St. Bonifacius, Minn. - The Crown College Men welcomed the St. Scholastica Saints and Northland College Lumberjacks to the Wild Athletic Center over the weekend for two more UMAC conference games. Crown played well in both games, but lost to Scholastica 77-62 on Friday night and pulling off a nice 67-61 win on Saturday night over Northland.

CSS- Crown found themselves down only five with 2 minutes left in the first half before a 6-0 made the halftime score 42-31 in favor of the Saints. That lead would swell over 20 in the second half before Crown cut it to 9 with 2:33 left in the game, but they could not find a way to cut it any closer. Crown only committed nine turnovers, but they struggled offensively only making 34.8% of their attempts from the field. James Brown led the team with 15 points and seven rebounds.

NC- Crown came out cold in this game down 17-4 at the 12 minute mark in the first half before getting things going. They would rally to tie the score at 25 before two Northland free throws made the halftime score 27-25 Lumberjacks. Crown would take the lead in the second half around the 13 minute mark and never relinquish that lead as it swelled to as many as 12 points to win 67-61. Brown posted a huge double double with 26 and 12 as Tom Messner reached double figures with 12 points and four assists while Breier Sanders gave a great boost from the bench with 12 points.