DULUTH, Minn. (csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica men's basketball team will be on the road for conference action this weekend, when it visits Crown College on Friday and the University of Minnesota Morris on Saturday.
 
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/
 
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St. Scholastica Saints
Stats
Record: 5-9, 1-2 UMAC
Upper Midwest Athletic Conference: Standings | Stats
 
The Saints will look to bounce back after dropping a pair of home games last weekend to the University of Northwestern an North Central University … Both opponents shot above 50 percent from the field and each connected on seven 3-pointers.
 
Automatic at the Line: Freshman Joe Stark (Hayward, Wis./Hayward HS) has made 26 consecutive free throws, including going 7-for-7 last weekend … He is second in the UMAC, shooting 89 percent from the charity stripe for the season.
 
In With the Trees: Sophomore guard Julius Johnson (Minneapolis, Minn./Henry Sibley HS), who is 5-7, has led the team in rebounding in three of the last five games … He has led the team in the glass five times this season and is second on the team, averaging four rebounds per game.
 
Slow Conference Start, A Good Thing?: The Saints are off to a 1-2 start in conference play for the second straight season … The Saints haven't started 1-3 since the 2008-09 season, but they then rattled off 11 straight wins to capture the regular season and tournament titles.
 
Never Out of It: The Saints have trailed by at least eight in three of its five wins this season with all three coming with less than 13 minutes to go in regulation … CSS trailed by six with less than five minutes to go in Saturday's win.
 
Series Histories:
-CSS leads Crown 28-4
-Minnesota Morris leads CSS 21-13
 
Last Season: The Saints split their season series with Crown, with each team winning on its home court … All four losses vs. Crown have come in St. Bonifacius … CSS defeated Crown already this season down in Iowa by a score of 72-44 … Andrew Laughlin (Duluth, Minn./Duluth Central HS) has averaged 11 points per game in his last three meetings with the Storm … Minnesota Morris swept the season series and have won eight of the last 10 meetings with the Saints … CSS has not won at Morris since the 2007-08 season … Jake Naslund (Barnum, Minn./Barnum HS) averaged 18.5 points per game vs. Morris last season.
 
Crown College Storm
Record: 0-14, 0-3 UMAC
 
The only loss not in double figures this season came on Saturday in Mankato with a 68-64 defeat to Bethany Lutheran College … Crown led 31-26 at halftime in that contest … The Storm have been defeated by an average of 23 points per game … Sophomore guard James Brown leads the team and is fourth in the conference, averaging 14.3 points per game … Freshman guard Chuckie Adams averages 10.1 points per game … Brown has 12 points in the team's loss to CSS earlier this season … The Storm lead the conference in 3-point field goal attempts per game (22.6) and are second in steals (7.6) and blocks (2.7) per game.
 
University of Minnesota Morris Cougars
Record: 5-9, 3-0 UMAC
 
The Cougars enter the weekend on a four-game winning streak since starting the season 1-9 … Morris has three guards that average around 11 points per game … Senior RJ Dean averages 11.9, freshman CD Douglas averages 11.7 and senior Neil Helgeson averages 11.1 … Dean is third in the UMAC with 42 assists … Douglas leads the league with 32 steals, while Helgeson leads the conference with 45 made free throws … The Cougars shot 59 percent from the floor in both of their wins last weekend and lead the conference, shooting 47 percent from the floor … They get to the foul line, averaging 15-for-23 per game.