DULUTH, Minn. (
csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica men's basketball team concludes its regular season this week with its home finale against Northland College on Wednesday and then travels to Crown College on Saturday. The Saints are currently tied for first place in the conference.
Where:
Wednesday
Reif Gymnasium – Duluth, Minn.
Saturday
Wild Athletic Center – St. Bonifacius, Minn.
When:
Wednesday vs. Northland – 5:30 p.m.
(Senior Night)
Saturday at Crown – 3 p.m.
Live Video vs. Northland: http://www.csssaints.com/watch/?Live=94
Live Stats vs. Northland: http://www.sidearmstats.com/css/mbball/
Live Video vs. Crown: https://portal.stretchinternet.com/crown/
Live Stats vs. Crown: https://www.crown.edu/fileadmin/livestats/xlive.htm
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St. Scholastica Saints
Stats
Record: 16-7, 11-3 UMAC
Upper Midwest Athletic Conference: Standings | Stats
What You Need to Know about the Saints:
-The Saints extended their winning streak to 10 games with a pair of wins last week.
-The 10-game winning streak matches the second-longest streak in program history and is one shy of tying the program record set at the end of the 2008-09 season.
-CSS' win at Northwestern was its seventh-straight road win, which set a program record.
-The Saints are tied with Bethany Lutheran College for first place in the conference.
-BLC's final conference game is Wednesday and with a win can clinch the No. 1 seed due to tiebreaker criteria.
-CSS can clinch at least a home semifinal game with a win Wednesday or a Northwestern loss.
-The Saints have shot higher than 50 percent from the floor in three of the last four games.
-They have made at least 10 3-pointers in each of the last five games.
-Junior
Sam Thompson (Duluth, Minn./Duluth East HS) had a career-high 18 points in the win at Northwestern, including a career-high six 3-point field goals.
-The Saints attempted a season-low eight free throws in Saturday's victory.
-CSS is 15-1 this season when it scores at least 40 points in a half.
-The CSS defense ranks at the top of the conference in points allowed (71.3).
-St. Scholastica ranks eighth in NCAA Division III with a 1.54 assist-to-turnover ratio.
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Brandon Newman (Barnum, Minn./Barnum HS) leads the league with a 2.5 assist-to-turnover ratio.
-CSS will recognize three seniors on Wednesday in
Zach Dahlman (Braham, Minn./Braham HS),
Joe Stark (Hayward, Wis./Hayward HS) and
Dylan Zimmerman (Elmdale, Minn./Upsala HS).
-Dahlman has played in 90 career games and is having his best season, averaging 10.3 points and 4.9 rebounds per game.
-Stark has played in 95 career games and is seven 3-point field goals shy of 100 for his career.
-Zimmerman has played in 48 games the last two seasons, after appearing in only four his first two years due to injury.
What You Need to Know about Northland:
-The LumberJacks enter Wednesday's game with a 10-13 overall record and a 6-8 in conference play.
-Northland has been eliminated from postseason contention.
-It has alternated wins and losses over the last six games, coming off a loss to Crown College on Saturday.
-Harrison Lucas leads the team in scoring at 13.0 points per game.
-Matt Zorn is second in the conference, averaging 8.8 rebounds per contest.
-The LumberJacks have forced the most turnovers in the league at 12.7 per game.
-Northland leads the conference with 156 steals.
-Conference opponents are shooting a UMAC-best 41 percent from beyond the arc against the 'Jacks.
Series Record: CSS leads 59-20
(Last Meeting: 89-70 CSS – 1/17/2018)
Series History: The Saints have won three straight and 15 of the last 16 against the LumberJacks … CSS is 31-4 all-time against Northland at home with its last loss at The Reif coming February 15, 2005.
What You Need to Know about Crown:
-The Storm enter the week with a 12-11 overall record and 8-6 in UMAC action.
-Crown will be at Martin Luther College on Wednesday before closing the season against the Saints Saturday.
-The Storm have already clinched a postseason spot and can either be the No. 3, No. 4 or No. 5 seed.
-In each of its last three conference losses, Crown has surrendered at least 100 points, including twice to co-leader Bethany Lutheran.
-Crown enters Saturday with a 6-1 home record in league play.
-The Storm are the highest scoring team in the conference, averaging 83.4 points per game.
-They are also the top rebounding team in the conference with 39.9 rebounds per game and a +5.2 margin.
-Crown ranks second in the conference with a 150 steals.
-Timothy Wendel is the UMAC's second-leading scorer at 19.4 points per game.
-Austin VanDerHeyden also averages 17.0 points per game.
-Both Wendel and VanDerHeyden make at least 53 percent of their field goal attempts.
-Wendel and Josh Volness lead conference with 64 made 3-point field goals.
Series Record: CSS leads 34-5
(Last Meeting: 102-83 CSS – 1/13/2018)
Series History: The Saints went over the century mark in their win earlier this season in Duluth … Four the five losses in the series have come at Crown.
Looking Ahead: The Saints will take part in the UMAC Tournament semifinals next Wednesday. Where they will play will be determined this week.
