Mike Ludwig
January 19, 2005
The St. Olaf men's basketball team lost their sixth straight game Wednesday, a 64-54 decision to Saint Mary's University in Winona, Minn.
The Cardinals were 23-for-28 from the line, while the Oles were just 5-of-14 (35.7 percent).
Jeff Tendall had 14 points and three other Cardinals were in double figures in the win for Saint Mary's.
Andy Grimsrud's (Sr., Zumbrota, Minn.) 12 points off the bench led St. Olaf. Erik Sviggum (Sr., Kenyon, Minn.) and Mark Bergstrom (So., Woodbury) added ten points each in the loss.
Saint Mary's outboarded St. Olaf, who was without leading rebounder Jon Bain (So., Austin, Minn.) who is ill, 43-33.
St. Olaf led by 23-22 at the break, and 42-38 with 12:05 to play.
The Cardinals, however, went on a 18-3 run in the next eight minutes to earn their second win of the season.
The Oles (6-10, 2-8) host Augsburg College Saturday at 3 p.m. The game can be heard on the St. Olaf Athletics Website.
Contact media relations specialist Mike Ludwig at (507) 646-3834 or ludwigm@stolaf.edu.
Newspaper Box Score -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Newspaper Box Score St. Olaf vs Saint Mary's 1/19/05 7:30 at SMU Gym, Winona, Minn. At SMU Gym, Winona, Minn. SAINT MARY'S 64, ST. OLAF 54 ST. OLAF (2-7 MIAC, 6-8) Andy Grimsrud 3-7 3-4 12; Mark Bergstrom 5-12 0-1 10; Erik Sviggum 4-4 1-1 10; Will Johnson 3-6 0-0 8; Jon Butala 2-8 0-2 5; Tucker Weisman 1-9 1-2 3; Eric Scholten 1-2 0-0 2; Pat Fraser 1-7 0-0 2; Bobby Hunter 1-3 0-0 2; Wade Pierce 0-1 0-4 0. Totals 21-59 5-14 54. SAINT MARY'S (1-8 MIAC, 2-13) Jeff Tendall 4-7 4-4 14; Brensley Haywood 2-7 5-8 11; Eric Lear 3-5 4-4 10; Dan Cormier 3-6 3-4 10; Dan Kloak 2-8 3-3 7; Michael Rohr 2-8 2-2 6; Jason Washington 2-2 0-1 4; Michael Batterman 0-5 2-2 2; Mike O'Hara 0-0 0-0 0; John Gencius 0-0 0-0 0; Fiore Buccieri 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 18-48 23-28 64. St. Olaf...................... 26 28 - 54 Saint Mary's.................. 25 39 - 64 3-point goals-St. Olaf 7-23 (Andy Grimsrud 3-7; Will Johnson 2-3; Erik Sviggum 1-1; Jon Butala 1-4; Pat Fraser 0-3; Tucker Weisman 0-4; Mark Bergstrom 0-1), Saint Mary's 5-17 (Jeff Tendall 2-4; Brensley Haywood 2-6; Dan Cormier 1-2; Dan Kloak 0-3; Eric Lear 0-2). Fouled out--St. Olaf-None, Saint Mary's-None. Rebounds-St. Olaf 33 (Andy Grimsrud 5; Jon Butala 5), Saint Mary's 43 (Eric Lear 8). Assists-St. Olaf 12 (Pat Fraser 4), Saint Mary's 8 (Dan Kloak 2; Brensley Haywood 2). Total fouls-St. Olaf 21, Saint Mary's 15.