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Wednesday, January 8, 2003 |
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Carleton hit 18 of 19 free throws, while the Cardinals could only convert 6 of 13 as the Knights handed SMU a 71-60 setback Monday evening. … Macalester, meanwhile, snapped a 26-game losing streak against Gustavus with a 70-65 triumph over the Gusties Monday. |
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After dropping a 64-48 decision in their first meeting vs. Macalester, the Cardinals got a game-high 20 points from Jacon Dzick in beating the Scots in the rematch, 74-69. |
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Lance Larson (Lakeville, Minn.) netted a game- and season-high 23 points in Monday’s loss to Carleton. … The loss was SMU’s sixth in its last seven games. … Larson leads the team in scoring with a 15.4 ppg average, while Nick Michaels (Dyer, Ind.) and Jim Wangler (Wheaton, Ill.) are also averaging in double figures (13.6 ppg and 10.6 ppg, respectively. … The 26-game losing streak that Macalester snapped against Gustavus Monday night had dated back to 1989. … The 60 points SMU scored vs. Carleton Monday was its second-lowest offensive output of the season. |
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WINONA, Minn. — After picking up a key Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference win over St. John's last Saturday, Saint Mary's University men's basketball coach Bob Biebel warned that his team couldn't afford any type of emotional letdown when the Cardinals took the court two days later against high-powered Carleton.
The Cardinals didn't let down — it's just that the Knights never let up.
And when the dust finally settled, the outcome was determined by a thin line — the free throw line.
The Knights went to the free throw line 19 times, making 18, while SMU was a meager 6-for-13 as Carleton pulled away late en route to a 71-60 win over the Cardinals Monday evening at the SMU gym.
“It wasn’t so much that they went to the free throw line a ton, it’s just that when they went there, they made the shots count,” said SMU coach Bob Biebel, noting that the Cardinals were forced to foul down the stretch. “And on the flip side, we didn’t make our free throws at all — to go 6-for-13 is not a very good percentage, especially when several of those were front ends (of one-and-ones).”
Four of the seven players Carleton put on the floor scored in double figures against the Cardinals, led by Kyle Beste's 20 points. It was Carleton's fourth straight win and the seventh win in its last eight games.
Lance Larson (Lakeville, Minn.) scored a game- and season-high 23 points in the losing effort for the Cardinals, who dropped to 2-4 in the MIAC and 2-8 overall. Jim Wangler (Wheaton, Ill.) chipped in 12 points for SMU, which shot a blistering 48 percent from the field — connecting on 24 of 50 field goal attempts — compared to Carleton's 22-for-55 (40 percent) effort.
The Cardinals erased their three-point halftime deficit, taking leads of 37-36 and 39-38 early in the second half, but the Knights took control from there, building their biggest lead, 57-48, with 8:19 remaining. SMU battled back, pulling within two, 58-56, with four minutes to play, but Carleton outscored the Cardinals 13-4 the rest of the way to seal the win.
“I didn’t think we came out with the same intensity that we had Saturday (in a 72-67 win),” Biebel said. “And in this conference, that’s the difference between winning and losing — it’s which team comes ready to play.”