SAINT MARY'S at BETHEL / WEDNESDAY, FEB. 14, 2007 / ARDEN HILLS, MINN. / 7:45 P.M.

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5-14 MIAC / 7-16 Overall
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9-11 MIAC / 10-13 Overall
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#22: K. Tanke
G
#3: J. Thielke
#14: A. Saufferer
G
 #11: E. Uzpen
#30: D. Benham
F
 #31: B. Weber
#42: J. Weisbrod
F
 #45: B. Boyd
#52: D. Dehning
P
 #32: Sarah Cotner



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Royal Notes
The Royals' win over Macalester was Bethel's third straight — equalling a season high. … Bethel's current three-game winning streak comes on the heels of a season-high, four-game losing streak. … Kiersten Hansen scored a season-high 23 points in leading the Royals past Macalester Saturday. Hansen's 23 points were also the most scored by a Royal this season. … Annegret Nautsch, who posted her third straight double-double — and seventh of the season — with 10 points and 10 boards vs. the Scots, leads the team in scoring (11.8 ppg) and rebounding (8.3 rpg). … Nautsch also leads the MIAC in rebounding (179, 9.0 rpg) and blocks (58, 2.9 bpg). …  The Royals' have been outscored by two, 687-685 in the first half, while the Royals' opponents hold a 789-763 second-half edge.



Last Action
The Cardinals picked up their second straight win Saturday, holding Augsburg to 18 second-half points en route to a 58-45 win in Minneapolis, Minn. … Bethel, meanwhile, outscored Macalester 37-23 in the second half in beating the Scots 63-51 at home Saturday .

Last Meeting
SMU managed just 14 first-half points and 42 points for the game, as Bethel took advantage of the Cardinals' frigid shooting to roll to a 53-42 victory at the SMU Gym on Jan. 15, 2007.

A Year Ago
The Cardinals won both games vs. the Royals a year ago — but it wasn't easy. SMU picked up a 75-73 OT win over Bethel at home on Jan. 2, then completed the sweep its second two-point win, a 64-62 decision on Feb. 1.

Cardinal Notes

Kelly
Tanke
Career-high
24 points vs.
Carleton
SMU's wins over Carleton and Augsburg marked the Cardinals' first two-game winning streak of the season. …The Cardinals' win vs. Augsburg snapped SMU's 11-game road losing streak. Kelly Tanke (La Crosse, Wis.) netted a career-high 24 points in SMU's win over Carleton Wednesday. … The Cardinals' win vs. the Knights snapped a six-game losing streak, as well as a 10-game slide vs. Carleton. …  Tanke's game-high 17 points vs. Augsburg marked the 19th time in SMU's 23 games that she or Jessica Weisbrod (Rollingstone, Minn.) has led the team in scoring. … The Knights held Weisbrod, SMU's scoring leader, to seven points last Wednesday, snapping the Cardinal junior's streak of eight straight games scoring in double figures. It was also just the second time in SMU's last 13 games that Weisbrod has not scored 10 or more points. … Weisbrod bounced back by scoring 13 points and adding 10 rebounds against Augsburg en route to her sixth double-double of the season. … Weisbrod ranks No. 1 in the MIAC in offensive rebounds (64, 3.20 orpg), while the Cardinals as a team are also tops in the conference in offensive rebounds (267, 13.35 orpg). … With Saturday's 58-point effort, SMU has now won six of its seven games by scoring fewer than 60 points. … St. Catherine's 91 points scored last Monday were the most allowed by SMU this season and the most scored since Concordia poured in 92 in a 92-53 victory over Saint Mary's on Jan. 15, 2000. …  The Cardinals managed just 19 first-half points vs. St. Catherine last Monday. Monday’s first-half performance marked the 10th time this season that SMU has scored 20 or fewer points in a half.