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Saint Mary's Cardinals   0-1 Overall		UW-River Falls Falcons   2-1 Overall

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Last Action: The Cardinals kicked off their season last Saturday, struggling to a 91-45 nonconference loss to NCAA Division II Winona State. … UW-River Falls, meanwhile, improved to 2-1 overall last weekend, going 1-1 at the Northwestern Tournament. The Falcons fell to Judson 53-49, then routed North Central 84-17.

Last Meeting: The Cardinals had their moments against the Falcons in the teams' season-opening meeting a year ago, racing out to leads as big as 11 — 17-6 and 19-8 — only to have the Falcons use a 12-1 run to take their first lead, 20-19, and never look back in handing SMU a 74-59 nonconference setback at the SMU Gym.

All-Time Series Record: Last year's loss was just the second in five meetings for the Cardinals vs. UW-River Falls.

Probable Starters:

Saint Mary's Cardinals (0-1)	Pos.
#4 Jesa Hall (So., 4.0 ppg, 1.0 rpg)	G
#12 Cherie Kulig (So., 13.0 ppg, 2.0 rpg)	G
#34 Michelle Carne (Fr., 2.0 ppg, 2.0 rpg)	G
#30 Jess Miller (So., 15.0 ppg, 2.0 rpg)	F
#42 Brittany Begrowicz (Fr., 2.0 ppg, 2.0 rpg)	F
UW-River Falls Falcons (2-1)	Pos
#21 Tess Lardie (So., 6.7 ppg, 1.3 rpg)	G
#22 Taylor House (Fr., 14.7 ppg, 7.3 rpg)	G
#24 Jenna Hanson (5.7 ppg, 3.3 rpg)	G
#33 Kelli Hilt (Jr., 8.0 ppg, 4.7 rpg)	G
#40 Alse Hoist (Fr., 7.7 ppg, 10.7 rpg)	F

Cardinal Notes: With Saturday's loss to Winona State, the Cardinals have now dropped their last two season openers. … SMU's loss to Winona State left the Cardinals searching for their first win since a 63-48 win over St. Olaf on Feb. 2 — a span of eight straight games. … With their season-ending loss to Concordia, the Cardinals closed out the season with losses in seven straight games. … The Warriors' 91 points Saturday were the most allowed by the Cardinals since surrending 92 in a 92-53 loss to Concordia during the 1999-2000 season. … Jess Miller (Carver, Minn.) finished with a team-best 15 points vs. Winona State, while Cherie Kulig (Independence, Wis.) added 13 as the duo combined for 28 of the team's 45 points. … As a team, the Cardinals shot 29 percent from the field vs. WSU (16-for-55) and hit just 3 of 9 3-pointers. … SMU was held to just 20 first-half points vs. WSU. The Cardinals were held to 20 or fewer points in a half four times a year ago. … The Cardinals are now 1-12 in their last 13 road games, with their lone road win a 57-54 victory over St. Olaf on Jan. 5, 2008.

Falcon Notes: The Falcons scored a season-high 84 points in their win over North Central Saturday. UW-RF also held the Cardinals to a season-low 17 points. … The five first-half points and 17 total points allowed vs. North Central were the fewest in the UW-RF program's history. … UW-River Falls has had a least one different leading scorer in each of its three games this season — Taylor House and Kelli Hilt each tallied 12 in a season-opening win vs. Northwestern; House tallied a season-high 19 points in last Friday's loss to Judson; and Tiffany Gregorich and Katie Thiesen each netted 16. … House was named to the Northwestern All-Tournament Team. … Hilton enters today's game having started 47 straight games. … Today's game is the home opener for UW-River Falls, which went 6-6 on its home court a year ago. … House enters today's game as the team's leading scorer, averaging 14.7 ppg, while Gregorich is also averaging in double figures at 10.3 ppg. … UW-RF has made just 14 of 56 3-point attempts. … The Falcons have outscored their first three opponents by a combined 110-47 in the opening half — including a 50-4 edge vs. North Central on Saturday. … Falcon Coach Cindy Hovet is the only person in conference history to be named a WIAC Coach of the Year (2001) and WIAC Player of the Year (1994). She played her college ball at UW-Stout.