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Saint Mary's Cardinals   0-8 MIAC / 0-11 Overall		Concordia Cobbers   6-2 MIAC / 7-4 Overall

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Last Action: The Cardinals raced out to a 14-2 lead early, but couldn't hold on, as St. Catherine used a 21-6 run to open the second half in handing SMU a 74-58 setback Saturday afternoon at the SMU Gym. … Concordia, meanwhile, had its five-game winning streak snapped with a 77-53 conference loss at Saint Benedict Saturday.

Last Meeting: Concordia picked up a pair of MIAC wins over the Cardinals a year ago. In a two-minute span late in the first half, the Cardinals turned the ball over three straight times, allowed Concordia to rattled off 10 unanswered points and take a commanding, eight-point lead into the locker room at halftime. A lead the Cobbers would not relinquish in handing SMU a 66-57 setback at the SMU Gym on Jan. 20, 2008. In the rematch, Concordia held the Cardinals to just 19 second-half points en route to a 65-40 victory in the teams' regular-season final on Feb. 23, 2008.


Probable Starters:

Saint Mary's Cardinals (0-8 MIAC / 0-11 Overall)	Pos.
#4 Jesa Hall (So., 1.6 rpg, 7.1 ppg)	G
#12 Cherie Kulig (So., 4.3 rpg, 10.4 ppg)	G
#34 Michelle Carne (Fr., 3.6 rpg, 9.1 ppg)	G
#30 Jess Miller (So., 4.3 rpg, 10.5 ppg)	F
#54 Jennifer Rietzler (Fr., 3.2 rpg, 3.2 ppg)	F
Concordia Cobbers (6-2 MIAC / 7-4 Overall)	Pos
#10 Jenna Freudenberg (Sr., 4.9 rpg, 14.4 ppg)	G
#24 Lindsey Schultz (So., 4.3 rpg, 6.5 ppg)	G
#32 Erica Nord (So., 3.1 rpg, 4.3 ppg)	G
#40 Sara Sorbo (Jr., 3.5 rpg, 10.1 ppg)	G
#50 Ashley Grabowski (So., 1.6 rpg, 2.2 ppg)	P

Cardinal Notes: Cherie Kulig (Independence, Wis.) scored a team- and career-high 20 points against St. Catherine Saturday. It was her third straight double-figure performance and this sixth time this season she has netted 10 or more points. … The Cardinals led at the half for the second straight game — after trailing at the half in their first nine games — boasting a 30-25 halftime advantage vs. St. Catherine. … SMU was held to fewer then 30 points over the final 20 minutes for the third straight game, finishing with 28 points vs. the Wildcats. St. Catherine's 49-point second-half outburst, meanwhile, was the most allowed by the Cardinals this season — in either half. … Jess Miller (Carver, Minn.) scored a game-high 16 points and added 10 rebounds to record her first collegiate double-double last Wednesday vs. Hamline. Miller had come one rebound short of that same feat two days earlier vs. Carleton, when the sophomore netted 10 points and added nine boards. … Michelle Carne (Escanaba, Mich.), who scored a career-high 15 points vs. Carleton last Monday, chipped in 10 points vs. St. Catherine Saturday, marking the third straight game in which she scored in double figures. … Jess Miller (Carver, Minn.) was held to just six points vs. St. Catherine, snapping a string of four straight double-figure performances. … Miller and Kulig lead the team in scoring, boasting 10.5 and 10.4 ppg averages, respectively. …  Carne's team-high eight points vs. St. Thomas on Dec. 10 was the first time since Alysse Coates and Jess Weisbrod scored eight points vs. Carleton vs. Carleton on Feb. 9, 2008 — and just the sixth time in their last 85 games — that SMU failed to have a double-figure scorer. … With their loss to St. Catherine, SMU's season-opening losing streak climbed to 11 straight, and left the Cardinals searching for their first win since a 63-48 win over St. Olaf on Feb. 2 — a span of 18 straight games (SMU closed out the 2007-08 season with seven consecutive losses). … The Cardinals put up a season-high 62 field-goal attempts vs. Hamline. SMU also posted season-highs in rebounds (43), assists (16), steals (8) and blocked shots (2). …  The Cardinals' loss at Hamline dropped SMU to 0-8 on the road this season. SMU is now 1-19 in their last 20 road games, with their lone road win a 57-54 victory over St. Olaf on Jan. 5, 2008.

Cobber Notes: Saint Benedict put an end to the Cobbers' season-high five-game winning streak. Concordia's last loss was a 71-60 setback at Gustavus on Dec. 6. … CC has held its opponents to 60 points or less in six of their seven wins. … Today's game is the second of five straight road games for the Cobbers, who do not return home until a Jan. 21 date with St. Thomas. … Jenna Green scored a career-high 17 points, hitting 4 of 5 3-pointers, to lead the Cobbers vs. Saint Benedict. … Concordia's 53 points vs. the Blazers were the second-fewest scored by the Cobbers this season. CC managed just 51 points in a 68-51 loss to MSU-Moorhead on Nov. 25. … The Blazers' 77 points, meanwhile, were the most allowed by the Cobbers since surrendering 81 in a season-opening 81-71 loss to Hope on Nov. 21. … Jenna Freudenberg leads the team in scoring (14.4 ppg) and is one of three Cobber players averaging in double figures. Maggie Bauernfeind (10.2 ppg) and Sara Sorbo (10.1 ppg) are the other two. … Five of Concordia's seven wins have come at home, where the Cobbers are 5-1.