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2004-05 Record: 10-5 MIAC / 14-5 Overall
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| Last Week's Results: Saint Mary's 68, Bethel 59 / Details Saint Mary's 61, Gustavus 55 / Details |
| Upcoming Games: Mon., Feb. 7: St. Benedict at Saint Mary's, 7:30 p.m. Wed., Feb. 9: Hamline at Saint Mary's, 5:30 p.m. Sat., Feb. 12: Saint Mary's at St. Thomas, 1 p.m. |
| This and That: Ashley Luehmann (Lewiston, Minn.) nailed a 3-pointer with eight minutes left in the first half Saturday vs. Gustavus to give the SMU junior 1,000 points in her illustrious career. … Luehmann is just the seventh player in SMU history to reach the 1,000-point plateau. … Jamie Rattunde (Rollingstone, Minn.) — also a member of SMU's 1,000-point club — scored 20 points and added 10 rebounds vs. Gustauvs, giving her double-doubles in each of her last three games, a span in which she's averaged 22.6 ppg and 12 rpg. … SMU has followed up each of its last three losses with two-game winning streaks as the Cardinals have now won two straight, four of their last five and six of their last seven. … Rattunde leads the team in scoring, averaging 16.0 ppg, while Luehmann and Angie Arrington (Spring Grove, Minn.) are also averaging in double figures at 15.2 ppg and 13.6 ppg, respectively. … Luehmann has now scored in double figures in eight straight games, while Rattunde has scored 20 or more in SMU's last five games. |
Luehmann's last 3 secures key Cardinals' win over GAC
WINONA, Minn. — Entering last Saturday's game against Gustavus, Saint Mary's University's Ashley Luehmann (Lewiston, Minn.) needed only three points to eclipse 1,000 points in her collegiate women's basketball career.
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And, after a successful 3-pointer with eight minutes left in the first half, Luehmann reached that milestone — becoming just the seventh player in Saint Mary's history to reach 1,000 career points.
Yet, it wasn't the 3-pointer that got her to 1,000 that coach Dan Messmann will remember most — it's the three she nailed with 18 seconds remaining in regulation that clinched the Cardinals' 61-55 win over the Gusties.
"That was a big, big win," said SMU coach Dan Messmann, whose Cardinals (10-5 MIAC, 14-5 overall) are now one game up on the Gusties in the loss column — and have beaten GAC twice this season — as the two teams battle for one of the two remaining MIAC home playoff berths. "It's always tough to go (to St. Peter, Minn.) and play — it's one of the toughest places in the conference to play. There was a lot at stake and everyone was really focused on getting the job done."
And get it done they did.
Gustavus pulled within one point twice in the last five minutes of regulation, but Luehmann's 3-pointer with 18 seconds left — giving her a team-high 20 points — secured the SMU victory.
"I'm proud of Ashley, to get 1,000 points as a junior is a great accomplishment," said Messmann, whose team now playos host to St. Benedict for another crucial conference game on Monday. "Ashley has worked very hard to improve her game and that hard work is paying off. She had a great game (vs. Gustavus) — and came up with the clutch shot when we needed it most."
Luehmann ended 8 of 10 from behind the free throw line in her team-leading 20 points, while Jamie Rattunde (Rollingstone, Minn.) posted her seventh double-double of the season with 20 points and 10 rebounds and Angie Arrington (Spring Grove, Minn.) added 11 points in the victory.