DULUTH, Minn. – The St. Scholastica men's basketball team will host Concordia College-Moorhead in the home opener Saturday afternoon at Reif Gymnasium.
Game Time:
Saturday @ 3 p.m.
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Last Action:
The Saints fell at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire on Monday night 77-64 in the season opener. The Saints shot 59-percent from the field, but committed 18 turnovers. #Brett Tester# had 20 points, while #Danny Schmitz# added 19 points.
St. Scholastica Saints (0-1)
Head coach #David Staniger# enters his 11th season at the helm of the CSS men's basketball program … The Saints return most of their corps from the last year's team that made it all the way to the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) Tournament championship game … 2009-10 UMAC Freshman Player of the Year
Brett Tester (Andover, Minn./Andover HS) will be the Saints' main cog on the frontline … Tester averaged 11.8 points per game and led the team with 4.6 rebounds per contest last season … Senior guard
Danny Schmitz (Hinckley, Minn./Hinckley-Finlayson HS) was a second team All-UMAC choice last season after averaging 13.5 points per game … CSS also has #Jonah Dahlman#, #Derek Anderson#, and #Logan Schultz#, who all will see significant minutes this season … Tester led the Saints in scoring in their season opener with 20 points and four rebounds…Schmitz was right behind him with 19 points.
Concordia-Moorhead Cobbers (0-0)
Head Coach Rich Glas is in his third year as head coach with five players who have been in the starting line-up for the past three seasons … In their exhibition game vs. NDSU three Cobbers scored in double figures: Darren Olmscheid had 19, John Fraase has 17 and Karl Olson had 11. Fraase also led the Cobbers with 15 rebounds … Frasse was an All-Region selection last season … He has averaged double-digit points and rebounds the last two seasons and has posted 24 double-doubles in the past two years … The Cobbers will open the regular season Thursday night against Minnesota-Morris.
Last Meeting: (CSS All-Time Record vs. Concordia-Moorhead: 1-4)
The Saints lost to the Cobbers early last season by a score of 79-48. Tester and Schmitz led the Saints with 10 points each. Karl Olson had 16 points to lead the Cobbers.
