DULUTH, Minn. – The St. Scholastica men's and women's basketball teams will continue Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) play when both play host to Bethany Lutheran and Martin Luther on Friday and Saturday.

Game Times:
Friday vs. Bethany Lutheran: Women @ 5:30 p.m., Men @ 7:30 p.m.
Saturday vs. Martin Luther: Women @ 3:00 p.m., Men @ 5:00 p.m.

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

Men:

Last Action:
The Saints last played Tuesday night as they defeated Northland College in both team's first conference game of the year 67-57. #Danny Schmitz# led the team in scoring with 15 points. #Jonah Dahlman# had a strong showing with 11 points and a team-high seven rebounds.

St. Scholastica Saints (3-8, 1-0 UMAC)
The Saints continue conference play with a new addition to their roster as former Duluth East player and UMD transfer #Sean Mayberry# joins the team for the second semester … Mayberry, had 10 points in his first game in a Saints uniform Tuesday against Northland … Sophomore #Brett Tester# continues to lead the team in scoring at 14.6 points per game … With the two games down in Florida, #Derek Anderson# is right on Tester's tails, averaging 13.9 points per game … Anderson leads the UMAC with 37 made 3-point field goals … He ranks 13th in Division with 3.4, 3-pointers a game and 32nd in the country with a .449 3-point field goal percentage … Senior Danny Schmitz (Hinckley, Minn./Hinckley-Finlayson HS) scored exactly 15 points in his last game to give him 13th on the all-time school scoring list with 886 career points.

Bethany Lutheran Vikings (4-8, 1-0 UMAC)
The Vikings were picked to finish fourth in the UMAC in the preseason poll, one place behind CSS … BLC finished the 2009-10 season with a 10-4 conference record after suffering 12 straight losses … This year's Vikings squad returns three solid starters and impactful bench players who will be crucial to the team's success … Alex Weldon and Garrett Benson are the team's leading scorers with 15.5 and 14.2 points per game respectively … The Vikings return Derek Peterson, who was voted to the UMAC All-Defensive team in his freshman campaign … A quick all-around player, Peterson averaged 9.4 points, 5.6 rebounds, and 2.9 assists per game … The Vikings defeated their rival, Martin Luther, on Tuesday night 76-67 for their first UMAC victory of the year.

Last Meeting: (CSS All-Time Record vs. Bethany Lutheran: 8-7)
The Saints were defeated by the Vikings 82-67 in Mankato in a mid-February match-up. Danny Schmitz (Hinckley, Minn./Hinckley-Finlayson HS) led the Saints with 20 points.

Martin Luther Knights (0-9, 0-1 UMAC)
The preseason pick to finish fifth in the UMAC, Martin Luther, has opened up the season with nine straight losses, including a loss to their rival, Bethany Lutheran, earlier this week … Nathan Bauer is leading the team in scoring and is the only Knight averaging double digits with 11.8 points per game … Justin Eternick is close behind with nine points per game … Either Bauer or Eternick has led the Knights in scoring in eight of the team's nine games so far this year … As a team the Knights are averaging 61.4 points per game while giving up over 80 points per game on defense.

Last Meeting: (CSS All-Time Record vs. Martin Luther: 21-15)
The Saints defeated the Knights in both team's final regular season game of the year last season by a score of 66-59. Danny Schmitz (Hinckley, Minn./Hinckley-Finlayson HS) led the Saints with 13 points.

Women:

Last Action:
The Saints came back from 14 points down in the second half to push Northland to overtime, but would eventually fell to the LumberJills 67-61. #Kayla Heisler# led all scorers with 22 points for the Saints.

St. Scholastica Saints (3-8, 0-1 UMAC)
CSS will be in search of it's first UMAC win on the year as two conference opponents come to Duluth … #Bri Allen# still leads the team in scoring at 10.2 points per game … Kayla Heisler (Remer, Minn./Northland HS) is second on the team at 9.8 points per contest … The Saints are 2-2 this season when they make four or more 3-pointers in a game … They are 3-0 when they get 16 or more offensive rebounds in a game … CSS leads the UMAC in field goal percentage defense (.383) and 3-point field goal percentage defense (.242) … Opponents are just 9-for-53 from beyond the arc in the last three games against the Saints.

Bethany Lutheran Vikings (5-6, 1-0 UMAC)
The Vikings are coming off a UMAC victory over rival Martin Luther 84-60 on Tuesday … BLC has had the last two UMAC players of the week in Nicole Jones and Anna Cepek … Both players are averaging over 14 points on the year … Jones is averaging 14.9 points per game and Cepek is averaging 14 points per game … Both players are coming off double-doubles in which they led their team to victories … Jones had 21 points and 12 rebounds including a buzzer beater to send the game to overtime and a win in California over Farleigh-Dickinson … Cepek had a monster double-double with 24 points and 17 rebounds in the team's 74-65 victory over Finlandia last week … Jessica Englund is leading the team in scoring and rebounding as she is averaging a double-double with 16.1 points per game and 10.7 rebound per game … Englund has five double-doubles on the year … As a team the Vikings are averaging 69.1 points per game while giving up 71.2 per game.

Last Meeting: (CSS All-Time Record vs. Bethany Lutheran: 28-24)
BLC and CSS split the season series last year as both teams won on their home courts. BLC won the last game 68-65 in Mankato.

Martin Luther Knights (1-8, 0-1 UMAC)
The Knights opened up their season with a win, but have lost eight straight since that game … The Knights lost by 24 points earlier this week to Bethany Lutheran … Three players for MLC are averaging over 10 points per game … Erica Babinec leads them all with 15.3 points per game to give her fourth in the UMAC in scoring … Amanda Burk is averaging 11.8 points per game and eight rebounds per game … The Knights are being outscored by over 20 points a game … Sarah Free is shooting 41 percent from beyond the arc to give her sixth in the UMAC.

Last Meeting: (CSS All-Time Record vs. Martin Luther: 28-24)
The two teams split the two games last year, each winning on the other's home courts. Both games were decided by less than eight points. CSS won the last match-up 81-78.