DULUTH, Minn. – The St. Scholastica men's and women's basketball teams will play their final road games of the year when both travel to Martin Luther College and Bethany Lutheran College on Friday and Saturday.

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

GameDay Media:
Live Video (Martin Luther Only) | Men's Live Stats (Bethany Lutheran Only) | Women's Live Stats (Bethany Lutheran Only)

Men:

Last Action:
The Saints defeated Crown on Saturday night 77-64 to get a weekend split after falling to Northwestern College the night before. Four Saints scored in double-digits on the night with #Derek Anderson# leading the way with 16. Arguably the most important points of the night came from #Danny Schmitz# after he missed a 3-point shot, he grabbed his own rebound and put up the layup to become just the ninth Saint to ever score 1,000 points in his career. Schmitz had a solid game all around with 15 points, seven assists and six rebounds.

St. Scholastica Saints (9-12, 6-4 UMAC)
The Saints continue conference play in a tie for third place in the current UMAC standings with one of their opponents this weekend: Bethany Lutheran … The Vikings hold the tiebreaker after winning the earlier match-up between the two teams … Remember that this season, only four teams make the conference postseason tournament … Both Bethany and CSS hold a two-game lead over fifth-place Martin Luther … Sophomore #Brett Tester# continues to lead the team in scoring at 15.6 points per game … Danny Schmitz (Hinckley, Minn./Hinckley-Finlayson HS), Derek Anderson (Cook, Minn./Cook HS) and #Sean Mayberry# are all averaging over 10 points … #Jonah Dahlman# has come on as of late as he has scored double digits in six of his last seven games to average 11.6 points over that span, which brings his season scoring average up 9.2 … As a team the Saints are near the bottom of the league in scoring offense with 65.5 points per game, but make up for it with the second best scoring defense at72.3 points per game.

Martin Luther Knights (5-14, 4-6 UMAC)
The Knights are currently in fifth place in the UMAC standings all by themselves and are currently riding a two-game losing streak coming into the games this weekend … Nathan Bauer is leading the team in scoring with 14.2 points per game with the Holzheuter brothers close behind ... Big brother Greg leads younger brother Garen in scoring with 13.5 compared to 12.4 per contest … Greg had a huge game in their last contest as he put up 34 points in the loss to Presentation … Galen leads the team in rebounding with 5.4 per game…As a team the Knights are putting up 70.2 points per game while giving up 79 on defense…

Last Meeting: (CSS All-Time Record vs. Martin Luther: 22-15)
The Saints defeated the Knights in the earlier season match-up 79-69. Derek Anderson (Cook, Minn./Cook HS) had a game-high 24 points. It was the Knights' 11th loss in a row and they would go on to win their next game, which would be their first win of the year.

Bethany Lutheran Vikings (9-12, 6-4 UMAC)
The Vikings are 4-4 since leaving Duluth earlier in the season with a win … Bethany Lutheran is just 2-5 at home, while 7-7 on the road … The Vikings are 0-3 vs. the top two teams in the UMAC with one game left to play vs. Northwestern next weekend … Alex Weldon leads the Vikings in scoring at 14.2 with three of his teammates all averaging over 10 points per game … One of those three, Derek Petersen, leads the team in rebounds with 5.3 per contest … As a team the Vikings are scoring 77 points per game, third in the conference, but are giving up over 80 points per game.

Last Meeting: (CSS All-Time Record vs. Bethany Lutheran: 8-8)
The Saints were defeated by the Vikings in the first home UMAC game of the season 67-55. The Vikings closed the game on a 17-0 run. Brett Tester (Andover, Minn./Andover HS) had a team-high 16 points. Weldon led the Vikings with 22 points off the bench.

Women:

Last Action:
The Saints led by as much as a 44-points over Crown this past Saturday as they finished with an 86-44 victory. Thirteen players scored for the Saints with #Kayla Heisler# leading the way with 14. #Laura Amys# and #Lindsey Kingsbury# led the way with nine rebounds each. CSS outscored Crown's bench 59-0 in the game.

St. Scholastica Saints (8-13, 5-5 UMAC)
CSS is in a tie for third with Northland and Martin Luther in the UMAC standings … On top of that, Bethany Lutheran just sits a game back of those three teams and Presentation is just two back with four games to play … This weekend will go a long way in determining playoff positioning going into the final weekend of games … #Bri Allen# continues to leads the team in scoring at 11.8 points per game … Kayla Heisler (Remer, Minn./Northland HS) is second on the team at 8.9 points per contest and has scored in double figures in four of the last five games … The Saints have had seven different players lead the team in scoring this year and have had five lead the team in rebounds … Amys and Allen lead the team in rebounding with 7.3 and 6.5 respectively…The Saints are putting up 58 points per game while giving up just under 62 points per game which is second best in the UMAC.

Martin Luther Knights (7-12, 5-5 UMAC)
The Knights have won three of four to give them a tie for third in UMAC standings … After losing nine in a row earlier in the year, the Knights have bounced back to have a decent year … Erica Babinec is third in the UMAC with 17.7 points per game and is averaging 22.4 points per game over the last five games … Babinec has led the Knights in scoring in 12 of the 19 games this year … Sarah Free and Amanda Burk are also scoring double digits with 13.5 and 12.3, respectively … Burk is also third in the UMAC with eight boards per game … As a team the Knights are scoring 64.9 points per game and are giving up 73.3 points per game.

Last Meeting: (CSS All-Time Record vs. Martin Luther: 34-12)
Martin Luther defeated the Saints 65-57 in the earlier season match-up. The Knights shot 44-percent from the field, while the Saints shot just 34-percent. Bri Allen (West St. Paul, Minn./Henry Sibley HS) led the Saints with 16 points. #Caitlin McKernon# just missed a double-double with nine points and 10 rebounds. Babinec had a game-high 20 points, while teammate Sarah Free had a double-double with 19 points and 10 rebounds

Bethany Lutheran Vikings (8-12, 4-6 UMAC)
The Vikings have dropped four in a row and are 3-5 since leaving Duluth with a loss earlier this year … The Vikings are led by three women: Nicole Jones, Jessica Englund and Anna Cepek … All three are averaging over 13.5 points per game with Englund leading the trio at 17.2 per contest … All three average over 7.9 rebounds per game with Englund at 10.5 to give her an average of a double-double … Jones is close behind with 9.8 rebounds per game … The trio have started every game for the Vikings and are accounting for over half of the team's points per game and over half the team's rebounds per game … Jones, Englund and Cepek are all in the top nine in scoring in the UMAC and are all in the top four for rebounding in the league … The Vikings have had 16 games this year where their leading rebounder has over 10 per game … As a team the Vikings are scoring 66.8 points per game while giving up 69.2 per game on defense.

Last Meeting: (CSS All-Time Record vs. Bethany Lutheran: 9-4)
The Saints defeated the trio and the Vikings in the earlier season match-up at home by a score of 66-58. #Taylor Fellbaum# and Caitlin McKernon (Coon Rapids, Minn./Fridley HS) led the way for the Saints with 13 points each. The trio for the Vikings all had double-double as they combined for 49 points and 38 rebounds.