DULUTH, Minn. (
csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica men's basketball team welcomes Highway 2-foe Northland College to the Reif Gymnasium for a key Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) contest on Wednesday.
Where:
Reif Gymnasium – Duluth, Minn.
When:
Wednesday at 7:15 p.m.
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St. Scholastica Saints
Stats
Record: 7-8, 4-3 UMAC
Upper Midwest Athletic Conference: Standings | Stats
What You Need to Know about the Saints:
-The Saints scored a season-high 96 points in a 17-point win at Crown College on Saturday.
-That game marked the first known time in Saints basketball history both teams scored at least 50 points in the first half.
-It was also the first time both teams scored 50 points in any half since last year's home win over the Storm.
-After averaging only 4.7 points per game in a three-game stretch around the first of the year, senior
Brandon Newman (Barnum, Minn./Barnum HS) is averaging 19.7 points per game over the last three games.
-Newman moved into fifth place on the school's career scoring list on Saturday and needs 35 points to become the fifth player to reach 1,400 career points.
-Newman is third in the conference with a 1.7 assist-to-turnover ratio.
-Freshman
Zach Sjoblad (Pequot Lakes, Minn./Pequot Lakes HS) had a season-high 10 rebounds in Saturday's win.
-The Saints have made at least 12, 3-point field goals in each of the last three games.
-CSS leads the conference, averaging 9.4 made 3-point field goals per game.
-Senior
Collin Anderson (Eagan, Minn./Eagan HS) leads the UMAC with 3.3 made 3-pointers per game.
-In conference play, the Saints are holding opponents to a conference-best 41 percent shooting, but are allowing teams to shoot 39 percent from beyond the arc, a conference-worst.
-The Saints lead the UMAC, averaging 4.6 blocks per game in league play.
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Jarod Wilken (Annandale, Minn./Annandale HS) has eight blocked shots in UMAC action, third-most in the conference.
What You Need to Know about Northland:
Record: 6-10, 4-3 UMAC
-The LumberJacks are coming off an impressive 11-point home win over the University of Minnesota Morris on Saturday.
-Northland enters on a three-game win streak, including handing Crown its first conference loss on January 5 in St. Bonifacius.
-The 'Jacks and the Saints are two of four teams tied for third in the conference with a 4-3 record.
-If Northland can beat the Saints it would have beaten each of the three teams currently tied with them, which could prove critical down the road.
-Modesta Britten leads the team in scoring, averaging 16.1 points per game.
-He also grabs a team-best 8.3 rebounds per game.
-Northland is holding conference teams to a league-worst 28 percent shooting from beyond the arc.
-The LumberJacks have a conference-best +5.3 turnover margin; The Saints are second at +4.1.
-They lead the conference with 7.9 steals per game.
-Brandon Galland leads the UMAC with 2.1 steals per game.
Series Record: CSS leads 59-21
(Last Meeting: 71-59 NC – 2/14/2018)
Series History: The LumberJacks came to the Reif last year to beat the Saints in Duluth for the first time since the 2004-05 season … In the previous year's meeting in Duluth, the Saints needed overtime to defeat Northland.
Looking Ahead: The Saints have another critical league home game when conference leader Bethany Lutheran College travels to Duluth Saturday.
