The Bethany Lutheran men's basketball team (9-5 overall, 4-1 UMAC) concludes ts three-game homestand Wednesday against North Central (3-10, 1-4) at 5:30 p.m. The Vikings are tied for second place in the conference standings and the Rams are tied for sixth. The Vikings enter the week on a four-game winning streak and NCU has dropped its last three-straight.

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The Series
BLC owns the all-time series lead at 11-4, and have won the last seven-straight.

Bethany Lutheran
The Vikings have four players in double digits as sophomore Cire Mayfield (St. Louis Park, Minn.) leads the team with 17.4 PPG. Senior Trenton Krueger (Eagan, Minn.) follows at 15.1, and juniors Jared Milinkovich (New Prague, Minn.) and Brian Smith (Brooklyn Park, Minn.) round out the leading scorers with 13.2 and 12.4 PPG, respectively.

Krueger leads the team on the glass with his 8.7 rebounds/game. Mayfield has a team-high 96 assists and Smith leads the way with 28 steals.

Career Record Watch
Krueger is first in blocks (67), fourth in rebounds (490), eighth in field goals (374), and 10th in points (939). Jared Milinkovich is third in blocks (50) and Mayfield is fifth in assists (234).

Single Season Record Watch
Mayfield is eighth in assists (96).

Against the Conference
BLC leads the league in offense (88.2 PPG) and assist turnover ratio (1.54).

Mayfield is the eighth-leading scorer (16.6 PPG) and Krueger is ninth (15.2 PPG). Mayfield leads the conference in assists (40) and assist turnover ratio (3.1).

Krueger is first in field goal percentage (.673). Jared Milinkovich is the third-leading rebounder (8.8 rebounds/game).

Justin Schrupp is first in three-point field goal percentage (.545) and Mayfield is first in assists (32) and assist/turnover ratio (3.2).

National Stat Rankings
Bethany Lutheran ranks in the top 100 of 13 national stat categories, the NCAA released Monday.

The Vikings are: eighth in assists/game (18.8), ninth in assists (263), 11th in scoring offense (90.2 PPG), 23rd in field goal percentage (49.1), 26th in three-point field goals (147), 31st in three-point field goals/game (10.5), 47th in free throw percentage (75.1), 53rd in rebounds (576), 54th in assist turnover ratio (1.23), 62nd in rebound/game (41.14), 66th in blocks (54), 77th in three-point field goal percentage (37.3), and 83rd in blocked shots/game (3.9).

Individually, Mayfield is fourth in assists (96), eighth in assists/game (6.9), and 61st in field goals (96).

Krueger is 11th in field goal percentage (65.7), 27th in double doubles (7), 66th in rebounds (122), and 99th in rebounds/game (8.7).

Jared Milinkovich is 38th in field goal percentage (60.3), and Smith is 70th in steals (28).

North Central
Three players average in double digits as Micah Filer has 16.3 PPG, Seth Fuqua follows with 14.1 and Jalen Dunlap has 10.7. Germaine Caldwell leads teh team on the glass with his 6.2 rebounds/game.