WINONA, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University women's basketball team heads across town to take on NCAA Division II Winona State in an exhibition game Saturday at McCown Gym. Tip-off is set for 5 p.m.
The Matchup:
Saint Mary's University Cardinals (0-0 Overall)
Winona State Warriors (0-0 Overall)
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Last Action:
For the Cardinals, today's game is an exhibition contest and does not count in their overall record, while the contest is the actual season opener for the Warriors, who have already played three exhibition games — losing to UW-Green Bay (
95-47), UW-Madison (
82-53) and North Dakota State (
65-52).
Last Meeting —
November 16, 2009:
Winona State jumped out to a 41-22 halftime lead and never looked back in handing the Cardinals an
84-47 nonconference setback in the teams' season opener at McCown Gym.
Up Next:
The Cardinals officially kick off their season on Tuesday, November 16 when they host UW-Platteville in a 7 p.m. nonconference game at the SMU Gym. Winona State, meanwhile, is also back in action on Nov. 16, hosting Clarke College in a 7 p.m. nonconference game at McCown Gym.
Saint Mary's Cardinals News and Notes:
Jess Miller (Carver, Minn.) — returning for her senior season after earning First-Team All-MIAC honors a year ago — closed out the season as the Cardinals' offensive leader, scoring a team-high 350 points (14.0 ppg), while also leading the team in scoring in 13 of their 25 games. … Miller, who has started every game in her collegiate career — a span of 74 straight games — scored 10 or more points in 20 of the team's 25 games. … Miller scored 20 or more points three times this season — including a career-best 29 points on Dec. 7 against Gustavus. … Miller enters her senior season needing 146 points to become the ninth SMU women's basketball player to score 1,000 career points. …
Jessica Thone (Woodbury, Minn.) — named to the MIAC's All-First Year Team a year ago — accounted for three of the Cardinals' five 20-point performances last season (27, 22 and 21 points). Miller (27 points) and junior
Cherie Kulig (Independence, Wis.) (24 points) were the other two. … The Cardinals recorded two double-doubles last season — Thone scored 13 points and added 11 rebounds vs. Bethel on Jan. 23 en route to her first collegiate double-double, while
Jamie Stefely (Lisle, Ill.) put together a 16-point, 16-rebound effort vs. Hamline on Jan. 6. … Thone led the team in 3-pointers (45), while Kulig boasted a team-high 79 assists. … SMU's 58-49 win over Carleton on Feb. 3 snapped a couple of streaks for the Cardinals, who not only put an end to their season-high seven-game losing streak, but also snapped an 11-year winless drought at Carleton, where SMU had not won since a 77-73 win on Feb. 21, 1998. … The Cardinals' 80-70 loss vs. Carleton in their first meeting on Jan. 4 was their lone OT game of the season and just the second in the last three seasons |
2009-2010 Final Overall Statistics
Winona State Warriors News and Notes:
The Warriors are coming off a 17-11 season a year ago, marking the third straight season in which WSU has collected at least 17 wins. The Warriors won a school record 24 games in 2008-09 and advanced to the NCAA Central Regional Tournament for the ?rst time in school history. … The Warriors were picked to finish fourth in the NSIC Preseason Coaches' Poll. … WSU returns three starters from last year's squad — including Michelle McDonald and Natalie Gigler, who both averaged over 11 points-per-game. … Marieanna Dulas returns after starting all 28 games of her freshman season. She led the Warriors with 117 assists, facilitating an offense that averaged 71 points per game |
2009-2010 Final Overalll Statistics
