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DULUTH, Minn. – The St. Scholastica men's basketball was defeated in the regular season finale 73-58 by Presentation College at Reif Gymnasium on Saturday night.

Five minutes into the game Presentation (9-16, 6-8 UMAC) had a 12-7 lead, however St Scholastica on an 8-0 run to take the lead at 15-12. With 10:43 remaining in the first half CSS had a 21-16 lead, but Presentation would finish the half on an 18-12 run to take 34-33 lead into the locker rooms.

In the first half there were seven lead changes and five ties. The Saints shot 39-percent from the field in the first half; however Presentation shot 48-percent from the field. #Brett Tester# and Presentation's Channing Coffey had game-highs of 10 points each.

At the start of the second half, the Saints jumped out to a quick 39-34 lead, but CSS would go scoreless for the next five minutes and quickly fall behind by 48-39. Presentation would run away with the game by going on a 17-10 run to push their lead to 65-49, which allowed Presentation to easily win this game 73-58.

The Saints finished the night shooting 30-percent from the field, while Presentation shot 48-percent. The 3-point shot was the Achilles' heel for the Saints, because CSS went 3-for-21 from behind the arc, while Presentation was 8-for-21.

Presentation's Michael Babcock went 4-for-7 from 3-point range, which is one more then the whole CSS team got; Babcock and Brett Tester (Andover, Minn./Andover HS) had game-highs with 23 points. In their final game as Saints, #Danny Schmitz# and #Derek Anderson# scored 12 and 11 points, respectively. Also #Logan Schultz# was playing in his last game, but was limited to only 11 minutes due to an injury in the first half.

The Saints end their season with a 9-16 overall and a 6-8 UMAC record and miss the UMAC Postseason Tournament for the first time in its existence. The Saints say goodbye to seniors Danny Schmitz (Hinckley, Minn./Hinckley-Finlayson HS), Derek Anderson (Cook, Minn./Cook HS), and Logan Schultz (Perham, Minn./Perham HS). For offseason news about the St. Scholastica men's basketball program, keep tabs of csssaints.com.