DULUTH, Minn. – The St. Scholastica women's basketball team will have its 2010-11 home opener on Tuesday night at Reif Gym as part of a men's and women's doubleheader against North Central University at Reif Gymnasium.

Game Times:
Women @ 5:30 p.m.
Men @ 7:30 p.m.

GameDay Media:
Live Video | Men's Live Stats | Women's Live Stats

Men:

Last Action:
The Saints had a 19-point second half lead disappear as they only made two field goals in the final nine minutes in a 64-55 loss to Concordia College-Moorhead in the home opener on Saturday. #Derek Anderson# had a career-high 25 points and #Brett Tester# recorded his first collegiate double-double with 12 points and a career-high 10 rebounds.

St. Scholastica Saints (0-2)
The Saints have played well in each of the first two games this season; however, it has been the lack of depth that has hurt them in the two losses … The CSS bench has scored a total of six points in the first two games in 74 minutes of action … When the Saints starters are on the court they have been outscoring teams by 17 points … Brett Tester (Andover, Minn./Andover HS) has scored in double-figures in each of the first two games, averaging 16 points and seven rebounds … #Danny Schmitz# scored 19 points in the season opener, but was held scoreless for the first time since early in his sophomore year on Saturday against the Cobbers … Schmitz has fouled out in each of the first two games.

North Central Rams (0-3)
The Rams will come in to Tuesday's matchup 0-3 on the year, including a pair of losses against the predicted top two teams in the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) under their belts University of Minnesota-Morris and Northwestern College … North Central returns five players from last year's squad and have 12 newcomers on the roster … The Rams will be led by sophomore Nathan Roeder, who averaged 13.2 points per game last season … Roeder has averaged 20.7 in the first three games this year.

Last Meeting: (CSS All-Time Record vs. North Central: 15-3)
The Rams defeated the Saints for the first at Reif Gym last season with an 81-62 triumph. Danny Schmitz (Hinckley, Minn./Hinckley-Finlayson HS) led the Saints with 17 points.

Women:

Last Action:
The Saints led for just one time, 20-19 at halftime in a loss at St. Olaf College on Saturday. Both teams went a combined 4-for-37 on 3-point attempts and committed a combined 59 turnovers. Bri Allen (West St. Paul, Minn./Henry Sibley HS) led the Saints with a game-high 14 points.

St. Scholastica Saints (0-2)
Tuesday's game will be the one-and-only home for the Saints until December 30th … CSS comes in with a pair of losses to then University of Wisconsin-Superior and St. Olaf College … The Saints have struggled taking care of the ball in the first two games with a total of 53 turnovers, but their defense has forced 51 turnovers, including 36 steals … #Bri Allen# has averaged 11 points in the first two games and has not missed a free throw yet going 12-for-12 from the charity stripe … Freshman #Savanna Treichel# is currently second on the team in scoring at eight points per game and is 4-for-8 on 3-point attempts.

North Central Rams (0-3)
North Central enters Tuesday's game 0-3 with a pair of losses against UMAC teams Minnesota-Morris and Northwestern College … They lost both of those games by an average of 18.5 points … The Rams return just three players from last year's team and have eight newcomers on the squad … Sophomore Elisabeth Trickey has led the Rams in the first three games of the season with an average of 15 points per game … Newcomer Josie Grenell has been second on the team with 11 points per game.

Last Meeting: (CSS All-Time Record vs. North Central: 16-0)
The Saints went over 100 points, scoring a program-record 62 points in the first half in a 101-47 victory at Reif Gym last December. Bri Allen (West St. Paul, Minn./Henry Sibley HS) had 12 points.