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| 2005-2006 Records: 5-10 MIAC, 9-11 Overall |
| Recent Results: Saint Mary's 64, Bethel 62 / Details Gustavus 72, Saint Mary's 37 / Details |
| Upcoming Events: Mon., Feb. 6: SMU at St. Benedict, 7:30 p.m. Wed., Feb. 8: SMU at Hamline, 5:45 p.m. Sat., Feb. 11: St. Thomas at SMU, 1 p.m. |
| Cardinal News and Notes: The Cardinals' 72 points allowed vs. the Gusties last Saturday were the most allowed in a loss this season (SMU allowed 73 in a 75-73 OT win over Bethel on Jan. 2). … Ashley Luehmann (Lewiston, Minn.) netted a season-high 24 points vs. the Royals last Wednesday. … Luehmann owns the Cardinals' five highest individual offensive performances of the season. … Luehmann leads the Cardinals in scoring, averaging 12.5 ppg. … SMU's 35-point loss vs. Gustavus was its most lopsided loss of the season. … SMU's 13 first-half points vs. the Gusties were the second-fewest the Cardinals have scored in a half (one shy of the 12 they scored in a season-opening loss to UW-La Crosse). … SMU has been outscored 536-504 in the first half and 593-506 in the second. |
72-37 conference loss to high-powered Gustavus
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Luehmann Season-best 24 pts. vs. Bethel; 14.5 ppg last week |
Last Saturday afternoon against Gustavus, the Cardinals shot a respectable 45 percent from the field in the game's final 20 minutes.
Unfortunately, they shot 20 percent from the field in the first half — and scored just 13 points — as the Gusties cruised to a 72-37 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference victory.
"We just didn't come out ready to play," said SMU coach Dan Messmann, whose team dropped to 5-10 in the MIAC and 9-11 overall with the loss — their most lopsided loss of the season. "We had more than our fair share of good looks at the basket (SMU attempted 25 first-half field goals), we just couldn't get anything to fall."
The Gusties certainly didn't have any trouble, as Gustavus, fueled by a 15-flor-27 effort from the field, netted more points in the opening 20 minutes (44) than the Cardinals did in the entire game.
"Gustavus is a good team, but our own poor shooting made them look even better," said Messmann, who got a team-high 14 points from Alyse Coates (West St. Paul, Minn.). "It was just one of those games, I guess.
"We just didn't play well at all."
Fresh off a 64-62 win over Bethel last Wednesday, the Cardinals were looking to make up a little ground in the MIAC playoff race against GAC. Instead, they found themselves staring at a 7-0 hole two minutes into the game — and that hole only got deeper as the game progressed.
The Cardinals, down by 31, 44-13 at the intermission, found their shooting touch in the second half, connecting on 10 of 22 field goal attempts, but it was too little, too late as Gustavus' lead never dipped below 28 points in completing the season sweep of SMU.
"I'm a little disappointed, because I felt like we were playing pretty well of late," said Messmann, whose team had won three of its last four heading into Saturday's showdown. "This is one of those games you just want to forget — and fast."