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Saint Mary's Cardinals   0-9 MIAC / 0-12 Overall		St. Olaf Oles   1-8 MIAC / 3-9 Overall

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Last Action: The Cardinals have been off since last Saturday, when Cherie Kulig netted a career-best 22 points in an 82-56 conference loss to Concordia at the SMU Gym. … St. Olaf, meanwhile, dropped its fourth straight, falling to Macalester 61-51 on Wednesday..

Last Meeting: The Cardinals swept the season series against the Oles a year ago. Fresh off their streak-snapping 72-62 nonconference win over Coe,  the Cardinals made it 2-for-2 in 2008, as Jess Weisbrod scored 18 points to lead a trio of SMU players in double figures and lift SMU to a 57-54 win on Jan. 5 in Northfield, Minn. In the rematch on Feb. 2, Jesa Hall (Glenwood City) scored a season-high 13 points as the Cardinals snapped their six-game losing streak with a 63-48 win at the SMU Gym.

Cardinal Notes: Just a day after scoring a career-high 20 points in SMU's loss to St. Catherine last Saturday, Cherie Kulig (Independence, Wis.) was at it again Sunday, tossing in a new career-best 22 points in SMU's loss to Concordia. It was her fourth straight double-figure performance and the seventh time this season she has netted 10 or more points. … The Cardinals have led at the half just twice in their first 12 games. … SMU snapped a string of three straight games in which they were held under 30 second-half points with their 31-point effort vs. the Cobbers. Concordia's 45 second-half points, meanwhile, were the second-most allowed over the final 20 minutes this season. St. Catherine scored 49 in last Saturday's 74-58 win. … Jess Miller (Carver, Minn.), who recorded her first career double-double with 16 points and 10 rebounds vs. Hamline on Jan. 7, was held to just nine points vs. Concordia. It was the second straight game in which the high-scoring sophomore was held under 10 points. … Kulig and Miller lead the team in scoring, boasting 11.3 and 10.3 ppg averages, respectively. …  Michelle Carne's (Escanaba, Mich.) 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 86 games — that SMU failed to have a double-figure scorer. … With their loss to Concordia, SMU's season-opening losing streak climbed to 12 straight, and left the Cardinals searching for their first win since a 63-48 win over St. Olaf on Feb. 2 — a span of 19 straight games (SMU closed out the 2007-08 season with seven consecutive losses). … The Cardinals' loss at Hamline on Jan. 7 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.

Ole Notes: The Oles opened the New Year with a 13-point win at Augsburg on Jan. 3, only to drop their next three heading into today's contest. … Two of St. Olaf's three wins came via back-to-back victories over St. Scholastica and Augsburg on Dec. 31 and Jan. 3. … The Oles scored just 44 points vs. St. Scholastica, their second-lowest offensive performance of the season — and won, 44-40. … The Oles have scored more than 61 points once, in a 76-63 win over Augsburg, while giving up a season-high 80 points twice — opening the season with 80-62 and 80-45 losses to Hamline and UW-Eau Claire, respectively. … Elyse Erickson, who is averaging a team-best 17.2 ppg, has led the team in scoring in seven of the team's 11 games ... In last Saturday's loss at Bethel, Erickson fouled out with over 11 minutes left, but still managed to get 15 points. … Kelsey Oja had a career day in the team's loss at Bethel last Saturday, recording career bests of 20 points and 11 assists. … Today's game at Saint Mary's will end a tough stretch to open the 2008-09 season. The Oles have played only three games at home among their first 13 outings, including today's matinee at SMU. … St. Olaf plays the next five, and nine of the next 11, at home.