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Saint Mary's Cardinals (2-5 MIAC / 4-8 Overall)
St. Olaf Oles (3-4 MIAC / 5-7 Overall)

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Last Action: SMU gave the fifth-ranked Tommies all they could handle Monday, but UST used a 14-2 run late in the second half to turn a two-point nailbiter into a 77-68 St. Thomas victory at Concordia University's Gangelhoff Center in St. Paul, Minn. St. Olaf, meanwhile, got double-figure scoring from four different players en route to a 75-59 win over Bethel in Northfield, Minn.

A Year Ago: The Oles picked up a pair of hard-earned conference wins vs. SMU a year ago.

January 17, 2009: Will Wright (Chicago, Ill.) scored a game-high 30 points, while Lukas Holland (La Crosse, Wis.) finished with 14, but it was not enough, as St. Olaf used a balanced offensive attack in handing SMU a 71-67 conference setback at the SMU Gym.

February 14, 2009: St. Olaf clamped down on SMU's Will Wright (Chicago, Ill.) and Lukas Holland (La Crosse, Wis.) — holding the two to a combined 19 points — in completing the conference sweep of the Cardinals with a 55-47 victory in Northfield, Minn.

Saint Mary's Cardinal Notes: The Cardinals boasted a season-best four players in double figures in Monday's game vs. fifth-ranked St. Thomas. … Will Wright (Chicago, Ill.) scored a team-high 16 points vs. the Tommies Monday evening. He has now scored in double figures in 53 of his 58 collegiate games. … Wright's 16 points vs. St. Thomas give the Cardinal junior 1,109 career points, moving him within 10 points of the No. 20 spot among SMU career scorers. … Pat Freeman (Champlin Park, Minn.) equaled his career high with 15 points vs. the Tommies, while Chris Palmer (Faribault, Minn.) chipped in 13 points and Thomas Sims (Eagan, Minn.) tallied a career-best 12 points. … Palmer added 11 rebounds to his 13 points vs. UST en route to his second double-double of the season. … The Cardinals knocked down a season-high nine 3-pointers vs. UST and were a perfect 18-for-18 from the free throw line. … Wright boasts an 17.7 ppg average through seven conference games, ranking him third in the MIAC in scoring. … Lukas Holland (La Crosse, Wis.) extended his consecutive games started streak to 59 vs. St. Thomas Monday. … The Cardinals enter today's game boasting three players averaging in double figures — Wright (18.2 ppg ppg), Holland (14.9 ppg) and Palmer (12.2 ppg). … Holland leads the team with 22 3-pointers, while Sims (.857), Palmer (.854), and Holland (.846) are shooting above 80 percent from the free throw line.

St. Olaf Ole Notes: Saturday's win over Bethel snapped the Oles' season-high four-game losing streak. … St. Olaf has now scored 70 or more points seven times in its first 12 games — including a season-high 90 points in a 90-50 win vs. Bethany Lutheran on Nov. 16. … Mark Torell scored a game-high 16 points vs. the Royals Saturday, while Tucker Sheley (15 points), Bobby Fong (13) and Stu Neville (12) also scored in double figures vs. the Royals. … Fong also chipped in a team-best 10 boards in recording his first double-double of the season. … Torell has now led the team in scoring in three of the team's last four games and seven times overall. … St. Olaf, which enters today's game vs. SMU averaging 70.5 ppg, boasts four players averaging in double figures, led by Torell at 15. 8 ppg. Alfred Jaryan (12.8 ppg), Neville (11.9 ppg) and Fong (10.6 ppg) are the other three. … Jaryan boasts the team's top two individual offensive performances, netting 31 points vs. Luther on Nov. 22 and 30 vs. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps on Nov. 28. … Three of the Oles' five wins have come on their home floor. …