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WINONA, Minn. — Collecting double-doubles has become a hobby for Saint Mary's University's Jess Weisbrod (Rollingstone, Minn.), who has posted seven such double-doubles this season — and 16 for her career.

Saturday afternoon, however, the SMU senior — playing in her final collegiate home game — took a little different path to the same result.

Weisbrod earned the required points, tossing in a team-high 21, but came up one rebound short. Thanks to a season-high 10 assists, however, the Cardinal forward was able to notch double-double No. 8 on the season.

Weisbrod's efforts, however, were not quite enough, as the Cardinals saw their losing streak hit five straight with a 75-68 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference loss to Bethel at the SMU Gym.

"It's too bad we weren't able to come away with the win — we certainly played well enough to," said SMU coach Mandy Pearson, whose Cardinals have now dropped 11 of their last 12. "It was great to see Jess have such a strong game on Senior Day, it's just unfortunate we weren't able to give her a win to go with her outstanding individual effort."

Weisbrod scored 13 of her 21 points in the second half, including her first 3-pointer of the season in the game's waning seconds. Stephanie Ayers (Deer River, Minn.) chipped in 19 points, while Jess Miller (Carver, Minn.) and Cherie Kulig (Independence, Wis.) also scored in double figures, finishing with 12 and 10 points, respectively.

Alexa Grones netted a game-high 22  points for the Royals, who led 35-32 at the break and outscored SMU 40-36 over the game's final 20 minutes.

SMU shot 49 percent from the field (27-for-55)  — including a 7 of 12 effort from behind the 3-point line — but turned the ball over 16 times in dropping to 3-17 in the MIAC and 4-19 overall.

"We're playing so much better than we were earlier in the year," said Pearson. "It's just that we are still making too many mental mistakes, and those are the things that are really hurting us right now."