SAINT MARY'S VS. ST. THOMAS / SATURDAY, JAN. 20, 2007 / SMU GYM / 1 P.M.

Saint Mary's Cardinals
3-7 MIAC / 10 Overall
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St. Thomas Tommies
9-1 MIAC / 13-2 Overall
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#4: A. Dwyer
#5: M. Sweeney
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 #12: B. Schnettler
#12: B. Knights
F
 #24: L. Robinson
#2: D. Cormier
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 #44: M. Keating
#44: M. Batterman
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 #42: I. Rosefelt



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Cardinal In The Spotlight

Brad Knights

Year: Freshman

Pos.: Wing

Hometown: Plainfield, Wis.

Major: Business Managment

From Coach Trewick: “Brad is a player who has great vision on the floor. He is also one of our best shooters. As Brad’s confidence has grown, so has his game.”



Last Action
The Cardinals put an end to their season-high five-game losing streak, building a 42-29 halftime lead, then scoring the game’s final seven points en route to a 79-67 win over Concordia in Moorhead, Minn., Wednesday. … St. Thomas, meanwhile, suffered its first MIAC loss of the season, as Saint John's used a game-closing 6-0 run over the final 1:45 to secure a 64-59 win over the No. 3-ranked Tommies.

Last Meeting
The Tommies dominated from start to finish, shooting 60 percent from the field, including 9-for-19 from behind the 3-point line en route to the lopsided 87-43 win in St. Paul, Minn. … The Cardinals gave up a season-high 98 points a year ago in falling to St. Thomas 98-62 on Jan. 14, and the Tommies completed the MIAC sweep with a 74-68 win on Feb. 11.

Cardinal Notes

Brensley
Haywood
20 points vs.
Concordia
Wednesday’s win 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. … 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 14 games this season. Haywood has now started 41 straight games, dating back to Feb. 12, 2005. … The Cardinals improved to 2-5 on the road with Wednesday’s win — their first in Moorhead, Minn., since Feb. 15, 1999, when SMU completed a season sweep with a 57-54 win over the Cobbers. The Cardinals, who snapped a 15-game road losing streak with their 89-87 win at Hamline on Dec. 6, 2006, have won just three times on the road in their last 27 games. …Monday's loss to Bethel was just the second time in the last 10 games that Dan Cormier (Blaine, Minn.) or Haywood did not lead the Cardinals in scoring.

Tommie Notes
UST is ranked No. 3 again in this week's d3hoops.com poll — the highest regular-season ranking for a conference men's team in the eight-year history of the d3hoops polls. … Wednesday’s loss to Saint John’s snapped a seven-game winning streak and put an end to a 13-game MIAC win streak that dated back to a February overtime loss to … Saint John’s. … The Tommies (13-2) have already secured a .500 or better finish for the 26th time in 27 seasons.