MANKATO, Minn.-- The Bethany Lutheran men's basketball team (13-5 overall, 8-1 UMAC) hosts Martin Luther (4-13, 1-8) Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. The Vikings are tied for first and the Knights are tied for eighth in the conference standings. BLC enters the week on a eight-game winning streak.

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The Series
The Vikings own the series lead at 24-9 which includes the last nine-straight. The programs have met at least twice each season since 2004-05.

Bethany Lutheran
The Vikings have four players in double digits as sophomore Cire Mayfield (St. Louis Park, Minn.) leads the team with 17.6 PPG. Senior Trenton Krueger (Eagan, Minn.) follows at 16.1 and juniors Jared Milinkovich (New Prague, Minn.) and Brian Smith (Brooklyn Park, Minn.) round out the leading scorers with 13.5 and 11.2 PPG, respectively.

Krueger leads the team on the glass with his 9.6 rebounds/game. Mayfield has a team-high 119 assists and Smith leads the way with 33 steals.

Career Record Watch
Krueger is first in blocks (70), fourth in rebounds (541), sixth in field goals (406), and ninth in points (1,018). Jared Milinkovich is third in blocks (52) and Mayfield is fifth in assists (257).

Single Season Record Watch
Mayfield is fifth in assists (119). Freshman Hunter Nielsen (New Prague, Minn.) is tied for eighth in blocked shots (21).

Krueger is ninth in rebounds (173).

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

The Vikings are: 10th in scoring offense (90.4 PPG) and assists (328), 14th in assists/game (18.2), 20th in field goal percentage (49.1), 29th in three-point field goals (183), 36th in free throw percentage (75.6) and rebounds (748), 38th in three-point field goals/game (10.2), 42nd in blocks (75), 48th in assist turnover ratio (1.25), 50th in rebounds/game (41.56), 54th in blocked shots/game (4.2), 57th in three-point field goal percentage (37.5), 68th in win-loss percentage (72.2),  and 83rd in scoring margin (7.9).

Individually, Mayfield is fifth in assists (119), ninth in assists/game (6.6), 73rd in field goals (121), and 95th in assist turnover ratio (2.02).

Krueger is second in field goal percentage (68.2), 13th in double doubles (10), 33rd in rebounds (173), 44th in rebounds/game (9.6), and 67th in field goals (122).

Jared Milinkovich is 62nd in field goal percentage (56.9).

Against the Conference
BLC leads the league in scoring offense (89.6 PPG), and field goal percentage (.476).

Mayfield is third in scoring (17.3 PPG) and Krueger is fourth (17.2 PPG). Mayfield is first in assists (63) and assist turnover ratio (2.7).

Krueger is the third-leading rebounder (10.1/game), first in field goal percentage (.714), and Nielsen is third in blocks (13).

Martin Luther
The Knights have dropped their last two-straight.

Austin DeNoyer leads the team with 10.9 PPG. Ian Paulsen follows at 10.3, Jack Heichelbech has 10.0 and Joey Behm also has 10.0 PPG. Paulsen leads the team with 6.7 rebounds/game.