SAINT MARY'S AT MACALESTER / WEDNESDAY, JAN. 24, 2007 / ST. PAUL, MN / 5:45 P.M.

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4-8 MIAC / 5-11 Overall
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Macalester Scots
4-7 MIAC / 7-9 Overall
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G
#13: A Woldeslassie
#5: M. Sweeney
G
 #15: L. Johnson
#25: E. Lear
F/G
 #22: B. Liddell
#2: D. Cormier
F
 #23: T. Conboy
#44: M. Batterman
P/F
 #30: J. Hollander



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Scot Notes
Tonight is the next-to-last day of basketball in the old and tiny Macalester Gymnasium as the building will be torn down to make room for Mac’s new Athletic & Recreation Center.  Built in 1924, the gym will host its final athletic events Saturday (Jan. 27) when the Scots host St. Thomas. The Scots played in the Upper Gym from 1924 until moving into the “new” Field House in 1956. Macalester moved its basketball games back upstairs in 1994 and has been playing there the past 13 years. … The Scots boast a pair of the top-five point producers in the MIAC in Abe Woldeslassie (19.2 ppg.) and Tom Conboy (16.8 ppg.). …  The Scots rank eighth in the nation in NCAA Division III in 3-pointers made per game and 14th in 3-point shooting percentage, are one of just four teams ranked in the top 20 in both categories.  Brad Liddell is fifth nationally in three-pointers made per game and Woldeslassie is second in three-point accuracy. … With 66 treys in 16 games, Liddell is on pace to challenge for the school single-season record of 97 set by Bobby Aguirre in 1994-95.



Last Action
The Cardinals handed league-leading Saint John's its first MIAC loss of the season, as SMU got a team-high 18 points from Michael Batterman (Fond du Lac, Wis.) en route to a 66-63 victory Monday. … Macalester, meanwhile, ran into a hot-shooting Gustavus team, as the Gusties shot 63 percent from the field in handing the Scots a 79-70 setback Monday.

Last Meeting
Dan Cormier (Blaine, Minn.) netted a season-high 20 points and the Cardinals scored the game's final six points en route to an 81-73 victory over the Scots at the SMU Gym on Dec. 4, 2006.

Cardinal Notes

Michael
Batterman
Season-high
18 points vs.
Saint John's
The Cardinals' Michael Batterman (Fond du Lac, Wis.) netted a season-high 18 points in Monday's win vs. Saint John's. … SMU's win was its second in the last three games. … Monday's win also marked the first time this season the Cardinals have won a game when scoring less than 76 points. … As a team, the Cardinals hit their first 14 free throw attempts vs. SJU, before finishing the game 15-for-18. … The Cardinals held SJU to 63 points, the second-lowest offensive output by an SMU opponent this season. … SMU's win Monday marked the second straight season that the Cardinals have split their season series vs. the Johnnies — with both Cardinal wins coming on their home floor. … Brensley Haywood (Joliet, Ill.) — who started his 43rd straight games, dating back to Feb. 12, 2005 — nettted 11 points against the Johnnies, marking the third straight game in which the SMU senior has scored in double figures. Haywood has scored 10 or more points in 12 of the Cardinals' 16 games — including a season-high 20 points vs. Concordia last Wednesday. … After hitting on just 1 of 18 3-point attempts vs. St. Thomas on Saturday, the Cardinals were 7-for-15 from beyond the arc vs. the Johnnies.