Independent file photo SMSU’s Meleah Reinhart tries to drive around an Upper Iowa defender during their game on Saturday. SMSU will face Concordia-St. Paul and MSU Mankato this weekend.

MARSHALL — The Southwest Minnesota State University women’s basketball team (7-2, 4-1 NSIC) hits the road for a pair of games before the holiday break, going north to Concordia-St. Paul (7-2, 3-2) on Friday before going to Mankato to face Minnesota State (9-0, 5-0) on Saturday.

•The Mustangs will tip-off at CSP on Friday at 7:30 p.m. before a 5:30 Saturday tip-off against MSU.

Broadcast info

•The games will be broadcast on 105.1 FM KARL with Ryan Rohlik.

•Live stats, radio broadcast and video broadcast can be found at SMSUmustangs.com.

Concordia-

St. Paul history

•SMSU and Concordia-St. Paul meet for the 61st time with CSP owning the series, holding a 43-17 advantage since meeting for the first time in 1974.

•The teams split a pair of games last season in Marshall, with SMSU winning on Jan. 30 58-50 before CSP defeated the Mustangs 68-63 on Jan. 31.

•Prior to last season, CSP had won 38 of the previous 40 matchups dating back to the 2002-03 season.

•SMSU head coach Tom Webb is 1-9 all-time versus CSP.

Minnesota

State history

•SMSU and Minnesota State will meet for the 65th time with MSU leading 43-21 in a series that started in 1970.

•The teams split a pair of meetings in Mankato last season, as SMSU would win Jan 22, 75-66 before losing 68-61 on Jan. 23.

•SMSU has won four of the last six meetings since the 2018-19 season.

•MSU had won 23 straight matchups prior to that stretch, from 2004-05 until 2017-18.

•Tom Webb is 4-6 all-time versus Minnesota State.

Concordia-

St. Paul notes

•The Golden Bears went 1-1 last week with a 75-70 loss at Wayne State before defeating Augustana 73-71 in Sioux Falls.

•CSP comes into this weekend 7-2 on the season and 3-2 in NSIC action.

•The Golden Bears finished last season 11-6 overall and 9-5 in the NSIC, losing 71-70 to Bemidji State in the NSIC quarterfinals.

•CSP was picked to finish ninth in the NSIC and sixth in the NSIC South.

•Head coach Amanda Johnson is in her seventh season leading the charge at CSP, compiling a 95-67 record after taking over as interim head coach on Jan. 1, 2016.

•The Golden Bears’ 2021-22 squad features one senior, two juniors, three sophomores, two redshirt freshmen and five freshmen.

•Guard Riley Wheatcraft is the Golden Bears’ top scorer, averaging 13.1 points per game while collecting six rebounds per game and 16 total steals.

•Forward Lindsey Becher is averaging 12.4 points per game while collecting 4.8 rebounds per game and leading the team with 27 blocks.

•CSP is shooting 42 percent from the field, 28 percent from 3-point range, and 68 percent from the free throw line.

•The Golden Bears average 73 points per game, while opponents average 63 points per game.

Minnesota

State notes

•The Mavericks went 2-0 last week, defeating Augustana 91-86 in overtime in Sioux Falls and defeating Wayne State 63-52 in Wayne.

•Minnesota State comes into this weekend 9-0 on the season and 5-0 in conference play.

•The Mavericks finished last season 9-7 overall and 8-5 in the NSIC, losing to St. Cloud State 70-68 in the NSIC Tournament quarterfinals.

•MSU was picked to finish fourth in the NSIC and tie for second in the NSIC South.

•Head coach Emilee Thiesse is in her 10th season at the helm for Minnesota State, coming in with a 257-99 record.

•The Mavericks’ 2021-22 squad features five seniors, one junior, five sophomores, and four freshmen.

•Guard Joey Batt is the Mavericks’ lead scorer, averaging 18.6 points per game on 50 percent shooting while leading the team with 27 assists.

•Guard Destinee Bursch is second on the team in both points per game (11.1) and rebounds per game (4.7)

•Minnesota State is shooting 43 percent from the field, 34 percent from 3-point range, and 70 percent from the free throw line.

•The Mavericks average 85 points per game, while opponents average 66 points per game.

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