SAINT MARY'S AT CARLETON / WEDNESDAY, JAN. 10, 2007 / NORTHFIELD, MN / 7:45 P.M.

Saint Mary's Cardinals
1-6 MIAC / 3-7 Overall
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5-2 MIAC / 8-2 Overall
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#22: K. Tanke
G
#12: A. Isler
#14: A. Saufferer
G
 #13: A. Connor
#30: D. Benham
G
 #22: A. Biewen
#42: J. Weisbrod
F
 #34: H. Oken-Berg
#52: D. Dehning
F
 #55: S. Lincoln



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Knight Notes
St. Catherine shot 44.8 percent against the Knights on Saturday, marking the first time a Carleton foe has connected on better than 40 percent of its shots against the Knights this season. … In 10 games, nine opponents have shot worse than 40 percent and four have shot 30 percent or worse. … Dating back to last season, only three times in 26 games have Knight foes shot better than 40 percent. The Knights are 21-5 in those contests. …  Carleton, the leading rebounding team in the MIAC, has posted rebounding margins of +21 against St. Thomas last Wednesday and +17 against St. Catherine. For the season the Knights own a +9.0 rebounding margin, tops in the MIAC. … Carleton has won 10 straight vs. Saint Mary's and 14 of the last 16. Carleton head coach Tammy Metcalf-Filzen is 15-4 against SMU as Carleton's head coach. … Carleton's opening MIAC slate featured five road games, with four of those five opponents being MIAC Playoff qualifiers a year ago. They beat Bethel and Hamline and lost to St. Benedict and Concordia-Moorhead. The Knights end the MIAC's first half by traveling to the fifth MIAC Playoff qualifier a year ago, Gustavus, on Wednesday, Jan. 17.



Last Action
The Cardinals saw their losing streak climb to a season-high four straight Monday evening as St. Catherine cruised to a 71-56 victory at the SMU Gym. … Carleton, meanwhile, has been off since Saturday, when Amber Connor drained a 3-pointer at the buzzer to lift the Knights to a 66-65 win over St. Catherine.

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

Jessica
Weisbrod
Career-high
20 points vs.
St. Catherine
Jessica Weisbrod (Rollingstone, Minn.) netted a season- and career-high 20 points vs. the Wildcats Monday. Weisbrod's effort eclipsed her previous career high of 19 points, recorded vs. Winona State on Jan. 1, 2005. … Kelly Tanke (La Crosse, Wis.) also enjoyed a career night vs. St. Catherine, scoring 16 points to better her career-best of 15 set last week vs. St. Olaf. … In her two career-best performances over the past week (vs. St. Olaf and St. Catherine), Tanke has scored 30 points, 25 of which have come in the first half. … The Cardinals scored a season-high 32 points in the first half vs. St. Catherine and equalled their season-high offensive output with 56 total points. … St. Catherine's 71 points scored marked the fifth time this season, SMU has allowed 70 or more points. … Weisbrod leads the team in scoring (10.5 ppg) and is also the team-leader in rebounds (5.8 rpg). … After opening the season 2-1 on their home floor, the Cardinals have dropped their last three decisions at home.