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| 2006-2007 Records: 6-8 MIAC / 7-11 Overall |
| Last Week's Results: Saint Mary's 66, Saint John's 63 / Details Saint Mary's 60, Macalester 49 / Details Saint Mary's 84, Hamline 70 / Details |
| Upcoming Games: Wed., Jan. 31: SMU at St. Olaf, 5:45 Sat., Feb. 3: SMU at Gustavus: 1:00 |
| Cardinal News and Notes: The Cardinals' win over Hamline was their third straight, marking SMU's first three-game winning streak since winning three in a row from Jan. 21-28, 2004. … Dan Cormier (Blaine, Minn.) collected 10 points and 10 rebounds vs. Hamline for his second straight double-double. Cormier netted a career-high 26 points and added a career-best 14 points vs. Macalester Wednesday for his first collegiate double-double. … Cormier's effort Wednesday was the fourth 20-plus performance this season for the SMU junior. … Brensley Haywood (Joliet, Ill.) — who started his 45th straight games, dating back to Feb. 12, 2005 — netted 14 points vs. Hamline, marking the fifth straight game in which the SMU senior has scored in double figures. Haywood has scored 10 or more points in 14 of the Cardinals' 18 games. … Brad Knights (Plainfield, Wis.) netted a career-best 18 points in leading SMU to its win vs. Hamline. … The Cardinals' 84 points vs. Hamline were their second-highest offensive output of the season, second only to the 89 points scored vs. the Pipers in their first meeting on Dec. 6. … SMU held Macalester to a season-low 43 points, while the Cardinals' 60 points in Wednesday's win marked the first time this season the Cardinals have scored less than 65 points — and won. … SMU's wins vs. Macalester and Hamline completed a pair of two-game sweeps of the Scots and Pipers, the first time the Cardinals have swept two conference teams since sweeping St. Olaf, Macalester and Concordia during the 1999-2000 season. |
and Hamline put Cardinals in uncharted territory
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Dan Cormier
Back-to-back double-doubles |
After all, it was just a three-game winning streak.
Little did they realize just how difficult it was to win three games in a row.
Last Saturday, the trio — playing on Senior Day — helped lead the Cardinals to their first three-game win streak since that 2003-04 season, outscoring Hamline 46-31 in the second half en route to an 84-70 victory at the SMU Gym.
"The confidence just keeps building with this team," said SMU coach Mike Trewick, whose team began their current streak with a 66-63 win over league-leading Saint John's on Monday, then followed that up with a convincing 60-49 win at Macalester on Wednesday. "Getting that win against Saint John's was a huge lift for us — anytime you can beat the top team in the conference, it's bound to boost your confidence."
The Cardinals needed a bit of a confidence-booster after the opening 20 minutes Saturday, as Hamline grabbed a one-point, 39-38 advantage at the intermission.
Over the game's final 20 minutes, however, the confident Cardinals were back, as SMU erupted for a season-high 46 points in the game's final 20 minutes to ice the win.
"We struggled a bit in the first half and didn't play quite up to our abilities," said Trewick, who got a team- and career-high 18 points from Brad Knights (Plainfield, Wis.), as well as a 10-point, 10-rebound effort from Dan Cormier (Blaine, Minn.). "But in the second half, everyone stepped their games up a bit and that (the 46 points) was the result.
"This team is really starting to come together," said Trewick, whose team's 6-8 MIAC mark puts them in a three-way tie for fifth in their quest for one of the six spots in the MIAC post-season tournament. "We're continue to improve on a daily basis.
"We're not quite where we want to be — but we're getting there."