DULUTH, Minn. (
csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica men's basketball team welcomes Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) rival Bethany Lutheran College to The Reif on Saturday. The contest is the UMAC Game of the Week.
Where:
Reif Gymnasium – Duluth, Minn.
When:
Saturday vs. Bethany Lutheran – 3 p.m.
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St. Scholastica Saints
Stats
Record: 7-8, 5-2 UMAC
Upper Midwest Athletic Conference: Standings | Stats
What You Need to Know about the Saints:
-CSS will enter Saturday's matchup on a three-game winning streak after disposing of Northland College on Wednesday 96-77.
-That marks St. Scholastica second three-game winning streak of the season, but is in search of its first four-game win streak on the year.
-Senior guard
Collin Anderson (Eagan, Minn./Eagan HS) leads the team in scoring, averaging 15.9 points per game.
-Anderson is averaging 22.6 points per game over the last five games.
-Anderson ranks second in the conference with 44, 3-point field goals.
-He needs 21 more points to become the seventh player in program history to reach 1,300 career points.
-Sophomore
Jack Silgen (Crosby, Minn./Crosby-Ironton HS (St. Thomas)) had his second double-double in the last three games in Wednesday night's win at Northland.
-Fellow sophomore
Quinn Fischer (Esko, Minn./Esko HS) recorded his double-double of the year on Wednesday.
-Freshman
Cade Goggleye (Nett Lake, Minn./North Woods HS) recorded a season-high 13 points on Wednesday and was perfect from the field at 5-for-5, including 3-for-3 from beyond the arc.
What You Need to Know about Bethany Lutheran:
Record: 10-5, 5-1 UMAC
-The Vikings enter Saturday's showdown on a five-game win streak.
-BLC is coming off a 94-73 victory over North Central University (Minn.) on Wednesday.
-Bethany has scored 100 or more points four times this season, including twice in the last four games.
-The Vikings lead the conference and rank 11
th in NCAA Division III, averaging 90.5 points per game.
-They rank eighth in the country averaging 19.0 assists per game.
-Guard Cire Mayfield is sixth nationally, averaging 6.9 assists per game.
-Mayfield also leads the team in scoring, averaging 17.8 points per game.
-In the interior, Trenton Krueger leads the conference, making 67 percent of his field goal attempts in UMAC play.
-Krueger also ranks third in the conference at 9.2 rebounds per game
-The Vikings have a UMAC-best 67 blocked shots
Series Record: BLC leads 19-16
(Last Meeting: 95-88 CSS – 2/21/2019)
Series History: After getting swept by the Vikings during the regular season, the Saints went to Mankato and defeated BLC in last year's UMAC Tournament semifinals … CSS has lost three straight to the Vikings at The Reif.
Looking Ahead: The Saints will have their final non-conference game of the regular season when they host Finlandia University (Mich.) on Wednesday at the Reif Gymnasium.
