Bethel University's men's basketball team will continue their memorable season Friday night, when they travel to Northfield to face St. Olaf College in the semifinal round of the 2015 MIAC Playoffs. The Royals and Oles tipoff at 7 p.m. on the Bob Gelle Court. 

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#4 Bethel | Roster • Schedule • Statistics
#2 St. Olaf | Roster • Schedule • Statistics
 
Previous matchups
• December 6 | Arden Hills, Minn. | St. Olaf 57, Bethel 67 | [Recap / Box Score]
• January 24 | Northfield, Minn. | Bethel 95, St. Olaf 89 | [Recap / Box Score]

Game notes

Bethel University
• This is Bethel's 14th postseason appearance in the last 16 years
• Bethel's home playoff win was the first since 2009 and the second since 2004
• The Royals win on Wednesday improved their home record this season to 10-2 overall
• Bethel is 8-6 on the road, including a 5-5 mark against conference opponents
• BU is 3-3 in the postseason since the 2012 MIAC Playoffs
• Bethel defeated St. Olaf 77-58 in their last postseason meeting (2012)
• The Royals are 3-1 against ranked opponents this season, including a 71-65 overtime victory at No. 3-ranked St. Thomas
• BU is ranked No. 7 in the West Region rankings behind both St. Thomas and St. Olaf
 
Players to watch:
 

Name	FG%	3PT%	FT%	Reb./G	Assists/G	Steals/G	Blks/G	Points/G
Kyle Zimmermann	61.2	0.00	69.7	9.4	1.8	1.6	2.0	17.6
Brycen Wojta	46.6	40.9	80.7	2.8	3.1	1.3	0.1	14.6
Bridgeport Tusler	46.2	35.3	53.7	3.6	2.8	2.1	0.3	13.6
Kyle von_Schmidt-Pauli	48.1	44.3	78.6	3.9	1.0	0.3	0.5	8.6
Trevor Hall	41.9	31.8	73.1	3.4	2.4	1.5	0.5	7.2

St. Olaf
• St. Olaf is making its fourth postseason appearance in the last five years
• The Oles have been the No. 2 seed in the MIAC Playoffs in back-to-back seasons
• St. Olaf has been ranked among the nation's Top 25 teams ever since November 30
• The Oles defeated No. 4-ranked UW-Stevens Point 70-69 on November 19
• St. Olaf has gone 10-2 at home this year with their only losses coming against St. Thomas and Bethel 
• The Oles are ranked No. 2 in the West Region rankings behind St. Thomas

Players to watch:
 

Name	FG%	3PT%	FT%	Reb./G	Assists/G	Steals/G	Blks/G	Points/G
Ben Figini	54.0	0.00	63.1	5.9	0.7	0.5	0.7	16.2
Justin Pahl	40.2	39.2	84.0	2.0	2.3	1.0	0.1	13.4
Sterling Nielsen	44.8	28.6	75.0	3.2	3.8	1.5	0.2	12.1
Riley Aeikens	48.8	47.1	78.3	4.5	2.7	1.8	0.8	9.3