DULUTH, Minn. (
csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica women's basketball team will be away from Duluth this week with games across the bridge on Thursday against the University of Wisconsin-Superior and then on Saturday at Martin Luther College.
Where:
Thursday
Mertz Mortorelli Gymnasium – Superior, Wis.
Saturday
MLC Gymnasium – New Ulm, Minn.
When:
Thursday at UW-Superior – 5:30 p.m. (
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Saturday at Martin Luther – 3 p.m. (
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St. Scholastica Saints
Stats
Record: 4-14, 4-7 UMAC
Upper Midwest Athletic Conference: Standings | Stats
What You Need to Know about the Saints:
-The Saints will enter Thursday's game at UW-Superior on a three-game losing skid.
-As it stands right now, CSS is on the outside of a UMAC Tournament spot as it sits two games behind North Central University (Minn.).
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Michala Walther (Roseville, Minn./Concordia Academy) and
Kaylee Kennedy (Littlefork, Minn./Littlefork-Big Falls HS) have both scored in double-figures in each of the last five games.
-For the season, Kennedy leads the team averaging 14.1 points per game, while Walther averages 11.7 points per game.
-Kennedy leads the conference, making 83 percent of her free throw attempts.
-Walther needs 19 points to move into the top-10 of the program's career scoring list and pass head coach
Stacy Deadrick.
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Danielle Cieluch (Duluth, Minn./Duluth East HS) needs six blocked shots to reach 50 this season and nine more to hit 100 for her career.
-Cieluch leads the UMAC in blocked shots.
What You Need to Know about UW-Superior:
Overall Record: 18-2, 10-1 UMAC
-The Yellowjackets have won six straight games and have already clinched a UMAC Tournament spot.
-Both losses this season have been on the road at Augsburg University and Bethany Lutheran College.
-UWS has never lost a UMAC home game.
-The Yellowjackets are out-scoring conference teams by an average of 25.6 points per game.
-They lead all UMAC teams, making 36 percent of their 3-point attempts.
-Superior is out-rebounding teams by a conference-best 8.2 rebounds per game.
-Hannah Norlin leads the team in scoring, averaging 17.5 points per game and leads the conference at 9.0 rebounds per game.
-Norlin has nine double-doubles this season.
-In league play, Eva Reinertson leads the team in scoring at 14.8 points per game.
-Emily Carpenter has a league-best 2.52 assist-to-turnover ratio.
Series Record: UWS leads 30-24
(Last Meeting: 74-52 UWS – 12/5/2018)
Series History: The Yellowjackets have won 12 straight in the series, all by double digits.
What You Need to Know about Martin Luther:
Overall Record: 1-18, 1-10 UMAC
-The Knights have lost 10 in a row.
-MLC will be at North Central on Thursday.
-The lone victory this season was a one-point home win over Northland College.
-The Knights are being out-scored in conference play by an average of 34.5 points per game.
-Emily Witkowski leads the team in scoring at 12.2 points per game.
Series Record: CSS leads 46-21
(Last Meeting: 74-39 CSS – 1/2/2019)
Series History: The Saints have won the last three games over the Knights and snapped a four-game losing streak in New Ulm last season with a two-point victory.
Looking Ahead: The Saints will have their final non-conference game of the season when they welcome Finlandia University (Mich.) to The Reif next Wednesday.
