WINONA, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University women's basketball team returns home on Monday, hosting Hamline in a 7:30 p.m. Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference contest at the SMU Gym.



The Matchup:
Saint Mary's Cardinals (6-4 MIAC | 6-7 Overall)
vs. Hamline Pipers  (3-7 MIAC | 4-9 Overall)

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Last Action:
The Cardinals erupted for 39 points in the second half en route to a 57-49 MIAC win over Augsburg in Minneapolis, Minn., Saturday. … Hamline, meanwhile, dropped a heartbreaker to Bethel on Saturday, falling to the Royals 60-58 in a conference game in St. Paul, Minn.

SMU vs. Hamline — A Year Ago:
January 15, 2011: SMU managed just eight points through the first 15 minutes, falling behind 17-8, and never recovered, falling to Hamline 57-51 in a Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference game at HU's Sutton Arena in St. Paul, Minn.
February 5, 2011: The Cardinals simply had no answer for Hamline's Mary Wilkowski, who scored a game-high 32 points and pulled down 16 rebounds in leading the Pipers to a 70-57 MIAC win over over the Cardinals at the SMU Gym.

Up Next:
The Cardinals hit the road on Wednesday, traveling to Northfield, Minn., for a 7:30 p.m. MIAC game at Carleton. … Hamline, meanwhile, return home on Wednesday, hosting Gustavus in a 7:30 p.m. game at Hutton Arena in St. Paul, Minn.

Saint Mary's Cardinals News and Notes:
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With Saturday's 57-49 win over Augsburg, the Cardinals pushed their season-high winning streak to three straight. … SMU's three-game winning streak is SMU's longest since winning back-to-back-to-back games over St. Olaf, Carleton and St. Catherine from Jan. 5-12, 2011. … The Cardinals enter Monday's game at Hamline looking for their first four-game winning streak since February of the 2004-2005 season, when the Cardinals beat Bethel, Gustavus, Saint Benedict and Hamline in a seven-day stretch. … SMU's 39-point second-half effort against Augsburg equals their season high — the Cardinals also scored 39 points in the second half against Bethel on Dec. 10. … Courtney Euerle (Hutchinson, Minn.) scored a game-high 14 points for the Cardinals against Augsburg Saturday. … Twelve of Euerle's 14 points vs. the Auggies came in the second half. It was the fourth time this season Euerle has led the team in scoring. … SMU has boasted a different leading scorer in each of its last four games. … Jessica Thone (Woodbury, Minn.) — who recorded her first double-double of the season with 16 points and 10 rebounds in SMU's win over Bethel last Wednesday — also had a big second half against the Auggies, netting nine of her 13 points. … Brittany Begrowicz (Des Plaines, Ill.) chipped in 11 points against Augsburg Saturday, including a perfect 8-for-8 from the free throw line. … Thone's double-double against Bethel last Wednesday 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 last 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 on Jan. 7. 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. … 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 Monday's game at Hamline boasting a team-leading 11.8 ppg. She is one of three SMU players averaging in double figures — Stefely (10.6 ppg) and Euerle (10.1 ppg) are the other two. … Stefely also boasts a team-best 106 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 56 3-pointers, led by Thone with 16. … 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.

Hamline Pipers News and Notes:
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Saturday's 60-58 loss to Bethel was the Pipers' third straight setback. … After opening with wins in two of their first  three games, the Pipers have gone 2-8 in their last 10 contests. … Hamline has scored 60 or more points in all four of their wins this season ¬— including a season-high 106 points in a 106-100 double-overtime win over St. Catherine on Dec. 3. … HU's 106 points vs. St. Catherine were the most points the Pipers have ever scored in an MIAC game. It was also the most points HU has scored since setting a team record with 118 against North Central in a 2004 nonconference game. … Jordan Sammons scored 13 of her team-high 18 points against Bethel Saturday in the first half. … Sammons has now led the team in scoring in each of their last three games. … Kara Poirier also scored in double figures vs. BU Saturday, finishing with 11 points. … Veronika Jakubovie pulled down a career-best nine rebounds vs. Bethel Saturday. … Hamline enters Monday's game at Saint Mary's boasting four players averging in double figures, led by Sammons at 15.3 ppg. Poirier (11.3 ppg), Steph Pilgrim (10.4 ppg) and Je'Naya Brown (10.1 ppg) are the other three. Those four are accounting for 47.1 of the team's 59.0 points-per-game. … Hamline comes into Monday's game at Saint Mary's looking for its first road win of the season. HU is 0-7 on the road, while owning a 4-2 record at Hutton Arena.