LA CROSSE, Wis. — The Saint Mary's University women's basketball team steps out of conference play for the final time this season on Wednesday, traveling to UW-La Crosse for a 7 p.m. nonconference game against the Eagles



The Matchup:
Saint Mary's Cardinals (6-1 Overall)
at UW-La Crosse Eagles (3-5 Overall)

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Last Action:
Jessica Thone (Woodbury, Minn.) scored with nine seconds remaining in regulation to lift the Cardinals to a 60-58 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference victory over Saint Benedict Saturday in St. Joseph, Minn. … UW-La Crosse, meanwhile, came up short in falling to UW-Superior 80-57 in a WIAC game Saturday in Superior, Wis.

SMU vs. UW-La Crosse — Their Last Meeting:
December 14, 2011: For the Cardinals, their nonconference game against UW-La Crosse at SMU Gym was a game of two halves — a good one, and a not-so-good one. After leading the Eagles 33-29 after the first 20 minutes, the Cardinals' offense cooled off in the second half as UW-L rallied for a 61-49 victory.

Up Next:
Wednesday's game at UW-La Crosse is SMU's final contest of the first semester. The Cardinals are now off until Jan. 2, when they travel to St. Peter, Minn., for a 7:30 p.m. Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference game against Gustavus. … UW-La Crosse, meanwhile, is back in action next Wednesday, hosting Concordia-Wis. in a 6 p.m. contest at Mitchell Hall in La Crosse, Wis.

Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
2012-13 Roster | 2012-13 Statistics | 2012-13 Schedule
Wednesday's game at UW-La Crosse is the final nonconference game of the season for the Cardinals, who beat Alma and Olivet in their first two non-MIAC contests. … After snapping a 26-game losing streak on Saint Benedict's home court with a 55-50 win a year ago, the Cardinals collected its second win on the Blazers' home court — and third straight over CSB overall — with the 60-58 victory on Saturday. … Jessica Thone (Woodbury, Minn.) scored a team-high 12 points — including the game-winner with nine seconds left in regulation — in SMU's win over Saint Benedict Saturday. … Thone has now scored 10 or more points in 20 of the Cardinals' last 23 games. … With the 12-point effort Saturday, Thone moved to within 110 points of becoming the 10th player in SMU women's basketball history to eclipse the 1,000 career point plateau. … Jamie Stefely (Lisle, Ill.) chipped in 10 points against the Blazers, marking the third straight game and fourth time in six contests she has scored in double figures. … Stefely scored a game-high 20 points against St. Thomas last Wednesday. It was the second time this season and fifth time in her collegiate career that Stefely has eclipsed the 20-point barrier. … Stefely's 20-point night was just five points shy of her collegiate-best 25-point showing against Macalester on Jan. 7, 2012. … In last Monday's win over Hamline, Stefely notched her second double-double of the season, netting 15 points and adding 12 rebounds. She has now recorded 13 double-doubles in her collegiate career. … The Cardinals have posted three double-doubles this season. Along with Stefely's two, Courtney Euerle (Litchfield, Minn.) posted an 11-point, 10-rebound performance against St. Catherine on Dec. 1. It was the fourth double-double of Euerle's career. … Stefely enters Wednesday's nonconference game against UW-La Crosse averaging a team-best 13.3 ppg, while Thone is second at 10.0 ppg. … Sara Schoenthaler (Hugo, Minn.) and Courtney Athnos (La Crosse, Wis.) each recorded career-best performances last week, as Athnos netted a career-high 10 points against Hamline last Monday and Schoenthaler posted her collegiate-high 11 points against St. Thomas last Wednesday. … Thone, the conference assist leader a year ago with 123, has dished out a team-best 28 assists in seven games this season. … Thone has also knocked down eight of the team's 24 3-pointers. … SMU's loss to fourth-ranked St. Thomas on Dec. 5 snapped their season-opening five-game winning streak. It was the second straight season the Cardinals have put together a five-game win streak, and the first time they had opened the year 5-0 since 2004-05. … The Cardinals' limited St. Catherine to 22 points in their 40-22 victory on Dec. 1. It was the fewest points allowed since SMU held Northwestern to 18 points in a 71-18 win on Feb. 16, 1979. … Saint Mary's also held St. Catherine to just nine first-half points, the fewest points allowed in a half by the Cardinals since limiting Augsburg to nine first-half points on Feb. 11, 2012. … The Cardinals have outscored their opponents 396-330 — including 218-162 in the first half. … The Cardinals' 69 points in their 69-49 win over Olivet on Nov. 17 equaled SMU's highest offensive output from all of last season. The Cardinals scored 69 points in a 69-44 win over St. Catherine on Jan. 2, 2012.

Scouting The UW-La Crosse Eagles:
2012-13 Roster | 2012-13 Statistics | 2012-13 Schedule
The Eagles head into Wednesday's game against Saint Mary's in the midst of a three-game losing streak. … After winning two of their first three games, the Eagles have won just once in their last five contests. … UW-L surrendered a season-high 80 points in its 80-57 loss at UW-Superior Saturday. … UW-L scored a season-high 81 points in its 81-70 win over Loras on Nov. 25. … Maggi Bishop and Briana Radowicz each scored a team-high 14 points against the Yellowjackets Saturday, while Camille Driscoll added 12. … Radowicz has now led the Eagles in scoring in six of their eight games. … Radowicz, who scored 22 and 24 points in back-to-back games against Luther and Loras at the UW-Eau Claire Tip-Off Tournament, enters Wednesday's game vs. Saint Mary's owning a team-leading 15.0 ppg scoring average. … Driscoll is also averaging in double figures, scoring at a 10.5 ppg clip. … Driscoll has recorded a team-high 36 rebounds (4.5 rpg), with Radowicz dishing out a team-best 25 assists. … Driscoll (17) and Trisha Van Dusseldorp (11) have combined for 28 of the team's 37 3-pointers. … UW-La Crosse is averaging 61.4 ppg, while the Eagles' opponents average 62.4 ppg. … Wednesday's game vs. SMU is just the third home game of the season for the Eagles, who beat Northland (70-25) and lost to Simpson (71-60) in their first two games at Mitchell Hall.