DULUTH, Minn. (
csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica women's basketball team hopes to extend its conference win streak this week as it travels to face Northland College on Wednesday and Bethany Lutheran College on Saturday.
Where:
Wednesday
Kendrigan Center – Ashland, Wis.
Saturday
North Gymnasium – Mankato, Minn.
When:
Wednesday at Northland – 7:30 p.m.
Saturday at Bethany Lutheran – 5 p.m.
Live Video vs. Northland: http://www.northlandcollegesports.com/watch/
Live Stats vs. Northland: http://www.sidearmstats.com/css/wbball/
Live Video vs. Bethany Lutheran: https://iframe.dacast.com/b/51317/c/75787
Live Stats vs. Bethany Lutheran: http://livestats.blc.edu/
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St. Scholastica Saints
Stats
Record: 8-7, 4-3 UMAC
Upper Midwest Athletic Conference: Standings | Stats
What You Need to Know about the Saints:
-The Saints are coming off a 64-47 home win over Crown College on Saturday.
-In the victory, CSS allowed only six fourth quarter points.
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Holly VanKempen (Elbow Lake, Minn./West Central HS) recorded her second double-double of the season with 11 points and 11 rebounds Saturday.
-The Saints are 6-0 this season when VanKempen grabs at least six rebounds in a game.
-VanKempen also moved into second place on the program's career blocks list with 131.
-She leads the UMAC with 20 blocked shots in conference play.
-CSS is in search of its first four-game UMAC win streak since the end of the 2014-15 season.
-As we hit the halfway point of the conference schedule, the Saints are in fifth place, but only a game back of second place and two games ahead of sixth place.
-Juniors
Michala Walther (Roseville, Minn./Concordia Academy) and
Rashonna Thomas (Minneapolis, Minn./Columbia Heights HS (Anoka-Ramsey CC)) continue to pace the Saints in scoring at 11.8 and 10.6 points per game, respectively.
-The Saints lead the conference with a +2.33 turnover margin as they force a league-high 20 turnovers per game.
-CSS leads the UMAC with a 44 made 3-point field goals in league games.
-St. Scholastica has also allowed a conference-low 20 3-point field goals in UMAC action.
-However, the Saints have the lowest rebounding margin in conference play at -8.0.
What You Need to Know about Northland:
-The LumberJills are 1-14 overall and 0-7 in league play.
-The lone win this season was a nine-point victory at Lawrence University (Wis.) on November 17.
-Since then, the 'Jills have dropped 13 straight games.
-Northland averages a league-low 43.7 points per game.
-The LumberJills shoot a league-low 30 percent from the floor, while allowing opponents to shoot a league-high 40 percent.
-Northland averages a league-high 22.5 turnovers per game.
-The 'Jills lead the conference making 78 percent of their free throws attempts in UMAC games.
-Katherine Taylor leads the team in scoring at 10.1 points per game.
Series Record: CSS leads 45-35
(Last Meeting: 82-78 Northland – 1/27/2017)
Series History: The LumberJills have won each of the last two meetings in Ashland … CSS is 2-9 in its last 11 meetings at the Kendrigan Center … Each of the last three games overall have been decided by seven points or less.
What You Need to Know about Bethany Lutheran:
-The Vikings enter the week with a 12-4 overall record and 5-2 in UMAC action.
-Bethany will host North Central University (Minn.) on Wednesday before hosting the Saints on Saturday.
-The Vikings are on a three-game win streak, which includes a pair of non-conference wins.
-BLC leads the conference in scoring at 73.3 points per game.
-However, the Vikings also allow a league-high 66.1 points per game.
-Bethany ranks second in NCAA Division III with 279 made free throws.
-The Vikings have made a league-best 33 percent of their 3-point attempts in conference play.
-Haley Sandin leads the UMAC in scoring (18.5), free throws made (100) and percentage (.794), assists (69) and minutes played (570).
-Sandin ranks second in the nation in free throws made and sixth in free throws attempted (126).
-Brooke Henning averages a team-high 6.7 rebounds per game.
Series Record: CSS leads 18-9
(Last Meeting: 56-51 BLC – 12/9/2017)
Series History: The Vikings have won four of the last five against the Saints, including a 56-51 come-from-behind victory earlier this season at The Reif … CSS led by as much 16 with six minutes remaining in the third quarter in that defeat … The Saints have not won in Mankato since the 2014-15 season.
Looking Ahead: The Saints remain away from home with a UMAC contest at North Central University (Minn.) on Wednesday, January 24.
