SAINT MARY'S VS. SAINT BENEDICT / MONDAY, DEC 2, 2007 / SMU GYM / 1 P.M.

Saint Mary's Cardinals
0-1 MIAC / 2-2 Overall
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1-0 MIAC / 2-2 Overall
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Cardinal In The Spotlight

Alyse Coates

Year: Sophomore

Pos.: Forward

Hometown: W. St. Paul, MN

Major: Criminal Justice

From Coach Stimmel: "Alyse brings a lot of energy to our team. She’s always very aggressive and active on both ends of the floor, and we are looking for her to assume a larger role offensviely.”



Game Notes
The Blazers had the upper hand in both meetings vs. SMU a year ago, winning 63-33 and 54-44. … The Cardinals are coming off their worst offensive, and defensive, performance of the season. SMU managed just 12 second-half points, while allowing a season-high 86, as St. Thomas cruised to an 86-35 victory in the teams’ Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference opener Wednesday. … Saint Benedict, meanwhile, got its MIAC season off on a high note, using first-half runs of 14-0 and 11-0 to roll past Concordia 72-54.

Cardinal Notes

Kelly Tanke
11 points vs.
St. Thomas
Through four games, the Cardinals have not won — or lost — two games in a row. … Kelly Tanke (La Crosse, Wis.) netted a team-best 11 points in SMU’s loss to St. Thomas. … Tanke is the Cardinals’ scoring leader (9.3 ppg), while Jess Weisbrod (Rollingstone, Minn.) boasts a team best 5.8 rebounds-per-game. … The Tommies’ 86 points were the most allowed by SMU this season — and the most since surrendering 86 points in an 86-60 loss to Gustavus on Jan. 10, 2004. … The Cardinals were held to four second-half field goals vs. the Tommies. … UST forced a season-high 35 SMU turnovers, marking the second time in four games that the Cardinals have turned the ball over 30 or more times in a game. … The Cardinals are shooting 36 percent (67-for-188) from the field, but have made just 10 of 36 3-pointers (28 percent). … The Cardinals have been outscored 112-92 in the first half and 111-89 in the second.

Blazer Notes
After opening the season with back-to-back losses at the Emmanuel Tip-Off Classic, the Blazers have won two straight. … CSB has scored 70 or more points in both of its wins, netting 71 in a 71-32 triumph over Crown, then tallying 72 in a 72-54 victory over Concordia. … Last Wednesday’s meeting vs. Concordia was a showdown of the top two seeds in last year’s MIAC post-season tournament. … Katie Kempe is the Blazers’ leading scorer, averaging 9.5 ppg. … Ariel Tauer boasts a team-best 9.3 rpg, while Kempe has dished out a team-leading nine assists. … As a team, CSB is averaging 61.0 ppg, while holding its first four oppponents to just 49.2 ppg. … The Blazers have held their opponents to just 83 first-half points.