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Saint Mary's Cardinals   1-9 MIAC / 1-12 Overall		Augsburg Auggie   0-10 MIAC / 2-11 Overall

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Last Action: The Cardinals picked up their first win of the season Saturday, getting a team-best 16 points from Jess Miller (Carver, Minn.) en route to a 65-62 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference win over St. Olaf at the SMU Gym. … Augsburg, meanwhile, dropped its 10th straight game Saturday, falling to Bethel 73-55 in Arden Hills, Minn.

Last Meeting: The Auggies swept the teams' two conference games a year ago. In the first game on Jan. 16, 2008, Augsburg outscored SMU 24-21 in the game's opening 20 minutes and never relinquished its lead, as the Auggies handed SMU a 62-58 MIAC setback at the SMU Gym. … In the rematch, Augsburg held SMU to a season-low 17 second-half points in breaking opening a five-point game and rolling to a 64-46 conference victory on Feb. 20 at the SMU Gym.

Cardinal Notes: The Cardinals' win over St. Olaf was not only SMU's first win of the season, but it also snapped their season-long 12-game losing streak, and was their first win since a 63-48 win over St. Olaf on Feb. 2 — a span of 19 straight games. … Jess Miller (Carver, Minn.), who recorded her first career double-double with 16 points and 10 rebounds vs. Hamline on Jan. 7, scored a team-best 16 points vs. the Oles Saturday. … Cherie Kulig (Independence, Wis.), coming off back-to-back 20 point-plus performances — 20 points vs. St. Catherine and 22 vs. Concordia — was held to six points against the Oles and snapped a four-game streak in which Kulig had scored in double figures. … Kulig and Miller lead the team in scoring, boasting 10.3 and 10.2 ppg averages, respectively. … Jesa Hall (Glenwood City, Wis.) chipped in 15 points vs. the Oles Saturday, equaling her season- and career-best. It was the third time this season Hall has scored 15 points. … 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 87 games — that SMU failed to have a double-figure scorer. … The Cardinals, who trailed by seven, 30-23 at the half vs. St. Olaf, have led at the half just twice in their first 13 games. … SMU's 42 second-half points vs. St. Olaf were a season high. …  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. … SMU's 65 points vs. St. Olaf were a season high and just the second time this season the Cardinals have scored 60 or more points. St. Olaf's 62 points, meanwhile, were the fewest allowed by the Cardinals this season. … The Cardinals also set season highs in field goals made (22), field goal percentage (45 percent, 22-for-49), 3-pointers (9), 3-point percentage (53 percent, 9-for-17)

Auggie Notes: After opening the season with wins in two of their first three games, the Auggies have dropped 12 straight. … Augsburg has scored less than 60 points in nine of its 11 losses, including a season-low 42 points in a 67-42 loss at Saint Benedict on Jan. 7. … Serenae Levine dished out a season-high 11 assists in the Augsburg's loss to Bethel Saturday. Levine's 11 assists were also the most in the MIAC this season. … Shannon Renne netted a team-best 13 points vs. the Royals, while Lexi Thompson (12 points) and Michelle Richter (10 points) also scored in double figures vs. Bethel. Thompson's 12 points equaled her season-high, while Richter also added nine rebounds. … Heading into today's game, the Auggies are 1-6 on their home court. … The Auggies do not have a player averaging in double figures, with Christa Suedbeck's 9.6 ppg average leading the way. … Augsburg has had seven different players lead them in scoring this season. … Augsburg has scored 30 or more points just once in the opening half, while netting 30-plus points just four times in the game's final 20 minutes.