SAINT MARY'S VS. CONCORDIA / SUNDAY, JAN. 29, 2006 / SMU GYM / 3:15 P.M.

Saint Mary's Cardinals
6-6 MIAC, 8-9 Overall
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4-9 MIAC, 5-12 Overall
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From Coach Trewick: “The reason we have gotten to where we have this year is because this team is very unselfish. They know that our strength lies in the team not in any one individual. If this team can continue to display these qualities and teach them to future SMU players, our program is going to be very successful in the future.”



Game Notes
Concordia swept its MIAC series vs. the Cardinals a year ago, winning 76-68 and 84-79. … Michael Batterman (Fond du Lac, Wis.) netted a team-high 12 points, but Concordia outscored the Cardinals 41-29 in the second half en route to a 70-58 victory in the team’s first meeting this season in Moorhead, Minn. … Macalester outscored the Cardinals 19-5 in the game’s final six minutes, as the Scots handed SMU a 66-56 setback Saturday afternoon. … Concordia shot a season-low 32 percent from the field in falling to St. Olaf 61-38 Saturday.

Cardinal Notes

Terrence Smith
11.9 ppg
The Cardinals snapped a season-high three-game losing streak with their 84-71 win over Augsburg last Wednesday. … The Cardinals, who were held to 56 points vs. Macalester — their second-lowest offense output of the season — have not scored more than 64 points in eight of their nine losses. … Terrence Smith (Broadview, Ill.), who leads a trio of SMU players averaging in double figures with an 11.9 ppg average, scored a team-high 11 points vs. the Scots. … Michael Batterman (Fond du Lac, Wis.) and Brensley Haywood (Joliet, Ill.) are also averaging in double figures at 11.3 ppg and 10.4 ppg, respectively. … Saturday’s loss was SMU’s fourth in its last five games. … With Saturday’s setback at Macalester, the Cardinals dropped to 2-7 away from home. On their home floor, the Cardinals are 6-2 — including 5-2 vs. MIAC opponents.

Cobber Notes
Concordia enters today’s game having lost six straight. … The Cobbers’ last win was an 89-63 triumph over Augsburg on Jan. 11. That win snapped a two-game losing streak. … The Cobbers’ 38 points vs. St. Olaf on Saturday marks the lowest single-game offensive showing since Jan. 5, 2000, when Concordia lost 60-36 at Macalester. … The Cobbers failed to have a player score in double figures against the Oles, with Cody Dyshaw’s nine points leading all Concordia scorers. … The Cobbers currently have three players averaging in double figures, led by Luke Linz’s 13.6 ppg average. Jason Miller (11.5 ppg) and Mark Dixon (10.0 ppg) are the other two. … The Cobbers have been without preseason All-American Keith Eckhoff (19.1 ppg), who tore his ACL during practice over the Christmas break. … The Cobbers have struggled on the road, managing just one win — a 71-64 triumph over Saint John’s on Nov. 30 — in 10 road contests. The Cobbers have lost their last seven road games.