Game Summary

WINONA, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University men's basketball team is tough to beat at home.

Just ask Augsburg.

The Cardinals pushed their record to 6-2 on their home floor Wednesday evening, as Brenlsey Haywood (Joliet, Ill.) scored 17 points and Terrence Smith (Broadview, Ill.) added 14 points and nine rebounds in leading SMU to an 84-71 win over the Auggies.

SMU, which entered Wednesday's Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference game on the heels of a heartbreaking 58-57 loss at St. Olaf last Saturday — a game in which the Cardinals lost on a layup with 1.6 seconds remaining in regulation — led from start to finish against the Auggies.

Michael Batterman (Fond du Lac, Wis.) got the Cardinals off and running with a basket seven seconds into the opening half, and SMU never looked back, building leads as big as 16 points before settling for a 13-point, 40-27 halftime advantage.

And the Auggies never recovered, as SMU pushed its lead to 21, 61-40, midway through the second half and coasted to its sixth conference win against five losses.

The Cardinals shot 55 percent from the field (27-for-49) — with Haywood knocking down 7 of 11 field goals, including three 3-pointers, while Smith went 5-for-7 from the field and 4-for-8 from the free throw line — en route to their fifth 70-plus point offensive effort in eight home games.

Michael Rohr (Bloomingdale, Ill.) also netted 14 points for the Cardinals (6-5 MIAC, 8-8 overall), who snapped their season-high three-game losing streak with the win. Justin Kozlowski scored a game-high 23 points and Kevin Keto added 13 points in the losing effort for Augsburg (2-10 MIAC, 3-14).