OPENING TIP
The Southwest Minnesota State University women's basketball team (4-20, 2-18 NSIC) concludes the regular season this weekend with two home games at the R/A Facility. SMSU will take on Concordia-St. Paul (19-8, 14-6 NSIC) on Friday starting at 6 p.m., before facing No. 21 Minnesota State (19-5, 16-4 NSIC) on Saturday at 5 p.m. SMSU will look to snap its five-game losing skid and improve upon its 3-7 record at the R/A Facility this season.
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• SMSU's leading scorer,
Alison Nagel, recorded her fifth and sixth 20-point scoring games this past weekend
• SMSU was out-rebounded 89-57 by U-Mary and Minot State, including 38-15 on the offensive end
• On Saturday,
Bree Holleman and
Alison Nagel became the first Mustangs since the 2010-11 season to each score 20+ points in a game
• SMSU scored a season-low 42 points in its 64-42 loss to Concordia-St. Paul on Feb. 8
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Mikayla Saathoff the 17th Mustang in history to record 100 assists in a single-season on Feb. 7
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Annessa Rosch scored a career-high 20 points in SMSU's 85-63 loss to No. 23 Minnesota State on Feb. 7
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Mikayla Saathoff recorded her second career double-double (14 pts., 13 assists) in SMSU's 76-64 win over Bemidji State
• SMSU went 10 of 27 from behind the arc last weekend. SMSU's six made 3FGs on Saturday was the most since BSU on 1/31/14
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Mikayla Saathoff is third in the NSIC in assists and 37nd in the NCAA with an average of 4.7 per game
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Alison Nagel has double-digit scoring in 16 of the 22 games she has played this season
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Ellen Degler has started the last 12 games for SMSU
• SMSU's 35.7% FG percentage to Concordia-St. Paul on Feb. 8 snapped its nine-game streak of shooting 40%+
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Mikayla Saathoff scored a career-high 18 points in SMSU's 96-68 loss to Augustana on Jan. 25
• With its 65-61 victory over Winona State on Jan. 17 SMSU snapped its 12-game losing streak dating back to Nov. 15
• SMSU's 65-61 victory over Winona State on Jan. 17 was SMSU's first NSIC win in 19 tries
• SMSU has dished out 20+ assists in a game two times this season
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Mikayla Saathoff missed a triple-double by two assists on 1/10/14 vs. SCSU, first in program history since Lillie Brown in 1995
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Bree Holleman passed Tori Fink's mark for 3FGs made in a career (121) on Dec. 21 vs. Sioux Falls
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Bree Holleman owns a 1.95 assist to turnover ratio which ranks 4th in the NSIC and 30th in NCAA DII
• SMSU won back-to-back games to open the season (Crown & Notre Dame) - SMSU didn't win back-to-back games all of last season
