The Muskies and Green Knights meet for the second time this season, the fifth time as Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference opponents and the first time ever in the NACC Tournament. St. Norbert won the teams' first meeting this season less than two weeks ago, taking an 89-67 win at home in De Pere on Feb. 12 by shooting 66.1% from the field, the second-best shooting performance in a game in school history. The Green Knights have dominated the all-time series, though all but seven of the previous games took place between 1976 and 1985, a time when the Muskies and Green Knights were conference mates in women's sports as part of the Wisconsin Independent Colleges-Women's Athletic Conference (WIC-WAC). St. Norbert has won all four meetings since joining the NACC in 2021.

Lakeland last time out: Won at Marian 66-54 Saturday
The Muskies received strong contributions from reserves to come back from a first half deficit and win their regular season finale in Fond du Lac. The Sabres held a 10-point lead in the second quarter but Lakeland rallied to take a 31-30 halftime lead and never trailed in the second half. Peyton Madl scored a career-high 17 points with five three-pointers, Alexis Johnson also scored 15 points off the bench and Meghan MacPhee added six points plus five rebounds. Lydia Levra also added a season-high five rebounds off the benchk and A.T. Bartlett and Halle Boldt both also added nine points each.

St. Norbert last time out: Defeated MSOE 61-41 Saturday
The Green Knights avenged their lone NACC regular season loss by handling the Raiders at home in their regular season finale. St. Norbert clinched a share of the NACC regular season crown as well as the top seed in the conference tournament by shooting 51.1% and holding MSOE to 29.8% from the field. Taylor Thiry scored 23 points and added eight rebounds and was the lone SNC player in double figures. St. Norbert also posted a 36-26 rebounding advantage and won its fifth straight game.

Recapping the first meeting: The Muskies had one of their best shooting games of the season the first time the teams played, shooting 47.1% from the field. Lakeland led early in the second quarter but still needed a rally late in the first half to trail 46-38 at the break after St. Norbert shot 67.9% in the first 20 minutes. The Green Knights finished making 37 of 56 field goals, including 8 of 14 from three-point range. Thiry scored 19 points and added 10 rebounds to lead five scoring in double figures for SNC. Bartlett scored 16 points, Boldt totaled 13 and Jenna Caterino added 11 for the Muskies, who were outrebounded 32-18 for the game.