The Saint Martin’s basketball teams kick off the home portion of their schedule with a non-conference doubleheader against Northwest Christian beginning with the women at 5:15 PM and continuing with the men at 7:30.

The women come into tonight’s game at 0-2 in counting games, dropping both of their contests in Monmouth, Oregon on November 9th and 10th. The Saints did pick up a win against Evergreen, 47-37, last week. The Saints are led by sophomore Brooke Paulson’s 15.5 points per game while Black Hills graduate Chelsea Haskey is chipping in 12.5 points per game.

Northwest Christian has already played seven games this season and are 5-2. Tumwater’s Haley VandenHazel is a freshman with the Beacons averaging 3.7 points per game and 4.6 rebounds per game.

The men will play their first counting game away from the PE Building at Western Oregon where they went 2-2 in two invitationals. Roger O’Neill scored 24 points in their last game on Saturday, a 61-45 win over Notre Dame de Namur and Eric Taylor leads the Saints with a 19.5 points per game average after posting 28 points in an 86-84 loss to Chaminade.

The Beacons are 3-2 on the season but are coming off two straight losses to Rocky Mountain and Lewis & Clark State at the CCC/Frontier Challenge in Spokane over the weekend. Saint Martin’s and Northwest Christian met last season in Eugene with the Beacons coming out on top 79-72.

If you can’t make it to Marcus Pavilion for the games, you can follow live stats and hear me with the call on the webcast on SMUSaints.com.