MANKATO, Minn.-- The Bethany Lutheran men's basketball team (15-5 overall, 10-1 UMAC) opens a three-game road trip Wednesday against North Central (5-14, 2-8) at 5:30 p.m. The Vikings are tied for first and the Rams are tied for sixth in the conference standings. BLC enters the week on a ten-game winning streak and NCU has dropped its last two-straight.

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The Series
BLC owns the all-time series lead at 12-4, and have won the last eight-straight.

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 16.0 and juniors Jared Milinkovich (New Prague, Minn.) and Brian Smith (Brooklyn Park, Minn.) round out the leading scorers with 13.6 and 11.0 PPG, respectively.

Krueger leads the team on the glass with his 9.2 rebounds/game. Mayfield has a team-high 136 assists and Smith leads the way with 35 steals.

Career Record Watch
Krueger is first in blocks (73), second in field goals (421), third in rebounds (552), and ninth in points (1,048). Jared Milinkovich is third in blocks (53) and Mayfield is fifth in assists (274).

Single Season Record Watch
Mayfield is fourth in assists (136). Freshman Hunter Nielsen (New Prague, Minn.) is tied for fifth in blocked shots (26).

Krueger is fourth in rebounds (184) and tenth in blocks (19).

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

The Vikings are: fourth in assists (380), seventh in scoring offense (91.5 PPG), eighth in assists/game (19.0), 10th in field goal percentage (49.9), 21st in blocks (92), 28th in rebounds (831), 31st in blocked shots/game (4.6), 32nd in free throw percentage (76.1) and three-point field goals (201), 39th in three-point field goals/game (10.1), 50th in rebounds/game (41.55), 52nd in three-point field goal percentage (37.8), 56th in won-loss percentage (75.0), 60th in scoring margin (9.1), and 89th in rebound margin (4.1).

Individually, Mayfield is fourth in assists (136), seventh in assists/game (6.8), 53rd in field goals (137), and 77th in assist turnover ratio (2.09).

Krueger is first in field goal percentage (69.5), 22nd in double doubles (10), 45th in rebounds (184), 53rd in field goals (137), and 57th in rebounds/game (9.2).

Jared Milinkovich is 58th in field goal percentage (57.8) and Hunter Nielsen is 92nd in blocks (26).

Against the Conference
BLC leads the league in scoring offense (91.6 PPG), field goal percentage (.491), and assist turnover ratio (1.61).

Mayfield is third in scoring (17.7 PPG) and Krueger is fifth (16.8 PPG). Mayfield is first in assists (80) and second in assist turnover ratio (2.8).

Krueger is the third-leading rebounder (9.3/game), first in field goal percentage (.734), and Nielsen is first in blocks (18).

North Central
Micah Filer and Seth Fuqua co-lead the team with 15.3 PPG. Jalen Dunlap follows at 11.1 and Justin Castro has 10.1. Castro leads the team with 5.5 rebounds/game.