Last Action: The Cardinals put an end to a 35-game losing streak vs. St. Benedict on Monday, as SMU held off a late Blazers’ charge en route to a 61-54 victory — its first win vs. CSB since a 60-58 win on Dec. 12, 1987. … Hamline, meanwhile, dropped its second straight, falling to Augsburg 70-62.

A Year Ago: Angie Arrington (Spring Grove, Minn.) led four SMU players in double figures with a game-high 18 points, as SMU kicked off its MIAC schedule with a 67-62 win over the Pipers on Dec. 3, 2003. The Cardinals completed the two-game sweep of Hamline with a 56-46 win on Jan. 21, 2004.

This and That:

Jamie Rattunde 4th straight double-double vs. St. Ben's

Jamie Rattunde (Rollingstone, Minn.) scored 12 points and pulled down 10 rebounds vs. St. Ben’s, giving the reigning MIAC Player of the Week double-doubles in each of SMU’s last four games. … Ashley Luehmann (Lewiston, Minn.) netted a game-high 20 points vs. the Blazers, marking the sixth time this season the SMU junior has netted 20 or more points. … Luehmann has now scored in double figures in nine straight games, while Rattunde had her streak of scoring 20 or more points snapped at five. … The Cardinals have now won three straight, five of their last six, seven of their last nine and 10 of their last 13. … SMU has not lost more than two games in a row all season.