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Saint Mary's Cardinals
0-6 MIAC / 0-9 Overall
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Hamline Pipers
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Last Action: The Cardinals got 15 points from
Michelle Carne (Escanaba, Mich.) and had three players score in double figures, but it was not enough, as SMU came up just short in a
67-57 MIAC loss to Carleton Monday. … Hamline, meanwhile, got 16 points from Jackie Kelly en route to a
73-66 conference win over Bethel Monday.
Last Meeting: Hamline picked up a pair of wins against the Cardinals in their two conference meetings a year ago. The Cardinals found themselves staring at a three-point, 37-34, deficit after the game's opening 20 minutes — and once again, a second-half chill frosted over the SMU basket. SMU made just 8 of 29 field goal attempts — including just 1 of 11 from behind the 3-point line — as the Pipers pulled away for a
79-65 at the SMU Gym on Dec. 5. In the rematch on Feb. 9 in St. Paul, Minn., Hamline shot 44 percent from the field in the game's opening 20 minutes to build a seven-point, 32-25 advantage at the break, and never looked back in the second half, outscoring SMU 41-32 to complete the 16-point,
73-59 victory.
Probable Starters:
Saint Mary's Cardinals (0-6 MIAC / 0-9 Overall)
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#4 Jesa Hall (So., 1.8 rpg, 7.0 ppg)
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#12 Cherie Kulig (So., 4.2 rpg, 9.2 ppg)
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#34 Michelle Carne (Fr., 3.3 rpg, 8.7 ppg)
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#30 Jess Miller (So., 3.2 rpg, 10.3 ppg)
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#54 Jennifer Rietzler (Fr., 2.7 rpg, 3.4 ppg)
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Hamline Pipers (3-4 MIAC / 6-4 Overall)
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#3 Gabriella Gustafson (Sr., 1.1 rpg, 7.8 ppg)
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G
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#21 Jackie Kelly (So., 3.0 rpg, 9.7 ppg)
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#33 Mary Wilkowski (So., 7.4rpg, 13.6 ppg)
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#41 Jessica Heinen (Sr., 6.6 rpg, 13.6 ppg)
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#44 Nikki Klinck (So., 4.0 rpg, 6.0 ppg)
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Cardinal Notes: Michelle Carne (Escanaba, Mich.) scored a team-high 15 points vs. Carleton Monday, marking the third time this season the SMU freshman has led the team in scoring. Carne's 15 points were also a season- and career-best. …
Cherie Kulig (Independence, Wis.) netted 12 points vs. the Knights, marking the third time this season she has scored in double figures. …
Jess Miller (Carver, Minn.) missed out on her first collegiate double-double by one rebound Monday, finishing with 10 points and nine boards. … With their loss to Carleton Monday, SMU's season-opening losing streak climbed nine straight, and left the Cardinals searching for their first win since a 63-48 win over St. Olaf on Feb. 2 — a span of 16 straight games (SMU closed out the 2007-08 season with seven consecutive losses). …
Jesa Hall (Glenwood City, Wis.) also enjoyed a career afternoon against Saint Benedict last Saturday, scoring 15 points on five 3-pointers. … For the second straight game, the Cardinals posted their second-highest offensive output of the season, tossing in 57 points vs. Carleton. On Saturday, SMU finished with 55 points vs. Saint Benedict. The Cardinals' 60-point effort vs. Bethel on Dec. 6 remaining their season high. … SMU also boasted season-highs in field goals made (21), field-goal percentage (.420) and 3-point attempts (23) vs. Carleton Monday. … Miller and Kulig lead the team in scoring boasting 10.3 and 9.2 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 84 games — that SMU failed to have a double-figure scorer. … The Cardinals come into today's game at Hamline 0-7 on the road this season and just 1-18 in their last 19 road games, with their lone road win a 57-54 victory over St. Olaf on Jan. 5, 2008.
Piper Notes: Along with Jackie Kelly's game-high 16 points against Bethel Monday, the Pipers also got a double-double of 10 points and 10 rebounds from Mary Wilkowski. It was the second double-double of the season for the Hamline sophomore. … Monday's win was the second in the last three games for the Pipers. … Hamline's 73-point performance vs. Bethel marked the sixth time in 10 games that the Pipers have netted 70 or more points. … The Pipers enter tonight's game boasting a 3-1 record on their home floor. … Jessica Heinen and Wilkowski share the team's scoring lead, both boasting 13.6 ppg scoring averages. The two are also the team's rebounding leaders, with Wilkowski averaging 7.4 rpg, while Heinen is second with 6.6 rpg.
