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Saint Mary's Cardinals
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UW-La Crosse Eagles
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Last Action: The Cardinals collected their first win of the season last Saturday, knocking off MacMurray (Ill.)
84-70 in the consolation game of the North Central Tournament. SMU had dropped its opening game of the two-day tourney, falling to Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio)
99-59. … UW-La Crosse, meanwhile, moved to 2-1 on the season with a
73-52 win against cross-town rival Viterbo Tuesday.
Last Meeting: The Cardinals and Eagles have not met since the 2003-2004 season, when UW-La Crosse picked up a 56-50 nonconference victory.
All-Time Series Record: SMU and UW-La Crosse have only met twice in the last 20 years — with the Eagles winning both — and UW-L holds a 27-16 record all time vs. the Cardinals.
Probable Starters:
Saint Mary's Cardinals (1-2)
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#3 Lukas Holland (So., 17.0 ppg, 5.0 rpg)
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#32 Will Wright (So., 23.7 ppg, 8.0 rpg)
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#12 Brad Knights (Jr., 6.0 ppg, 6.7 rpg)
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#33 Josh Knights (Jr., 6.0 ppg, 3.0 rpg)
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#25 Patrick Connoly (So., 4.3 ppg, 5.0 rpg)
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UW-La Crosse Eagles (2-1)
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#5 Tony Mane (So., 19.3 ppg, 3.0 rpg)
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#20 Austin Scott (Jr., 9.0 ppg, 1.3 rpg)
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#24 Brandon Brown (Sr., 5.3 ppg, 4.3 rpg)
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#42 Kurt Kincaid (Fr., 11.3 ppg, 9.7 rpg)
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#45 Andy Merklein (Jr., 11.7 ppg, 5.0 rpg)
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Cardinal Notes: The Cardinals snapped their season-opening two-game losing streak with last Saturday's win over MacMurray (Ill.). … SMU's meetings vs. Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) and MacMurray (Ill.) were the first in the program's history. … SMU's first two opponents — Winona State and MVNU — are among the top Division II teams in the country. Winona State has won two of the last three NCAA Division II national titles, while Mount Vernon Nazarene is currently ranked No. 3 in the latest NAIA Division II poll. …
Will Wright (Chicago, Ill.) recorded the first double-double of his career vs. Winona State, tossing in a team-high 22 points, while also pulling down a career-best 10 rebounds. The SMU sophomore then did himself one better against MacMurray, pouring in a career-best 41 points and equaling his career high in rebounds with 10 for his second double-double in three games. … Wright was held to eight points vs. MVNU last Friday, snapping a streak of seven straight games in which he had scored 10 or more points. Wright has now scored 10 or more points in 23 of the Cardinals' last 28 games. … Wright's 22 points vs. WSU and 41 vs. MVNU marked the 11th and 12th times in his career that he has scored 20 or more points. …
Lukas Holland (La Crosse, Wis.) has scored in double figures in all three games this season, netting 19 points vs. Winona State, 21 against Mount Vernon Nazarene and 11 vs. MacMurray. … Holland and Wright have led the team in scoring in 22 of their 25 games a year ago and the two have now led the team in scoring in the team's last 20 straight games. …
Brad Knights (Plainfield, Wis.) missed his first career double-double by one point against MacMurray, as the junior finished with nine points and 10 rebounds. … As a team, the Cardinals are shooting 81 percent from the free throw line, draining 61 of 75 attempts — including a 25-for-29 effort vs. WSU and a 21-for-26 showing vs. MacMurray. … SMU's 99 points allowed vs. MVNU were the most since allowing 100 in a 100-49 loss to St. Thomas a year ago. … SMU's loss to Winona State was the 22nd in a row vs. the Warriors.
Eagle Notes: The Eagles' win over Viterbo was their fifth straight vs. the V-Hawks. … Tony Mane scored a game-high 22 points to lead the Eagles vs. Viterbo. … The Eagles return three starters and 10 letterwinners from a year ago, including Mane, an honorable-mention All-WIAC selection. Mane started all 26 games as a freshman a year ago, leading UW-L in scoring at 17.0 ppg. Mane scored a career-high 37 points at UW-Stevens Point in the WIAC Tournament Quarterfinals last season, tying a league record. … Brandon Brown became UW-L's all-time steals leader on Nov. 22vs. Wisconsin Lutheran. Brown posted four steals for Wisconsin Lutheran and now has 142 in his four-year career. … After scoring a season-high 83 points in a double-overtime win vs. Marian (Ind.) last season, the Eagles erupted for 88 points in an 88-80 win over Carroll to kick off the 2008-09 season. … UW-L is 24-2 over the past three seasons when leading at the half, while winning just three times in 24 games in which the Eagles have trailed at th
