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WAYNE, Neb. – Wayne State held Southwest Minnesota State to a season-low 47 points and season-low 26.6 percent shooting performance to hand the Mustangs a 73-47 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference loss Saturday afternoon in Wayne, Neb.

WSC moves to 14-4 (7-4 NSIC), while SMSU drops 11-7 (5-6 NSIC).

The Wildcats were led by Ashley Arlen's 19 points and 12 rebounds. WSC also got a double-double, 10 points and 11 rebounds, from Mara Hjelle.

Abby Kenealy paced SMSU with 10 points; she was the only Mustang in double-figures.

Megan Stadler again led SMSU with five assists, continuing her trend of leading SMSU in the category every game this season.

SMSU, which finished 26.6 percent from the floor, shot less than 30 percent for the second consecutive game.

WSC, who entered the weekend allowing the fewest points in the NSIC, took full advantage that cold shooting performance by the Mustangs in the first half. SMSU connected on just four field goals in the game's opening 12 minutes.

The Wildcat advantage wasn't immediately a double-figure one; instead, WSC nursed a single-digit advantage until the 7:35 mark when Alisha Brown found Clare Duwelius for a fast break layup to make it a 20-10 contest. The transition bucket was part of an 11-0 run by the Wildcats

The Mustangs were scoreless for four and half minutes during that WSC run until Tori Fink eventually hit SMSU's first field goal since the 8:46 mark with 4:10 on the clock. The Mustangs were anything but unscathed from the lack of offensive output and trailed 29-10.

Two late 3-pointers from WSC's Rennee Wood and another by Duwelius gave the host team a 38-14 lead at halftime.

SMSU's 14 first half points a season low—well under the Mustangs' previous low of 21 against Chadron State (Neb.) on Nov. 27. A 6-of-36 shooting campaign put SMSU at 16.7 percent from the floor in the opening half.

WSC held its double-figure leader throughout the second half. The Wildcat advantage hovered around the 20-point mark. The closest the Mustangs would get was within 17 points with just less than five minutes left in the contest.

The Wildcats got great production from their bench as the WSC reserves went off for 39 of their squad's 73 points.

WSC potent from behind the arc, too, connecting on 8-of-19 from 3-point range.

SMSU's 47 points was its lowest output since the Mustangs scored 41 against Minnesota State Moorhead during the 2007-08 season.

SMSU returns home next weekend to face Minnesota Duluth and Bemidji State.