DULUTH, Minn. (csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica men's basketball team will conclude its regular season this weekend at the Reif Gymnasium when it hosts Bethany Lutheran College on Friday and Martin Luther College on Saturday.
 
Where:
Reif Gymnasium – Burns Wellness Commons
 
When:
Friday vs. Bethany Lutheran – 7:30 p.m.
Saturday vs. Martin Luther – 5 p.m. (Senior Day)
 
Live Video/Stats: http://www.csssaints.com/ssn
 
 
Social Media:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/csssaints
Instagram: http://instagram.com/csssaints
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/css.saints
 
St. Scholastica Saints
Stats
Record: 10-13, 6-6 UMAC
Upper Midwest Athletic Conference: Standings | Stats
 
The Saints suffered a pair of road defeats this past weekend, falling to North Central University 65-59 on Friday and conference champion University of Northwestern 73-65 on Saturday … CSS was out-scored by a combined 20 points in the second half of both games.
 
Where They Stand: The Saints are currently tied with North Central for third, but with the Rams sweeping the Saints this season, they hold the tiebreaker … With two games remaining, CSS is two games ahead of Northland, Martin Luther and Bethany Lutheran for the fourth and final postseason spot … CSS owns the tiebreaker over Northland, but would lose tiebreakers to Martin Luther and Bethany Lutheran
 
Seniors: St. Scholastica will honor two seniors on Saturday in LaMonte Hall (Minneapolis, Minn./DeLaSalle HS (Saint Mary’s)) and Nathan Carlson (Alvarado, Minn./East Grand Forks HS) … Hall transferred to CSS after spending two years at Saint Mary's University … In seasons with the Saints, Hall has scored over 300 points, recorded 66 assists and 48 steals in about 18 minutes per game … Carlson has played three seasons for the Saints, missing the 2012-13 year due to injury … Carlson has seen his minutes climb from only six per game as freshman to nearly 18 minutes this year … He is averaging a career-best seven points and five rebounds per game this season.
 
Laughlin Continuing to get it Done: Junior Andrew Laughlin (Duluth, Minn./Duluth Central HS) has scored in double-figures in nine straight games after averaging 15 points in the two games over the weekend … He has seen his season scoring averaging climb from 7.2 to 10.2 during that span … He has the team's only three double-doubles this season.
 
Never Out of It: The Saints have trailed by at least eight in four of their wins this season with all four coming with less than 14 minutes to go in regulation.
 
Series Histories:
-Bethany Lutheran leads CSS 14-10
-CSS leads Martin Luther 36-18
 
Last Meetings: The Saints won at Bethany Lutheran for the first time since 2009 with a 51-50 victory at the end of January … Naslund and Laughlin each scored 11 points … Last season at the Reif, the Saints defeated the Vikings in a thrilling 86-84 overtime contest … The Saints have won four straight against the Knights, including an 85-65 victory on January 30 … Laughlin had 22 points in the win … CSS is 20-4 all-time vs. Martin Luther at home.
 
Bethany Lutheran College Vikings
Record: 4-19, 4-8 UMAC
 
The Vikings kept their postseason hopes alive with a 61-58 road win over second place University of Minnesota Morris on Saturday … That victory snapped a seven-game losing streak … Bethany is the worst free throw shooting team in the conference, making only 61 percent from the foul line … The Vikings were only 8-for-17 in Saturday's win … Opponents also shoot a conference-best 49 percent from the floor vs. Bethany … Junior forward Nick Sanborn leads the team averaging 10.4 points per game.
 
Martin Luther College Knights
Record: 5-18, 4-8 UMAC
 
The Knights also remained in the playoff hunt with a 72-63 victory over Crown on Saturday … Martin Luther enters the weekend winners of three of their last five games and will face Northland on Friday night … The Knights have shot 50 percent against the Storm, but have not shot above 45 percent against the other six conference teams … Martin Luther leads the UMAC with 8.4 steals per game and 3.3 blocks per contest … They are last in the league in 3-point percentage (.275) and second to last at the free throw line (.617) … Junior guard Todd Brassow leads the team at 16.6 points per game, while fellow junior Luke Rothe is at 15.0 points per contest … Rothe leads the conference with 4.3 assists per game … Andrew Nemmers leads the UMAC with 2.1 blocks per game.