DULUTH, Minn. – The St. Scholastica men's and women's basketball teams both had a good start to the conference season by going a combined 11-3 in the first round of league games. The second half begins Tuesday night at Northland College.

Game Times:
Women: 5:30 p.m.
Men: 7:30 p.m.

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Men's Basketball

Last Action: 
The Saints swept both Presentation College and the University of Minnesota-Morris over the weekend. Brett Tester (Andover, Minn./Andover HS) had a double-double each game averaging 17.5 points and 11.5 rebounds per game. Jonah Dahlman (Braham, Minn./Braham HS) sparked the Saints in Saturday's win over Minnesota-Morris with a career-high 32 points.

St. Scholastica Saints (9-9, 6-1 UMAC)
The Saints have won five straight games and nine of their last 10 since starting the season 1-8 … The Saints currently sit in second place in the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) … CSS is coming off its best shooting performance of the season against Minnesota-Morris, making 57-percent of its shots from the field … The Saints have also shot better from the free throw line as of late, making 22-of-29 over the weekend and have shot over 80-percent twice in the last four games … Jonah Dahlman (Braham, Minn./Braham HS)'s 32 points on Saturday means the Saints have now had two players record 30 or more points in a game for the second consecutive season … Prior to that, it wasn't done since 2006-07 … It also marked the first time this season Brett Tester (Andover, Minn./Andover HS) nor Chris Hamers (Onamia, Minn./Onamia HS) led the team in scoring … Tester leads in the team in scoring and is third in the conference averaging 18.1 points per game … Hamers is also in the top 10 in scoring in the league at 13.8 per game … Hamers has 16 more 3-pointers made than the next highest total in the conference … Tester is second in the conference in rebounding at 7.4 per game and Dahlman leads the conference with 77 assists … MarShaan Johnson (Minneapolis, Minn./Minneapolis North HS (Minneapolis Comm. & Tech. College)) is second in the conference with 22 blocked shots.

Northland LumberJacks (3-15, 2-5 UMAC)
The LumberJacks will finish a six-game home stand on Tuesday against the Saints … The 'Jacks defeated both Martin Luther and Minnesota-Morris in the first half of conference play and fell in overtime to Northwestern College … Four of the five losses in the conference have come by six points or less … Adrian Flores leads the team in scoring, averaging 15.7 points per game, which is fourth in the conference … Flores also leads the conference making 56-percent of his field goal attempts … Michael Mackey is second at 13 points per game … On Saturday, Mackey recorded his 1,000 career point in a loss to Presentation … Sean Augustyn leads the UMAC with 27 blocked shots.

Last Meeting: (CSS All-Time Record vs. Northland: 48-19)
The Saints defeated the 'Jacks to open the conference season on January 10th at Reif Gymnasium, winning by a score of 84-78. Tester had 30 points to lead CSS.


Women's Basketball

Last Action: 
The Saints had a pair of thrilling victories over the weekend, outscoring Presentation College 13-1 in the final seven minutes to win 59-50 on Friday night. Then on Saturday, Mariah Hovick (Prior Lake, Minn./Prior Lake HS)'s put back with one second on the clock in regulation sent the game into overtime against the University of Minnesota-Morris. The Saints then prevailed in OT 66-62. Caitlin McKernon (Coon Rapids, Minn./Fridley HS) had 14 points, 12 rebounds and two key blocks in overtime.

St. Scholastica Saints (7-11, 5-2 UMAC)
The Saints enter the second half of conference action in a three-way tie for second place … CSS's win over Minnesota-Morris on Saturday snapped a 13-game losing streak to the Cougars. The overtime win was also the first since an overtime win over Finlandia University (Mich.) in January of 2009 … The Saints have just one win on the road this season and that came against North Central University in early December … Laura Amys (South Range, Wis./Superior HS) matched the program record for career blocks in Saturday's win over Morris with two on the day to give her 129 for her career … She is tied with Sherri Bierschbach …She currently leads the UMAC with 35 blocked shots … Amys also moved into third place all-time for career rebounds over the weekend with 596 … She needs eight points and four rebounds for 600 career points and 600 career rebounds … Hovick leads the team, averaging 11.4 points per game and Kayla Heisler (Remer, Minn./Northland HS) is second at 10.8 per game … Erin Frase (Phillips, Wis./Phillips HS (UW-River Falls)) leads the conference, making 48-percent of her shots … The Saints by far lead the conference in steals with 224 steals, 60 more than the next highest total.

Northland LumberJills (8-10, 3-4 UMAC)
The LumberJills have won four of their last five games after dropping their first three conference games … This will be the sixth straight home game for the 'Jills … Northland is led by Maria Mackey, who is averaging 15.3 points per game, which is fifth in the conference … Mackey leads the UMAC in free throw percentage, making 89-percent at 70-for-79, 3-point percentage (45-percent) and 3-pointers made (48) … Her 3-point percentage was the fifth-best in Division III, according to the latest NCAA statistical rankings … Lulu Seelye is second in scoring at 10.1 per game … The LumberJills have the best scoring defense in the UMAC, allowing only 55.4 points per game … Northland easily leads in the 3-pointers made with 148, 36 more than the next highest total … The 'Jills also have the best assist-to-turnover ratio at 0.9 in the league.

Last Meeting: (CSS All-Time Record vs. Northland: 36-29)
The Saints defeated the 'Jills to UMAC play on January 10th in Duluth by a score of 61-57. Hovick, Amys and Heisler all had 11 points to lead CSS.