Men's Basketball | 12/30/20 | 4:46 PM

HELENA, Mont. -- The Carroll College Fighting Saints men's basketball team will look to put their season on a positive trajectory when they travel to face Montana Tech on Thursday. 

"I expect our kids to compete better than we did a few weeks ago," Saints coach Kurt Paulson said. "We are ready to play games. We had some time off for Christmas to get the batteries recharged and now it is time to play games in league."

The Saints (3-2, 0-1 Frontier Conference) fell in Butte 82-62 on December 16, and will be looking to pay the Orediggers back. 

"Tech was the more physical team in Game 1, no doubt about it," Saints coach Kurt Paulson said. They destroyed us on the rebounds.  Those will be the areas that will dictate the game."

The Saints pack the No. 4 total rebound defense in the NAIA at 28 per game. They also control the No. 12-ranked scoring defense, which allows 64.8 points per game. 

Shamrock Campbell is No. 5 in the NAIA in three-pointers made per game at 4.2, while sitting at No. 26 in the NAIA in three-point percentage at 57%. 

Campbell leads the Saints in scoring at 18.2 points per game, while Jovan Sljivancanin is right behind at 16.2. 

Taylor England leads the Orediggers (1-2) in scoring at 21.3 per game. His 8.7 defensive rebounds per game rank No. 8 in the NAIA. 

"Tech was the more physical team in Game 1, no doubt about it. They destroyed us on the rebounds.  Those will be the areas that will dictate the game."
  
The game is scheduled to tipoff at 6 p.m. in the HPER Complex.