WINONA, Minn.  — The Saint Mary's University of Minnesota men's basketball team closes out its 2014-15 season on Saturday, as the Cardinals host Macalester in a 3 p.m. Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference matchup at the Saint Mary's Gym.
 
The Matchup:
Saint Mary's Cardinals (1-18 MIAC | 4-20 Overall) vs. Macalester Scots (2-17 MIAC | 5-19 Overall)
 
GameDay Live On The Web:
Live Stats * Live Video | GameDay Program
 
Last Action:
• Saint Mary's: The Cardinals put three players in double figures—led by Will Swiggum (St. Charles, Minn.) with 14—but they could not keep pace with Carleton in the second half, as the Knights pulled away for a 75-59 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference win Wednesday at West Gym in Northfield, Minn. | Recap
• Macalester: Gustavus used a 15-3 run to turn a tie game into a 12-point halftime lead, and too advantage of a 14-point scoring edge in the paint to propel the Gusties to a 70-61 MIAC win over Macalester Wednesday at Leonard Center in St. Paul, Minn. | Recap
 
Saint Mary's vs. Macalester—Earlier This Year:
• January 17, 2015: Macalester rode the hot hand of Dylan Kilgour—who scored a game-high 18 points—to a 73-59 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference victory over Saint Mary's at Leonard Center in St. Paul, Minn. | Recap
 
Saint Mary's vs. Macalester—A Year Ago:
• January 2, 2014: The Cardinals—playing their first game since December 11—showed absolutely no signs of rust, as Saint Mary's got a career-high 29 points from Evan Pederson (Onalaska, Wis.) in recording its first Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference win of the season, a 67-51 victory over Macalester at the Saint Mary's Gym | Recap
• February 3, 2014: Saint Mary's started—and never cooled off —in handing Macalester a 79-48 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference setback at Leonard Center. Wylie Ferron (Waconia, Minn.) scored a team-high 19 points and Will Swiggum (St. Charles, Minn.) added a double-double of 18 points and 13 rebounds as the Cardinals completed the season sweep of the Scots | Recap
 
Up Next:
•  Saturday's game between the Cardinals and the Scots is the season finale for both teams.
 
Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
2014-15 Roster | 2014-15 Schedule | 2014-15 Statistics
After back-to-back road games, the Cardinals return home to the Saint Mary's Gym for Saturday's season finale against Macalester. … Will Swiggum (St. Charles, Minn.) led a trio of Cardinals who scored in double figures against Carleton Wednesday. Swiggum finished with 14 points, while Mark Schumacher (Perham, Minn.) and Ronnie Ortiz (Dayton, Ohio) each chipped in 11 points. … Ortiz and Schumacher have both scored in double figures in back-to-back games—Ortiz finished with 12 points and Schumacher netted 10 vs. Gustavus last Saturday. … Schumacher has now scored 10 or more points in five of the team's last seven games—including a career-high 20-point effort against Illinois Institute of Technology on Feb. 2—and is averaging 12.8 ppg during that stretch. … Schumacher is one of seven Saint Mary's players who has recorded career-high games of 10 or more points this season—Wylie Ferron (Waconia, Minn. / 22), Connor Kaiser (Rockland, Wis. / 22), Ortiz (21), Nick Ogren (Stillwater, Minn. / 15), Jake Rhyner (Apple Valley, Minn. / 14), and Zach Hinrichs (Lake City, Minn.) are the others. … Swiggum equaled his career high with 24 points against Martin Luther on Jan. 26, while Kaiser chipped in his career-best 22 points. … The efforts by Swiggum and Kaiser marked the first time this season Saint Mary's has boasted two players scoring 20 or more points in the same game. The last time the Cardinals had two 20-point scorers came on Jan. 21, 2013, when Swiggum netted 23 points and Evan Pederson added 22. …  Swiggum's 24-point effort vs. Martin Luther marked the third time this season he has eclipsed the 20-point barrier—the junior netted 22 points vs. Saint John's on Jan. 14 and 23 against Crown on Jan. 5. … Swiggum owns six games of 20 or more points in his three years as a Cardinal. … Saint Mary's has five players who have scored 20 or more points this season. Joining Swiggum, Kaiser and Schumacher are: Ferron, who netted 22 points against Viterbo on Dec. 20; and Ortiz, who poured in 21 vs. North Park on Dec. 30. …  Swiggum notched his first double-double of the season—and eighth of his collegiate career—with 13 points and 11 rebounds against Macalester on Jan. 17. … Ferron missed out on his second collegiate double-double by one assist vs. Crown on Jan. 5, finishing with a career-high nine helpers. … Swiggum's 11 boards vs. St. Olaf on Feb. 9 and Macalester on Jan. 17 were not only a season high, but also just three shy of his collegiate best. … Swiggum enters Saturday's finale vs. Macalester averaging a team-leading 10.5 ppg. … Swiggum also owns a team-best 142 rebounds (6.0 rpg). … Schumacher has also eclipsed the 100-rebound plateau this season, boasting 112 boards heading into Saturday's game vs. the Scots. … Kaiser drained a season- and career-high four 3-pointers—going a perfect 4-for-4—en route to his team-best 19 points against Saint John's on Feb. 11. … Kaiser—who added two more 3-pointers vs. Carleton on Wednesday—is the second Cardinal to knock down four treys in a game this season—Nick Ogren (Stillwater, Minn.) drained four against on Jan. 19. … As a team, Saint Mary's has netted 130 3-pointers this season, including a season-high 10 treys in a game twice—vs. Saint John's on Feb. 11 and vs. North Park on Dec. 30. … Ogren has tossed in a team-best 31 3-pointers and is one of six Cardinals with 10 or more treys this season. … Ortiz owns a team-leading 67 assists, while Swiggum and Kaiser have a team-high 14 steals and Schumacher boasts a team-high 17 blocks. … The Cardinals' 83 points in their 83-73 win over Martin Luther on Jan. 26 were a season high—two more than the 81 they scored in their 81-64 nonconference win over Crown on Jan. 5. … Saint Mary's, which is averaging 59.9 ppg, has netted 70 or more points in a game seven times—including both meetings with Saint John's. … Swiggum led five Cardinal players in double figures vs. Crown on Jan. 5—marking the second straight meeting with the Storm that Saint Mary's has boasted five double-figure scorers. … The Cardinals' loss to St. Olaf on Feb. 9 snapped their two-game Monday winning streak—Saint Mary's beat Illinois Institute of Technology 57-45 last Monday, while dropping Martin Luther 83-73 the Monday prior.
 
Scouting The Macalester Scots:
2014-15 Roster | 2014-15 Schedule | 2014-15 Statistics
The Scots' loss to Gustavus Wednesday pushed their losing streak to eight straight. … Sixteen of Macalester's 19 losses this season have now come during the Scots' two eight-game losing streaks. … Dylan Kilgour scored a team-high 22 points against Gustavus on Wednesday, going 7-for-12 from the field—including a 4 of 7 effort from behind the 3-point line. … Kilgour's team-best 22 points Wednesday snapped a streak of four straight games in which Kareem Ismail had led the team in scoring. … Macalester has now boasted a scorer with 20 or more points in four straight games and seven times this season. … Macalester had two players score 20 or more points against Bethel, when Ismail drained a season-best 25 points and Kilgour added 24. … Ismail, who netted 12 points vs. Gustavus Wednesday, has scored 10 or more points in five straight games and in 20 of the Scots' 24 contests this season. … Macalester enters Saturday's season finale against Saint Mary's with two players averaging in double figures—Ismail (14.2 ppg) and Kilgour (11.7 ppg). … Ismail is also the team leader in rebounds (174), steals (17), and blocks (22), while Kilgour (52) and Bert Yaffe (51) are the team's assist leaders. … Macalester, which is averaging xx.x ppg, has scored 70 or more points twice—netting 74 in an 81-74 overtime loss to Bethel and 73 in a 73-59 victory over Saint Mary's in the teams' first meeting. … Macalester has played two overtime games this season, falling to Bethel 81-74 and beating Carleton 57-49.