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Saint Mary's Cardinals   3-10 MIAC / 3-13 Overall		Gustavus Gusties   8-5 MIAC / 10-8 Overall

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Last Action: The Cardinals got a game-winning basket from Jesa Hall (Glenwood City, Wis.) with 11 seconds to play helped SMU get past Bethel 73-69 in double overtime Saturday at the SMU Gym. … Gustavus, meanwhile, dropped its third straight Saturday, falling to Concordia, 71-58 in Moorhead, Minn.

Last Meeting: Gustavus outscored the Cardinals 35-17 in the opening 20 minutes and the Gusties never took their foot off the accelerator, racing to their season-opening fifth straight win, a 75-40 conference decision over SMU in St. Peter, Minn.

A Year Ago: The Gusties collected two conference wins in the teams' regular-season meetings a year ago. After trailing by as many as seven points early in the second half, the Cardinals cut the Gusties' lead to one twice in the game's final six minutes, only to have GAC pull away again, as Gustavus used an 18-11 run over the final 5:58 to hand SMU its first loss of 2008, 75-67 at the SMU Gym on Jan. 7. In their second meeting on Feb. 6, Gustavus scored the game's final three points in beating the Cardinals 58-55 in St. Peter, Minn.

Cardinal Notes: Saturday's game vs. Bethel was the Cardinals' first overtime game since a 66-60 OT loss to St. Olaf on Jan. 31, 2007. The last time SMU won an overtime game was a 75-73 OT win over — ironically — Bethel on Jan. 2, 2006. … After losing their first 12 games, the Cardinals have won three of their last four. … Jess Miller (Carver, Minn.) scored a career-high 23 points in leading the Cardinals to their double-OT win over Bethel Saturday. … Jesa Hall (Glenwood City, Wis.), whose shot with 11 seconds remaining in the second OT gave the Cardinals the lead for good, netted 15 points vs. the Royals. Hall scored a team- and career-best 21 points in SMU's 69-66 loss at Augsburg last Monday. Hall's previous career high was 15 points, a total she has now equaled four times this season. … Cherie Kulig (Independence, Wis.), who scored a team-leading 17 points vs. Macalester last Wednesday, was held to seven points vs. the Royals Saturday. It was just the second time in her last eight games that Kulig has failed to score at least 10 points. … Kulig and Miller come into tonight's game leading the team in scoring, with both boasting 11.4 ppg averages. … 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 90 games — that SMU failed to have a double-figure scorer. … The Cardinals' 26-18  halftime lead vs. Bethel Saturday was just the fourth time in SMU's 16 games that the Cardinals have led at halftime. SMU is 2-2 when leading at the break. …  The Cardinals' loss at Augsburg last Monday dropped SMU to 0-9 on the road this season. SMU is now 1-20 in their last 21 road games, with their lone road win a 57-54 victory over St. Olaf on Jan. 5, 2008. … The Cardinals held Macalester to a season-low 50 points last Wednesday. It was the first time all season SMU has held its opponent to under 60 points. … SMU's 73 points vs. Bethel Saturday were a season high, and the most scored by the Cardinals since netting 73 in a 73-59 win over Augsburg on Jan. 13, 2007. … It was also just the fourth time this season the Cardinals have scored 60 or more points.

Gustie Notes: Today's game is the seventh straight road game for the Gusties, who are 4-6 on the road. GAC is a perfect 5-0 on its home floor. … Saturday's loss to Concordia was the Gusties' third straight. … After opening the season with six straight wins, the Gusties are 4-6 in their last 10. … Molly Geske scored a team-high 14 points vs. the Cobbers, while Katie Layman chipped in 12. … It was the second straight game, and the fourth time this season, in which Geske has led the team in scoring. … Geske scored a team-best nine points in Gustavus' 51-46 loss at Carleton marked the only time this season the Gusties failed to record a double-figure scorer. … Gustavus scored 75 points in its first meeting vs. SMU — it was one of five times this season that the Gusties have netted 70 or more points. On the flip side, GAC's two lowest offensive outputs of the season — 45 vs. Saint Benedict last Monday and 46 vs. Carleton last Wednesday — have come during their current three-game losing streak. … The Gusties do not have a playing averaging in double figures this season. Emily Nelson (9.9 ppg), Geske (9.8 ppg) and Brianna Radtke (9.2) are the team's leading scorers.