SAINT MARY'S AT CARLETON / WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23 / NORTHFIELD, MINN



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18-7 Overall
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17-5 Overall
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LINING UP THE CARDINALS PROBABLE STARTERS
No.-Name
Pos.
FG-FGA
FT-FTA
Reb/G
PPG
#24 A. Arrington
G
115-269
51-76
3.0
12.9
#44 J. Rattunde
G
141-259
129-162
8.2
16.6
#32 A. Luehmann
G
116-277
87-113
4.2
15.1
#42 J. Weisbrod
F
67-142
34-56
5.0
6.7
#54 A. Banttari
F
22-61
7-17
3.2
2.1
LINING UP THE KNIGHT PROBABLE STARTERS
No.-Name
Pos.
FG-FGA
FT-FTA
Reb/G
PPG
#10 K. Colebenson
G
78-167
52-81
5.1
10.2
#13 K. Krueger
G
25-77
13-18
1.6
3.7
#34 K. Freeman
F
50-143
28-34
6.8
6.4
#45 M. Vig
F
138-293
73-92
7.6
17.2
#50 B. Freeman
P
81-152
35-63
6.9
11.1

How They Fared: Head-to-Head
Dec. 11, 2004: At Winona, Minn. — The Cardinals shot just 24 percent from the field and were a mearger 3 of 77 (22 percent) from beyond the three-point line as Carleton snapped SMU’s season-opening five-game winning streak with the 57-42 win. Ashley Luehmann, SMU scored a team-high 17 points for the Cardinals, while Jamie Rattunde added 16 points, nine rebounds and five steals. Kristi Colbenson led a trio of Knights in double figures with 16 points. Kari Christianson chipped in 10 points and Beth Freeman recorded 10 points and nine rebounds.
 Feb. 16, 2005: At Northfield, Minn. — Carleton earned a share of its third straight MIAC regular-season crown with the 62-48 win. SMU struggled from the field, shooting just 30 percent (18-for-60) — including a dismal 2-for-17 from the 3-point line. Carleton, on the other hand, was unstoppable, especially in the first half, when the Knights made 16 of 25 field-goal attempts (64 percent) and were 5-for-6 from beyond the arc. Jamie Rattunde and Angie Arrington each scored 12 points in the losing effort for SMU, while Megan Vig netted a game-high 17 points and added 11 rebounds for the Knights.

Game Notes

Jamie Rattunde
Double-double
23 pts., 14 reb
vs. Gustavus
SMU Game Notes: The Cardinals enter tonight’s game having won two straight and six of their last eight. … Carleton held SMU to its two lowest offensive outputs of the season (42 points in a 57-42 loss on Dec. 11, and 48 points in a 62-48 setback on Feb. 16). … The Knights have won seven straight vs. SMU, dating back to a 64-63 Cardinal victory on Jan. 9, 2002. … Monday’s MIAC playoff win over Gustavus was the Cardinals’ first-ever in MIAC post-season play. … Saturday’s regular season-ending win vs. St. Olaf locked up SMU’s first-ever home MIAC playoff game. … SMU’s win vs. Gustavus completed a three-game sweep of Gustavus this season — having beaten the Gusties 60-53 and 61-55 during the regular season. … Jamie Rattunde recorded her ninth double-double of the season vs. GAC, posting a game-high 23 points and adding 14 rebounds. … Rattunde, Ashley Luehmann (23 points) and Angie Arrington (14 points) accounted for 60 of SMU’s 77 points vs. Gustavus. … The Cardinals are making their fifth straight appearance in the MIAC postseason tournament. … Rattunde has now scored in double figures in each of the Cardinals’ last 13 games. … SMU’s 18 wins are the most since the Cardinals went 21-3 and placed third in the NCAA regional tournament in 1985-86. … The Cardinals’ OT win vs. St. Olaf was its first overtime victory since a 77-73 victory over Carleton on Feb. 21, 1998. … SMU’s two overtime games this season are the most in a season since the Cardinals went 3-0 in OT games during the 1997-98 season. … SMU heads into tonight’s playoff game with three players — Rattunde (16.6 ppg), Luehmann (15.1 ppg) and Arrington (12.9 ppg) — averaging in double figures. … Rattunde closes out the regular season among the MIAC’s leaders in virtually every statistical category. The senior guard was fifth in scoring (16.4 ppg), fifth in rebounding (7.9 rpg), fourth in field goal % (110-for-205, .537), assists (90, 4.5 apg), and fifth in free throw % (105-for-130, .808).

Megan
Vig
Team-leading
17.2 ppg, 7.6 rpg
Carleton Game Notes: The Knights, the three-time defending MAIC regular-season champion and four-time defending MIAC playoff champions, look to make it five consecutive conference post-season titles when it opens the MIAC Playoffs by hosting Saint Mary’s. … Only three other women’s basketball programs – Concordia (1986-88), St. Thomas (1996-98 and 2000-2002) and St. Benedict (2002-04) – have won three straight MIAC regular-season titles. The outright title is the MIAC’s first since St. Thomas clinched the 2000-01 crown outright. … Carleton’s class of 2005 – one of the most successful groups of Knight female student-athletes in school history – won their 75th MIAC contest last Wednesday, matching the class of 2004 for most conference wins in a career. Kristi Colbenson, Beth Freeman, Katie Freeman and Kate Krueger have amassed an amazing 92-18 record in their four seasons, including 75-11 in MIAC play. …
Carleton is ranked fifth in this week’s NCAA West Region poll, with Concordia-Moorhead fourth and St. Benedict sixth. … Junior Megan Vig finished off the regular season by playing some of the best basketball of her career over Carleton’s final nine games. Starting with the Jan. 22 win over Hamline, Vig has averaged 21.2 points and 7.8 rebounds while shooting 60.9 percent from the field, including 45.9 percent (17-for-37) from three-point range. She has scored 20 or more points in six of those nine games and moved her scoring average from 15.1 points to 17.5 points per game. … Carleton holds a slight 26-25 edge in its all-time series vs. SMU, including wins in the last seven contests.