DULUTH, Minn. (
csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica women's basketball team will face Bridge Rival and Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) leader University of Wisconsin-Superior on Saturday at the Reif Gymnasium.
Where:
Reif Gymnasium (Burns Wellness Center – Duluth, Minn.
When:
Saturday at 3 p.m.
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St. Scholastica Saints
Stats
Record: 3-9, 2-3 UMAC
Upper Midwest Athletic Conference: Standings | Stats
Last Action: The Saints fell at St. Olaf College on New Year's Eve by a score of 78-69 … CSS scored 28 points in the fourth quarter, and recorded a season-high 41 points in the second half…
Holly VanKempen (Elbow Lake, Minn./West Central HS) recorded a season-high 17 points …
Danielle Cieluch (Duluth, Minn./Duluth East HS) and
Mel Weisbrick (Hibbing, Minn./Hibbing HS (Hibbing CC)) also recorded season highs with 13 and 12 points, respectively … Leading scorer
Michala Walther (Roseville, Minn./Concordia Academy) missed the game due to injury.
3-Point Shooting: St. Scholastica has recorded at least eight 3-pointers in two of the last three games and is coming off a season-best 42 percent performance from beyond the arc against St. Olaf.
Leaders: Walther leads the team in scoring at 12.3 points per game and has a team-high 22 steals … Guard
Sam Brannen (Ramsey, Minn./Anoka HS) is averaging 8.2 points per game and 5.1 rebounds per contest, which is tied for second in the squad… VanKempen grabs a team-best 5.6 rebounds per game and has 17 block shots …
Kayla Swanson (Hibbing, Minn./Hibbing HS) has a team-high 28 assists.
Upcoming Opponents
UW-Superior Yellowjackets
Record: 9-4, 5-0 UMAC
The Yellowjackets, the defending UMAC champions, enter Saturday's game on a two-game losing streak, falling to St. Catherine University 61-58 on December 30 and then falling to the University of Minnesota-Duluth in an exhibition game on Tuesday … Prior to those two losses, the 'jackets had won eight straight games … UWS is the highest-scoring team in the conference, averaging 71.8 points per game … It also has the best scoring defense in the league, allowing only 57.8 points per contest … The Yellowjackets have the top rebounding margin in the UMAC at +11.2 … Hailey Kontny leads the team, averaging 14.6 points per game … Hannah Norlin averages 13.8 points per game … Bailee Bartunek leads the team with 7.9 rebounds per contest.
Series Record:
-UWS leads 25-24
(Last Meeting: 65-48 UWS – 2/13/2016)
Series History: The Yellowjackets have won seven straight in the series, including both games last year by an average margin of 16 points … The seven-game win streak is the longest by either team in the series … The last win for the Saints came at the Reif on January 2, 2011.
Looking Ahead: The Saints remain at home when they face Crown College on Friday, January 13 and the University of Minnesota Morris on Saturday, January 14.
