DULUTH, Minn. (csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica men's basketball team will face the University of Minnesota Morris in the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) Tournament semifinals on Wednesday in the Reif Gymnasium.
 
Where:
Reif Gymnasium – Duluth, Minn.
 
When:
Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.
 
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St. Scholastica Saints
Stats
Record: 18-7, 13-3 UMAC
Upper Midwest Athletic Conference: Standings | Stats
 
Last Action: The Saints defeated North Central University 97-79 on Friday night and then took down the University of Northwestern 76-69 in a winner-take-all game to capture the program's fifth Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) regular season championship, but its first outright … Joe Stark (Hayward, Wis./Hayward HS) averaged 17.0 points per game for the weekend … Andrew Laughlin (Duluth, Minn./Duluth Central HS) averaged 15.0 points and 10 rebounds over the weekend.
 
Home Winning Streak: The Saints will have home court advantage throughout the UMAC Tournament … The Reif has been good for the Saints this season as they are a perfect 11-0 and have a won a program record 14 straight overall. … The last loss at the Reif was against Minnesota Morris on February 6, 2015 … The 14-game home win streak is currently tied for the sixth-longest in NCAA Division III.
 
UMAC Tournament History: Wednesday's game will be the first UMAC Tournament game played at home since the 2008-09 season when the Saints were the No.  1 seed … CSS last won a UMAC Tournament game in 2010 when it was a No. 5 seed in a six-team tournament and earned a pair of road wins before losing the UMAC Championship game at Minnesota Morris … The Saints have won four UMAC Tournament championships, the last coming in 2009 … Each of the two previous times St. Scholastica shared the regular season title, it won the tournament title.
 
By the Numbers: The Saints are eight made free throws shy of 400, which has not been done since the 2000-01 season … CSS has recorded over 2000 points this season for the first time since the 2006-07 season.
 
Need Balance The Saints are 17-3 this season when at least three players score in double figures … They are 7-0 when five players score at least 10 points.
 
Most Wins in a Season: Saturday's victory over Northwestern gave the Saints their 18^th victory of the season, the most under Head Coach David Staniger … The program record for wins in a season is 19 in 1988-89 … The Saints will already set the program record for fewest losses in a season.

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Upcoming Opponents
Minnesota Morris Cougars
Record: 13-13, 9-7 UMAC
 
The No. 4-seeded Cougars hung on to defeat the University of Wisconsin-Superior to open the UMAC Tournament on Monday in Morris 83-80 … The Cougars led by 20 with under six minutes remaining before the Yellowjackets made a furious rally and were rimmed out 3-pointer at the buzzer away from sending the game to overtime … Morris' CD Douglas recorded 37 points in the victory … Douglas finished third in the conference averaging 22.8 points per game in league games during the regular season … He led the UMAC with 132 assists and was second with 44 steals … Sophomore Tyler Ukkelberg is the only other Cougar averaging in double figures at 10.3 points per game … He also leads the team with 6.5 rebounds per game … Morris led the conference in field goal percentage (.514), rebounds per game (41.3) and opponents' field goal percentage (.416) in league play during the regular season … That field goal percentage ranks sixth in all of NCAA Division III.
 
Series History: Minnesota Morris leads 24-14
 
Regular Season Meetings: The Saints and Cougars split during the regular season with each team winning at home … Morris defeated the Saints 91-75 in Morris on January 3 … CSS then defeated the Cougars 92-84 in Duluth on February 5 … The Cougars shot 67 percent in the second half of its victory and was at or near 60 percent from the floor the entire game in their loss to the Saints … Joe Stark (Hayward, Wis./Hayward HS) drained eight 3-pointers in St. Scholastica's victory in February.
 
Postseason History: This will be fourth postseason meeting between the two programs … The last was in the 2010 UMAC Tournament championship where Morris prevailed 83-49 … The Saints are 2-0 over the Cougars in the two postseason meetings at the Reif.

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Looking Ahead: The UMAC Tournament championship game will take place on Saturday at the highest remaining seed … The winner will receive the automatic qualifier into the NCAA Division III Tournament.