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Saint Mary's Cardinals (3-9 MIAC / 4-11 Overall)
Bethel Royals (4-8 MIAC / 5-10 Overall)

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Last Action: The Cardinals got 18 points from Jess Miller (Carver, Minn.) and 11 from Emily DeWitt (Lino Lakes, Minn.), but SMU could not recover from a 48-20 halftime deficit in falling to Macalester 91-63 Wednesday. Bethel, meanwhile, fell behind by seven at the half and never recovered in falling to Saint Benedict 74-60 Wednesday in Collegeville, Minn.

Last Meeting — December 5, 2009: Jessica Thone (Woodbury, Minn.) drilled a 3-pointer with 18 seconds remaining in regulation to snap a 55-55 tie and lift the Cardinals to a 58-55 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference victory over Bethel at the SMU Gym.

Saint Mary's Cardinal Notes: Jess Miller (Carver, Minn.) tossed in a team-high 19 points — hitting 7 of 11 field goals and 4 of 5 free throws — Wednesday against Macalester. … Miller, who extended her consecutive starts streak to 65 Wednesday, has now scored in double figures 11 of the team's 15 games — including each of the Cardinals' last three. … Emily DeWitt (Lino Lakes, Minn.) netted a career-high 11 points vs. the Scots Wednesday, while also pulling down a team-high seven rebounds. … Jessica Thone (Woodbury, Minn.) scored a team-high 22 points vs. Augsburg last Monday. The 22-point effort marked the third time this season 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 performances this season (27, 22 and 21 points). Miller (27 points) and Cherie Kulig (Independence, Wis. / 24 points) are the other two. …Sarah Adie (Chanhassen, Minn.) scored a career-high 17 points vs. St. Olaf on Jan. 13, 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 enters today's game vs. Macalester boasting a team-best 13.5 ppg scoring average, while Kulig (10.2 ppg) and Thone (10.0 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. … All three of SMU's wins this season have come at home. The Cardinals are looking to snap a six-game road losing streak today at Bethel. … 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.

Bethel Royal Notes: Wednesday's loss at Saint Benedict was the Royals' second loss in their last three games. … Bethel has been held to 60 points or less in seven of its eight losses. The lone exception a 75-point effort in a 79-75 double-overtime loss to Concordia on Jan. 2. … The Royals' 2 OT loss to Concordia marked the second straight season in which Bethel has lost a double-overtime game — BU lost to SMU 73-69 in double OT a year ago. …  Shana Grejtak recorded a double-double of 14 opints and 10 rebounds to lead three Royal players in double figures vs. the Blazers Wednesday. … Grejtak's double-double was the second of the season for Bethel, which got a 20-point, 12-rebound effort from Scotti Moats vs. Augsburg on Jan. 13. … Grejtak's 14 points mark the fourth different player to lead the Royals in scoring in their last four games. … Taylor Sheley enters today's game vs. SMU as the Royals' scoring leader, averaging 11.6 ppg. … The Royals have recorded three of their four wins on the road. Bethel heads into today's game just 1-6 on its home court.