MANKATO, Minn. – The Bethany Lutheran men's basketball team (20-6 overall) defeated UW-Superior (16-10) 92-72 Wednesday. With the victory, the Vikings advanced to the UMAC Tournament Championship Game. BLC will host St. Scholastica Saturday at 5 p.m. as the Saints upset top-seed Northwestern, 85-82, in the other semifinal game. This will be the program's fourth appearance in the title game in program history.
 


Bethany compiled a 19-7 run over the opening seven minutes of the contest and never looked back. The Vikings led by double digits for the duration of the game and pushed the margin to as many as 28 twice in the second half.
 
Four players finished in double figures as sophomore Cire Mayfield (St. Louis Park, Minn.) led the team with 22 points. He tied his own BLC tournament game record in field goals (9) and steals (3).
 
Junior Brian Smith (Brooklyn Park, Minn.) had 16, junior Jared Milinkovich (New Prague, Minn.) tallied 15 and senior Trenton Krueger (Eagan, Minn.) ended with 13.
 
Bethany set a new tournament game record in steals (10), as the previous mark of 8 occurred against Minnesota-Morris on Feb. 21, 2018 and St. Scholastica on Feb. 21, 2019.

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The Vikings return to action Saturday against St. Scholastica in the Tournament Championship at 5 p.m.