WINONA, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University of Minnesota men's basketball team returns home to the Saint Mary's Gym for the third straight game on Wednesday, hosting Carleton in a 5 p.m. Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference game.
 
The Matchup:
• Saint Mary's Cardinals (2-1 MIAC | 4-2 Overall) vs. Carleton Knights (2-0 MIAC | 5-2 Overall)
 
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Last Action:
• Saint Mary's: The Cardinals picked up their second straight conference win last Wednesday, getting 20 points from Kevin Gleason (Minneapolis, Minn.) and 17 from Connor Kaiser (Rockland, Wis.) en route to a 68-65 win over Augsburg at the Saint Mary's Gym | Recap
• Carleton: Carleton got 26 points and 11 rebounds from Kevin Grow, and John Eckert chipped in 16 points, as the Knights pulled away for a 75-61 nonconference win over UW-River Falls last Wednesday | Recap
 
Saint Mary's vs. Carleton—A Year Ago:
• January 19, 2015 * Winona, Minn.: Nick Ogren (Stillwater, Minn.) was virtually unstoppable for the Cardinals in the opening 20 minutes of their Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference game against Carleton—draining his first four 3-point field goal attempts. And when the Knights clamped down on Ogren in the second half, Connor Kaiser (Rockland, Wis.) stepped up when the Cardinals needed it most—draining a 3-pointer and completing a three-point play on back-to-back possessions to pull Saint Mary's even, 57-57 with less than two minutes remaining in regulation. Over those final 120 seconds, however, Carleton scored the game's final four points in handing the Cardinals a heartbreaking 61-57 setback at the Saint Mary's Gym | Recap
• February 18, 2015 * Northfield, Minn.: Saint Mary's put three players in double figures—led by Will Swiggum (St. Charles, Minn.) with 14—but the Cardinals could not keep pace with Carleton in the second half, as the Knights pulled away for a 75-59 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference win at West Gym | Recap
 
Up Next:
• Saint Mary's: The Cardinals step out of conference play on Saturday, entertaining Simpson in a 3 p.m. nonconference game at the Saint Mary's Gym.
• Carleton: The Knights are off until Jan. 2, when they play host to St. Olaf in a 1 p.m. MIAC showdown at West Gym in Northfield, Minn.
 
Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
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• The Cardinals' conference game against Carleton Wednesday is the third of four straight home games for the Cardinals. … With their 68-65 win over Augsburg last Wednesday, the Cardinals improved to 3-0 on their home court this season. … Saint Mary's victory over Augsburg was their fourth of the season—equaling the win total from a year ago. … The Cardinals snapped an 11-game losing streak against the Auggies with last Wednesday's 68-65 victory. … Saint Mary's has scored 80 or more points in three of its four wins this season—including a season-high 85-point effort in last Saturday's 85-70 win over Macalester. … The Cardinals' 85 points vs. the Scots marked the highest offensive output since Saint Mary's tossed in 87 in an 87-80 victory over Macalester on Dec. 4, 2010. … Kevin Gleason (Minneapolis, Minn.) scored a game- and career-high 20 points against Augsburg last Wednesday. It was the Cardinals' third 20-point effort of the season—Connor Kaiser (Rockland, Wis.) owns the other two. … Kaiser scored 17 points against Augsburg last Wednesday and has now scored in double figures in all six Cardinal games this season. … Kaiser scored a career-tying 22 points against Martin Luther on Nov. 24. Kaiser's 22-point showing vs. the Knights on Nov. 24 marked the second time in as many meetings with Martin Luther that the Cardinal senior has scored a career-best 22 points. … Quashingm Smith-Pugh (St. Paul, Minn.) scored a career-high 19 points against Macalester on Dec. 5. … Kaiser and Smith-Pugh head into Wednesday's game against Carleton averaging in double figures at 16.2 ppg and 11.7 ppg, respectively. …  Will Swiggum (St. Charles, Minn.) scored 10 points and hauled in a career-high 16 rebounds against Martin Luther on Nov. 24 for his first double-double of the season and ninth of his collegiate career. … Swiggum has hauled in a team-leading 51 rebounds (8.5 rpg) through the team's first six games—including 13 against Crossroads on Nov. 13 and 16 vs. Martin Luther on Nov. 24. … Swiggum is averaging 8.3 ppg and owns six games of 20 or more points in his collegiate career. … The Cardinals knocked down a season-high 10 3-pointers against Augsburg last Wednesday—including seven in the second half. Saint Mary's made a season-high 10 treys twice a year ago. … Kaiser—who finished with a season-high four 3-pointers against Augsburg last Wednesday—has recorded a team-leading 13 3-pointers, while Smith-Pugh leads the team in assists with 17, one more than Braden Walbeck (Fall Creek, Wis.). … Saint Mary's drained a season-high 22 free throws against Macalester on Dec. 5. … Saint Mary's has outscored its first six opponents 441-415—including 230-209 over the game's final 20 minutes. … Saint Mary's boasted a season-high five players in double figures against Macalester on Dec. 5.
 
Scouting The Carleton Knights:
2015-16 Roster | 2015-16 Statistics | 2015-16 Schedule
• Wednesday's game against Saint Mary's is the third straight road contest for the Knights, who play seven of their first eight games away from home this season. … Carleton heads into Wednesday's contest with the Cardinals riding a three-game winning streak—a run that includes a six-point win over Saint John's, a one-point victory vs. third-ranked St. Thomas, and last Wednesday's 14-point rout of UW-River Falls. … Kevin Grow and John Eckert both posted career-high efforts in the Knights' win over UW-River Falls last Wednesday—Grow tossed in a career-best 26 points, while Eckert finished with 16. … Grow hauled in a game-high 11 rebounds to go with his 26 points en route to his fourth double-double of the season. … The Knights have had three different players lead them in scoring this season—Tianen Chen has done it four times, and Grow and Mitchell Biewen twice each. … Grow's 26-point effort against UW-River Falls last Wednesday marked the third time this season Carleton has boasted a player with 20 or more points in a game—Chen netted 26 points against Saint John's, and tallied 21 vs. Crown. … With his 11 rebounds vs. UW-River Falls, Grow has now notched 10 or more rebounds in five of the team's seven games. … Carleton boasts three players who are averaging in double figures—Grown (15.7 ppg), Chen (14.9 ppg), and Biewen (13.3 ppg). … Grow has hauled in a team-best 68 rebounds (9.7 rpg), while Peter Bakker-Arkema owns a team-best 21 assists. … Carleton has knocked down 40 3-pointers this season—with Biewen (18) and Bakker-Arkema (13) accounting for 31 of them. … As a team, the Knights are shooting nearly 50 percent from the field (180-for-363). … The Knights have outscored their first seven opponents 486-450­—including 228-204 in the game's opening 20 minutes.