MANKATO, Minn.--  The Bethany Lutheran men's basketball team (4-3 overall, 1-0 UMAC) hosts Northwestern (5-4, 2-0) Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. The Eagles are in first in the conference standings and the Vikings are tied for fourth.

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The Series
The Eagles own the all-time series lead at 28-10.

Bethany Lutheran
Senior Trenton Krueger (Eagan, Minn.) and sophomore Cire Mayfield (St. Louis Park, Minn.) co-lead the team with 16.7 PPG. Two teammates join him in double digits as junior Brian Smith (Brooklyn Park, Minn.) averages 13.7 PPG and classmate Jared Milinkovich (New Prague, Minn.) has 12.7.

Krueger averages a double double with his team-best 10.0 rebounds/game. Mayfield has a team-high 40 assists and Smith leads the way with 13 steals.

Career Record Watch
Krueger is first in blocks (64), fifth in rebounds (438), and 10th in field goals (333). Milinkovich is fifth in blocks (46).

Against the Conference
Krueger is the fourth-leading scorer (22.0 PPG) and second-leading rebounder (14.0 rebounds/game).

Mayfield is third in steals (4) and Smith is sixth in assists (6).

National Stat Rankings
Bethany Lutheran ranks in the top 100 of nine national stat rankings categories, the NCAA released Monday.

The Vikings are 15th in free throw percentage (79.3), 23rd in scoring offense (89.1 PPG), 41st in three-point field goals/game (10.3), 43rd in rebounds/game (43.14), 59th in assists/game (16.6), 68th in blocked shots/game (4.0), 83rd in field goal percentage (47.1), 89th in blocks (28), and 90th in three-point field goals (72).

Individually, Mayfield is 23rd in assists/game (5.7) and 51st in assists (40),

Krueger is seventh in double doubles (5), 24th in field goal percentage (63.6), 46th in rebounds/game (10.0), and 86th in total rebounds (70).

Milinkovich is eighth in field goal percentage (68.5) and Smith is 99th in free throw percentage (86.2).

Sophomore Kaden Vaughn (St. Charles, Minn.) is 81st in three-point field goal percentage (42.9),

Northwestern
Four players average in double digits as Noah Alm has a team-high 22.0 PPG. Tanner Youngberg follows at 16.1 PPG, Michael Moore has 15.4, and Solomon Bach has 12.2.

Youngberg leads the team on the glass with 10.2 rebounds/game.