MORRIS, Minn. – Minnesota Morris (5-9, 3-0 UMAC) gets their first look at Northland (2-10, 0-3 UMAC) and St. Scholastica (5-9, 2-1 UMAC) this weekend as they host a pair of games at the P.E. Center. Tim Grove will be going for his 100^th career UMAC victory, he currently sits at 99.
 
The Cougars will play host to Northland on Friday evening before hosting St. Scholastica in the UMAC Game of the Week on Saturday afternoon.
 
Northland is looking for the first conference win after starting the season with three straight losses. The LumberJills are currently on a four game losing streak but battled with league leader Northwestern, falling 80-70.
 
Briana Tody leads the LumberJills with 11.5 points per game, she can score from all areas of the floor and isn't shy from shooting from three. Alison Blackford is the second leading scorer, averaging 8.7 points per game.
 
Morris will look to gain an advantage on the boards against Northland, who is being out rebounded by 14.8 per game. Offensively, Northland is scoring 46.2 points per game.
 
Saturday's meeting against St. Scholastica is not just the UMAC Game of the Week but also the matchup of the top two vote getters in the preseason poll.
 
The Cougars have won five straight regular season games with the Saints, last losing 66-62 in 2012 at Duluth. Morris has not lost a regular season home game against St. Scholastica since 2004, but the Saints did beat UMM in the 2012-13 UMAC semi-finals. All-time Minnesota Morris is 25-5 against Scholastica.
 
Currently the Cougars are averaging 68.3 points per game (first in the UMAC) and shooting 40.4% from the field. The team is making 7.0 three-point field goals per game and shooting 36.4% from behind the arc, which ranks 20th in the NCAA. The UMM defense is holding opponents to just 28.2% from three point range. Minnesota Morris has struggled from the foul line this year, converting just 63.4% from the charity stripe.
 
Through three conference games Kendra Wycoff is averaging 19 points per game and seems to have found her shot from three, going 12-25 from behind the arc. Emily Auch is averaging 10.7 points per game in the UMAC while grabbing 4.7 rebounds per game. Jess Love is coming off the bench to score 8.3 points per game in the UMAC.
 
The Saints are coming off a 1-1 home weekend, where it fell to the University of Northwestern 66-55 on Friday night and defeated North Central University 80-52 on Saturday. Senior guard Mariah Hovick averaged 16 points per game on the weekend. In fact, Hovick has scored in double figures in eight straight games. She leads the team, averaging 11.7 points per game and leads the UMAC, making 87 percent of her free throws.
 
The Saints are the top free throw shooting team in the conference and are ranked 32nd in NCAA Division III, making 73 percent of their attempts. The next closest team is Northland College at 69 percent. CSS is shooting 80 percent from the free throw line at home this year, but only 64 percent in road games.
 
Game Notes:

• Minnesota Morris leads the all-time series 25-5. The Saints have only won twice at Morris since 2000.
• UMM and CSS rank second and third in the conference in field goal percentage and opponent field goal percentage.
• The Saints continue to lead the conference, allowing 64.4 points per game. Morris is the top scoring team in the league, averaging 68.3 points per game.
• Both Minnesota Morris and St. Scholastica allow less than 65 points per game on the season.
• Three Cougars rank in the top-five in the conference in three point field goal percentage, topped by Maja Coomes who is shooting 46.2% from three.
• Minnesota Morris' Kendra Wycoff is 13th in the NCAA with 3.0 three-point field goals made per game.
• St. Scholatica's Mariah Hovick has averaged 14.1 points in eight career games against the Cougars.
• The Cougars have allowed just three made three point field goals through the first three UMAC games.