WINONA, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University men's basketball team played two games over the holiday break, but what a pair of games it was — for the Cardinals in general, and for Raheem Anthony in particular.
 
Anthony averaged 27.5 points-per-game and 10.5 rebounds-per-game in leading the Cardinals to back-to-back wins over UW-La Crosse and North Park.
 
And Tuesday, the senior was rewarded for his efforts, being named to the D3hoops.com Team of the Week.
 
Anthony kicked things off with a 14-point, seven-rebound showing in leading the Cardinals to a 73-66 upset of then-seventh-ranked UW-La Crosse on Dec. 14.
 
But that was just a taste of things to come, as Anthony scored a career-high 41 points — including the game-winning 3-pointer from just inside half-court with 1.5 seconds remaining in regulation — to lift SMU to an 83-82 win over North Park on Dec. 30.
 
The senior guard shot a sizzling 66.7 percent from the field (16-for-24) with three 3-pointers and a 6 of 11 effort from the free throw line against North Park. He also added 14 rebounds — one shy of his collegiate best — and collected four assists.
 
Anthony's 41-point showing — which included 26 points in the second half — was the highest single-game individual performance since Will Wright netted 41 against MacMurray on Nov. 22, 2008, and ranked third in program history, just five shy of the school-record 46 posted by Ken Jansen against Macalester during the 1956-57 season.
 
Anthony and the Cardinals (5-5 overall) — winners of three straight — are back in action on Wednesday, when they return to Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference play with a 7 p.m. showdown against Hamline at the Saint Mary's Gym.