DULUTH, Minn. (csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica women's basketball team will travel to the Twin Cities this weekend to face North Central University on Friday and the University of Northwestern on Saturday.
 
Where:
Friday
Clark Danielson College Life Center Gymnasium – Minneapolis
Saturday
Ericksen Center – St. Paul
 
When:
Friday at North Central – 5:30 p.m.
Saturday at Northwestern – 3 p.m.
 
Live Video:
Friday: http://www.ncurams.com/sports/wbkb/2014-15/boxscores/20150213_sl7a.xml
Saturday: http://portal.stretchinternet.com/unw/
 
Live Stats:
Friday: http://www.ncurams.com/sports/wbkb/2014-15/boxscores/20150213_sl7a.xml
Saturday: http://www.nwceagles.com/sports/2012/11/7/gen_1107121456.aspx

 
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St. Scholastica Saints
Stats
Record: 10-11, 7-3 UMAC
Upper Midwest Athletic Conference: Standings | Stats
 
The Saints had a big 3-0 week last week with wins over Northland College, conference leader University of Minnesota Morris and Crown College.
 
Where They Stand: The Saints are in third, two games out of first place, which is shared by Minnesota Morris and Northwestern … CSS are only up a game over fourth place Martin Luther College and two games up on fifth place Bethany Lutheran College.
 
Hovick Rolling: Senior guard Mariah Hovick (Prior Lake, Minn./Prior Lake HS) saw her string of games scoring in double-figures end at 12 games after playing only 14 minutes vs. Northland last Tuesday … That is the longest streak since the 2009-10 season when Kirsten Haukom reached double-figures in 12 straight games … On Friday, she became only be the fourth player in program history to record 1,100 points and 500 rebounds in a career.
 
Making the Freebies: CSS is 10^th in NCAA Division III from the free throw line, shooting 76 percent … The Saints have made at least 15 free throws in the last four games.
 
Inside Game: Freshmen Jenna Langer (Long Prairie, Minn./Long Prairie-Grey Eagle HS) and Holly VanKempen (Elbow Lake, Minn./West Central HS) totaled 53 points in the three games last week … Langer had 11 points vs. Northland, while VanKempen had 15 points vs. Minnesota Morris … Langer matched a season-high with 12 points vs. Crown on Saturday.
 
Fewest Points Allowed in a Half: The Saints only allowed six points in the first half against Crown … That is the fewest points allowed in a half in program history … The previous record was seven vs. North Central in 2004.
 
Series Histories:
-CSS leads North Central 24-1
-CSS leads Northwestern 42-35
 
Last Meetings: The Saints cruised over the Rams 80-52 earlier this season … Hovick had 14 points to lead CSS … Jamie High had 21 points for the Rams … The Saints fell to Northwestern 66-55, in which the Eagles out-scored the Saints 35-25 in the second half … CSS made only three field goals in the final 15 minutes … Hovick had 18 points for St. Scholastica, Chanel Madson had 19 for Northwestern … The Saints have won two of their last three meetings at Northwestern.
 
North Central University Rams
Record: 5-15, 1-9 UMAC
 
North Central's lone conference win came in the UMAC opener at Northland … The only victory since then was a non-conference win over Crossroads College … The Rams like to jack up the 3-point attempts as they are second in the league with 20 per game … They are third in the conference with 5.3 3-pointers made per game … Junior Jamie High leads the team in scoring and is second in the UMAC, averaging 15.7 points per game … Freshman Lizzy Swanson is second on the team at 12.8 per game … High also leads the conference in rebounding at 11.7 per game.
 
University of Northwestern Eagles
Record: 13-8, 9-1 UMAC
 
Northwestern's only blemish on the conference schedule was a 15-point loss at Minnesota Morris at the end of January … The Eagles had to escape Bethany Lutheran on Friday, getting a Chanel Madson 3-pointer in the final 30 seconds to rally past the Vikings 58-57 … The Eagles were down nine with under five minutes to play in that game … Northwestern has shot under 40 percent from the floor in three of its last four games … Northwestern also likes to launch 3-pointers as it leads the conference in 3-pointers made per game at 7.5 and attempts (22.2) … The Eagles are the best rebounding team with 44.1 per game … They also lead in points per game allowed (60.1) and blocked shots (5.7) … Madson leads the team in scoring, averaging 14.2 per game … Jacki Smith leads the UMAC and is fifth in NCAA Division III at four blocks per game … Kim Campbell is also on top of the league with three assists per game.