DULUTH, Minn. (csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica men's basketball team will host Saint Mary's University for its home opener on Sunday at the Reif Gymnasium.
 
Where:
Reif Gymnasium – Duluth, Minn.
 
When:
Sunday at 3 p.m.
 
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St. Scholastica Saints
Stats
Record: 1-2, 0-0 UMAC
Upper Midwest Athletic Conference: Standings | Stats
 
Last Action: The Saints went 0-2 at the Husky Hoopster Classic, hosted by St. Cloud State University, last weekend … CSS fell to NAIA's Mayville State (N.D.) 79-62 on Friday and Saint John's University 78-59 on Saturday … Freshman Brandon Newman (Barnum, Minn./Barnum HS) averaged 15.5 points per game in the two losses.
 
Slow Starts: In each of the first three games, the Saints have gone into halftime trailing by an average of nine points … The closes has been six points against their strongest opponent thus far, Saint John's.
 
Welcome to College: Freshman Brandon Newman (Barnum, Minn./Barnum HS) is averaging 13.3 points per game in his first three games of his college career … That is the highest scoring average by a CSS freshman through the first three games since 2000.
 
Must Make the Freebies: The Saints are shooting only 66 percent from the free throw line, while their opponents are shooting 86 percent … CSS has attempted 19 more free than its opponents this season.

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Upcoming Opponents
Saint Mary's Cardinals
Record: 2-0, 0-0 MIAC
 
The Cardinals are off to a 2-0 start, defeating Crossroads College in the season opener and then Martin Luther College on Tuesday … Sandwiched between were exhibition losses to the University of Nebraska-Omaha and University of Sioux Falls … The Cardinals have been picked to finish at the bottom of the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) this season, according to the preseason coaches' poll … Saint Mary's had just one win in conference play a season ago … Senior Connor Kaiser is averaging 18 points per game in the first two contests … Senior Will Swiggum is the top returning scorer, who averaged 10.4 points per game last season.
 
Series History: Saint Mary's leads 2-0
 
Last Meeting: This will be the first meeting between the two programs since the 1981-82 season … That year, the Cardinals swept the Saints in both meetings.

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Looking Ahead: The Saints begin Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) action next weekend when it travels to face Martin Luther College on Friday, December 4.