DULUTH, Minn. – The St. Scholastica men's basketball team heads to Florida on Wednesday and Thursday to play a pair of games in the Land of Magic Classic in Daytona Beach, Fla.

Game Times:
Wednesday vs. Union College (N.Y.) – 2 p.m. (EST)
Thursday vs. Buena Vista (Iowa) – 3 p.m. (EST)

GameDay Media:
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Last Action:
For the second time this season, the Saints fell to bridge rival University of Wisconsin-Superior, this time by a score of 79-39 on Wednesday, December 15th. #Danny Schmitz# led the Saints with 10 points, while #Brett Tester# added 10 rebounds.

St. Scholastica Saints (2-6)
The Saints will try to turn things around and get ready for conference play away from the Midwest this week … After the two games down in Florida, the Saints will won't play another game until Tuesday, January 11th when they begin conference action at Northland College … Four of the six losses this season have either come against Division II programs or UW-Superior … No signs yet of a sophomore slump for Brett Tester (Andover, Minn./Andover HS) as he leads the team with 15.7 points and 6.8 rebounds per game … Danny Schmitz (Hinckley, Minn./Hinckley-Finlayson HS) is averaging 11.6 points and #Derek Anderson# 10.4 … Schmitz is starting to come with three straight games of scoring in double figures … CSS needs to improve from the free throw line, shooting just 64-percent … The Saints have shot above 70-percent from the charity stripe just twice this season.

Union Dutchmen (5-1)
The Dutchmen play in the Liberty League and the college is located in Schenectady, N.Y. … The lone loss this season for Union came against Middlebury College, who is currently ranked fifth in the D3hoops.com poll … The Dutchmen head to Florida on a three-game winning streak … Five of the first six games have been played at home … Union has four players that are averaging double-figures in scoring … Senior guard Justin Gallo leads the way with 17.2 points per game … Gallo is coming off a career-high 29 points in the victory over Utica … Sophomore forward Keven Donohue is averaging 16 points … Both sophomore guard Joe Mason and senior guard Drew Goldstein are averaging 10.3 points … The Dutchmen currently lead the Liberty League with a 1.43 assist-to-turnover ratio … Head coach Bob Montana is in his 14th season at the helm of the Dutchmen … Union was picked to finish sixth in the Liberty League preseason poll.

Last Meeting: (CSS All-Time Record vs. Union: 0-0)
This will be the first-ever meeting between the two programs.

Buena Vista Beavers (3-7)
The Beavers belong to the Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) … Buena Vista heads to Florida having fallen in its last two games … The Beavers will play Denison College on Tuesday in their first game in Daytona … Four of the second losses this season have been by eight points or less and in those losses BVU either led or trailed by field goal at the half … Sophomore forward Wes Nordquist leads the team with 14.9 points per game … Sophomore guard Troy Ticknor averages 13.8 points and junior forward Doug Bissen averages 13.7 points … Bissen also averages a team-high 7.1 rebounds per contest … Ticknor likes to shoot from beyond the arc as he is averaging seven, 3-point field goal attempts per game … Brian VanHaaften enters his 15th season as the head coach of the Beavers … BVU leads the IIAC in scoring offense at 80.7 points per game, but is at the bottom in scoring defense, allowing 80 points per game … The Beavers lead the league with a plus-6.7 rebounding margin.

Last Meeting: (CSS All-Time Record vs. Buena Vista: 0-2)
The Beavers and Saints last played twice early this century with BVU coming out on top in each game … The last meeting was during the 2002-03 season. This will be the first matchup on a neutral court.