WINONA LAKE, Ind. – Grace's men's and women's basketball teams will welcome a pair of Top-10 ranked opponents on Saturday to the Manahan Orthopaedic Capital Center.

The women's game against defending national champion and No. 7-ranked St. Francis will tip off at 1 p.m. The men's game against the No. 9 Cougars will follow at 3 p.m.

The first 250 Grace students in attendance to Saturday's doubleheader with St. Francis will receive a free #FearTheLancer headband to support the Lancers.

Saturday is also DePuy Synthes Day. All DePuy Synthes employees and their immediate family will receive free admission to the game after showing employee ID at the arena's upper entrance. Free food and drink will also be available in the Hospitality Suite during both games for DePuy Synthes employees and family members.

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The Lady Cougars went a perfect 38-0 last season en route to the NAIA Div. II national championship. St. Francis's closest road contest last year was at the MOCC. The Lady Lancers' upset bid came up three points short at 66-63 on Feb. 8, 2014.

Grace is in the second game of a four-game home stand. The Lady Lancers will look to rebound from a disappointing defeat to Spring Arbor on Wednesday. Allison Kauffman is nearly averaging a double-double for the season with 19.3 points and 9.1 rebounds per game. She moved into fourth place among Grace's all-time leading scorers on Wednesday.

St. Francis is led by Michigan State transfer Akyah Taylor with 21.3 points per game. Taylor has scored in double figures in all 16 of her games played. The Cougars are No. 6 in the nation in assist-to-turnover ratio, and they have outscored their opponents by 20 points per game on average.

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Grace swept St. Francis during the 2013-14 season, but both games were nailbiters. Grace won by six points in Fort Wayne and held on for a three-point upset of the No. 11 Cougars at the MOCC on Feb. 8, 2014.

The Lancers are riding a three-game winning streak, currently the longest in the Crossroads League. Grace and St. Francis are in a five-way tie for second place in the league standings with a 3-2 mark.

Grace is led by 12.9 points and 5.0 assists per game from Logan Irwin. The Lancers' defense ranks in the top 10 of the nation in three categories, including No. 1 in defending the 3-point shot (25 percent).

St. Francis's Kegan Comer leads four players in double-digit scoring at 17.5 ppg. The Cougars' high-scoring offense averages 80 ppg, and they make 40 percent of their 3-pointers.