• 2: The Cardinal men’s basketball team put two players in double figures in last Saturday’s 70-58 loss to Bethel — Raheem Anthony (Chicago, Ill.) led the way with 17 points, while Caden Freetly (Farmington, Minn.) chipped in 11.
• 2: Fueled by his 23- and 35-point performances on Dec. 1 & 4, Raheem Anthony (Chicago, Il.) was named MIAC Men’s Basketball Athlete of the Week on Dec. 6. It was the second time in his collegiate career that Anthony has been named MIAC AOW.
• 3: The Saint Mary’s men’s basketball team scored 63 points for the third time in seven games this season in its 63-60 win over St. Olaf last Wednesday. The Cardinals also scored 63 points in a two-point, 63-61 victory over Macalester on Nov. 20 and in a 73-63 setback at the hands of Saint John’s on Dec. 1.
• 7: Brooklyn Paulson (Holmen, Wis.) scored a team-leading 16 points in the Cardinal women’s basketball team’s 65-51 loss to Bethel last Saturday, marking the seventh straight game in which the senior has led the team in scoring.
• 10: All 10 players who saw playing time for the Cardinal men’s basketball team in last Saturday’s 70-58 loss to Bethel scored at least two points.
• 11: Breyton Buysman (Inver Grove Heights, Minn.) scored a career-high 11 points in the Saint Mary’s men’s basketball team’s 63-60 win over St. Olaf last Wednesday.
• 24 x 2: Raheem Anthony (Chicago, Ill.) and Brooklyn Paulson (Holmen, Wis.) each scored a team-leading 24 points in their teams’ conference games against St. Olaf last Wednesday. Anthony posted his third straight 20+ point performance in the SMU men’s basketball team’s 63-60 win over the Oles, while Paulson equaled her season-high 24 points in the Cardinal women’s basketball team’s 72-63 loss to St. Olaf.
• 27: Brooklyn Paulson (Holmen, Wis.), Izzy Goettelman (Winona, Minn.), and Ashley Streveler (Colby, Wis.) accounted for 38 of the Cardinal women’s basketball team’s 51 points in last Saturday’s 65-51 loss to Bethel — including all 27 SMU points in the first half.
• 35: Matt Sankner (Pennington, N.H.) equaled his career high with 35 saves in the Cardinal men’s hockey team’s 6-0 nonconference loss to Milwaukee School of Engineering last Tuesday.
• 63 x 2: The Saint Mary’s men’s and women’s basketball teams each scored 63 points in their conference games against St. Olaf last Wednesday. The SMU men defeated the Oles 63-60, while the Cardinal women fell to St. Olaf 72-63.
