NORTHFIELD, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University women's basketball team is back on the road on Wednesday, traveling to Carleton for a 7:30 p.m. conference game against the Knights.



The Matchup:
Saint Mary's Cardinals (7-4 MIAC | 7-7 Overall)
at Carleton Knights (1-10 MIAC | 2-12 Overall)

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Last Action:
The Cardinals got 15 points from Jessica Thone (Woodbury, Minn.) and 14 from Courntey Euerle (Hutchinson, Minn.), as SMU rallied from a seven-point halftime deficit to beat Hamline 52-49 Monday at the SMU Gym. … Carleton, meanwhile, came up four points short in a see-saw affair against Augsburg Monday, as the Knights dropped a 61-57 decision in Northfield, Minn.

SMU vs. Carleton — Earlier This Year:
November 30, 2011: The Cardinals got a free throw from Courtney Euerle (Litchfield, Minn.) with less than five seconds remaining in regulation to lift SMU to a 58-57 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference win over Carleton at the SMU Gym.

SMU vs. Carleton — A Year Ago:
January 8, 2011: Jess Miller (Carver, Minn.) scored a game- and season-high 23 points and Brittany Begrowicz (Des Plaines, Ill.) chipped in a career-best 15 points, as the Cardinals cruised to their second straight Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference win, beating the Knights 61-45 in Northfield, Minn.
February 12, 2011: Jess Miller (Carver, Minn.) scored 20 points, Cherie Kulig (Independence, Wis.) netted 19 points, and Kim Kaminski (Milwaukee, Wis.) scored four points, pulled down four rebounds and had three blocks, as the senior trio led SMU to a 72-60 MIAC win over Carleton at SMU Gym on Senior Day.

Up Next:
The Cardinals close out their busy week on Saturday, hosting league-leading St. Thomas in a 1 p.m. conference game at the SMU Gym. … Carleton, meanwhile, is also home on Saturday, as the Knights entertain cross-town rival St. Olaf in a 1 p.m. MIAC contest in Northfield, Minn.

Saint Mary's Cardinals News and Notes:
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Monday's 52-49 win over Hamline extended the Cardinals' season-high winning streak to four straight. The last time SMU won four straight games came in a seven-day stretch from Feb. 2-9, 2005. … The Cardinals enter Wednesday's game at Carleton looking for its first five-game winning streak since opening the 2004-2005 season with five consecutive wins. … SMU has won its last four games by a combined 21 points. … Just two days after equaling a season-high with 39 second-half points in last Saturday's 57-49 win over Augsburg, the Cardinals netted 32 second-half points vs. Hamline Monday. … Jessica Thone (Woodbury, Minn.) — who recorded her first double-double of the season with 16 points and 10 rebounds against Bethel last Wednesday — netted a game-high 15 points against Hamline Monday. … Along with her 15 points Thone also equaled her career high with seven assists. … Jamie Stefely (Lisle, Ill.) chipped in 14 points and 10 rebounds against the Pipers Monday. The double-double was the fourth of the season and sixth of her collegiate career for Stefely. … Stefely's 25-point effort vs. Macalester on Jan. 7 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 this season. … Thone's season-high 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 Wednesday's game at Carleton boasting a team-leading 12.1 ppg. She is one of two SMU players averaging in double figures — Stefely (10.9 ppg) is the other, while Courtney Euerle (Hutchinson, Minn.) is close behind at 9.9 ppg. … Stefely also boasts a team-best 116 rebounds (8.3 rpg). … The Cardinals, who are averaging 56.7 ppg this season, have knocked down 60 3-pointers, led by Thone with 18. … 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.

Carleton Knights News and Notes:
2011-12 Roster | 2011-12 Statistics | 2011-12 Schedule
Monday's 61-57 loss to Augsburg was the Knights' 11th in their last 12 games. Carleton had snapped its season-high 10-game losing streak with an 80-59 win over
St. Catherine on Saturday. … Wedneday's game against Saint Mary's is the fourth of five straight home games for the Knights. … Monday's game against Augsburg included five ties and nine lead changes — in the second half. … Akemi Arzouman scored 16 points to pace the Knights vs. Augsburg. … Kylar Tsutsui chipped in 14 points vs. the Auggies Monday, while Megan Meads recorded 10 rebounds. … Arzouman has now led the team in scoring seven times this season. … Carleton has boasted a 20-point scorer in six of their 14 games this season, with Arzouman owning the top two outputs — 28 points vs. Hamline last Wednesday and 25 against Macalester on Jan. 2. … Arzouman and Tsutsui enter Wednesday's game against Saint Mary's averaging in double figures. Arzouman boasts a team-best 14.6 ppg scoring average, with Tsutsui close behind at 13.9 ppg. … Tsutsui has drained 37 of the team's 66 3-pointers. … As a team, Carleton is averaging 60.3 ppg. The Knights have scored 70 or more points five times, including a season-high 86-point effort in an 86-78 victory over Buena Vista on Nov. 26. … Carleton has played one overtime game this season, falling to Bethel 52-51 on Dec. 7.