WINONA, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University women's basketball team are back at home for a second straight game Wednesday, as the Cardinals host Augsburg in a 7:30 p.m. conference contest at the SMU Gym.




The Teams:
Saint Mary's Cardinals (5-5 MIAC / 7-6 Overall)
Augsburg Auggies (2-9 MIAC / 3-11 Overall)

GameDay Live On The Web:
Live Stats / Live Video / Video Preview / GameDay Program

Last Action:
Jess Miller scored 21 points, but the Cardinals couldn't overcome an ice-cold first half, as league-leading Saint Benedict handed SMU a 73-61 conference setback at the SMU Gym Monday. Augsburg, meanwhile, also came out on the short end of a conference decision Monday, falling to Gustavus 91-70 in Minneapolis, Minn.

Earlier This Year:
December 1, 2010: The Cardinals, behind a game-high 18 points from Jess Miller (Carver, Minn.), cruised to a 57-44 conference win over Augsburg in the team's conference opener in Minneapolis, Minn.

A Year Ago:
January 18, 2010: Shannon Renne drained 6 of 10 3-point attempts, scoring a game-high 26 points and leading the Auggies to a 78-65 victory at the SMU Gym.

February 19, 2010: The Cardinals raced out to a comfortable nine-point, 42-33 halftime advantage, but Augsburg turned the tables in the game's final 20 minutes, outscoring SMU 36-25 — including a game-winning jumper by Serenae Levine with three seconds remaining in regulation — in handing Saint Mary's a 69-67 setback in the teams' regular-season finale in Minneapolis, Minn.

Up Next:
The Cardinals continue their lengthy homestand on Saturday, as they host Gustavus in a 1 p.m. conference contest at the SMU Gym. Augsburg, meanwhile, plays the first of three straight home games on Saturday, entertaining St. Catherine in a 3 p.m. MIAC game in Minneapolis, Minn.

Saint Mary's Cardinals News and Notes:
Jess Miller (Carver, Minn.) scored a game-high 21 points in the Cardinals' loss to league-leading Saint Benedict on Monday. It was the fourth straight game in which the SMU senior has netted 20 or more points. … Miller — who earned MIAC Player of the Week honors after averaging 21.5 ppg in SMU's two games last week — has now eclipsed the 20-point barrier eight times in her four-year collegiate career. … Miller, who has scored 23, 21, 22 and 21 points in her last four games, is the ninth player in program history to record 1,000 career points. She enters tonight's game vs. Augsburg with 1,043 points, leaving her 11 points behind Jessica Weisbrod for No. 8 and 19 points back of No. 7 Amy Burns. … Miller enters tonight's game vs. the Auggies having started 88 consecutive games. … Miller leads the team in scoring with a 14.5 ppg scoring average. She has led the team in scoring in each of the last five games. … Jessica Thone (Woodbury, Minn.) and Jamie Stefely (Lisle, Ill.) have accounted for SMU's two double-doubles this season — both coming against Macalester on Dec. 4. Thone scored 13 points and added 10 rebounds, while Stefely netted 10 points and hauled in 10 boards. … Thone and Miller share the team lead in 3-pointers with 11 each, while Cherie Kulig (Independence, Wis.) and Emily DeWitt (Lino Lakes, Minn.) have chipped in nine and eight, respectively. The quartet have accounted for 39 of the team's 47 treys this season. … The Cardinals made 26 of 37 free throws vs. St. Olaf on Jan. 5 — both were season highs. The 26 FTM and 37 FTA were also the most since SMU went 35-for-50 from the charity stripe vs. Hamline on Jan. 7, 2001. … Saint Benedict's 73 points Monday marked just the second time in SMU's 13 games that the Cardinals have allowed a team to score more than 70 points. … Last Saturday's 57-51 loss at Hamline snapped the Cardinals' season-high three-game winning streak. … Five of SMU's seven wins have come on the road | 2010-2011 Overall Statistics

Augsburg Auggies News and Notes:
Monday's 91-70 loss to Gustavus Monday was the Auggies' second straight and sixth in their last seven games. … The Gusties' 91 points marked the most allowed by the Auggies this season. On the flip side, Augsburg's 70 points in the losing effort equaled the second-highest offensive output of the season. … The Auggies enter tonight's game at Saint Mary's looking for their first road win of the season. Augsburg is 0-8 away from Si Melby Hall. … Brittany Dyshaw scored a team-high 17 points for Augsburg vs. Gustavus Monday, while Courtney Barthel, Brittany Zins and Kandace Bostick all had career nights off the bench. Barthel finished with 14 points, Zins scored 12 and Bostick chipped in eight. … Dyshaw enters tonight's game at Saint Mary's averaging a team-best 10.7 ppg. … Monday's 17-point effort vs. Gustavus marked the fourth time this season Dyshaw has led the team in scoring and was one point shy of the her season-high 18-point effort at St. Olaf on Jan. 3 | 2010-2011 Overall Statistics