DULUTH, Minn. (csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica women's basketball team will be at Crown College Friday night and the University of Minnesota Morris on Saturday for Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) action.
 
Where:
Friday – Wild Athletic Center – St. Bonifacius, Minn.
Saturday – Jim Gremmels Court – Morris, Minn.
 
When:
Friday at Crown – 5:30 p.m.
Saturday at Minnesota Morris – 3 p.m.
 
Live Video:
Friday - http://portal.stretchinternet.com/crown/
Saturday - http://csn.morris.umn.edu/
 
Live Stats:
Friday - http://www.crown.edu/fileadmin/livestats/xlive.htm
Saturday - http://csn.morris.umn.edu/
 
Social Media:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/csssaints
Instagram: http://instagram.com/csssaints
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/css.saints
 
 
St. Scholastica Saints
Stats
Record: 5-9, 2-1 UMAC
Upper Midwest Athletic Conference: Standings | Stats
 
The Saints are coming off a 1-1 home weekend, where it fell to the University of Northwestern 66-55 on Friday night and defeated North Central University 80-52 on Saturday … Senior guard Mariah Hovick (Prior Lake, Minn./Prior Lake HS) averaged 16 points per game on the weekend
 
Hovick Rolling: Senior guard Mariah Hovick (Prior Lake, Minn./Prior Lake HS) has scored in double figures in eight straight games … She leads the team, averaging 11.7 points per game ... She leads the UMAC, making 87 percent of her free throws … Hovick is fifth in the conference with 28 steals.
 
Getting Huber Going: Senior guard Elena Huber (Northfield, Minn./Northfield HS) had a season-high nine points and dished out a season-high five assists in Saturday's win over North Central.
 
Five is the Magic Number: Senior guard Sammy Doucette (Colfax, Wis./Colfax HS (UW-River Falls)) has scored five points in four straight games … She had a career-high nine assists against UW-River Falls last Tuesday … Doucette leads the team and is third in the conference with a 1.5 assist-to-turnover ratio
 
Making the Freebies: The Saints are the top free throw shooting team in the conference and ranked 32^nd in NCAA Division III, making 73 percent of their attempts … The next closest team is Northland College at 69 percent … CSS is shooting 80 percent from the free throw line at home this year, but only 64 percent in road games.
 
Defense Wins: The Saints continue to lead the conference, allowing 64.4 points per game.
 
Series Histories:
-CSS leads Crown 31-0
-Minnesota Morris leads CSS 25-5
 
Last Season: The Saints averaged 83 points and a margin of victory of 43.5 against Crown … Danica Schellbach (Rush City, Minn./Rush City HS) averaged 11 points per game in the victories … Minnesota Morris swept CSS last season, winning at home by four and then coming out victorious at the Reif by 10 … Hovick has averaged 14.1 points per game in eight career games against the Cougars.
 
Crown College Storm
Record: 0-14, 0-3 UMAC
 
The Storm came close to their first victory of the season last Saturday, falling to Bethany Lutheran College 68-66 … The 66 points were a season-high for the Storm … Sophomore guard Desiree Davis leads the team in scoring at 9.1 points per game … She also leads the conference with 31 steals … Crown is at the bottom of the conference in just about every offensive category, averaging only 43.4 points per game … It also allows a conference-worst 73.0 points per game.
 
University of Minnesota Morris Cougars
Record: 5-9, 3-0 UMAC
 
The Cougars enter the weekend on a three-game winning streak … The reigning five-time UMAC regular season champions were picked again to win it this season, according to the preseason coaches' poll … Morris averages seven made 3-point field goals per game, which is 35^th in the country and make 36 percent on its attempts, which ranks 20^th in NCAA Division III … They are led by senior guard Kendra Wycoff, who is 13^th in the nation making three 3-pointers a game … She leads the team and is second in the conference, averaging 15.7 points per game … She is also third in the league with 36 assists … Senior forward Emily Auch is also averaging in double figures at 10.9 per game … She is making a conference-best 52 percent of her field goal attempts … The Cougars have the top scoring offense in the UMAC, averaging 68.3 points per game.