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| 2005-2006 Records: 2-6 MIAC, 5-7 Overall |
| Recent Results: Hamline 53, Saint Mary's 49 / Details St. Thomas 51, Saint Mary's 39 / Details |
| Upcoming Events: Mon., Jan. 16: Carleton at SMU, 5:45 p.m. Wed., Jan. 18: SMU at St. Olaf, 5:45 p.m. Sat., Jan. 21: SMU at St. Catherine, 1 p.m. |
| Cardinal News and Notes: The Cardinals managed just 38 second-half points — while giving up 53 — in their two losses last week. … SMU's losses to Hamline and St. Thomas extended their season-high losing streak to four games — the Cardinals' longest losing streak since a five-game slide during the middle of the 2002-2003 season. … SMU has failed to score 50 points in each of its last three games. … Saturday's game at St. Thomas was the Cardinals' first road game since Dec. 12 — a span of five games. … The Cardinals have been outscored by 49 points in the second half. … Ashley Luehmann (Lewiston, Minn.) and Jessica Weisbrod (Rollingstone, Minn.) are both averaging in double figures (13.0 ppg and 11.3 ppg, respectively). … Luehmann also leads the team in 3-pointers (29), while Weisbrod boasts team-highs in free throws (37-for-64), assists (23) and steals (15). |
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Weisbrod 12.5 ppg last week; 15 pts. vs. Hamline |
Heading into their showdown with conference power St. Thomas last Saturday, the Cardinals had been outscored by 41 points in the game's final 20 minutes.
To make matters worse, the Cardinals were coming off back-to-back games in which they scored just 11 second-half points against St. Benedict and 22 vs. Hamline.
And things didn't get any better against the Tommies.
UST held the Cardinals to just seven points in the first 16:00 of the second half. The Tommies used a 19-7 run to turn a 27-23 halftime lead into a 16-point lead with 5:00 to play.
"I don't know what the problem is, we just can't seem to get out of the gates (in the second half)," said SMU coach Dan Messmann, whose team was outscored 24-16 in the second half against the Tommies in dropping its fourth straight. "I thought we played a pretty solid first half — just like we did against St. Ben's (trailing 24-23 at the break of a 63-33 loss) and Hamline (tied 27-27 of a 53-49 setback). We're just not getting that same performance in the second half.
"I felt a little better about the way we played against St. Thomas (compared to SMU's last two games), I thought we came closer to playing a complete 40-minute game," continued Messmann. "We got some good looks, we just weren't able to knock down our shots. And when we'd miss, (St. Thomas) would bring it down and hit the shot."
Ashley Luehmann (Lewiston, Minn.) scored a team-high 12 points for the Cardinals, who are 0-4 in 2006, having not won since a 74-56 nonconference win over Coe on Dec. 31, 2005. Jessica Weisbrod (Rollingstone, Minn.) chipped in 10 points in the losing effort for SMU, while Jessica Katch had 10 points, eight rebounds, six steals, six assists and two blocks for the Tommies.
"Everyone's doing a pretty good job of not getting too frustrated," said Messmann, whose team is back in action on Monday, taking on Carleton in an MIAC game at the SMU Gym. "I think we made some progress (against the Tommies), but we've still got a long way to go."