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Saint Mary's Cardinals
1-5 MIAC / 2-9 Overall
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Last Action: The Cardinals got a game-high 25 points from
Will Wright (Chicago, Ill.) and had two other players score in double figures, but it was not enough, as SMU dropped a
70-62 MIAC decision to Carleton Monday. … Hamline, meanwhile, also had a solid offensive effort Monday, getting four players with 10 or more points, but it, too, was not enough, as the Pipers fell to Bethel
90-75.
Last Meeting: The Cardinals and Pipers split their season series a year ago, with each team winning on the other's home court. In the first game, Hamline turned a 72-72 tie with less than four minutes remaining in regulation into an 85-75 advantage with just over a minute to play en route to a
93-83 victory at the SMU Gym on Dec. 5. SMU turned the tables on Feb. 11 in St. Paul, Minn., getting double-figure scoring from four different players — including a game-high 18 points from
Will Wright (Chicago, Ill.) — as the Cardinals put an end to their losing ways with a
77-60 win.
Probable Starters:
Saint Mary's Cardinals (1-5 MIAC / 2-9 Overall)
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#32 Will Wright (So., 6.0 rpg, 21.5 ppg)
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#3 Lukas Holland (So., 3.6 rpg, 15.4 ppg)
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#20 Tim Kunkel (Fr., 2.0 rpg, 1.4 ppg)
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#2 Bradley Bruno (Fr., 3.5 rpg, 5.9 ppg)
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#25 Patrick Connolly (Fr., 4.0 rpg, 3.8 ppg
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Hamline Pipers (2-4 MIAC / 3-7 Overall
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#10 Nick Carroll (Jr., 1.3 rpg, 2.8 ppg)
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#12 Brandon Hayes (Sr., 3.2 rpg, 6.9 ppg)
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#32 Levin Wenrich (Fr., 1.3 rpg, 5.5 ppg)
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#33 Tanner Anderson (Sr., 4.0 rpg, 5.5 ppg)
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#50 Carl Hipp (So., 7.2 rpg, 11.6 ppg)
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Cardinal Notes: Monday's loss to Carleton was SMU's fifth straight conference loss. The Cardinals opened MIAC play with a 67-65 victory over Macalester on Dec. 3, but have come up empty in MIAC play since. … Monday's setback also extended the Cardinals' losing streak to a season-high six straight games. …
Will Wright (Chicago, Ill.) scored a game-high 25 points in SMU's loss at Carleton Monday. It was his second straight 20-plus point effort and eighth time in SMU's 11 games that the sophomore has scored 20 or more points. Wright has eclipsed the 20-point mark 16 times in his two-year SMU career. … Wright has also scored 10 or more points in 30 of the Cardinals' last 36 games. …
Lukas Holland (La Crosse, Wis.) chipped in 14 points against the Knights Monday and has scored in double figures in 17 of the team's last 19 games. …
Bradley Bruno (Chicago, Ill.) equaled his season- and career-high with 10 points vs. Carleton Monday. … Holland and Wright have led the team in scoring in 27 of the team's last 28 games. … Wright and Holland enter tonight's game averaging in double figures, with Wright boasting a team-best 21.5 ppg average, while Holland is at 15.4 ppg. … Wright's 25-point night vs. Carleton was the 10th time in 11 games that the Cardinals have boasted a 20-point scorer. SMU's loss at St. Cloud State on Dec. 30 marked the only time in the Cardinals' 11 games that they have not had a 20-point scorer. … The Cardinals attempted a season-high 62 field goals vs. Carleton Monday. It was the second straight game in which SMU notched a season high in field-goal attempts, having put up 60 vs. Saint John's on Saturday. … SMU also attempted a season-best 22 3-point field goal attempts. … The Cardinals' 67 points vs. Saint John's on Jan. 3 equaled their second-highest offensive performance of the season. On the flip side, SMU held Carleton to just 70 points, the second-fewest points allowed by the Cardinals this season.
Piper Notes: The Pipers saw their losing streak climb to a season-high four straight with Monday's loss to Bethel. … The Royals' 90 points were the most allowed by Hamline this season, but also marked the third straight game in which the Pipers have allowed 80 or more points. … Only once this season have the Pipers held their opponent under 70 points (a 73-64 win over St. Scholastica on Nov. 25). … Hamline boasted four players in double figures vs. the Royals, led by Carl Hipp's 13 points. Dan Anderson and Levi Newhall each chipped in 11, while Stoddard Barnhill added 10. … Today's game is the seventh road game of the season for Hamline, which is 1-5 away from home.
