SMU Women's Basketball

**Game Notes**
UST held the Cardinals to just seven points in the first 16:00 of the second half, using a 19-7 run to turn a 27-23 halftime lead into a 16-point lead with 5:00 to play en route to a 51-39 victory over SMU in the teams’ first meeting ths season. … The Cardinals got their offense on track, getting their second-highest offensive production in the last 14 games, but it was not enough, as Hamline — shooting 59 percent from the field — handed SMU an 81-59 setback Wednesday evening in St. Paul, Minn. … St. Thomas dropped their sixth straight on Wednesday, falling to Bethel 81-71.

Cardinal Notes

Ashley Luehmann
12.7 ppg

Wednesday’s loss was the third straight for the Cardinals. … Ashley Luehmann (Lewiston, Minn.) scored a team-high 13 points for the Cardinals vs. Hamline and has now led the team in scoring in 13 of their 22 games. … The Cardinals’ 58 points vs. the Pipers was their second-high offensive performance (behind their 64 points in a 64-62 win over Bethel last week) in their last 13 games, and equalled the most points SMU has scored in a losing effort this year. … Today’s game is the first home game for SMU since a 60-41 loss to Concordia on Jan. 29, a span of four games. … SMU closes out its season with two of its final three games at home, where the Cardinals are 4-6.

**Tommie Notes**
The Tommies have 145 3-point baskets and already surpassed last year's total of 109. They lead the conference in 3-pointers made per game at 6.31... Senior center Erica Opdahl had 19 points, 12 rebounds and three blocked shots in Monday’s loss to St. Olaf to become just the third UST women's player to surpass 1,200 points and 650 rebounds on her career. … Last decade, St. Thomas set what's believed to be an NCAA Division III record for consecutive conference women's basketball victories. From Jan. 1995-Jan. 1998, the Tommie women won 60 consecutive regular-season games vs. Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference opponents (65 when you include five NCAA playoff games over MIAC teams). Former coach Ted Riverso's teams posted back-to-back 20-0 MIAC finishes in 1995-96 and 1996-97, and in that era won 42 consecutive MIAC road games. The record was broken last season by Emmanuel (Mass.), which now has a streak of 69 and counting. ... Earlier in the 1990s, St. Thomas broke the Division III overall winning streak with 40 straight victories, including an NCAA championship in 1990-91. That was later broken by Capital (Ohio) with 60 wins and Washington U. with 81 wins.