. The Chargers made 44.4 percent of their field goals while limiting Jamestown to 39.0 percent shooting. Briar Cliff won in spite of getting outshot 37-30 and a 14-13 turnover disparity. The Chargers made up for much of that with 7-12 three-point shooting as Slaughter and Sudmann were a combined 7-8 from the arc. Sudmann had 24 points to lead the Chargers and Slaughter had 23 and Deitchler converted 14.  Briar Cliff got three points from their bench.

The Defenders surrendered a late ten-point lead and fell on the road to Doane 71-66.  Dordt trailed 21-18 after one quarter but had a 34-32 lead at halftime and led 54-52 entering the fourth quarter. Gustafson scored 20 and had nine rebounds and Janie Schoonhoven had 13 points and seven rebounds. Dordt made 25-59 field goals for 42.4 percent shooting and 8-13 free throws while Doane took advantage of 14-21 free throw shooting and the Tigers forced 18 turnovers.

THE SERIES

Dordt beat Briar Cliff on November 22, 2022 in Sioux City after taking a 19-15 first quarter lead and a 39-33 halftime advantage.  The Defenders fought off a fourth quarter rally to secure the win 81-75.   The Defenders were 31-54 from the field and 7-13 from the arc while Briar Cliff was 25-62 from the field and 2-13 from the arc but the Chargers made 23-28 free throws. Beckman and Gustafson had 18 each and Gustafson had 10 rebounds and three assists. Hayden Heimensen and Janie Schoonhoven had 14 and 13 each and Macy Sievers scored 10 with seven assists. Briar Cliff got 19 from Konnor Sudmann and Madelyn Deitchler had 16.

Dordt leads the series 7-5 since the 2017-18 season and has won back to back contests.  The longest winning streak in the series in the last six years is four by Dordt from February 17, 2018 through November 23, 2019.

NEXT

Dordt will travel to the College of Saint Mary on Wednesday, January 18.

GPAC

Standings (January 13)
Dordt 10-1/16-1
Briar Cliff 9-2/13-4
Northwestern 8-2/13-3
Concordia 8-4/10-6
Jamestown 7-4/12-5
Morningside 6-5/11-6
Dakota Wesleyan 5-5/11-5
Doane 5-6/11-6
Hastings 4-7/8-9
Mount Marty 2-10/5-13
College of Saint Mary 1-10/4-13
Midland 1-10/3-13
 
January 14
Doane @ Morningside
Concordia @ Jamestown
Mount Marty @ Dakota Wesleyan
Midland @ Northwestern
Briar Cliff @ Dordt
Hastings @ College of Saint Mary
 
January 18
Morningside @ Concordia
Mount Marty @ Midland
Northwestern @ Briar Cliff
Dordt @ College of Saint Mary
 
January 20
Jamestown @ Doane
Dakota Wesleyan @ Hastings
 
January 21
Jamestown @ Hastings
Dakota Wesleyan @ Doane
College of Saint Mary @ Briar Cliff
Concordia @ Northwestern
Midland @ Dordt
Morningside @ Mount Marty
 
January 25
Doane @ College of Saint Mary
Hastings @ Concordia
Dordt @ Dakota Wesleyan
Northwestern @ Morningside
Mount Marty @ Jamestown
Briar Cliff @ Midland
 
January 28
Midland @ Doane
Morningside @ College of Saint Mary
Dordt @ Hastings
Dakota Wesleyan @ Briar Cliff
Northwestern @ Jamestown
 
February 1
Doane @ Hastings
College of Saint Mary @ Northwestern
Concordia @ Midland
Morningside @ Dordt
Mount Marty @ Briar Cliff
Jamestown @ Dakota Wesleyan
 
February 4
Doane @ Northwestern
Dakota Wesleyan @ College of Saint Mary
Dordt @ Concordia
Briar Cliff @ Morningside
Hastings @ Mount Marty
Midland @ Jamestown
 
February 8
College of Saint Mary @ Midland
Concordia @ Doane
Mount Marty @ Dordt
Northwestern @ Dakota Wesleyan
 
February 10
Jamestown @ Morningside
Hastings @ Briar Cliff
 
February 11
Doane @ Dordt
Concordia @ College of Saint Mary
Hastings @ Morningside
Mount Marty @ Northwestern
Dakota Wesleyan @ Midland
Jamestown @ Briar Cliff
 
February 15
Doane @ Mount Marty
Briar Cliff @ Concordia
Dordt @ Northwestern
Morningside @ Dakota Wesleyan
Midland @ Hastings
 
February 16
College of Saint Mary @ Jamestown
 
February 18
Briar Cliff @ Doane
College of Saint Mary @ Mount Marty
Concordia @ Dakota Wesleyan
Dordt @ Jamestown
Midland @ Morningside
Northwestern @ Hastings
 
November 12
Jamestown def. College of Saint Mary 67-46
Briar Cliff def. Concordia 87-76
Dakota Wesleyan def. Morningside 75-71
Doane def. Mount Marty 86-53
 
November 16
Doane def. Hastings 94-59
Northwestern def. College of Saint Mary 67-47
Concordia def. Midland 84-59
Dordt def. Morningside 88-72
Briar Cliff def. Mount Marty 64-54
Jamestown def. Dakota Wesleyan 71-64
 
November 19
Northwestern  def. Doane  80-71
Dakota Wesleyan def. College of Saint Mary 100-40
Dordt def. Concordia 76-65
Hastings def. Mount Marty 55-52
Jamestown def. Midland 75-61
 
November 22
Jamestown def. Concordia 66-49
Morningside def. Doane 97-93
College of Saint Mary def. Hastings 61-58
Dordt def. Briar Cliff 81-75
Dakota Wesleyan def. Mount Marty 59-39
Northwestern def. Midland 107-71
 
November 30
Dordt def. College of Saint Mary 79-42
Concordia def. Morningside 71-64
Mount Marty def. Midland 67-60
Northwestern def. Briar Cliff 72-68
 
December 2
Dakota Wesleyan def. Doane 75-69 ot
Hastings def. Jamestown 63-62
 
December 3
Jamestown def. Doane 96-56
Briar Cliff def. College of Saint Mary  86-53
Northwestern def. Concordia 72-56
Dordt def. Midland  84-63
Morningside def. Mount Marty 87-54
Hastings def. Dakota Wesleyan 74-70
 
December 7
Doane def. College of Saint Mary 90-68
Concordia def. Mount Marty 91-48
Dordt def. Northwestern 65-55
Briar Cliff def. Morningside 76-54
Hastings def. Midland 61-48
 
December 10
Concordia def. Hastings 70-57
Dordt def. Dakota Wesleyan 75-65
Jamestown def. Mount Marty 81-50
Briar Cliff def. Midland 91-59
Morningside def. Northwestern 66-64
 
December 14
Midland def. College of Saint Mary 69-57
 
December 15
Concordia def. Doane 72-55
Briar Cliff def. Hastings 83-71
 
December 31
Dordt def.  Mount Marty  85-53
 
January 2
Jamestown def. Morningside 82-70
 
January 4
Doane def. Midland 89-83
Morningside def. College of Saint Mary 83-62
 
January 5
Concordia def. Mount Marty 85-62
Briar Cliff def. Dakota Wesleyan 65-48
 
January 6
Dordt def. Hastings 79-59
Northwestern def. Jamestown 72-51
 
January 7
Briar Cliff def. Doane 80-57
College of Saint Mary def. Mount Marty 72-60
Concordia def. Dakota Wesleyan 59-58
Dordt def. Jamestown 72-70
Morningside def. Midland 73-71
Northwestern def. Hastings 58-53
 
January 11
Doane def. Dordt 71-66
Morningside def. Hastings 87-79 2ot
Northwestern def. Mount Marty 80-63
Dakota Wesleyan def. Midland 83-53
Briar Cliff def. Jamestown 70-66
Concordia def. College of Saint Mary 74-54