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| 2006-2007 Records: 7-11 MIAC / 8-14 Overall |
| Last Week's Results: Carleton 66, Saint Mary's 43 / Details Saint Mary's 80, Augsburg 68 / Details |
| Upcoming Games: Wed., Feb. 14: Saint Mary's at Bethel, 5:45 Sat., Feb. 17: Concordia at Saint Mary's, 1:00 |
| Cardinal News and Notes: With two games remaining in the regular season, SMU is one game back of St. Olaf (8-11 MIAC) for the sixth and final MIAC playoff spot. SMU still has to play Bethel (12-6 MIAC) and Concordia (3-15 MIAC), while St. Olaf closes out its regular season against Gustavus (11-7). Because St. Olaf swept SMU in the teams' two games this year, SMU must win both of its games, while St. Olaf must lose vs. the Gusties, for the Cardinals to make their first MIAC playoff appearance since the 1984-85 season. … With their win over Augsburg, the Cardinals moved within one of their win total of a year ago — and the most wins since SMU went 11-13 during the 1999-2000 season. … Saturday's win vs. Augsburg snapped the Cardinals' three-game losing streak. … The win vs. the Auggies was also SMU's fourth road win of the season — after going 1-12 away from home a year ago. … Brensley Haywood (Joliet, Ill.) scored a career-high 31 points vs. the Auggies. Saturday's performance marked the 10th straight game in which the SMU senior has scored in double figures. Haywood has scored 10 or more points in 18 of the Cardinals' 22 games. … Haywood made his 49th straight start vs. the Auggies Saturday. … Dan Cormier (Blaine, Minn.) pulled down 11 rebounds vs. Carleton last Wednesday, marking the third time this season the SMU junior has posted at least 10 rebounds. The 11 boards were also three shy of his career-high 14 rebounds vs. Macalester on Jan. 24, 2007. … SMU's 80 points vs. the Auggies marked the fourth time this season the Cardinals have scored 80 or more points — and they've won all four. On the flip side, SMU's 43 points in its loss to Carleton last Wednesday equalled a season-low. … SMU failed to score 50 points in its two meetings vs. Carleton (L, 77-49 and L, 66-43). … SMU's 18 second-half points vs. the Knights was just the second time this season the Cardinals have failed to score at least 20 points in a half. |
senior nets career-high 31 in Cardinals' 80-68 win
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Brensley
Haywood Career-high 31 points vs. Augsburg |
A year ago, the Cardinal men's basketball team swept its Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference series against the Auggies, winning 61-56 and 84-71 — with Haywood leading the charge, scoring 22 points in the first win and 17 in the second.
In their first meeting this season, Haywood was at his best again, netting a team-high 18 points in an 83-73 setback.
And the Cardinal senior was just getting warmed up.
Haywood saved his best for last, erupting for a career-high 31 points in leading SMU to an 80-68 victory over the Auggies last Saturday.
"This was a big win for us," said SMU coach Mike Trewick, whose team snapped a three-game losing streak with the win. "We shot ourselves in the foot in terms of the (MIAC) playoffs a little bit over the past couple of games, but a win like this keeps us in the hunt.
"We knew coming in that we couldn't afford another letdown — and Brensley just took it upon himself to throw us on his shoulders and carry us."
Haywood was unstoppable from beyond the 3-point line, draining 6 of 8 from beyond the arc — including three treys during a 12-0 run that helped SMU take a 39-30 advantage at the half.
Augsburg battled back early in the second half, cutting the SMU lead to 42-41 with a 12-2 run to start the half, then took a one-point, 53-52 advantage with 10:14 remaining in regulation.
That however, was the last time the Auggies would lead — Haywood made sure of that.
Haywood scored six points during a 10-2 SMU run that gave SMU a 10-point, 75-65 cushion with 43 seconds remaining.
"Brensley played exceptionally well, but we also got solid performances from a number of other players, too," said Trewick, who also got 12 points from Michael Batterman (Fond du Lac, Wis.) and 11 from Dan Cormier (Blaine, Minn.). "This was a game we needed to win, no question about that.
"Now, we have seven (conference) wins and St. Olaf (currently holding down the sixth and final playoff spot) has eight, so we've put ourselves in position to make a run over the last week of the season.
"But now we've got to keep things going — we've got to go out and take care of what we can control, and that's how we play. We do that, and, hopefully when all is said and done, we'll still be playing after next weekend."