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PREVIEW: Women’s Basketball to Face North Central on Tuesday

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DULUTH, Minn. – The St. Scholastica women's basketball team will play in Minneapolis Tuesday evening as it faces North Central University in another non-conference matchup.

Game Time:
5:30 p.m.

Last Action: 
The Saints faced their second ranked opponent in a row in 21st-ranked University of Wisconsin-River Falls last Wednesday and fell to Falcons by a score of 72-56. The Saints hung in until midway through the second half. UWRF had a big edge on the glass (53-25). Haley Hoyer (Pelican Rapids, Minn./Pelican Rapids HS (North Dakota State College of Science)) led the Saints with 11 points.

St. Scholastica Saints (0-6)
The Saints are coming off their best shooting game of the season, going 43-percent from the field in last Wednesday's loss to UW-River Falls … CSS also matched a season-high with five, 3-pointers in the contest … CSS has shot above 70-percent from the free throw line in five of the six games this season … The lack of interior size has affected the Saints thus, having been out-rebounded in all six games, including 115-79 on the offensive glass … Caitlin McKernon (Coon Rapids, Minn./Fridley HS) has scored in double-figures in four of the six games this season … Laura Amys (South Range, Wis./Superior HS) became the fourth Saint in program history to record 100 career blocks when she recorded three blocks against UW-Stout … Amys did not record a single block for the first time this season against the Falcons last Wednesday … Elena Huber (Northfield, Minn./Northfield HS) leads the team with five, 3-pointers and has made 50-percent of her attempts from beyond the arc … 2010-11 UMAC Freshman Player of the Year Kayla Heisler (Remer, Minn./Northland HS) saw her first action of the season against River Falls and scored 10 points.

North Central Rams (2-4)
The Rams will come into Tuesday's game riding a two-game winning streak after dropping the first four games of the year … The Rams have already played three Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) teams this season, going 1-2 … Jorie Grenell has led the team in scoring in five of the six games this season … Grenell has scored in double-figures in all six games … North Central won 15 games last season.

Last Meeting: (CSS All-Time Record vs. North Central: 17-1)
The Rams defeated the Saints for the first time in the series' history last season in Minneapolis by a score of 52-49. Amys had career-highs in points (17) and rebounds (16), but it wasn't enough.
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