DULUTH, Minn. - Presentation College defeated the College of St. Scholastica 73-58 in a Upper Midwest Athletic Conference men's basketball game Saturday in Duluth.
PC seniors Michael Babcock, Logan Diede and Channing Coffey led the Saints to wins in the final three games of their careers. Saturday, they combined for 43 points, 19 rebounds and eight assists.
“Even though we didn't make the playoffs, we ended the best way we could for those three seniors by winning our last three games,” said PC coach Jeremy Reigle. “Everyone played hard and played for each other tonight. It was a lot of fun, but we are going to miss those three seniors.”
PC took the lead with 14 minutes left in the game on a three-pointer by Shane Cunningham. The Aberdeen team never looked back after that.
The eight-team UMAC will begin its four-team playoffs Wednesday. On the men's side, No. 1 Northwestern College will host No. 4 Martin Luther at 7:30 p.m. at Roseville, Minn., while No. 2 Minnesota-Morris will host No. 3. Bethany Lutheran at 7:30 p.m. The highest remaining seed will host the UMAC championship Saturday.
PRESENTATION COLLEGE (9-16, 6-8): Logan Diede 3-4 0-0 6, Michael Babcock 7-11 5-7 23, Channing Coffey 5-11 4-4 14, Shane Cunningham 1-5 1-2 4, Josh Muellner 4-9 6-7 14, Montae Brown 0-0 0-0 0, Jevon Glassnor 0-2 2-2 2, Tyler Marks 0-1 1-2 1, Michael Gjernes 3-5 0-0 9. Totals 23-48 19-24 73.
COLLEGE OF ST. SCHOLASTICA (9-16, 6-8): Brett Tester 9-23 5-6 23, Danny Schmitz 5-20 1-1 12, Jonah Dahlman 0-4 2-2 2, Derek Anderson 3-9 3-4 11, Logan Schultz 0-0 0-1 0, Nick Biedakiewic 1-1 0-0 2, Pat Franko 1-3 0-1 2, Sean Mayberry 1-5 2-2 4, Woody Balut 0-1 0-0 0, Jimmy Mach 1-1 0-0 2, Thad Picott 0-0 0-0 0, David Walsh 0-1 0-0 0, Scotty Morgan 0-1 0-0 0, Matt Feuling 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 21-69 13-17 58.
Halftime score - PC 34-33. 3-point field goals - PC 8-21 (Babcock 4-7, Coffey 0-1, Cunningham 1-4, Muellner 0-2, Glassnor 0-2 Gjernes 3-5); CSS 3-21 (Schmitz 1-9, Anderson 2-8, Balut 0-1, Walsh 0-1, Mayberry 0-2). Total fouls - PC 17; CSS 18. Fouled out - No one. Rebounds - PC 40 (Coffey 9); CSS 40 (Tester 8). Assists - PC 16 (Diede 4); CSS 11 (Dahlman 5). Blocks - PC 3 (Coffey 1, Cunningham 1, Muellner 1); CSS 0. Steals - PC 6 (Gjernes 2); CSS 10 (Franko 3). Turnovers - PC 16; CSS 11. Officials - Tom Fiedler, Tyler Nelson, Peter Vreize.
