DULUTH, Minn. (
csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica women's basketball team will be back at the Reif Gymnasium this weekend for a pair of Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) games against Crown College and the University of Minnesota Morris.
Where:
Reif Gymnasium (Burns Wellness Center – Duluth, Minn.
When:
Friday vs. Crown – 5:30 p.m.
Saturday vs. Minnesota Morris – 3 p.m.
Live Video: http://www.csssaints.com/ssn
Live Stats: http://saintscholastica.statcrew.com/wncaab/2016/current/live.html
Social Media:
Twitter:
www.twitter.com/CSSsaints
Instagram:
www.instagram.com/csssaints
Facebook:
www.facebook.com/css.saints
St. Scholastica Saints
Stats
Record: 3-10, 2-4 UMAC
Upper Midwest Athletic Conference: Standings | Stats
Last Action: The Saints were defeated by Bridge Rival University of Wisconsin-Superior 72-54 on Saturday at the Reif … UWS dominated the glass in the contest, recording 20 offensive rebounds …
Danielle Cieluch (Duluth, Minn./Duluth East HS) led the Saints with a season-high 15 points.
Family Reunion: Saturday's contest against Minnesota Morris will feature sisters
Holly VanKempen (Elbow Lake, Minn./West Central HS) for St. Scholastica and Abby VanKempen for the Cougars … Holly is a 6-2 junior for the Saints, while Abby is a 6-1 freshman for Morris … Holly is averaging 6.2 points, 5.6 rebounds and 1.4 blocks per game, while Abby is averaging 9.9 points, 11.2 rebounds and 1.7 blocks per game.
Need More Scoring: The Saints have scored over 60 points only four times in the first 13 games … Last year, through the first 13 games, the Saints went over 60, 11 times … CSS is averaging 56.0 points per game, which if the season ended today would be its lowest since the 2008-09 season.
Upcoming Opponents
Crown Storm
Record: 0-14, 0-6 UMAC
The Storm are still in search of their first win this year … They have lost their first 14 games by an average margin of 25.3 points … Crown is the lowest scoring team in the conference, averaging 46.4 points per game … The Storm also averages a league-high 24.5 turnovers per game … Hannah Malone leads the team in scoring, averaging 10.5 points per game, but has not played since early December … Kayla Carter averages a team-high 4.8 rebounds per contest.
Minnesota Morris Cougars
Record: 9-4, 6-0 UMAC
The Cougars enter the weekend co-leaders in the UMAC with UW-Superior, a team they will face Friday night, before taking on the Saints on Saturday … Morris has won nine straight games, since starting the season 0-4 … This weekend is their first road games since early December as they have played the last six games at home … The Cougars are second in the conference in scoring, averaging 68.5 points per game … They are also stout defensively, holding opponents to 57.9 points per game and leading the league with field goal percentage defense (.328) and blocked shots (67) … Morris has made the most 3-pointers in the conference (91) and make the highest percentage of them (.347) … Kendra Raths leads the team offensively with 12.5 points per game … Elli Stevenson averages 11.4 points and Mauren Thiesen is at 10.8 per contest … Raths has the highest field goal percentage in the league (.533) and has a UMAC-best 24 blocked shots, while Thiesen is second in the conference with 27 made 3-pointers … Abby VanKempen leads the UMAC with 11.2 rebounds per game and is second in the conference with 22 blocked shots.
Series Records:
-CSS leads Crown 35-0
(Last Meeting: 67-63 CSS – 2/6/2016)
-Morris leads CSS 28-7
(Last Meeting: 47-39 UMM – 2/5/2016)
Series Histories: Last year the Saints swept Crown by an average margin of eight points, the closest it has been in series history … The four-point win in the last meeting at the Reif was the closest margin of victory in the series /// The Saints split with Minnesota Morris last season with each team winning on each other's home court … CSS has three wins over the Cougars at the Reif all-time and two of those three wins came in the past five seasons.
Looking Ahead: The Saints continue their home stand as it welcomes the University of Northwestern (Minn.) on Friday, January 20 and then North Central University (Minn.) on Saturday, January 21 for Alumni Day.
