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Saint Mary's Cardinals   1-3 MIAC / 2-7 Overall		Saint John's Johnnies   3-0 MIAC / 5-3 Overall

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Last Action: The Cardinals returned to action last Saturday, concluding its nonconference schedule with a 82-58 loss to NCAA Division II St. Cloud State. … Saint John's, meanwhile, picked up its fifth straight victory, dropping the University of Chicago, 64-61, on Dec. 14.

Last Meeting: The Johnnies swept the teams' season series a year ago. SJU boasted four players in double figures and shot 64 percent from the field, as the Johnnies overcome a 7-0 game-opening Cardinal run to beat SMU 80-77 at the SMU Gym on Dec. 1. The Cardinals, who fell behind by 10, 34-24, at the break, could not cut into the Johnnies' lead over the final 20 minutes, as SJU rode a 41-37 scoring edge to seal the 75-61 win in the teams' second meeting on Jan. 26 in Collegeville, Minn.

Probable Starters:

Saint Mary's Cardinals (1-3 MIAC / 2-7 Overall)	Pos.
#32 Will Wright (So., 6.0 rpg, 20.6 ppg)	G
#3 Lukas Holland (So., 3.4 rpg, 15.2 ppg)	G
#33 Josh Knights (Jr., 4.6 rpg, 8.7 ppg)	F
#12 Brad Knights (Jr., 4.6 rpg, 4.2 ppg)	F
#25 Patrick Connolly (Fr., 3.9 rpg, 3.1 ppg)	P
Saint John's Johnnies (3-0 MIAC / 5-3 Overall)	Pos
#2 Andy Burns (Fr., 3.1 rpg, 10.8 ppg)	G
#10 Aaron Barmore (Fr., 3.3 rpg, 5.9 ppg)	W
#22 Todd Herman (So., 3.4 rpg, 11.0 ppg)	W
#24 Aaron Burtzel (So., 9.5 rpg, 10.1 ppg)	W
#33 Chris Schwartz (So, 5.4 rpg, 18.6 ppg)	W

Cardinal Notes: After opening their conference schedule with a 67-65 win over Macalester on Dec. 3, the Cardinals have dropped their last three MIAC games, including that Dec. 10 102-64 loss to St. Thomas. … SMU's matchup against St. Cloud State marked the second time this season the Cardinals have faced an NCAA Division II team. The Cardinals also dropped a 92-66 decision to defending national champion Winona State in their season opener. … Will Wright (Chicago, Ill.) scored a team-high 15 points in SMU's loss to St. Cloud State. Wright has now scored 10 or more points in 28 of the Cardinals' last 34 games, while the SMU sophomore also boasts 14 20-point performances in his Cardinal career. … Lukas Holland (La Crosse, Wis.), who equaled his season high with 21 points in SMU's loss to St. Thomas on Dec. 10, was held to just seven points against St. Cloud State. … Holland, who has scored 20 or more points three times this season and seven times in his two-year SMU career, was held under 10 points for just the second time in the Cardinals' last 18 contests. … Holland and Wright have led the team in scoring in 25 of the team's last 26 games. … Tuesday's loss to SCSU marked the first time this season the Cardinals did not have a 20-point scorer. … Wright and Holland enter tonight's game averaging in double figures, with Wright boasting a team-best 20.6 ppg average, while Holland is at 15.2 ppg. … SMU's loss to St. Thomas on Dec. 10 — the 42nd straight time UST has beaten the Cardinals — dropped the Cardinals to 1-12 in their last 13 home games, with the Dec. 3 victory over Macalester the lone Cardinal victory. …  The Cardinals' 102 points allowed vs. St. Thomas on Dec. 10 were the most since giving up 118 points in a 118-53 loss to defending NCAA Division II national champion Winona State to open the 2007-08 season. … 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 women also surrendered 102 points vs. UST on Dec. 10, falling 102-40. … SMU has now allowed 80 or more points in five of their nine games.

Johnnie Notes: The Johnnies come into today's game having won 33 of the last 41 meetings between the two teams. … SJU head coach Jim Smith is 66-20 all-time vs. SMU, including 42-1 on the Johnnies' home floor. … The Johnnies have won 38 straight games vs. SMU at home. … After opening the season with three straight losses, the Johnnies' have put together five straight wins in moving to 5-3 on the season. … Like SMU, SJU was also a lopsided loser to NCAA Division II St. Cloud State, dropping an 85-59 decision on Nov. 22. … Todd Herman's 3-pointer with 21 seconds remaining gave SJU its first lead of the game in the Johnnies' win over the University of Chicago on Dec. 14. … Chris Schwartz missed a double-double by one rebound vs. the University of Chicago, scoring a game-high 19 points and pulling down nine boards. … Four of SJU's five wins have come away from home. … Schwartz, who has led the team in scoring in six of their eight games, boasts a team-best 18.6 ppg average and is one of four Johnnies averaging in double figures. Todd Herman (11.0 ppg), Andy Burns (10.9 ppg) and Aaron Burtzel (10.1 ppg) are the other three. … The Johnnies have been outscored by one, 270-269, in the first half, while holding a two-point, 275-273, scoring edge in the game's final 20 minutes.