WINONA, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University women's basketball team, coming off a 78-65 conference loss to Augsburg at the SMU Gym on Monday, hit the road for a Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference game against Macalester Wednesday. Tip off is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.
The Records:
Saint Mary's Cardinals (3-8 MIAC / 4-10 Overall)
Macalester Scots (9-2 MIAC / 9-5 Overall)
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Last Action: The Cardinals got 22 points from
Jessica Thone (Woodbury, Minn.), but the Cardinals could not recover from a seven-point halftime deficit in falling to Augsburg
78-65 at the SMU Gym Monday. Macalester, meanwhile, got 22 points from Jessica Rene en route to an
83-65 win over St. Catherine in St. Paul, Minn., Monday.
Last Meeting — December 2, 2009: Macalester pulled down 17 offensive rebounds — including three huge offensive boards off missed free throws in the final minutes that helped secure the Scots'
61-48 conference victory over the Cardinals at the SMU Gym.
Saint Mary's Cardinal Notes: Jessica Thone (Woodbury, Minn.) scored a team-high 22 points vs. Augsburg Monday. … The 22-point effort marked the third time in SMU's last six games that Thone has scored 20 or more points. The effort was also just five points shy of her career-best 27-point effort, recorded vs. Carleton on Jan. 4. … Thone has accounted for three of the Cardinals' five 20-point performance's this season (27, 22 and 21 points).
Jess Miller (Carver, Minn. / 27 points) and
Cherie Kulig (Independence, Wis. / 24 points) are the other two. … Miller, who was held to just five points last Wednesday against St. Olaf, has rebounded with 19- and 15-point nights in her last two contests. …
Sarah Adie (Chanhassen, Minn.) scored a career-high 17 points vs. St. Olaf last Wednesday, while
Jamie Stefely (Lisle, Ill.) notched career-bests in points (16) and rebounds (16) en route to her first collegiate double-double vs. Hamline on Jan. 6. Stefely's double-double was the first of the season for the Cardinals. … Miller, who has started every game in her collegiate career — a span of 64 straight starts, enters today's game vs. Macalester boasting a team-best 13.2 ppg scoring average, while Kulig (10.3 ppg) and Thone (10.2 ppg) are also averaging in double figures. … The Cobbers' 46 points last Saturday were not only the fewest allowed by the Cardinals this season, but also the fewest since SMU held Macalester to 46 points in a 54-46 SMU win on Dec. 4, 2006. … The Cardinals' 80-70 loss vs. Carleton on Jan. 4 was the first OT game of the season and just the second in the last three seasons for SMU. The Cardinals beat Bethel 73-69 in double overtime a year ago.
Macalester Scot Notes: Jessica Rene hit 6 of 8 3-pointers en route to her career-high 22 points vs. St. Catherine Monday. … Macalester enters tonight's contest tied with Concordia for second place in the MIAC standings, one game behind 10-1 and league-leading Gustavus. … Ann Baltzer also netted 22 points for the Scots vs. St. Kate's, while Holly Schiedermayer chipped in 12 points. … The 22 points by Rene and Baltzer equal the Scots' highest individual offensive output this season. … Monday's win was the second straight and sixth in their last seven games for the Scots. … Macalester had its season-high four-game winning streak snapped with a 60-48 loss to Carleton on Jan. 13. … After starting the season 0-3, Macalester has gone 9-2 in its last 11 games. … Baltzer enters tonght's game vs. SMU boasting a team-leading 14.5 ppg scoring average, while Trina PaStarr is also averaging in double figures at 11.9. … Sisters Jessica and Shannon Rene have accounted for 44 of the team's 68 3-pointers, with Jessica netting 23 and Shannon adding 21.
