• 1 x 2: Katie Devine (Glencoe, Ill.) and Sarah O’Brien (Littleton, Colo.) each scored their first collegiate goals to account for Saint Mary’s two goals in the Cardinals’ 2-2 overtime tie with Saint Benedict last Wednesday.
• 2: The Saint Mary’s women’s hockey team’s 2-2 tie with Saint Benedict last Wednesday was the Cardinals’ second overtime game in four contests this season — with both games ended in a tie.
• 3: With her 12 points in the Cardinal women’s basketball team’s 80-51 loss to St. Thomas, Brooklyn Paulson (Holmen, Wis.) has now led or shared the team lead in scoring in all three of Saint Mary’s games this season.
• 4: With their two wins last week — both victories over Bethel — the Saint Mary’s men’s basketball team pushed its winning streak to four straight. The Cardinals have now posted a four-game winning streak in each of their last two seasons. SMU’s last five-game winning streak came in 2010-11, when the Cardinals won six straight as part of an 8-1 start to the season. …
• 4: With last Wednesday’s 2-2 tie against Saint Benedict, all four of the Cardinal women’s hockey team’s games this season have been decided by two goals or less.
• 4 > 10: The Saint Mary’s men’s basketball team put a season-high four players in double figures in last Saturday’s 66-58 win over Bethel last Saturday. Eli Cave (St. Paul, Minn.) led the way with 24 points, followed by Raheem Anthony (Chicago, Ill.) with 15, Zach Kjeseth (Wabasha, Minn.) with 12, and Kareem Anthony-Bello (Chicago, Ill.) with 11. …
• 10: The Saint Mary’s men’s basketball team poured in 10 3-pointers in last Saturday’s 66-58 win over Bethel last Saturday. It was the second time this season SMU has netted 10 or more 3-pointers in a game.
• 10, 12: The Cardinal men’s basketball team boasted a player netting a career-high of 10 or more points in each game last week. Nick Falls (Plymouth, Wis.) scored a career-high 10 points on 5 of 7 shooting in the Cardinal men’s basketball team’s 57-48 win over Bethel last Wednesday, while Zach Kjeseth (Wabasha, Minn.) tossed in 12 points — all in the first half — in last Saturday’s 66-58 win over the Royals in the teams’ rematch three days later.
• 12 x 2: Brooklyn Paulson (Holmen, Wis.) and Claire Patterson (Marine, Minn.) each scored 12 points to lead the way for the Cardinal women’s basketball team in last Sunday’s 80-51 loss to St. Thomas.
• 13 + 10 = 2: Raheem Anthony (Chicago, Ill.) scored 13 points added 10 rebounds in the Cardinal men’s basketball team’s 57-48 win over Bethel last Wednesday en route to his second double-double of the season and fourth of his collegiate career.
• 20+ x 5: The Cardinal men’s basketball team has had a player score 20 or more points in all five games this season and have had two players score 20 or more points in the same game twice this season
• 24 x 2: Eli Cave (St. Paul, Minn.) scored a game-high 24 points in both of the Cardinal men’s basketball team’s wins over Bethel last week. It marked the 27th and 28th times in his collegiate career the senior has eclipsed the 20-point barrier.
• 39: The Saint Mary’s women’s basketball team hauled in 39 rebounds in last Sunday’s conference loss to St. Thomas. The 39 boards were one shy of the season-high 40 recorded against Hamline on Feb. 2.
• 95: Ary Ziakas (Palatine, Ill.) stopped 20 of the 22 shots she faced in the Cardinal women’s hockey team’s 2-2 tie with Saint Benedict last Wednesday, and has now stopped 95 of the 99 shots she’s faced this season.
