SAINT MARY'S VS. GUSTAVUS / SATURDAY, JAN. 6, 2007 / SMU GYM / 1 P.M.

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2-3 MIAC / 3-6 Overall
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3-1 MIAC / 5-4 Overall
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Brensley Haywood

Year: Senior

Pos.: Wing

Hometown: Joliet, Ill.

Major: Marketing

From Coach Trewick: “Brensley has spent many hours working to improve his game. He is one of the best 3-point shooters in our league and great team leader — on and off the court. A great deal of our success can be attributed to Brenlsey.”



Game Notes
The Gusties dominated SMU in the teams' MIAC meetings a year ago, winning by 36, 78-42 on the Cardinals home floor on Jan. 4, then extended their home winning streak vs. SMU to 23 straight with a 40-point, 82-42 win on Feb. 4. … The Cardinals got a game-high 17 points from Dan Cormier, but it was not enough as St. Olaf outscored SMU 37-23 in the second half en route to a 67-54 win on Wednesday. … The Gusties, meanwhile, are coming off a heartbreaking two-point, 87-85 loss to Bethany Lutheran on Tuesday.

Cardinal Notes

Dan Cormier
Game-high
17 points vs.
St. Olaf
Dan Cormier’s (Blaine, Minn.) 17 points vs. St. Olaf marked the fourth time in the last five games that the SMU junior has led the team in scoring. … Cormier leads the team in scoring, averaging 15.4 ppg, while Brensley Haywood (Joliet, Ill.) , who dished out a season-high eight assists vs. the Oles, is also averaging in double figures (13.1 ppg). … Haywood also notched a season-best four steals vs. the Oles. … Haywood leads the team with 34 assists, including 15 in the team’s last two games combined, and boasts a team-best 12 steals. … The Cardinals’ 54 points scored vs. St. Olaf mark just the third time this season SMU has failed to score at leas 65 points and the fewest points since netting 43 in an 87-43 loss to St. Thomas on Nov. 29, 2006. … Wednesday’s 31-30 halftime advantage vs. St. Olaf marked just the third time this season that SMU has led at the half. The Cardinals are 2-1 in those three games. … After opening the season on the road for five of their first seven games, today’s game vs. Gustavus is the Cardinals’ third straight home game. SMU is 2-2 on its home floor.

Gustie Notes
Andrew Doble scored a team-high 16 points in leading five GAC players in double figures vs. Bethany Lutheran. … GAC finished 1-3 vs. nonconference opponents. … Bethany Lutheran’s 87 points were the most given up by the Gusties this season. … Trevor Wittwer, who was held to just five points vs. BLC, leads a trio of Gustie players averaging in double figures, boasting a 14.6 ppg average. Phil Sowden (12.3 ppg) and Doble (10.1 ppg) are the other two. … As a team, the Gusties are averaging 74.8 ppg, including a season-high 91-point effort in a 91-58 rout of UM-Morris on Dec. 11. … The Gusties have outscored their opponents in both halves, holding a 329-306 edge in the first half and a 344-327 cushion in the game’s final 20 minutes.