DULUTH, Minn. (csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica women's basketball team will host Bridge Rival and Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) leader University of Wisconsin-Superior on Saturday for Alumni Day at the Reif Gymnasium.
 
Where:
Reif Gymnasium – Duluth, Minn.
 
When:
Saturday at 5 p.m.
 
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St. Scholastica Saints
Stats
Record: 9-13, 6-7 UMAC
Upper Midwest Athletic Conference: Standings | Stats
 
Last Action: For the fourth straight weekend, the Saints split, falling to the University of Minnesota Morris 47-39 on Friday night and then hung on to defeat Crown College 67-63 on Saturday … In Friday's loss to Morris, the Saints scored a season-low 39 points and made only four field goals in the final three quarters of the games to finish with 10 total field goals … The first quarter carried CSS to its win on Saturday, out-scoring the Storm 21-9 in the first 10 minutes of action … Crown out-scored the Saints in each quarter the rest of the way and had a chance to tie or take the lead late, but could not convert.
 
Where They Stand: With three games remaining, the Saints are tied with Minnesota Morris for the fifth and final postseason spot … Martin Luther sits a game ahead in the loss column in fourth place … Northland College is two games back in the loss column with only two league games remaining … Morris has Northland, Martin Luther and third place Bethany Lutheran College remaining on the schedule, while the Saints have the top two conference teams and eighth place North Central University left.
 
Automatic at the Line: Senior Brittni Brennan leads the conference making 82.1 percent of her free throw attempts … Brennan calmly made the game-clinching free throws in Saturday's victory over Crown …
 
Fourth Quarter the Difference: The Saints have been out-scored 419-366 in the fourth quarter this season … In the first three quarters, the Saints have the edge 1,047-1,043.
 
Cherish the Ball: The Saints have committed 86 more turnovers than they have forced … Opponents are averaging nearly five more points off turnovers per game than the Saints.

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Upcoming Opponents
UW-Superior Yellowjackets
Record: 19-3, 13-0 UMAC
 
Superior can clinch at least a share of the UMAC regular season title with a victory over the Saints on Saturday … During the week, the Yellowjackets saw their program record 16-game winning streak come to an end with a 77-72 non-conference loss to St. Catherine University … All three of UWS' losses this season have come away from Superior … It has been balance that has carried the 'jackets this season with only sophomore Hailey Kontny averaging in double-figures in scoring at 13.5 points per game and six players averaging at least seven points per game … That ranks fourth in the conference … Seniors Hadley Skalmoski and Allyssa Lindberg are each averaging 8.1 points per game … Senior Allie Nelson leads the UMAC in 3-point field goal percentage (.429) and assists (78) … The Yellowjackets lead the UMAC in points per game (75.4), field goal percentage (.458), 3-point percentage (.338) and rebound margin (+12.5) … UWS ranks fifth in NCAA Division III in rebounding margin.
 
Series Histories: Tied at 24-24
 
Last Meetings: The Yellowjackets defeated the Saints 87-72 in January at the Mertz Mortorelli Gymnasium … UWS has won six straight in the series, all by double figures.

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Looking Ahead: The Saints finish the regular season by hosting North Central University on Friday, February 19 and the University of Northwestern on Saturday, February 20.