2022-23 NSIC Women's Basketball All-Conference Team

            Lauren Zacharias of Wayne State College was named to the 2022-23 NSIC Women's Basketball All-Conference Team announced Thursday morning by the league office in Burnsville, Minnesota, earning Second Team honors.
            Zacharias, a 5-6 senior guard from North Liberty, Iowa (Iowa City West HS), led Wayne State in most offensive categories this season leading the Wildcats in scoring, rebounding, 3-point field goals and assists.  She ranked ninth in the NSIC in scoring at 15.5 points per game, grabbed a team-high 4.4 rebounds per contest, tied for fourth in the NSIC in 3-point field goals per game (2.2), ranks eighth in the NSIC in free throw percentage (.809) and is 12^th in assists per game (3.0).
            This season, Zacharias had 21 games scoring double figures with two double-doubles, five games of over 20 points including a pair of 30-point contests.  She scored a career-high 37 points vs. Fort Lewis (Colo.) on November 25^th and had a 32-point performance in a 77-70 overtime win vs. Upper Iowa on December 18^th.
            Zacharias was named NSIC South Division Player of the Week December 20^th after averaging 25.0 points, 6.0 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 4.0 steals per game in victories over Winona State and Upper Iowa.
            Wayne State is 11-15 overall and fifth place in the NSIC South Division with a 7-15 league mark.  The Wildcats face UMary Friday at 6 p.m. in the opening round of the NSIC Women's Basketball Tournament at the Stewart Center (Univ. of Sioux Falls campus) in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.