The St. Scholastica men's basketball team will be on the road in Minneapolis Tuesday for a non-conference matchup with the North Central University Rams. 

Game Time:
7:30 p.m. (After the women's game)

Last Action:  The team's last game was in Hancock, Mich. last Wednesday where the men fell to Finlandia University 79-53.  Brett Tester (Andover, Minn./Andover HS) led the way with 19 points for the Saints. 

St. Scholastica Saints (0-5)
The Saints are off to a slow start in 2011 dropping their first five games.  The closest game for the Saints this year was a 69-67 loss to Saint John's University, a game in which CSS led most of the way.  Tester is leading the team this year with 15.6 points per game (ppg) and 6.4 rebounds per game (rpg).  Chris Hamers (Onamia, Minn./Onamia HS) is second on the team with 10.8 ppg and has shot 14-46 from beyond the arc this season (30.4%).  Jonah Dahlman (Braham, Minn./Braham HS) leads the team in assists with four per game and MarShaan Johnson (Minneapolis, Minn./Minneapolis North HS (Minneapolis Comm. & Tech. College)) is tops on the team with 10 blocks this year.

North Central Rams (2-4)
After losing four straight games to begin the season the Rams are on a two game winning streak after beating Crown in overtime and Finlandia the next day.  Andrew Berndt leads the Rams in scoring this year averaging 20.2 ppg.  Jordan Harrell is having a good year as well averaging a team best 8.0 rpg to go along with 13.8 ppg.  Nathan Roeder is second on the team in both categories with 18.2 ppg and 5.5 rpg.

Last Meeting: (CSS All-Time Record vs. North Central: 16-3)
The Saints and Rams met last year in Duluth where CSS came away with a 73-69 victory.  Tester recorded a double-double with 14 points and 12 rebounds. 

Trivia: The last four times the two teams have met at North Central, the games have been decided by four points (CSS- 76-72, NCU- 60-56, CSS- 78-74, CSS- 84-80).