MARSHALL, Minn. – Jordan Miller scored a season-high 24 points on 9 of 13 shooting, including connecting on four 3-pointers to lead Southwest Minnesota State to a 90-69 victory over Minnesota Duluth on Saturday night in Marshall.

SMSU (15-10, 14-7 NSIC) is ranked No. 6 in the NCAA region rankings, while UMD (14-10, 11-9 NSIC) is ranked No. 10.  The victory was also the 100th conference win for SMSU at the R/A Facility.  SMSU is now 100-35 in the arena since it opened in 1996.

SMSU finished the game shooting 51.6 percent (32 of 62) from the field and connected on a season-high nine 3-pointers on 18 attempts. 

The Mustangs dominated in the first half, building a 50-28 halftime lead, shooting 57 percent from the field. 

UMD wouldn't go away and made a big comeback in the second half, trimming the SMSU lead to 62-57 with nine minutes and 57 seconds left in the game.  SMSU then put together a decisive 9-1 run in the next three minutes to push the lead to 71-58 with 6:53 left following a pair of Miller free throws and the lead never dipped below double digits the remainder of the game. 

Miller was joined with Nick Smith (14), Casey Sussenguth (12), Trent Carlson (11) and Matt Zager (10), who all finished the game scoring in double figures.

SMSU trailed 10-9 at the 15:23 mark of the first half, before the Mustangs answered with an 11-0 run capped by a Zager layup to take a 20-10 lead with 11 minutes left in the opening half.

The Mustangs continued to pour it on and pushed the lead to 39-17 with six minutes remaining, before taking the 22-point lead into halftime.

Brett Ervin led UMD with 22 points on 8 of 10 shooting.

Tonight was also the final home regular season game for SMSU seniors Carlson, Sussenguth and Dalston Jones.

Southwest Minnesota State will close out the regular season next Saturday, Feb. 25, with a 4 p.m. game at Minnesota State, Mankato.  SMSU can clinch a home game in the NSIC tournament with a victory at MSU.