SMSU WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: SMSU welcomes Winona State and Upper Iowa to close its homestand
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MARSHALL -- The Southwest Minnesota State University women's basketball team (5-2, 2-1 NSIC) continues its homestand, hosting Winona State University (4-3, 1-2 NSIC) and Upper Iowa University (1-6, 0-3 NSIC) at the R/A Facility on Friday and Saturday.
•The Mustangs will welcome Winona State on Friday for a 7:30 p.m. tip-off before hosting the Peacocks on Saturday at 5:30 p.m.
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.
About Southwest
Minnesota State
•Senior guard Meleah Reinhart is leading the Mustangs in scoring with 17.0 ppg.
•Reinhart also leads SMSU in rebounding with 5.5 rpg and steals with nine.
•Senior guard Sadie Stelter leads the team in assists with 17
•Senior center Abuk Akoi leads the team in blocks with 14.
•Sophomore guard Sam Wall leads the team with 10 three-pointers made.
•Sophomore guard Madison Gehloff has provided a spark off the bench this season, recording 6.1 ppg on 58.1 percent shooting, and 4.7 rpg in 22.6 mpg
•SMSU is averaging 70 ppg while opponents are averaging 64 ppg. SMSU has a plus-3.8 rebounding margin.
•SMSU is shooting 41 percent from the field, 32 percent from the 3-point line, and 86 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.
SMSU ninth in
D2SIDA Regional poll
•SMSU is ranked ninth in this week's D2SIDA Central Region poll released on Monday.
•Each of the eight regions have representatives from D2SIDA that coordinate the regional committee, with a regional poll that will be released every Monday during the regular season.
•The D2SIDA weekly rankings are independent of the official NCAA Regional Rankings that will be released towards the end of the regular season and determine the NCAA Tournament teams.
D2SIDA Central Region Poll (Monday)
Rank Team (First-Place Votes) W-L Pts. Prev.
1 Fort Hays State (6) 7-0 60 1
2 Nebraska-Kearney 7-1 48 3
3 Missouri Western 6-0 46 6
4 Minnesota State 7-0 40 9
5 Southwestern Okla. St. 8-2 39 4
6 Arkansas Tech 5-1 29 8
7 St. Cloud State 5-1 27 7
8 Concordia-St. Paul 6-1 14 NR
9 SMSU 5-2 10 5
10 Northwest Missouri 7-1 8 RV
Winona series history
•SMSU and Winona State meet for the 86th time with SMSU leading 44-41 in a series that started in 1973.
•The teams have not met since the 2019-20 season, with Winona State winning 74-58 on Jan. 24, 2020 and 86-63 on Feb. 15, 2020.
•WSU has won the last 12 meetings since the 2014-15 season.
•WSU has won 25 of 27 meetings in the series from 2005-06 to 2019-20.
•SMSU head coach Tom Webb is 0-8 all-time versus Winona State.
Upper Iowa history
•SMSU and Upper Iowa will meet for the 31st time with SMSU leading 17-13 in a series that started in 2004.
•SMSU won both meetings last season, winning 70-47 on Jan. 16 and 68-37 on Jan. 17.
•SMSU has won eight straight meetings between the two teams since the 2017-18 season.
•UIU has won 10 of the last 19 meetings since Jan. 27, 2012.
•Tom Webb is 9-1 all-time versus Upper Iowa.
Winona State notes
•The Warriors went 0-2 last week with a 83-42 loss at Concordia-St. Paul before losing 76-67 at home against Minnesota State.
•Winona State comes into this weekend 4-3 on the season and 1-2 in NSIC action.
• The Warriors finished last season 5-7 overall and 5-6 in the NSIC.
•Head coach Scott Ballard is in his 18th season leading the charge at Winona State, compiling a 290-198 record overall and 189-149 record in conference play.
•The Warriors' 2021-22 squad features four seniors, four sophomores, one redshirt freshman and seven freshmen.
•Guard Taylor Hustad is the Warriors' top scorer, averaging 12.0 points per game on 52.8 percent shooting and leading the team with 6.9 rebounds per game.
•Forward Ema Fee is averaging 10.6 points per game while collecting 5.9 rebounds per game.
•Winona State is shooting 44 percent from the field, 24 percent from 3-point range, and 79 percent from the free throw line.
•The Warriors average 62 points per game, while opponents average 62 points per game.
Upper Iowa notes
•The Peacocks went 0-2 last week, dropping Thursday's game on the road against Minnesota State 88-48 and losing at home to Concordia-St. Paul 70-61.
•Upper Iowa comes into this weekend 1-6 on the season and 0-3 in conference play.
• The Peacocks finished last season 1-15 overall and 0-14 in the NSIC.
•Head coach Nate Oakland is in his third season at the helm for Upper Iowa, coming in with a 5-47.
•The Peacocks' 2021-22 squad features two seniors, four juniors, seven sophomores, and four freshmen.
•Guard Lydia Haack is the Peacocks' lead scorer, averaging 15.3 points per game on 45.8 percent shooting.
•Forward Jessica Musgrave is second on the team in both points per game (14.3) and rebounds per game (6.2).
•Upper Iowa is shooting 40 percent from the field, 33 percent from 3-point range, and 72 percent from the free throw line.
•The Peacocks average 68 points per game, while opponents average 80 points per game.
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