WINONA Minn. — The Saint Mary's University women's basketball team, which opened the 2010 portion of its schedule on the road — falling to league-leading Saint Benedict 64-41 Saturday — returns home Monday, playing host to Carleton in a 5:45 p.m. Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference contest at the SMU Gym.

The Records:
Saint Mary's Cardinals (1-4 MIAC / 2-6 Overall)
Carleton Knight (1-3 MIAC / 1-7 Overall)

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Last Action: The Cardinals got a game-high 15-point effort from Jess Miller (Carver, Minn.), but the Blazers used a 35-18 second-half scoring edge to hand SMU a 64-41 conference setback Saturday in St. Joseph, Minn. Carleton, meanwhile, has been off since Dec. 14, when the Knights dropped a 70-52 decision at Hamline.

A Year Ago: Carleton scored 67 points in both games vs. SMU a year ago, coming away with a pair of conference victories in the process.

January 5, 2009: The Cardinals gave Carleton all it could handle at the SMU Gym. After trailing by as many as 13 in the second half, SMU made it a three possession game with less than three minutes remaining, only to catch a few unlucky breaks in falling to the Knights 67-57 in a Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference contest.

February 4, 2009: From the outside, Carleton's Ally Weaver was a perfect 5-for-5, while from the inside, the Knights' Hannah Oken-Berg scored 16 points and pulled down 10 rebounds, as the Knights handed SMU a 67-46 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference setback in Northfield, Minn.

Saint Mary's Cardinal Notes: Jess Miller (Carver, Minn.) led the Cardinals in scoring for the fourth time this season Saturday, scoring a game-high 15 points vs. Saint Benedict. … Jamie Stefely (Lisle, Ill.), meanwhile, pulled down a career-best 11 boards vs. the Blazers. … Renee Pecarina (Winona, Minn.) scored a career-high 17 points in leading the Cardinals in scoring vs. St. Thomas on Dec. 13. … Miller, who leads the team in scoring with a 13.5 ppg average, recorded a career-high 29 points against Gustavus on Dec. 9. Her 13 field goals vs. the Gusties were just two shy of the single-game record of 15, accomplished most recently by Tricia Rasmussen against UW-Oshkosh during the 1992-93 season. … Miller's 29-point effort was six points better than her previous career best 23-point showing against Bethel on Jan. 24, 2009, and also marked the third time in her collegiate career Miller has netted 20 or more points. …  Miller, who has started every game in her collegiate career — a span of 58 straight starts — has now scored in double figures in six straight games. … Today's game is the second of four in an eight-day stretch for the Cardinals, who are also home Wednesday vs. Hamline, before hitting the road for a conference showdown at St. Catherine on Saturday.

Carleton Knight Notes: After opening the season with six straight losses, the Knights snapped that season-opening slide with a 70-65 win over St. Olaf on Dec. 9, only to fall to Hamline 70-52 in its final game before the Christmas break. … Carleton's Dec. 9 win over St. Olaf marks the only home game in the Knights' first 10 contests. After today, the Knights travel to St. Catherine on Wednesday, before finally returning home on Saturday against St. Thomas. All told, Carleton will play 10 of its first 12 games on the road. … Akemi Arzouman scored a team-high 15 points in Carleton's loss to Hamline on Dec. 14. … Arouzman is one of five different players to lead the team in scoring. … Ally Weaver has scored 121 points in Carleton's first eight games, and enters today's game as the team's offensive leader, averaging 15.1 ppg. … As a team, the Knights are shooting 40 percent from the field (155-for-390) and are averaging 56.5 ppg. … Carleton's 70 points vs. St. Olaf on Dec. 9 were a season high and marked just the third time this season the Knights have netted 60 or more points.