MANKATO, Minn.-- The Bethany Lutheran men's basketball team (11-5 overall, 6-1 UMAC) continues a three-game road trip Wednesday against Crown (5-8, 4-3) Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. The Vikings are tied for second and the Storm are fifth in the conference standings. BLC enters the week on a six-game winning streak and Crown has won its last two.

This will complete the first half of the conference schedule.

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The Series
BLC owns the all-time series lead at 24-7.

Bethany Lutheran
The Vikings have four players in double digits as sophomore Cire Mayfield (St. Louis Park, Minn.) leads the team with 17.7 PPG. Senior Trenton Krueger (Eagan, Minn.) follows at 14.9, and juniors Jared Milinkovich (New Prague, Minn.) and Brian Smith (Brooklyn Park, Minn.) round out the leading scorers with 13.5 and 11.3 PPG, respectively.

Krueger leads the team on the glass with his 9.3 rebounds/game. Mayfield has a team-high 107 assists and Smith leads the way with 28 steals.

Career Record Watch
Krueger is first in blocks (70), fourth in rebounds (516), eighth in field goals (384), and 10th in points (966). Jared Milinkovich is third in blocks (52) and Mayfield is fifth in assists (245).

Single Season Record Watch
Mayfield is seventh in assists (107). Freshman Hunter Nielsen (New Prague, Minn.) is tied for eighth in blocked shots (21).

National Stat Rankings
Bethany Lutheran ranks in the top 100 of 15 national stat categories, the NCAA released Monday.

The Vikings are: ninth in scoring offense (90.5 PPG), 10th in assists (298), 11th in assist/game (18.6), 17th in field goal percentage (49.4), 24th in three-point field goals (169), 25th in three-point field goals/game (10.6), 31st in blocks (70), 41st in blocked shots/game (4.4), 42nd in three-point field goal percentage (38.3), 47th in rebounds (664), 49th in assist turnover ratio (1.24), 55th in free throw percentage (74.5), 56th in rebounds/game (41.50), 85th in won-lost percentage (68.8) and 98th in scoring margin (6.8).

Individually, Mayfield is fifth in assists (107), seventh in assists/game (6.7), 63rd in field goals (110),

Krueger is sixth in field goal percentage (65.8), 22nd in double doubles (8), 46th in total rebounds (148) and 60th in rebounds/game (9.3).

Jared Milinkovich is 43rd in field goal percentage (59.6) and Nielsen is 96th in blocks (21).

Against the Conference
BLC leads the league in offense (89.4 PPG) and assist turnover ratio (1.49).

Crown boasts the two leading scorers in Timothy Wednel (21.1 PPG) and Gunnar Ledin (18.3 PPG).

Mayfield is sixth in scoring (17.6 PPG) and Krueger is 10th (14.7 PPG). Mayfield is first in assists (51) and assist turnover ratio (2.7).

Krueger is the third-leading rebounder (9.4/game), first in field goal percentage (.672), and Nielsen is first in blocks (13).

Crown
Tim Wendel leads the team with a double double at 22.2 PPG and 10.1 rebounds/game. Gunnar Ledin follows at 19.9 PPG and Torry Ledin rounds out the leading scorers with 10.4 PPG.