VALLEY CITY, N.D. – The Valley City State Women's basketball team have a tough weekend ahead with games against two Top 25 teams. On Friday, the women play #17 Rocky Mountain College in Billings and Saturday, they face off against #24 Carroll College in Helena.

The Vikings are 5-8 overall and 2-7 in the Frontier Conference. Rocky Mountain College is 10-5 overall and 7-2 in the conference. Carroll College is 9-6 overall and 7-2 in the conference.

Ellie Braaten leads the Vikings in scoring (13.3 ppg), assists (3.4 apg), and steals (1.9 spg).  She also leads the team in defensive rebounds (4.3 per game). JayCee Richter is averaging 10.4 points per game. Her 5.9 rebounds per game leads the team. Abby Aslesen is averaging 8.6 points and 5.5 rebounds per game. She is coming off her best game of the season when she scored 20 points and had five rebounds in the 67-65 loss to Providence.

This will be the eighth meeting between Valley City State and Rocky Mountain. The Battlin Bears have won five of the previous seven games. Including last season's 82-61 win. The Vikings won in Billings, 64-62, in 2015.

This is the third meeting between the Vikings and Carroll College. The Fighting Saints have won both previous meetings. They have not played since 2020 when the Saints won 69-32 in Helena.

You can watch Friday's game here. And you can watch Saturday's game here. Games both nights are scheduled to tipoff at 6:00 pm Central Time.