SAINT MARY'S VS. ST. THOMAS / SATURDAY, JAN. 20, 2007 / SMU GYM / 3:15 P.M.

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#42: J. Weisbrod
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Cardinal In The Spotlight

Nicholle Hanson

Year: Sophomore

Pos.: Guard

Hometown: Owatonna, Minn.

Major: Marketing

From Coach Stimmel: “Nicholle is having a steady season and gives us a solid outside scoring option. As she continues to adjust to the demands placed on our point guards, she will continue to improve.”



Last Action
The Cardinals’ first-half struggles came back to haunt them, as SMU managed just 20 points in the opening 20 minutes in falling to Concordia 64-42 in Moorhead, Minn., Wednesday. … St. Thomas, meanwhile, scored a season-low 44 points in falling to league-leading Saint Benedict 47-44 at home Wednesday.

Last Meeting
The Tommies scored more points in the first half (38) than SMU managed the entire game (35), as UST rolled to the victory in St. Paul, Minn. UST used a 17-7 run to end the game's first 20 minutes, then used a 28-8 run to open the second half to dispose of SMU, which netted just four second-half field goals and turned the ball over 35 times. … Ashley Luehmann scored a game-high 18 points as SMU routed St. Thomas 61-33 on Feb. 11 to earn a split in the teams' MIAC series a year ago. UST had won the first meeting, 51-39, on Jan. 14. …

Cardinal Notes

Kelly Tanke
Team-leading
22 3-pointers
SMU’s loss to Concordia was its second straight and seventh in the Cardinals’ last eight games. … The Cardinals’ 20-point first half marked the sixth time this season that they have been held to 20 points or less in a half — including a 14-point effort in last Monday’s 53-42 loss to Bethel. … SMU scored 42 points in back-to-back losses to Bethel and Concordia. … SMU’s 42 points were the third-lowest offensive output of the season. … The Cardinals’ 27 rebounds vs. the Cobbers were a season low. … The Cardinals’ loss at Concordia Wednesday was their fifth straight road 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. … The Cardinals have been held to 56 points or less in all 10 of their losses. … Nicholle Hanson (Owatonna, Minn.) netted a career-best 12 points to lead the Cardinals vs. Concordia. … Jessica Weisbrod (Rollingstone, Minn.) scored 10 points vs. Concordia and has now scored in double figures in five of the Cardinals’ last six games. … Weisbrod is the lone Cardinal averaging in double figures with an 11.0 ppg average. … Kelly Tanke (La Crosse, Wis.) has accounted for more than half of SMU’s made 3-pointers, hitting on 22 of her 63 attempts.

Tommie Notes
St. Thomas’ loss to Saint Benedict Wednesday — the Tommies’ 10th straight vs. the Blazers — was also its third loss in the last four games. … Melissa Gotchnik has had four double-doubles in her last eight games. … The Tommiess had their streak of consecutive postseason appearances end at 19 last February. It was the longest postseason streak among MIAC men’s or women’s programs. The next longest consecutive postseason streak is six (CSB, Carleton, Gustavus, Concordia) among MIAC women’s teams, and Bethel’s seven on the MIAC men’s side.