THE GAME:
SMU vs. MSOE
November 19, 2005
vs.
THE SCORE
Saint Mary's 62,
MSOE 55

Scoring Summary
1
2
Final
MSOE
23
32
55
SMU
28
34
62
Official Box Score / Highlights: Ashley Luehmann, SMU: 21 points; Jessica Weisbrod, SMU: 14 points, 10 rebounds; Danielle Dehning, 9 points, 13 rebounds; Cortney Femling, MSOE: 21 points


Luehmann, Weisbrod lead Cardinals to their 1st win of season

ROCKFORD, Ill. — Now that's more like it.

One day after managing just 38 points in a disappointing 63-38 loss to UW-La Crosse, the Saint Mary's University women's basketball team found its shooting touch, as the Cardinals rode the red-hot shooting of Ashley Luehmann (Lewiston, Minn.) and Jessica Weisbrod (Rollingstone, Minn.) to a 62-55 victory over Milwaukee School of Engineering in the consolation game of the Rockford Tip-Off Tournament Saturday.

The Cardinals who made just 15 field goals against the Eagles on Friday — including just 5 of 29 in the first half — turned things around against the Raiders, getting a game-high 21 points from Luehmann and a 14-point, 10 rebound double-double from Weisbrod in posting their first win of the season.

SMU shot 41 percent from the field (11 of 27) in the first half to take a 28-23 advantage into the locker room at the intermission.

And it was more of the same in the second half as Luehmann netted 14 of her 21 points – hitting 3 of 4 field goals and adding a 6-for-7 effort from the free throw line — to help SMU pull away for the win.

Danielle Dehning (Spring Grove, Minn.) missed her first collegiate double-double by one point, finishing with nine points and a game-high 13 rebounds, while Cortney Femling paced MSOE with 21 points and six rebounds.