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| 2006-2007 Records: 2-7 MIAC, 4-8 Overall |
| Last Week's Results: St. Catherine 71, Saint Mary's 56 / Details Carleton 63, Saint Mary's 53 / Details Saint Mary's 73, Augsburg 59 / Details |
| Upcoming Games: Mon., Jan. 15: Bethel at SMU, 7:45 p.m. Wed., Jan. 17: SMU at Concordia, 7:45 p.m. Sat., Jan. 20: St. Thomas at SMU, 3 p.m. |
| Cardinal News and Notes: The Cardinals snapped their season-high five-game losing streak with Saturday's 73-59 victory over Augsburg. … Jessica Weisbrod (Rollingstone, Minn.) recorded the first double-double of the season and the third of her career, scoring 12 points and adding a career-high 15 rebounds vs. Carleton last Wednesday. The SMU junior then followed that up with her fourth career double-double, netting 18 points and adding 12 boards in SMU's streak-snapping win over Augsburg. … It was the third straight double-figure scoring performance for Weisbrod, who had netted a career-best 20 points in Monday’s loss to St. Catherine. … Stephanie Ayers (Deer River, Minn.) netted a career-best 16 points in SMU’s loss to the Knights. … SMU’s 63-53 loss to Carleton was the Cardinals’ 11th straight vs. the Knights. … SMU has not won a road game since opening the season with a win over Willamette during the Bon Appetite Classic in Portland, Ore. … The Cardinals scored a season-high 73 points in their win vs. Augsburg, eclipsing their previous high of 56, accomplished last Monday vs. St. Catherine … The Cardinals also pulled down a season-best 45 rebounds, five more than the 40 they hauled in on Wednesday vs. Carleton. … After turning the ball over a season-high 39 times last Saturday vs. Gustavus, the Cardinals turned the tables vs. Carleton, amassing a season-low 15 turnovers. |
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Jessica
Weisbrod Back-to-back double-doubles vs. Carleton, Augsburg |
In fact, in a span of less than 52 hours, the Cardinals' first-year head coach helped with two very special deliveries.
Last Thursday, Stimmel had a role, albeit a rather minor one, in the delivery of his second child, seven-pound, nine-ounce Isabella Rose.
Saturday afternoon, Stimmel was back behind the bench and helped spearhead the Cardinals' 73-59 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference win over Augsburg — a victory that snapped SMU's season-high five-game losing streak.
"It was a pretty hectic couple of days," admitted Stimmel. "This was a nice win for us — a win that we desperately needed. I thought everyone did a pretty nice job, especially in the second half.
"We didn't come out with quite the intensity I would have liked, but we really turned things up a notch in the second half and that was the difference."
Like Thursday's delivery of his first daughter, Stimmel's role was confined to the sidelines on Saturday, as junior Jessica Weisbrod (Rollingstone, Minn.) took center stage in guiding the Cardinals to their first win since a 54-46 triumph over Macalester on Dec. 4, 2006.
Weisbrod, who netted a career-high 20 points in SMU's loss to St. Catherine last Monday, and followed that up with her first double-double of the season — and third of her career — with a 12-point, 15-rebound effort in a loss to Carleton on Wednesday, made it back-to-back double-doubles, as the SMU junior netted a game-high 18 points and pulled down 12 boards vs. Augsburg.
"Jess has really stepped up her game of late — she has been a force on both ends of the floor this past week," said Stimmel of his junior forward, who averaged 16.7 points and 11.0 rebounds in the Cardinals' three games last week. "It's performances like that that help to spark a team, and that's exactly what happened (vs. Augsburg) — Jess took control of the game and helped carry us to the win."
The Cardinals struggled form the field in the opening half against the Auggies, shooting just 26 percent from the field in falling behind 34-27 at the break. But over the game's final 20 minutes, the Cardinals came to life.
SMU took its first lead of the second half at 15:04 on a jumper by Melissa Launhardt (Schaumburg, Ill.), then took the lead for good, 48-47, on a basket by Dusty Benham (Deer River, Minn.) with 12:21 remaining. The Cardinals would build leads as big as 16 over the final 12 minutes en route to their second conference win in nine tries.
"We needed this win," admitted Stimmel. "I thought we played pretty well against both St. Kate's and Carleton, but both times we came up short. This time, we were able to put together a really good half of basketball and that carried us through."