MANKATO, Minn.-- The Bethany Lutheran men's basketball team (16-6 overall, 11-2 UMAC) concludes its three-game road trip Saturday against Northland (5-17, 2-11) at 3 p.m. The Vikings are in third and the Lumber Jacks are tied for seventh in the conference standings. Northland has dropped its last two-straight.

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The Series
BLC owns the all-time series lead at 24-7 and have won the last eight-straight. The Vikings claimed the first meeting of the season, 100-79 on Jan. 11.

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 16.2 and juniors Jared Milinkovich (New Prague, Minn.) and Brian Smith (Brooklyn Park, Minn.) round out the leading scorers with 13.6 and 11.4 PPG, respectively.

Krueger leads the team on the glass with his 8.8 rebounds/game. Mayfield has a team-high 155 assists and Smith has a team-best 37 steals.

Career Record Watch
Krueger is first in blocks (76) and field goals (437), third in rebounds (562), and seventh in points (1,085). Jared Milinkovich is third in blocks (54) and Mayfield is fifth in assists (293). Freshman Hunter Nielsen (New Prague, Minn.) is 10th in blocks (28).

Single Season Record Watch
Mayfield is first in assists (155) and Nielsen is fourth in blocked shots (28).

Krueger is third in rebounds (194), tied for seventh in blocks (22), and 10th in field goals (153).

As a team, the Vikings have set a new record in blocks (99).

Against the Conference
BLC leads the league in scoring offense (91.3 PPG), and field goal percentage (.495).

Mayfield is the third-leading scorer (17.5 PPG), and Krueger is the fourth-leading scorer (17.1) and fourth-leading rebounder (8.6 rebounds/game).

Krueger is first in field goal percentage (.750), Mayfield is first in assists (99) and Nielsen is second in blocks (20).

Northland
Benny Larry Jr. leads his team with 12.4 PPG and Harley Shear leads the team on the glass with 5.4 rebounds/game.