MORRIS, Minn. – The Minnesota Morris basketball teams will be on the road for the next four games, starting Friday with games against St. Scholastica. On Saturday, Morris will take on Wisconsin-Superior. The UMAC season is down to just six games and both the men and women have plenty to play for.
 
MEN
 
After a 1-3 start to the UMAC season the Cougars have won six of their last seven conference games and now sit in a tie for third place with six games to go. They can move into a tie for second with a win over St. Scholastica tomorrow night. Back on January 3, UMM took down the Saints 91-75 to spark their reemergence in the conference. On Saturday they will look to avenge an 85-74 loss to Wisconsin-Superior.
 
CD Douglas continues his strong play and is now averaging 21.1 points per game. He has failed to score 20 points just three times during UMAC play. Tyler Ukkelberg, Joe Roggenbuck, Noah Grove, John Haseman and Anthony Fisher are all averaging over eight points per game.
 
NOTES:

• Joe Roggenbuck scored in double figures in each game last season.
• John Haseman has scored at least ten points in five of the last six games.
• Morris (10-9, 7-4 UMAC) was held to 67 points vs Northwestern last week, the first time being held under 70 points since Dec. 7.
• St. Scholastica (13-7, 8-3 UMAC) has won nine straight home games.
• Morris leads the UMAC in rebounding margin, + 7.5.
• CSS is 12-3 when at least three players score in double figures.
• The Yellow Jackets (10-10, 6-5 UMAC) have gone 3-4 since beating the Cougars in Morris.
• Zach Schradle is averaging 20.9 points and 9.2 rebounds per game.
• Four Yellow Jackets are scoring at least 9.8 points per game this year.

 
WOMEN
 
Minnesota Morris heads north this weekend for games with St. Scholastica and Wisconsin-Superior, kicking off the final stretch of the UMAC conference season. Friday's game with St. Scholastica holds extra importance as both teams are 5-6 in the UMAC and tied for fourth place along with Martin Luther.
 
Earlier this year the Saints beat Morris 78-69 after outscoring the Cougars 24-13 in the fourth quarter. Elli Stevenson had 22 points on 7-13 shooting. Morris was held to 30.9% shooting in the game with CSS.
 
NOTES:

• Morris (9-10, 5-6 UMAC) is shooting 79.4% from the foul line in the last five minutes of conference games.
• In the six UMAC loses, Morris is averaging 20.8 points off turnovers, this has resulted in 19.3 points per game for the opponent.
• Morris has been outscored by their opponents 343-257 in third quarters this season. In UMAC games UMM has been outscored 204-146 in the third quarter.
• In their five UMAC wins the Cougars have outscored the opponent 172-128 in the first half and 98-67 in the fourth quarter.
• Kendra Raths is averaging 11.2 points and 8.0 rebounds in conference wins.
• CSS' win at Minnesota Morris in early January was the first regular season win over the Cougars in Morris since 2004.
• The Saints (8-12, 5-6 UMAC) have never won back-to-back games against Minnesota Morris in 34 total meetings.
• The Saints have been out-scored 382-336 in the fourth quarter this season. In the first three quarters, the Saints have the edge 971-970.
• Superior (17-2, 11-0 UMAC) has won all 11 UMAC games, outscoring opponents by an average of 20.4 points.
• The Yellow Jackets are a balanced team with seven players scoring at least six points and seven players averaging at least three rebounds per game.