DULUTH, Minn. (
csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica women's basketball team has clinched a postseason spot, but can improve its seeding this week with games against Northland College at the Reif Gymnasium on Wednesday and at Crown College on Saturday.
Where:
Wednesday
Reif Gymnasium – Duluth, Minn.
Saturday
Wild Athletic Center – St. Bonifacius, Minn.
When:
Wednesday vs. Northland – 7:30 p.m.
(Senior Night)
Saturday at Crown – 5 p.m.
Live Video vs. Finlandia: http://csssaints.com/watch/?Live=106
Live Stats vs. Finlandia: http://www.sidearmstats.com/css/wbball/
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: 12-11, 7-7 UMAC
Upper Midwest Athletic Conference: Standings | Stats
What You Need to Know about the Saints:
-Based on tiebreaker criteria, the Saints have already clinched a UMAC Tournament berth, but can either be the No. 4 or No. 5 seed, pending this week's results.
-The Saints are coming off a six-point loss at the University of Northwestern (Minn.) on Saturday.
-It was the third conference game this season CSS lost when ahead at halftime.
-Junior
Danielle Cieluch (Duluth, Minn./Duluth East HS) had a career-high 12 rebounds against the Eagles on Saturday.
-Cieluch also had a double-double of 11 points and 11 rebounds against Finlandia University (Mich.) last Wednesday.
-The Saints will recognize three seniors on Wednesday in
Emelia Miner (Hutchinson, Minn./Hutchinson HS),
Sam Brannen (Ramsey, Minn./Anoka HS) and
Holly VanKempen (Elbow Lake, Minn./West Central HS).
-Minor has played in 80 career games and recorded over 1400 minutes of playing time.
-Brannen will be playing in her 90
th game on Wednesday and went over 500 career points last week.
-VanKempen will hit 100 games if she appears in both games this week and is the program's leader in career blocks (146) and sits on 700 career points.
-Junior
Rashonna Thomas (Minneapolis, Minn./Columbia Heights HS (Anoka-Ramsey CC)) leads the team in scoring at 11.3 points per game.
-Thomas is second in the conference, averaging two 3-point field goals per game in league play.
-A home win on Wednesday against Northland would be their eighth of the season, the most since the 2011-12 season.
What You Need to Know about Northland:
-The LumberJills are 3-20 overall and 1-13 in conference play.
-One of the three wins came against Northwestern just a couple of weeks ago.
-Northland averages only 46.5 points per game, which is the fewest in the conference.
-The 'Jills also average the fewest rebounds in the conference at 32.7 per game, which is also near the bottom of NCAA Division III.
-The LumberJills have a -5.61 turnover margin, lowest in the league.
-They do rank second in the conference at the free throw line, making 69 percent of their attempts.
-Katherine Taylor leads the team in scoring at 9.8 points per game.
Series Record: CSS leads 46-35
(Last Meeting: 73-50 CSS – 1/17/2018)
Series History: The Saints have won seven straight against Northland at The Reif … CSS is looking for its first season sweep of the 'Jills since the 2014-15 season.
What You Need to Know about Crown:
-The Storm have had a record-breaking year with 10 wins entering the week.
-Crown is 10-13 overall and 5-9 in conference play.
-Even through the Storm can tie the Saints in the standings, they would lose the tiebreaker, thus eliminating them from postseason contention.
-Crown is coming off a 15-point win against Northland on Saturday.
-The Storm travels to Martin Luther College on Wednesday before finishing the season against the Saints Saturday.
-They have made the fewest 3-point field goal attempts in the conference (54).
-They have the second-most steals in the league with 235.
-Desiree Davis leads the team in scoring at 16.4 points per game, which is third in the conference.
-Davis also ranks in the top 10 in the UMAC in rebounds (6.3 per game), field goal percentage (.445), assists (3.2 per game) and leads in steals (85).
Series Record: CSS leads 38-0
(Last Meeting: 64-47 CSS – 1/13/2018)
Series History: The Saints have won every meeting at Crown by double figures.
Looking Ahead: The Saints will play in the UMAC Tournament First Round game on Monday night against a to-be-determined opponent. The location of that game will be decided this week.
