SMSU WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: Mustangs look to get back on track, open 2022 hosting Sioux Falls
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MARSHALL -- The Southwest Minnesota State University women's basketball team (7-4, 4-3 NSIC) brings in the new year, welcoming the University of Sioux Falls (7-5, 4-3) to the R/A Facility on Sunday, Jan 2 at 4 p.m.
Broadcast info
•The game will be broadcast on 105.1 FM KARL with Ryan Rohlik.
•Live stats, radio broadcast and video broadcast can be found at SMSUmustangs.com.
Quick hits
•SMSU lost back to back games for the first time this season.
•After a pair of starts last weekend, Meleah Reinhart has moved into a tie for second in program history in games started, and is five starts behind first place.
•Reinhart also made a pair of free-throws, moving her to seventh in program history with 315 free throws made, and is 14 points from moving into the top 10 in total points.
•With four three-pointers last weekend, Sadie Stelter moved her total in made three-pointers to 175, two off of second in program history, and 15 behind first.
•After four blocks and 12 rebounds last week, Abuk Akoi moved her program-record career block total to 210, while moving to ninth in career rebounds with 662
•Reinhart earned NSIC South Division Player of the Week honors, announced on Monday, Nov. 15.
•Stelter became the 22nd player in program history with 1,000 career points against Nebraska-Kearney on Nov. 13.
About Southwest
Minnesota State
•Senior guard Meleah Reinhart is leading the Mustangs in scoring with 14.4 ppg.
•Senior guard Sadie Stelter is second on the team with 12.6 ppg and 5.2 rpg.
•Senior center Abuk Akoi leads the team in blocks with 19, and assists with 25 while shooting a 52 percent from the field, 45 percent from behind the arc, and 93 percent from the free throw line.
•Sophomore guard Sam Wall leads the team with 22 three -pointers made on 50 percent shooting from deep.
•Wall has added spark off the bench this season, recording 8.9 ppg on 46 percent shooting in 18.8 mpg
•SMSU is averaging 70.5 ppg while opponents are averaging 66 ppg. SMSU has a plus-2.3 rebounding margin.
•SMSU is shooting 40 percent from the field, 31 percent from the 3-point line, and 79 percent the free-throw line.
•SMSU was tabbed seventh overall and second in the South Division in the NSIC Preseason Coaches' Poll
•The team features four seniors, one junior, four sophomores, and six freshmen.
Sioux Falls history
•SMSU and Sioux Falls will meet for the 39th time with each team winning 19 games in a series that started in 1969.
•SMSU defeated USF 75-67 in Sioux Falls on Nov. 23 earlier this season.
•The teams split a pair of games last season, matching up in the final two games of the year.
•SMSU won on Feb, 21, 2021 77-54 before falling in the season finale 88-83 in overtime on Feb. 22.
•USF won 14 of the last 16 meetings between the two teams from the 2013-14 season until the 2020-21 season.
•SMSU won 11 straight in the series from 1989-90 to 2002-03.
•SMSU head coach Tom Webb is 3-8 all-time versus Sioux Falls, and 3-3 in his last six games against them.
Earlier this season
vs. Sioux Falls
•SMSU battled back after trailing at halftime to defeat USF 75-67 to open their conference slate on the road at the Stewart Center in Sioux Falls, S.D.
•After trailing 33-29 at the break, The Mustangs would outscore the Cougars 19-10 in the third quarter to jolt them to victory. SMSU would win the game at the free throw line and on the glass, out-shooting USF 92.9 percent (26-of-28) to 73.7 percent (14-of-19) from the line while out-rebounding USF 42-29.
•Jenna Borchers led the offense with 18 points, four rebounds and three assists to help the Mustangs to victory, while making all 11 free throws. Meleah Reinhart would add 16 points and five rebounds while making all eight of her free throws. Sadie Stelter and Madison Gehloff would contribute six rebounds apiece to lead the Mustangs on the glass, while Abuk Akoi would score 12 points on six of eight shooting, adding five rebounds and a block.
Sioux Falls notes
•The Cougars went 0-2 last week, dropping their Friday matchup at Minnesota State 73-64 and losing on the road at Concordia-St. Paul on Saturday.
•Sioux Falls comes into Sunday 8-5 on the season and 4-3 in conference play.
•USF was picked to finish fifth in the NSIC and fourth in the NSIC South.
•Head coach Travis Traphagen is in his 14th season at the helm for Sioux Falls, holding a 259-128 record.
•The Cougars' 2021-22 squad features two graduates, four seniors, six sophomores, and nine freshman.
•Guard Megan Fannin is the Cougars' lead scorer, averaging 15.7 points per game while shooting 40 percent from the field and behind the arc, and leads the team at the free throw line, shooting at a 89 percent clip.
•Guard Dallie Hoskinson is third on the team in scoring at 8.8 ppg and leads the team with 7.2 rpg.
•Sioux Falls is shooting 43 percent from the field, 32 percent from 3-point range, and 76 percent from the free throw line.
•The Cougars average 72 points per game, while opponents average 62 points per game.
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