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| 2005-2006 Final Records: 7-13 MIAC / 9-16 Overall |
| Recent Results: Carleton 65, Saint Mary's 46 / Details St. Olaf 70, Saint Mary's 52 / Details |
| Cardinal News and Notes: The Cardinals' nine wins are the most in a season since SMU went 11-13 during the 1999-2000 season. … Seven of the Cardinals' nine wins came on their home floor. The Cardinals finished the season with a 2-12 record on the road. … After opening the conference schedule with a 61-56 win at Augsburg, SMU dropped its last nine conference road games. … Michael Batterman (Fond du Lac, Wis.) scored a team-high 21 points in SMU's season-ending loss to St. Olaf, marking the second time this season the SMU junior scored 20 or more points. … Terrence Smith (Broadview, Ill.) was held scoreless against Carleton, snapping a streak of 12 straight games in which the SMU junior had scored in double figures. … It was also just the second time in his last 48 games that Smith had been held without a point. … Smith, who closed out the season with a team-best 12.0 ppg average, scored 10 or more points in 19 of the Cardinals’ 25 games. … Brensley Haywood (Joliet, Ill. / 11.3 ppg) and Batterman (10.9 ppg) also closed out the season averaging in double figures. … After beating Bethel 81-60 on Feb. 1 to even their record at 9-9, the Cardinals dropped their final seven games. |
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Fresh off back-to-back wins over Saint John's (69-56) and Hamline (85-77), the Cardinals were 5-2 in the conference and sitting in third place in the MIAC standings.
And it looked as though the Cardinals' bid to make their first postseason appearance in nearly 20 years could very well become a reality.
Unfortunately, the Cardinals' path to the postseason hit a few potholes — 11 to be exact — as SMU closed out its season with just two wins in their last 13 conference games, including a disappointing 70-52 season-ending loss to St. Olaf at the SMU Gym last Saturday.
“It just comes down to being able to do the little things right — like playing well on the defensive end of the floor,” said SMU coach Mike Trewick. “Once you start losing, it just all seems to pile up when you have such a young team.”
After trading leads for most of the first half, the Oles finally took control, using a 14-1 run over the final 6:34 of the first half to take a 33-20 halftime advantage.
And things didn't get any better for the Cardinals in the second half, as SMU managed just 12 field goals — including a 2-for-8 effort from behind the 3-point line — and never got closer than 11 points in dropping its seventh straight.
Michael Batterman (Fond du Lac, Wis.) netted a team-high 21 points, while Terrence Smith (Broadview, Ill.) chipped in 12 points for the Cardinals (7-13 MIAC, 9-16 overall), marking the 19th time in SMU's 25 games that the Cardinal junior has scored 10 or more points.
"We knew we were going to go through some growing pains with such a young team," said Trewick, whose Cardinals — without a senior on the roster — finished with a 9-16 overall mark, SMU's most wins since the 1999-2000 season (11-13). "Now our kids need to just start being selfish in the off-season, meaning that they need to be committed to becoming better every day.
“Next season starts right now."