DULUTH, Minn. (
csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica women's basketball team will travel east on Highway 2 this weekend when it faces Northland College on Friday and then heads north to face Finlandia University (Mich.) on Saturday.
Where:
Friday
Kendrigan Center – Ashland, Wis.
Saturday
Paavo Nurmi Center – Hancock, Mich.
When:
Friday at Northland – 5:30 p.m.
Saturday at Finlandia – 4 p.m. (ET)
Live Video vs. Northland: http://www.northlandcollegesports.com/sports/2015/9/3/GEN_0903154524.aspx
Live Video vs. Finlandia: http://www.fulions.com/watch/?Live=249
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St. Scholastica Saints
Stats
Record: 5-12, 4-6 UMAC
Upper Midwest Athletic Conference: Standings | Stats
Last Action: The Saints split a pair of home UMAC games last weekend, falling to the University of Northwestern (Minn.) 64-61 on Friday night, but responding to beat North Central University (Minn.) 71-57 on Saturday … CSS had an 11-point lead with seven minutes remaining in its loss to the Eagles on Friday night … On Saturday, the Saints outscored North Central 15-5 in the fourth period to pull away … CSS shot a season-high 47 percent from the floor in the victory … Sophomore
Danielle Cieluch (Duluth, Minn./Duluth East HS) scored a career-high 18 points on Friday night and then matched that total on Saturday … She also grabbed a career-high 11 rebounds on Saturday for her first collegiate double-double.
Another UMAC Player of the Week Award: Cieluch was named the UMAC Women's Basketball Player of the Week on Monday, becoming the third Saint to earn that honor this season … That is the most by one school in the conference this season …
Sam Brannen (Ramsey, Minn./Anoka HS) and
Kayla Swanson (Hibbing, Minn./Hibbing HS) earned the honor earlier this season … Cieluch is averaging 14.2 points per game over the last six games.
Where They Stand: The Saints currently sit sixth in the standings, a half game behind fifth place Martin Luther College … Reminder that the top five teams make the UMAC Tournament … Northland is a game behind the Saints in seventh, while Northwestern and Bethany Lutheran College are three games ahead of CSS in the loss column.
3-Point Shooting: The Saints made a season-high nine 3-point field goals on Friday against Northwestern and shot over 30 percent from beyond the arc in both games last weekend …
Michala Walther (Roseville, Minn./Concordia Academy) ranks second in the league with a 2.4 made 3-point field goals per game … In conference games, the Saints rank third with 5.7 made 3-pointers per game.
Free Throw Struggles: The Saints have not shot above 70 percent from the free throw line in the last eight games and have only been above 70 percent in three games.
Upcoming Opponents
Northland LumberJills
Record: 7-11, 3-7 UMAC
The LumberJills defeated Crown College 69-45 on Saturday … Northland has only beaten Crown and North Central in league play … The 'Jills allow the second-most points per game in the league (69.7) and struggle on the glass with a -6.2 rebound margin … Northland does lead the conference in free throw shooting, making 75 percent of its attempts … The LumberJills are led offensively by Nicole Huber, who is averaging 17.7 points per game … Bethany Best averages 14.3 points per game and leads the team with 7.6 rebounds per contest … Best has made the second-most free throws in the league this season (75) and leads the conference making 83 percent of her attempts in league games.
Finlandia Lions
Record: 3-11
The Lions enter the weekend on an eight-game losing streak … The streak started with the loss to St. Scholastica on December 9 … Julia Daavettila leads the team averaging 13.4 points per game … Kelsie Richards averages 12.6 per game … Both Daavettila and Richards average a team-best 6.6 rebounds per game.
Series Records:
-CSS leads Northland 45-34
(Last Meeting: 56-52 CSS – 12/10/2016)
-CSS leads Finlandia 27-10
(Last Meeting: 67-58 CSS – 12/9/2016)
Series Histories: The Saints rallied to defeat Northland in December at the Reif … CSS finished the game on a 15-3 run as Northland had an eight-point lead with five minutes to go … The LumberJills defeated the Saints last year at the Kendrigan Center /// The took down Finlandia back in December by outscoring the Lions 20-8 in the fourth quarter … CSS has won the last four meetings against Finlandia.
Looking Ahead: The Saints will have their final home games of the regular season when they welcome Bethany Lutheran College and Martin Luther College to the Reif Gymnasium on February 3 and 4.
