SAINT MARY'S VS. CARLETON / WEDNESDAY, FEB. 7, 2007 / SMU GYM / 7:45 P.M.

Saint Mary's Cardinals
3-14 MIAC / 5-16 Overall
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Carleton Knights
12-6 MIAC / 15-6 Overall
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#14: A. Saufferer
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#13: A. Connor
#30: D. Benham
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#22: A. Biewen
#42: J. Weisbrod
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#52: D. Dehning
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#34: H. Oken-Berg



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Cardinal In The Spotlight

Nicole Prieve

Year: Freshman

Position: Guard

Hometown: Hutchinson, Minn.

Major: Undecided

From Coach Stimmel: "Nciole is a very hard worker who pushes the other players in practice. She has the type of attitude our program needs as we build for the future.”




Last Action
Offensively, the Cardinals managed just 19 first-half points, while defensively, SMU surrendered 53 second-half points, as St. Catherine cruised to a 91-43 victory Monday in St. Paul, Minn. … Carleton, meanwhile, struggled from the 3-point line, hitting just 3 of 18 treys in falling to Hamline 69-61 Monday in Northfield, Minn.

Last Meeting
Jessica Weisbrod (Rollingstone, Minn.) scored 12 points and pulled down 15 rebounds for her second double-double of the season, but it was not enough, as Carleton held SMU to 35 percent shooting from the field en route to a 63-53 victory in Northfield, Minn., on Jan. 10.

A Year Ago
Carleton held the Cardinals to 40 points in both of the teams' MIAC meetings a year ago, as the Knights swept the season series with 55-40 and 68-40 wins.

Cardinal Notes

Dusty
Benham

10 points vs.
St. Catherine
St. Catherine’s 91 points 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. … Jessica Weisbrod (Rollingstone, Minn.) — fresh off a career-high 24-point effort in Saturday's loss to Gustavus — netted a team-best 10 points vs. St. Catherine, marking the eighth straight game in which she has scored in double figures, and the 11th time in SMU’s last 12 games. … It was also the 17th time in SMU's 21 games in which Weisbrod or Kelly Tanke (La Crosse, Wis.) led the team in scoring. …The Cardinals, who were held to 12 second-half points vs. the Gusties on Saturday — their lowest offensive output of the season — managed just 19 first-half points vs. St. Catherine on Monday. Monday’s first-half performance marked the 10th time this season that SMU has scored 20 or fewer points in a half. … Last Wednesday's loss to St Olaf was the first overtime game of the season for the Cardinals, who have not gone to OT since a 57-53 setback to … St. Olaf … in their season-finale a year ago. … SMU''s last OT win was a 75-73 victory over Bethel on Jan. 2, 2006. … The Cardinals have now lost six straight, and are looking for their first win since a 59-50 win over St. Thomas on Jan. 20. … With Monday’s loss, the Cardinals saw their road losing streak climb to 11 straight with Saturday's loss — SMU has not won a road game since opening the season with a 56-43 win over Willamette at the Bon Appetite Classic in Portland, Ore.  

Knight Notes
Monday’s loss to Hamline was the Knights’ first under head coach Tammy Metcalf-Filzen. Hamline's last win over Carleton came almost 10 years ago to the day, a Feb. 8, 1997, victory. … Hannah Oken-Berg posted her second straight double-double Monday, netting 19 points and pulling down 10 rebounds. It was the fifth straight time Oken-Berg has led the team in scoring, and the 14th time this season the Carleton sophomore has been the team’s scoring leader. … Oken-Berg scored a career-high 30 points vs. St. Catherine — the highest individual output in the conference this season. … The Knights, whoi opened their season with eight straight road games and played 12 of their first 14 games away from home, complete their road schedule — where they are 9-4 — today, before closing out the season with three straight home games.