SMSU women’s basketball looks to remain perfect with road games versus Minnesota State
MARSHALL — The Southwest Minnesota State University women’s basketball team (4-0, 2-0 NSIC) will have its first two road games of the season today and Saturday with a pair of Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference games at Minnesota State University (3-3, 2-2 NSIC) in Mankato.
•Today’s game will begin at 6 p.m., while Saturday’s match-up will start at 3 p.m. at MSU’s Taylor Center.
•SMSU is 4-0 to start the team season for the first time since the 2004-05 team opened the season with seven straight victories.
•SMSU’s current four-game winning streak matches a four-game winning streak during the 2019-20 season. The last time SMSU won five straight games came during the 2009-10 season when the team won six straight.
Broadcast info
•Today’s game will be broadcast on 105.1 FM KARL, while Saturday’s game is on 101.7 FM/1400 AM KMHL.
•Live stats, radio broadcast and video broadcast can be found at SMSUmustangs.com.
Series history
versus
Minnesota State
•SMSU and MSU meet for the 63rd and 64th time with MSU leading 42-20 in a series started in 1970-71.
•MSU leads the series 25-7 in games played in Mankato, including winning 76-60 last season.
•SMSU has won three of the last four meetings the past two seasons. SMSU’s win on Dec. 7, 2018, snapped a 23-game losing streak in the series.
•SMSU head coach Tom Webb is 3-5 all-time versus Minnesota State.
Reinhart closing
in on 1,000
career points
•Senior Meleah Reinhart begins the weekend with 985 career points in 84 games. With 15 more points, she will become the 21st player in team history to reach 1,000 career points.
Scouting
Minnesota State
•Minnesota State, the preseason favorite in the NSIC South Division poll, is 3-3 overall, 2-2 NSIC, following a split of home games last weekend versus Wayne State. WSC won the opener on Saturday, 84-79, but MSU bounced back with an 84-71 win on Sunday.
•Sophomore guard Joey Batt is the leading scorer for the Mavericks averaging 14.7 ppg.
•Senior forward Rachel Shumski is the second leading scorer at 12.8 ppg to go along with 7.2 rpg.
•Senior forward Tayla Stuttley is also averaging 12.8 ppg and 6.0 rpg.
•Head coach Emily Thiesse is in her ninth season with a record of 143-95 with two NCAA Tournament appearances.
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