THIS WEEKEND

•The Southwest Minnesota State University women’s basketball team comes home for a three-game week, starting with Crown College on Tuesday night, with tip-off slated for 6 p.m.

BROADCAST INFO

•The game will be streamed on the NSIC Network.

•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.

LAST WEEKEND

•SMSU opened its 2022-23 season on Friday night in the Nebraska-Kearney Classic, falling to Northwest Missouri State 95-86.

•The Mustangs ended the night shooting 50.9 percent (29-of-57), the first time shooting over 50 percent since 2019, and 43.8 percent (7-of-16) from behind the arc. The Mustangs had four in double figures, with Jenna Borchers leading the way, scoring a game-high 21 points on 9-of-14 shooting, grabbing four rebounds and dishing a team-high four assists. Madison Gehloff tied a career-high with 20 points with six rebounds, Bri Stoltzman tallied a career-best 19 points with six rebounds, and Hannah Parsley reached career-highs in points (16), and rebounds (8).

•Both teams would get to the free throw line, with the Bearcats shooting 84.6 percent (22-of-26), and the Mustangs shooting 77.8 percent (21-of-27). The difference was bench scoring and the turnover battle, with NWMSU outscoring the SMSU bench 28-4, and forced 16 turnovers while only turning it over six times. The Bearcats also rode a 9-0 run in the final 1:46 of the third quarter, which proved to be the separator.

•The Mustangs closed out the Nebraska-Kearney Classic on Saturday afternoon, falling to Nebraska-Kearney 67-57.

•SMSU led by nine at 36-27 with 8:38 left in the third quarter, but the Lopers outscored the Mustangs 40-21 the rest of the way, going 15 of 28 from the field and limiting SMSU to 8 of 26 during the stretch.

•Sam Wall and Parsley each scored 11 points to lead the Mustangs, with Parsley adding six rebounds. Stoltzman scored 10 points on 3 of 5 shooting, going 2 of 2 from deep and recording six rebounds, three assists, and two steals. Borchers finished the night tying for a team-high with three rebounds and added nine points, and Maddie Thorfinnson had a pair of steals to go along with two points and three rebounds off the bench.

CROWN COLLEGE SERIES HISTORY

•SMSU and Crown College will meet for just the second time.

•The lone meeting came on Nov. 11, 2013.

•SMSU claimed a 101-44 victory in the game, the last time the Mustangs have scored 100 points in a game.

•It will be the first time Tom Webb has faced the Storm.

SMSU PICKED 12TH IN NSIC PRESEASON POLL

•SMSU was picked to finish 12th overall and sixth in the South Division in the NSIC Preseason Coaches’ Poll.

•SMSU senior center Jenna Borchers was named a “Player to Watch”.

•Minnesota State was chosen as the South Division favorite as well as the favorite in the NSIC, while Minnesota Duluth was tabbed the North favorite.

WORKING OVERTIME

•SMSU is 12-30 all-time in overtime games, including 1-1 in 2021-22 after defeating Concordia-St. Paul 94-85 in double overtime.

•SMSU is 4-4 in double OT games.

HOME AND AWAY

•SMSU finished 10-3 at home this season after finishing 6-2 in 2020-21 and 7-5 in 2019-20

•SMSU is 3-9 in road/neutral site games this season after recording a 3-3 mark in road/neutral site games in 2020-21.

•The following is a statistical comparison of the Mustang team averages for home and away/neutral games in 2022-23:

HOME SWEET HOME

•The 2022-23 season is the 26th year the R/A Facility has served as the home arena for SMSU women’s basketball.

•SMSU has a record of 171-162 (.514) in 333 games inside the R/A Facility.

SMSU ALL-TIME IN THE NSIC

•The 2022-23 campaign marks the 44th season SMSU has competed in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference.

•SMSU has an all-time record of 265-411 in conference games and have won four regular season championships (1979-80, 1980-81, 2000-01, 2001-02) and one NSIC Tournament championship (2002).

MUSTANG HISTORY

•Southwest Minnesota State is in its 54th season of women’s basketball in 2022-23.

•SMSU has played 1,329 games compiling an all-time record of 632-697.

•SMSU has recorded 27 winning seasons, including the last two seasons. The 2019-20 squad that finished 16-12 was the program’s first winning season since 2009-10.