MORRIS, Minn. – Tomorrow the Cougars begin their longest, in terms of distance, road trip of the season. They will take on Northland College on Friday night before taking on Finlandia the following day. It is also the last road trip of the UMAC season and both teams are in the final stretch of the UMAC Tournament race.
 
MEN
 
Currently the Cougars sit in third place with an 8-5 record in UMAC play. Northland comes into the game with a 6-8 record and the ability to still qualify for the UMAC Tournament. The Lumberjacks have won six of their last nine UMAC games. Finlandia comes into the game having won two straight and ending a five game losing streak.
 
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• Morris has won three straight road contests at Northland; their last loss was in 2011-12 in a game that the Cougars shot just 34.9% from the field.
• Earlier this season the Cougars beat Northland by 38 points thanks to 66.1% shooting day.
• Joe Roggenbuck had a season high 21 points and 11 rebounds.
• The Cougars have shot over 50% in each of their last three games.
• Northland's Bryshaun Brown and Rijo Jackson are both averaging over ten points per game.
• In five of their last six wins the Lumberjacks have hit at least 11 three pointers.

 
WOMEN
 
The women's team picked up a very important win last week at St. Scholastica but their work is done yet. Currently the Cougars are tied for fifth with the Saints and Northland is lurking just behind them. Morris and CSS are also just .5 games behind Martin Luther for fourth place. Finlandia comes into the game looking for their first win against a UMAC team this season.
 
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• Morris held St. Scholastica to just 16.1% shooting last week, the lowest by a team since 2013 against UMM.
• The Cougars are 9-4 when they hold the opponent to under 40% in the game.
• Northland shot just 23.4% against Morris earlier this year and the Finlandia Lions were held to 34.4%.
• Kendra Raths has scored at least eight points in eight of her last nine games.
• Kayla Kraemer has at least three assists in seven of her last ten games.
• Four Lumberjills are scoring at least seven points per game this season.
• In their last two UMAC wins Northland made at least 20 shots from the field.

 
Next weekend Morris wraps up UMAC play with home games against Martin Luther and Bethany Lutheran.