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Basketball looks to bounce back against Hamline

ST. PAUL, MINN. – After a disappointing loss to the Saint Mary's University Cardinals on Saturday, the St. Catherine University basketball team looks to bounce back and pick up another big Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) win tonight. The Wildcats opponent: the Hamline University Pipers, who are currently 5-8 overall and hold a 2-4 mark in conference play.

The game is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. in Hamline's Hutton Arena in St. Paul, Minnesota. Live stats and video will be available for those who can't make it to the game in person, and score updates will also be made on St. Kate's official Twitter account (@stkateswildcats).

Here are the five facts to know before tonight's tip off between Hamline and St. Kate's:

11.7 – The Wildcats are averaging 11.7 steals per game against MIAC opponents this season, which leads the conference. Junior guard Audra Clark (Kenyon, Minn. / Kenyon-Wanamingo) leads the team with 35 steals this season while LaShay Holt (Minneapolis, Minn. / Humboldt) is second with 26. Last week against Carleton, Holt broke the school record for career steals (210) and now has 213 in her career at St. Kate's.

1st – Statistically, Hamline is one of the best 3-point shooting teams in the conference. This season, the Pipers make an average of 7.9 three-pointers per game and take approximately 25 shots from beyond the arc. First year dual-sport athlete Morgan Coleman leads the team with a .364 3-point shooting percentage and five of her teammates have shooting percentages over .300 from beyond the arc this season.

2 – The Wildcats and Pipers split their two game series last season. Hamline won the first game 63-57 after St. Kate's committed several costly turnovers down the stretch. However, the Wildcats got revenge in the next meeting as they went on to defeat the Pipers 71-57. Holt was the leading scorer in both games, scoring 18 points in the first game and 22 in the second. Clark also recorded the first double-double of her career with 18 points and 10 rebounds in St. Kate's victory.

1-1 – Both Hamline and St. Kate's went 1-1 last week against MIAC opponents. The Pipers defeated St. Olaf by 20 points last Wednesday before losing by eight to Concordia on Saturday. The Wildcats found similar success last week, defeating Carleton 65-62 before losing to Saint Mary's on Saturday 80-73.

4 – Four different players for St. Kate's scored in double-digits in the loss to Saint Mary's on Saturday. Holt led the way with 19, Kennedy Jennings (Grimes, Iowa / Dallas Center-Grimes) added 15, and both Clark and Danica Cambrice (Minneapolis, Minn. / St. Croix Lutheran) scored 12.  
 
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Players Mentioned

Audra Clark

#13 Audra Clark

G
5' 7"
Junior
LaShay Holt

#45 LaShay Holt

G/F
5' 8"
Senior
Kennedy Jennings

#30 Kennedy Jennings

G/F
5' 11"
Senior
Danica Cambrice

#11 Danica Cambrice

G
5' 10"
First-year

Players Mentioned

Audra Clark

#13 Audra Clark

5' 7"
Junior
G
LaShay Holt

#45 LaShay Holt

5' 8"
Senior
G/F
Kennedy Jennings

#30 Kennedy Jennings

5' 11"
Senior
G/F
Danica Cambrice

#11 Danica Cambrice

5' 10"
First-year
G