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Saint Mary's Cardinals (5-11 MIAC / 7-14 Overall)
Hamline Pipers (11-6 MIAC / 15-7 Overall)

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Last Action: The Cardinals got 20 points from Will Wright (Chicago, Ill.) and 14 points and 11 rebounds from Chris Palmer (Faribault, Minn.), but it was not enough, as Carleton raced out to a 13-point halftime deficit and never looked back in beating SMU 80-60 in Northfield, Minn., last Wednesday. Hamline, meanwhile, closed to within one-half game of Gustavus for second place in the conference standings with a 66-63 home victory over the Gusties Saturday in St. Paul, Minn.

Last Meeting — January 6, 2010: The Cardinals boasted three players scoring in double figures, but the trio's combined 40 points weren't enough to overcome an ice-cold first-half shooting performance, as the Pipers handed SMU a 93-57 setback at Hutton Arena in St. Paul, Minn.

Saint Mary's Cardinal Notes: Chris Palmer (Faribault, Minn.) collected his team-leading fifth double-double of the season vs. Carleton Wednesday, scoring 14 points and pulling down 11 rebounds. … Palmer, who has now scored in double figures in 11 straight games and 17 times this season, also boasts five games with 10 or more points and nine rebounds. … Will Wright (Chicago, Ill.) scored a team-high 22 points vs. the Knights last Wednesday, marking the second straight game the SMU junior has netted 20 or more points. Wright scored 26 points vs. St. Thomas on Feb. 1. … With his 22 points vs. Carleton, Wright jumped past George Hoder and Bill Skemp into 10th place all-time in SMU career scoring with 1,277. He is now just four points shy of Tom Pepper for ninth all-time. … When Lukas Holland (La Crosse, Wis.) scored his first basket — on his first shot — during SMU's game vs. St. Thomas on Feb. 1, he became the 26th member of the SMU men's basketball 1,000-point club. Holland, who enters tonight's game vs. Hamline with 1,012 points, is the second SMU player to eclipse the 1,000-point mark this season — Wright reached the career milestone vs. Bethel on Dec. 5. … Both Holland and Wright scored their 1,000th point on SMU's home floor. … The Cardinals enter today's game boasting three players averaging in double figures — Wright (17.8 ppg), Palmer (14.5 ppg) and Holland (13.9 ppg). … Wright ranks second in the MIAC in scoring (17.5 ppg in 16 conference games), while Palmer is fourth (15.3 ppg). … Palmer is also fourth in free throw percentage (87%) and sixth in rebounding (7.9 rpg), while Wright is fifth in steals (1.56 spg). … As a team, SMU ranks No. 1 in the MIAC in free throw percentage (275-for-365, 75%). … SMU boasts four players with 20 or more 3-pointers — Holland (33), Wright (24), Palmer (21) and Pat Freeman (Champlin Park, Minn. / 21). … SMU has outscored its opponents 787-779 in the second half this season. … Four of the Cardinals' seven wins have come on their home floor. … As a team, the Cardinals lead the MIAC in free throw percentage (275-for-365, .753). … The Cardinals boasted five players in double figures in beating Gustavus for the first time in 17 years on Jan. 27. The win was SMU's first over the Gusties since Feb. 13, 1993, when the Cardinals collected a 72-70 victory. … SMU's five double-figure scorers were the most in one game since the Cardinals had five — Terrence Smith (19), Michael Batterman (12), Brensley Haywood (12), Dan Cormier (11) and John Gencius (10) — score 10 or more points vs. Northland on Dec. 30, 2005.

Hamline Piper Notes: Saturday's win over Gustavus was the Pipers' third straight and sixth in their last seven games. Hamline has now sandwiched two, three-game winning streaks around a 66-63 loss at Carleton on Jan. 30. … Hamline's last four wins have all come on their home court. … Carl Hipp scored a game-high 29 points — including a pair of fourth-quarter free throws that gave the Piper junior 1,000 career points — in leading Hamline to its win over Gustavus Saturday. … Hipp also pulled down 12 rebounds en route to the double-double, his 10th of the season. … Hipp, who has now scored 29 points in back-to-back games, has netted 20 or more points six times this season. He has also pulled down 10 or more rebounds 10 times, including a season-high 20 boards in a season-opening 79-70 win over Elmhurst. … Hipp and teammate Ray Brown are both averaging in double figures, knocking down 17.7 ppg and 17.5 ppg, respectively. … As a team, the Pipers have scored 86 or more points five times — including a season-high 107 vs. Buena Vista on Nov. 29, 2009. … Hamline leads the league in scoring (73.9 ppg), offensive rebounds (11.2 orpg), defensive rebounds (26.4 drpg) and blocked shots (83).