(Madison, SD) - Senior Laura Tewes scored her 1,000th career point on Saturday, December 28, 2007 against #2 Northwestern (IA) at the DSU Memorial Field House.  Before entering in the Northwestern (IA) game, she was two points shy of scoring 1,000 career points at Dakota State.  Tewes scored a basket with 18:54 mark in the first half of the game to record 1,000 career points.  She scored 18 points in the game. Tewes went six for nine from the field with a perfect showing behind the free throw line, going six for six.  She also grabbed a team high seven rebounds.

Tewes, a 6'1" forward, scored 1016 points so far in her four year career at Dakota State University.  According to NAIA DakStats statistical website, she is ranked first in the nation in field goal percentage (62.1%) as of Thursday, January 3, 2008.  Laura is the daughter of Doug and Sally Tewes of Mayer, MN.

The seventh ranked Lady T's (8-6) will play their final non-conference game of the season on Saturday, January 5, 2008 as they take on NCAA Division II Augustana College at 7:00 pm in Sioux Falls, SD.  The Lady T's will return back to DAC Conference action on the weekend of January 11 and 12 in North Dakota, and return home for four-game home stand starting on Friday, January 18th.