Notables
-Carlson records fourth straight 20+ point game
-Fischer records fourth double-double of season
-Assists, CSS-19, Northland-9
DULUTH, Minn. (
csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica men's basketball team welcomed Northland College to The Reif for an Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) matchup on Wednesday night. A game of streaks would be maintained by St. Scholastica with two runs of 20+ points to gain sizable leads and that would be enough to lead to a 78-53 win.
How It Happened
Both teams started out the game slowly with the Saints only gaining a three-point advantage over the LumberJacks, 9-6. The Saints then went on an 11-5 run in the next four minutes to increase their lead to double digits at 20-9. After five straight points by Northland (5-16, 2-10 UMAC), St. Scholastica would close out the final seven minutes of the half scoring 21 straight points with six Saints scoring. Heading into halftime the Saints led 41-14. The LumberJacks went scoreless for the final 9:20 of the first half.
The Saints came out of the half playing very conservatively on offense, while Northland got the offense going. The LumberJacks started out the first seven minutes of the half going on an 18-4 run to bring the score to 45-32. St. Scholastica answered with a punch of their own going on a 13-2 run in the next three minutes to regain a comfortable 58-34 lead with just under 10 minutes left in the game.
Northland struck back going on a 14-4 run of its own to bring the score back within 12 points at 60-48.
Collin Anderson (Eagan, Minn./Eagan HS) would put the scoring on his back for the Saints final run of the game scoring 11 points for the Saints to push the lead back up to 21 with three minutes left in the game. The Saints remaining bench players would come into the game for the final minutes of the game and go on to win 78-53.
Top Performers
Nick Carlson (Canyon, Minn./South Ridge HS) was the game leader for points with 23 for the Saints.
Quinn Fischer (Esko, Minn./Esko HS) recorded a double-double of 16 points and led the team in rebounds with 13. Carlson and
Cade Goggleye (Nett Lake, Minn./North Woods HS) recorded five assists in the win.
Up Next
The Saints (11-10, 8-4 UMAC) will travel to Crown College on Saturday afternoon for their final regular season road game of the season. Tipoff is scheduled for 3 p.m.
