DULUTH, Minn. (
csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica men's basketball team remains on-campus this week when it welcomes Bridge Rival University of Wisconsin-Superior on Wednesday and Martin Luther College on Saturday.
Where:
Reif Gymnasium – Duluth, Minn.
When:
Wednesday vs. UW-Superior – 5:30 p.m.
Saturday vs. Martin Luther – 3 p.m.
Live Video vs. UW-Superior: http://www.csssaints.com/watch/?Live=91
Live Video vs. Martin Luther: http://www.csssaints.com/watch/?Live=92
Live Stats: http://www.sidearmstats.com/css/mbball/
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St. Scholastica Saints
Stats
Record: 12-7, 8-3 UMAC
Upper Midwest Athletic Conference: Standings | Stats
What You Need to Know about the Saints:
-The Saints enter the week with a six-game winning streak.
-CSS will be in search of its first win streak longer than six games since the end of the 2008-09 season when it won 11 straight games.
-The Saints have already avenged two of the three losses to conference teams this season, having beat Bethany Lutheran College and the University of Minnesota Morris the second time around.
-Junior
Brandon Newman (Barnum, Minn./Barnum HS) became the 11
th player in program history to record 1,000 career points in last week's win at North Central University (Minn.).
-Newman also became the first player in program history to record at least 1,000 points, 300 rebounds and 200 assists in a career in Saturday's win over Minnesota Morris.
-Newman is now two steals shy of 100 for his career.
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Dylan Zimmerman (Elmdale, Minn./Upsala HS) recorded his first career double-double in Saturday's win with a season-high 14 points and a career-high 10 rebounds.
-Senior
Joe Stark (Hayward, Wis./Hayward HS) scored a season-high 16 points in Saturday's win over the Cougars.
-Sophomore
Collin Anderson (Eagan, Minn./Eagan HS) has scored at least 15 points off the bench in each of the last five games he has appeared in.
-Anderson is averaging 13.2 points per game in the second half alone during that stretch.
-In UMAC play, CSS is 7-0 when Anderson scores in double-figures and 1-3 when he does not.
-St. Scholastica ranks sixth in NCAA Division III with a 1.57 assist-to-turnover ratio.
-CSS leads the conference with 17.2 assists per game.
-The CSS defense ranks at the top of the conference in points allowed (70.6), field goal percentage defense (.430), turnovers forced (13.4) and steals (134).
-CSS is 11-1 this season when it scores at least 40 points in a half.
-With five conference games remaining, the Saints are tied with Minnesota Morris and the University of Northwestern (Minn.) for second in the loss column, a game behind UMAC leader Bethany Lutheran.
-BLC plays both Northwestern and Minnesota Morris on the road this week.
What You Need to Know about UW-Superior:
-The Yellowjackets enter the week with an overall record of 5-15 and 3-8 in conference play.
-With five conference games remaining, UWS is three games back in the loss column to the fifth-and-final postseason spot.
-Superior is coming off a three-point overtime win at Martin Luther on Saturday.
-That win ended a four-game losing streak and was its first road victory of the season.
-UWS allows opponents to shoot 50 percent from the floor, the highest among conference teams.
-The Yellowjackets are the second-best 3-point shooting team in the league at 38 percent, but have made the third-fewest 3-pointers.
-UWS averages the fewest rebounds in the conference (28.6).
-Shaq Coleman leads the offense averaging 18.7 points per game, third-most in the conference.
-Coleman also leads the league at 34.3 minutes per game.
-Vid Milenkovic is third in the UMAC averaging 8.3 rebounds per game.
-The Yellowjackets average only 10.5 turnovers per game, which is the sixth-lowest in NCAA Division III.
Series Record: UWS leads 34-16
(Last Meeting: 75-56 CSS – 12/6/2017)
Series History: The Saints have won five straight over the Yellowjackets, its longest win streak in series history … Newman scored 22 points, including the first 13 points of the game for CSS in the win earlier this season in Superior … The Saints are also looking for their first three-game win streak at The Reif over Superior.
What You Need to Know about Martin Luther:
-The Knights enter the week with a 3-17 overall record and 1-10 in UMAC action.
-Martin Luther hosts North Central on Wednesday before playing the Saints on Saturday.
-MLC is coming off an eight-point win over Finlandia University (Mich.) in non-conference play on Sunday.
-The lone conference win of the season was a five-point victory at Northland College in December.
-Martin Luther averages the fewest points in the league at 67.1 per game.
-The Knights shoot a conference-low 39 percent from the floor and 32 percent from beyond the arc.
-MLC also shoots a league-worst 61 percent from the free throw line.
-Austin DeNoyer leads the team in scoring at 14.5 points per game.
-Ian Paulsen averages 14.2 points per game and a team-best 7.8 rebounds per game, which ranks fourth in the UMAC.
-Paulsen leads the conference with 1.8 steals per game.
Series Record: CSS leads 42-18
(Last Meeting: 86-62 CSS – 1/3/2018)
Series History: 10 straight games the Saints have won over the Knights … Anderson had 20 points in victory in New Ulm at the beginning of January … CSS is 23-4 all-time at home against MLC with the last defeat coming in 2004.
Looking Ahead: The Saints are at home again for their final non-conference game of the season against Finlandia University (Mich.) on Wednesday, February 7.
