MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University women's basketball team hits the road on Saturday, traveling to Augsburg for a 3 p.m. conference showdown with the Auggies.



The Matchup:
Saint Mary's Cardinals (5-4 MIAC | 5-7 Overall)
at Augsburg Auggies (4-5 MIAC | 7-5 Overall)

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Last Action:
The Cardinals got 16 points and 10 rebounds from Jessica Thone (Woodbury, Minn.), as SMU cruised to a 46-42 MIAC win over Bethel in Arden Hills, Minn., Wednesday. … Augsburg, meanwhile, picked up a 10-point win on Wednesday, dropping St. Olaf, 61-51 at Si Melby Hall in Minneapolis, Minn.

SMU vs. Augsburg — A Year Ago:
December 1, 2010: SMU kicked off its Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference schedule the same way they kicked off their regular-season schedule — with a convincing victory, as Jess Miller scored a team-high 18 points in leading the Cardinals to a 57-44 win over Augsburg in Minneapolis, Minn.
January 19, 2011: Jamie Stefely (Lisle, Ill.) scored a game- and career-high 21 points — and added 10 rebounds for good measure — as the Cardinals cruised to a 74-62 MIAC victory over Augsburg at the SMU Gym.

Up Next:
The Cardinals return home to kick off a busy week on Monday, hosting Hamline in a 7:30 p.m. conference contest at the SMU Gym. … Augsburg, meanwhile, hits the road on Monday, traveling to Northfield, Minn., for a 7:30 pm. MIAC game against Carleton.

Saint Mary's Cardinals News and Notes:
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Saturday's game at Augsburg is the third straight road game for the Cardinals. …
With Wednesday's win over Bethel, the Cardinals have won two straight and are 3-1 in their last four games. … Jessica Thone (Woodbury, Minn.) picked up her first double-double of the season — scoring a game-high 16 points and adding 10 rebounds. … The double-double was the third of Thone's career. The junior scored 13 points and added 11 rebounds against Bethel on Jan. 23, 2010, while tallying 13 points and added 10 boards against Macalester Dec. 4, 2010. … Thone's effort vs. Bethel Wednesday marked the second straight game the Cardinals boasted a double-double — Jamie Stefely (Lisle, Ill.) scored a career-high 25 points and added 10 rebounds against Macalester last Saturday. It was Stefely's third double-double of the season and fifth of her collegiate career. … Stefely's 25-point effort vs. the Scots marked the second time in her career that she has eclipsed the 20-point barrier. Stefely netted a then-career best 21 points against Augsburg on Jan. 19, 2011. … Stefely has now scored in double figures in seven of the team's 12 games. … Thone has recorded three of the Cardinals' top four offensive outputs, scoring a season-high 23 points vs. Concordia, 19 against Elmhurst and 17 vs. UW-La Crosse. … Thone's 23-point effort vs. Concordia on Dec. 7 marked the fourth time in her career that she has scored 20 or more points, and was four points shy of her career-best 27 points scored vs. Carleton on Jan. 4, 2010. … Thone enters Saturday's game at Bethel boasting a team-leading 11.8 ppg. … Stefely is also averaging in double figures (10.8 ppg) heading into Saturday's contest with Augsburg, while Euerle is third on the team in scoring at 9.8 ppg. … Stefely also boasts a team-best 98 rebounds (8.2 rpg). … Euerle and Stefely each notched their first double-doubles of the season in SMU's 58-57 conference-opening win over Carleton on Nov. 30, marking SMU's first double, double-double since Stefely and Thone hit double figures in both points and rebounds against Macalester on Dec. 4, 2010. … The Cardinals, who are averaging 57.1 ppg this season, have knocked down 52 3-pointers, led by Thone with 15. … The Cardinals' 69 points in their 69-44 win over St. Catherine on Jan. 2 were a season high. … SMU also recorded season-highs in field goals (30), field goal attempts (78), 3-point attempts (23), rebounds (51), steals (15) and blocked shots (7) against St. Catherine.

Augsburg Auggies News and Notes:
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With their win over St. Olaf on Wednesday, the Auggies have now won two of their last three games and are 4-2 in their last six games. … Saturday's game against Saint Mary's is just the fourth home game for Augsburg, which is 2-1 on its home court. … Serenae Levin scored a season-high 21 points in the Auggies' win over St. Olaf on Wednesday. Sixteen of Levin's 21 points came in the second half, when she hit 6 of 7 field goals — including a perfect 3-for-3 from behind the 3-point line. … Wednesday's effort marked the seventh time this season Levin has led the team in scoring. … Levin enters Saturday's contest vs. SMU with a team-leading 13.3 ppg scoring average, while teammate Abbey Luger is also averaging in double figures at 11.9 ppg. … As a team, the Auggies are averaging 57.6 ppg, including a season-high 70 opints in a 70-46 season-opening win over North Central on Nov. 22, 2011. … Augbsurg has scored 61 points in three of its seven wins. … Augsburg has outscored its opponents 691-629 — including 326-274 in the game's opening 20 minutes.