Box Score
St. Mary's ruined Macalester's MIAC opener by rallying down the stretch for a 53-44 win over the Scots in St. Paul.  The Cardinals trailed 41-40 with 6:29 to play in the second half, and then claimed victory by out-scoring the home team 13-3 the rest of the way.  St. Mary's is 2-0 overall and 1-0 in the MIAC, while Mac is 1-3 on the season, 0-1 in the MIAC.

SMU had a +5 rebounding advantage and +6 lead in turnovers and was paced by Shelby Auseth and Courtney Earle with 11 points apiece.  Mariam Awoniyi chipped in with 10 points.

Erin Murray (So., Sparta, Wis.) produced 12 points, three steals and three assists to pace Macalester.  Adding seven points each were Veronika Jakubovie (Sr., Maple Grove, Minn.) and Park Masterson (Fy., Poway, Calif.).    Murray was the team's top rebounder with seven boards and Masterson grabbed six.

Macalester is back in action when it hosts Concordia-Moorhead on Dec. 4.

_{Photo above: Abby Purfeerst (right) had four rebounds and a couple blocked shots off the bench for the Scots.}