SAINT MARY'S VS. SAINT JOHN'S / MONDAY, JAN. 22, 2007 / SMU GYM / 7:30 P.M.

Saint Mary's Cardinals
3-8 MIAC / 4-11 Overall
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Saint John's Johnnies
11-0 MIAC / 13-3 Overall
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G
#24: M. Ohme
#5: M. Sweeney
W
 #21: R. Lieser
#12: B. Knights
W
 #30: T. Westman
#2: D. Cormier
P
 #55: C. Schafer
#44: M. Batterman
P
 #25: S. Schafer



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Cardinal In The Spotlight

Josh Knights

Year: Freshman

Pos.: Wing

Hometown: Plainfield, Wis.

Major: Business Marketing

From Coach Trewick: “From coach Trewick: “As a combination post/wing, we have put Josh in many different situations and he has always stepped up to the challenge. We expect him to be one of the builing blocks of our program’s future.”



Last Action
The Cardinals managed just 16 second-half points as St. Thomas handed SMU a 73-46 conference setback at the SMU Gym on Saturday. … Senior point guard Matt Ohme scored a team-high 19 points — becoming the 30th Johnnies to join the 1,000-point club — as Saint John’s rallied to beat Concordia 78-72 in Moorhead, Minn., Saturday.

Last Meeting
The Cardinals got a double-double of 16 points and 10 rebounds from Alex Washington, not to mention 19 points from Brensley Haywood (Joliet, Ill.), but the Johnnies got double-figure scoring from all five of their starters en route to a 91-77 victory over the Cardinals on Dec. 2, 2006, in Collegeville, Minn.

Cardinal Notes

Michael
Batterman
14 points vs.
St. Thomas
Last Wednesday’s win vs. Concordia snapped the Cardinals’ five-game losing streak — their longest slide since closing out the 2005-06 season with seven straight losses. … Brensley Haywood (Joliet, Ill.) netted a season-high 20 points vs. the Cobbers, marking the fourth time this season SMU has had a player score 20 or more points. … The Cardinals scored a season-best 42 first-half points vs. Concordia, and their 79 points vs. the Cobbers was SMU’s third-highest offensive output of the season. … On the flip side, Saturday's 46 points vs. UST marked the Cardinals' second-lowest offensive output of the season — second only to the 43 points they sccored vs. UST in the teams' first meeting. … SMU made just 1 of 18 3-point attempts (5 percent) vs. the Tommies. … Seven different Cardinal players made at least one 3-pointer — and Haywood netted four — as SMU tossed in a season-high 13 3-pointers vs. Concordia. … Haywood is the only player on the Cardinal roster to start all 15 games this season. Haywood has now started 42 straight games, dating back to Feb. 12, 2005.

Johnnie Notes
The Johnnies enter tonight’s game having won eight straight games, including a 64-59 win over No. 3-ranked St. Thomas in a game that gave SJU a one-game lead in the MIAC title chase. … SJU has scored less than 70 points just four times this season, going 2-2 in those games. … Two of the Johnnies’ three losses came at the AmeriSport Land of Magic Classic, where SJU lost to Ursinus (Pa.) 73-49 and Penn State-Behrend 64-59. … Senior point guard Matt Ohme passed Ryan Keating (2000-02) for second on SJU’s all-time assist list and became the 30th player in SJU history to score 1,000 career points when he netted a team-best 19 points in Saturday’s win vs. Concordia.