MANKATO, Minn.-- The Bethany Lutheran men's basketball team (10-5 overall, 5-1 UMAC) opens a three-game road trip Saturday against St. Scholastica (7-8, 5-2) Saturday at 3 p.m. This matchup has been selected as the UMAC Game of the Week. Click here for the conference's release.

The Vikings are tied for second and the Saints are fourth in the conference standings. BLC enters the weekend on a five-game winning streak and St. Scholastica has won its last three.

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The Series
BLC owns the all-time series lead at 19-16.

Bethany Lutheran
The Vikings have four players in double digits as sophomore Cire Mayfield (St. Louis Park, Minn.) leads the team with 17.8 PPG. Senior Trenton Krueger (Eagan, Minn.) follows at 14.7, and juniors Jared Milinkovich (New Prague, Minn.) and Brian Smith (Brooklyn Park, Minn.) round out the leading scorers with 13.2 and 11.7 PPG, respectively.

Krueger leads the team on the glass with his 9.1 rebounds/game. Mayfield has a team-high 104 assists and Smith leads the way with 28 steals.

Career Record Watch
Krueger is first in blocks (69), fourth in rebounds (505), eighth in field goals (377), and 10th in points (948). Jared Milinkovich is third in blocks (52) and Mayfield is fifth in assists (242).

Single Season Record Watch
Mayfield is seventh in assists (104). Freshman Hunter Nielsen (New Prague, Minn.) is ninth in blocked shots (19).

Against the Conference
BLC leads the league in field goals (63) and assist turnover ratio (1.59).

Mayfield is the fifth-leading scorer (17.8PPG) and Krueger is 10th (14.2 PPG). Mayfield leads the conference in assists (48) and assist turnover ratio (3.0).

Krueger is first in field goal percentage (.667) and third in rebounds (9.2/game). Jared Milinkovich is fifth in rebounds (8.5) and Justin Schrupp is first in three-point field goal percentage (.588).

Justin Schrupp is first in three-point field goal percentage (.545) and Mayfield is first in assists (32) and assist/turnover ratio (3.2). Nielsen is first in blocks (11).

St. Scholastica
Collin Anderson leads his team with 15.9 PPG. Nick Carlson follows with 13.6 and Jarod Wilken rounds out the leading scorers with 12.9 PPG. Wilken leads the team on the boards with 8.2 rebounds/game.