The Records:
Saint Mary's Cardinals (2-3 MIAC / 4-6 Overall)
Hamline Pipers (3-3 MIAC / 7-4 Overall)

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Last Action: Carleton used a 14-2 run to end the first half and never looked back in handing the Cardinals an 80-63 conference setback at the SMU Gym on Monday. Hamline, meanwhile, evened its MIAC record at 3-3 with a 72-70 road win over Bethel Monday.

A Year Ago: The Cardinals picked up a pair of conference wins over the Pipers in the teams' two meetings during the 2008-09 season.

January 7, 2009: SMU used a quick-strike attack to open the second half — scoring eight of the first 10 points to open a 49-40 advantage — en route to an 80-72 conference win at the SMU Gym.

February 11, 2009: Bradley Bruno scored a career-high 23 points and led five Cardinals in double figures, as SMU rolled to an 84-74 conference win over the Pipers in St. Paul, Minn.

Saint Mary's Cardinal Notes: With his team-leading 18 points Monday, Will Wright (Chicago, Ill.) has now scored in double figures in 51 of his 56 collegiate games. … Wright has also led the team in scoring in each of the Cardinals' last five games. … Wright's 18 points vs. the Knigths give the Cardinal junior 1,076 career points, moving him into 21st place all-time in SMU career scoring. … Lukas Holland (La Crosse, Wis.), who extended his consecutive games started streak to 57 vs. Carleton Monday, finished with 14 points vs. the Knights. … Tim Kunkel (Northfield, Ill.) equaled his season high with a team-best seven rebounds vs. the Knights. His seven boards were one short of the career-best eight rebounds he notched vs. Carleton on Jan. 5, 2009. … Chris Palmer (Faribault, Minn.) tossed in 12 points and pulled down a team-high 10 rebounds to record his first collegiate double-double vs. Bethel on Dec. 5. … The Cardinals enter today's game boasting three players averaging in double figures — Wright (18.5 ppg), Holland (16.8 ppg) and Palmer (12.0 ppg). … Holland leads the team with 20 3-pointers, while Holland (.852) and Palmer (.829) are all shooting above 80 percent from the free throw line.

Hamline Piper Notes: Monday's 72-70 win over Bethel was the third straight for the Pipers, who have not lost since dropping back-to-back games to St. Olaf (75-68) and Concordia (74-61) on Dec. 9 and 12, respectively. … The Pipers scored a season-high 107 points in a 107-84 win over Buena Vista on Nov. 29. … Ray Brown scored a team-best 14 points in Hamline's win over Bethel Monday. It was the third straight game in which Brown has led the team in scoring. … Brown (seven times) and Carl Hipp (three times) have been the Pipers' leading scorer in 10 of their 11 games. … Hipp enters tonight's game boasting a team-best 17.2 ppg average, while Brown is also averaging in double figures at 16.3 ppg. … As a team, the Pipers are scoring at a 73.8 ppg clip, while opponents are averaging 71.6 ppg. … Four of Hamline's wins have come at home, where the Pipers are 4-2. … Hamline has outscored its opponents 405-383 in the first half, but hold just a 407-405 edge in the game's final 20 minutes.