DULUTH, Minn. – The St. Scholastica men's basketball team will face the University of Wisconsin-Superior for the second time this year, this time at Reif Gymnasium on Wednesday night.
Game Time:
Wednesday @ 7:30 p.m.
GameDay Media:
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Last Action:
The Saints defeated Finlandia University 82-76 in overtime on Saturday in Hancock, Mich. #Brett Tester# scored 22 points to lead the team in that category.
St. Scholastica Saints (2-5):
Two of the Saints' five losses this year have come against D-II opponents in St. Cloud State and Minnesota-Crookston … Wednesday's game will be the first time the Saints are playing a home game in over three weeks … Three Saints are averaging double-figures in scoring with
Brett Tester (Andover, Minn./Andover HS) leading the way at 16.4 points per game … Tester, who was named the conference's player of the week on Tuesday, has scored 12 points or more in six of the seven games this season, and has gone over 20 points three times … The only game he didn't reach 12 points was the first meeting against the Yellowjackets … #Derek Anderson# has scored in double-figures in each of the last three games…The Saints have been out-rebounded this season by an average of six per game and were out-rebounded by UWS in the first meeting by 26 … As a team the Saints are scoring 61.3 points per game, while giving up 74.6 points per game.
UW-Superior Yellowjackets (7-3):
UWS is coming off an 82-46 victory over Northland College on Monday. The 'Jackets are 3-0 against Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) teams this season, winning each by an average of 30,3 points … One of the Yellowjackets three losses came against DII Minnesota-Duluth in late November 78-74, UMD upset the third ranked team in the nation Winona State this past weekend 75-72 … The Yellowjackets have played tough in all their losses, losing by a combined 14 points … Their most recent loss came against UW-Whitewater on Saturday, a team that is now receiving votes in the D3 Top 25 poll … The 'Jackets have three players in double figures with Jake Smith as the leading scorer with 18.1 points per game…Smith is also leading the team in rebounds with 7.4 per game…Smith has gone over 10 points in every game so far this year, and has already gone over 20 points this year three times, with a season-high of 29 points … As a team the Yellowjackets are scoring 75.3 points per game, while holding opponents to 65.1 points per game … UWS will enter Wednesday's contest as the sixth-best 3-point shooting team in the country (.451) and the 13th highest field percentage (.501) in the nation … Dan Culy is 16th in Division III, shooting 47-percent from beyond the arc.
Last Meeting: (CSS All-Time Record vs. UW-Superior: 8-20)
In the first match-up of the year the Yellowjackets defeated CSS by a score of 84-45. #Logan Schultz# led the Saints with nine points. Dan Culy was 5-10 on 3-point attempts and had 19 points to lead Superior in the win. The Yellowjackets have won five in a row in the series.
