DULUTH, Minn. (
csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica women's basketball team will be in southern Minnesota this weekend for a pair of Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) games against Martin Luther College and Bethany Lutheran College.
Where:
Friday
MLC Gymnasium – New Ulm, Minn.
Saturday
North Gymnasium – Mankato, Minn.
When:
Friday at Martin Luther – 5:30 p.m.
Saturday at Bethany Lutheran – 3 p.m.
Live Video vs. Martin Luther: http://new.livestream.com/mlc-knightvision
Live Stats vs. Martin Luther: https://livestats.mlc-wels.edu/
Live Video vs. Bethany Lutheran: https://iframe.dacast.com/b/51317/c/75787
Live Stats vs. Bethany Lutheran: http://livestats.blc.edu/
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St. Scholastica Saints
Stats
Record: 3-6, 2-1 UMAC
Upper Midwest Athletic Conference: Standings | Stats
Last Action: The Saints swept both Finlandia University (Mich.) and Northland College last weekend … In both games, St. Scholastica trailed entering the fourth quarter … The Saints shot 70 percent from the floor in the fourth quarter in Friday's 67-58 win over Finlandia …
Sam Brannen (Ramsey, Minn./Anoka HS) and
Kayla Swanson (Hibbing, Minn./Hibbing HS) each led the Saints with 13 points … CSS trailed by eight with five minutes to go against Northland on Saturday only to finish the game on a 15-3 run to win 56-52 … Swanson and
Michala Walther (Roseville, Minn./Concordia Academy) combined for 45 of the team's 56 points.
UMAC POW: Senior
Kayla Swanson (Hibbing, Minn./Hibbing HS) was named the UMAC Women's Basketball Player of the Week on Monday … Swanson averaged 18 points, 5.5 rebounds and 3.5 assists last weekend … In Saturday's come-from-behind win over Northland College, Swanson scored nine of her career-high 23 points in the fourth quarter … Five of those points came in the final 20 seconds, including a game-winning three-point-play … Swanson joins
Sam Brannen (Ramsey, Minn./Anoka HS) as UMAC Player of the Week recipients this season.
Watch Out for Walther: Sophomore guard
Michala Walther (Roseville, Minn./Concordia Academy) has scored in double-figures in eight straight games and recorded a season-high 22 points in Saturday's win over Northland … Walther ranks second in the conference with 20 made 3-point field goals and is making 31 percent of her 3-point attempts.
Owning the Glass: St. Scholastica has out-rebounded its opponents in each of the last five games, including each of the last three contests … Point guard
Sam Brannen (Ramsey, Minn./Anoka HS) has grabbed at least seven rebounds on each of the last four games.
UMAC Preseason Poll
1. UW-Superior – 63 points (7 First Place Votes)
2. Northwestern – 54 (1)
3. Bethany Lutheran – 51 (1)
4. Minnesota Morris – 46
5. St. Scholastica – 42
6. Martin Luther – 28
7. Northland – 24
8. Crown – 12
9. North Central – 11
Upcoming Opponents
Martin Luther Knights
Record: 1-8, 1-2 UMAC
Martin Luther's lone win this season was a 43-point triumph over Crown College last Friday … The Knights fell to St. Olaf College in non-conference action on Tuesday … The Knights have struggled to shoot the ball well this season, making only 32 percent of their field goal attempts, 21 percent of 3-point attempts and 66 percent of free throw attempts … Jade St. Germaine leads the team in scoring with 15.3 points per game and is second in the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) with 9.7 rebounds per game … St. Germaine leads the conference with 44 made free throws … Mariah Schoof averages 11.7 points per game and Grace Schultz 10.0 points per contest.
Bethany Lutheran Vikings
Record: 3-5, 2-1 UMAC
The Vikings are coming off a 58-48 win over Crown College last Saturday … The lone loss in league play was a 15-point setback at the University of Minnesota Morris … Bethany Lutheran has struggled in the second halves of games this season, being out-scored by 65 points, including by 41 points in the fourth quarter … BLC is out-scoring opponents by 10 points in the first half on the year … Haley Sandin and Minnie Frederick-Childress lead the attack for the Vikings … Sandin is averaging 17.9 points per game, while Frederick-Childress is averaging 10.1 per game … Sandin leads the UMAC with 32 steals and is second with 42 made free throws … Frederick-Childress leads the conference with 4.4 assists per game and a 1.4 assist-to-turnover ratio … BLC has forced a league-high 22.3 turnovers per game.
Series Records:
-CSS leads Martin Luther 43-19
(Last Meeting: 72-63 CSS – 1/23/2016)
-CSS leads Bethany Lutheran 17-7
(Last Meeting: 69-64 BLC – 1/22/2016)
Series Histories: The Saints have lost three straight games in New Ulm and have not won at Martin Luther since the 2013 UMAC Tournament championship game … CSS has won two of the last three against the Knights with all three games being decided by single-digits /// Bethany Lutheran has won two straight against the Saints … CSS' last trip to Mankato was a convincing 74-57 victory for the Vikings, the largest margin of defeat in the series for St. Scholastica.
Looking Ahead: The Saints are off until New Year's Eve when it takes on St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minn.
