DULUTH, Minn. – The St. Scholastica men's basketball team will look to get over a season-opening loss when it takes part in the Hoopster Classic, hosted by St. Cloud State University on Friday and Saturday.

Game Times:
Friday vs. Jamestown – 6 p.m.
Saturday vs. Saint John's – 4 p.m.

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Last Action:
The Saints have a tough shooting night in the season-opening 63-41 loss to the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire on Tuesday night. The Saints shot just 25-percent for the game. Brett Tester (Andover, Minn./Andover HS) led CSS with 19 points.

St. Scholastica Saints (0-1)
The Saints have added some talented newcomers to go with some very experiences juniors and seniors this season … Junior Brett Tester (Andover, Minn./Andover HS) led CSS in scoring in the season opener and many people around the conference have pegged him as a potential UMAC Player of the Year candidate … The Saints added size along with Tester in transfer MarShaan Johnson (Minneapolis, Minn./Minneapolis North HS (Minneapolis Comm. & Tech. College)), who led the team with nine rebounds on Tuesday … The Saints expect to shoot better than 25-percent from the floor and 57-percent from the free throw line the rest of the season.

Jamestown Jimmies (3-3)
Jamestown, an NAIA Division II athletic program, is off to a 3-3 start this season … The Jimmies have won two straight games entering this weekend, including a 106-34 thrashing of Briercrest College … Travis Burley leads Jamestown, averaging 18.5 points and 8.2 rebounds per game … Burley has two double-doubles so far this season … Byron Jones is second on the team, averaging 11.9 points per game … The Jimmies were ranked 22nd in the preseason NAIA poll.

Last Meeting: (CSS All-Time Record vs. Jamestown: 1-1)
The teams last met in 1999 with the Jimmies coming away with a big victory. The Saints won the first meeting in 1986.

Saint John's Johnnies (0-0)
The Johnnies have yet to play a game and will open the season Friday night against Division II St. Cloud State … Saint John's returns two, three-year starters in Aaron Barmore and Andy Burns, but the Johnnies are looking for three starters from a largely inexperienced group … Burns was second on the team in scoring a season ago at 10.9 points per game and was an honorable mention All-MIAC performer for the second consecutive season … SJU needs to find a way to replace Aaron Burtzel, a three-time All-MIAC selection and 2011 All-American, who graduated last spring … The Johnnies are picked to finish seventh in the MIAC, according to the preseason coaches' poll.

Last Meeting: (CSS All-Time Record vs. Saint John's: 0-3)
The Johnnies have won all three meetings against the Saints with the most recent taking place in 2004.