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Saint Mary's Cardinals   0-6 Overall		Coe Kohawks   5-5 Overall

Last Action: The Cardinals have not played since Dec. 10, when St. Thomas held SMU to just 18 first-half points and scored more points in the opening 20 minutes (58) than the Cardinals did the entire game (40), as the Tommies rolled to a 102-40 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference victory. … Coe, meanwhile, closed out its two-game appearance at the Redlands Tournament with a 67-58 victory over host Redlands on Dec. 20.

Last Meeting: SMU raced out to a 14-point halftime lead — the first time in its opening seven games that SMU had led at the break — and while playing with a commanding lead wasn't something the Cardinals were all that familiar with, they looked like seasoned veterans, never letting Coe closer than eight points in the second half en route to their first win of the season, a 72-62 decision at the SMU Gym on Jan. 2, 2008.

All-Time Series Record: Last year's meeting in Winona was the first ever between Saint Mary's and Coe.

Probable Starters:

Saint Mary's Cardinals (0-6 Overall)	Pos.
#4 Jesa Hall (So., 1.3 rpg, 6.5 ppg)	G
#12 Cherie Kulig (So., 3.5 rpg, 9.3 ppg)	G
#34 Michelle Carne (Fr., 3.2 rpg, 7.5 ppg)	G
#30 Jess Miller (So., 2.2 rpg, 9.5 ppg)	F
#54 Jennifer Rietzler (Fr., 2.0 rpg, 3.3 ppg)	F
Coe Kohawks (5-5 Overall)	Pos
#11 Kaitlin Breitbach (So., 5.3 rpg, 2.4 ppg)	G
#35 Sarah Anciaux (So., 4.6 rpg, 9.4 ppg)	G
#40 Kayla Lincoln (So., 4.9 rpg, 10.8 ppg)	G
#22 Kayla Waskow (Fr., 3.2 rpg, 9.8 ppg)	F
#52 Brittany Norris (Jr., 3.8 rpg, 11.6 ppg)	P

Cardinal Notes: With their Dec. 10 loss at St. Thomas, the Cardinals saw their season-opening losing streak hit six straight for the second straight season. SMU's six season-opening losses leave the Cardinals searching for their first win since a 63-48 win over St. Olaf on Feb. 2 — a span of 13 straight games (SMU closed out the 2007-08 season with seven consecutive losses). … The Cardinals' 102 points allowed vs. St. Thomas on Dec. 10 were the most in program history. The previous record, 101 came in a 101-46 loss to — who else? — St. Thomas on Dec. 11, 1996. … SMU's 40 points scored vs. the Tommies equaled the Cardinals' lowest offensive output of the season. It was the Cardinals' lowest offensive output since managing 32 points in a loss to Gustavus on Feb. 3, 2007. …  SMU's loss to St. Thomas was the first time in MIAC history that two teams from the same school allowed 100 points on the same day to the same team. The SMU men also surrendered 102 points vs. UST on Dec. 10, falling 102-64. … St. Thomas scored a school-record 16 3-pointers en route to their 102 points, while getting scoring from 14 different players. … The Cardinals were held to 18 first-half points vs. the Tommies. It was the fifth time in six games that SMU scored 20 or fewer points in the opening 20 minutes. … The Cardinals were held to a season-low 11 field goals vs. UST — six in the first half and five in the second. … Michelle Carne (Escanaba, Mich.) scored a team-high eight points vs. St. Thomas. It was the first time since Alysse Coactes and Jess Weisbrod scored eight points vs. Carleton vs. Carleton on Feb. 9, 2008 — and just the sixth time in their last 81 games — that SMU failed to have a double-figure scorer. … Today's game is the seventh straight road games for the Cardinals, who do not play on their home floor until a Jan. 3 meeting against Saint Benedict. … With Wednesday's loss, the Cardinals are now 1-16 in their last 17 road games, with their lone road win a 57-54 victory over St. Olaf on Jan. 5, 2008.

Kohawk Notes: The Kohawks' win over Redlands was their second win in their last three games. … Brittany Norris, who scored a team-high 17 points in Coe's win over Redlands, and teammate Sarah Anciaux, were named to the Redlands Tournament All-Tournament team. … Norris leads the team in scoring, averaging 11.6 ppg. Kayla Lincoln is also averaging in double figures at 10.8 ppg. … Lincoln scored a season- and team-best 18 points in Coe's 82-66 win over Mount Mercy on Dec. 13. … Nine of the Kohawks' first 10 games have been on the road. Coe is 0-1 at home. … The Kohawks have been outscored 313-291 in the first half, but have outscored their opponents 352-329 in the game's final 20 minutes. … Four of Coe's five losses have come during a stretch in which the Kohawks dropped four of five games from Nov. 21-Dec. 6. … Coe's 82 points vs. Mount Mercy on Dec. 13 were a season high, while the Kohawks' 49 points in a 60-49 loss to Loras on Dec. 3 were  a season low.