DULUTH, Minn. (
csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica women's basketball team will be at the Reif Gymnasium for the first time this weekend when Saint Mary's University visits on Saturday and Augsburg College on Sunday.
Where:
Reif Gymnasium – Duluth, Minn.
When:
Saturday vs. Saint Mary's – 3 p.m.
Sunday vs. Augsburg – 3 p.m.
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St. Scholastica Saints
Stats
Record: 0-3, 0-0 UMAC
Upper Midwest Athletic Conference: Standings | Stats
Last Action: The Saints dropped a 60-47 decision to Concordia College-Moorhead on Tuesday night in Moorhead … CSS was outscored 23-15 in the fourth quarter in the defeat …
Michala Walther (Roseville, Minn./Concordia Academy) had 10 points to lead the Saints' scoring attack …
Holly VanKempen (Elbow Lake, Minn./West Central HS) had six points and six rebounds …
Mel Weisbrick (Hibbing, Minn./Hibbing HS (Hibbing CC)) added seven points and six boards.
Struggles vs. the MIAC: The Saints have already fallen to Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) programs Gustavus Adolphus College and Concordia College this season … CSS has lost 18 straight games against MIAC teams with the last win coming against Macalester College to open the 2005-06 season.
Need to Score: St. Scholastica is averaging 45.7 points per game thru the first three games, scoring a total of 137 points … The Saints have also struggled at the free throw line, going 15-for-33 (.455).
Upcoming Opponents
Saint Mary's Cardinals
Record: 3-1, 0-0 MIAC
The Cardinals will come to Duluth on Saturday winners of two straight games after defeating NAIA's Viterbo University (Wis.) 66-40 on Tuesday … The lone loss for Saint Mary's was against the University of Wisconsin-Stout last Saturday … Senior forward Sam Jones and senior guard Emma Schaefer have alternated leading the team in scoring in the first four games … Jones leads the team at 13. 8 points per game, while Schaefer is at 11.8 per game … Sophomore Brandi Blattner is also averaging 12.3 points per game and a team-best 7.8 rebounds per contest … Blattner was an All-MIAC First Team performer as a freshman last season and was named the D3hoops.com West Region Rookie of the Year … The Cardinals are picked to finish third in the MIAC this season.
Augsburg Auggies
Record: 3-0, 0-0 MIAC
The Auggies are off to a 3-0 start with wins over UW-Stout, UW-Superior and Crown College … The victories over UW-Stout and UW-Superior were two-point wins with Augsburg scoring the game-winner in the final seconds of the game … Augsburg trailed by 15 points at half against Stout and by 21 points at one point against UWS … The Auggies will face another UMAC program, the University of Northwestern, on Saturday before taking on the Saints on Sunday … Augsburg has five players that average in double-figures in scoring, all freshmen. K'Aezha Wubben leads at 14.7 per game … Tamira McLemore is right behind her at 14.3 points per game … Camryn Speese is averaging 10.0 points and a team-high 7.3 rebounds per game … The Auggies, who lost seven seniors from last year's squad, are picked to finish ninth in the MIAC.
Series Records:
-Saint Mary's leads CSS 2-0
(Last Meeting: 67-46 SMU – 1981-82)
-CSS is tied with Augsburg 4-4
(Last Meeting: 63-62 Augsburg – 11/14/2015)
Series Histories: The Saints last played Saint Mary's during the 1981-82 season … This will be Saint Mary's first trip to the Reif Gymnasium /// St. Scholastica has dropped the last four meetings against Augsburg … The Auggies rallied for a one-point win last season in Minneapolis … CSS has not beaten Augsburg since the 2002-03 season.
Looking Ahead: The Saints begin Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) action on Friday, December 2 against North Central University … The game will be played at Crown College in St. Bonifacius do to a scheduling conflict at North Central's gym.
