THIS WEEKEND - The Southwest Minnesota State University men's basketball team (10-12, 6-10 NSIC) concludes regular season play versus teams from the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference North Division this weekend with a pair of road games in northern Minnesota. SMSU will first meet Bemidji State University (8-12, 4-12 NSIC) on Friday, Feb. 6, starting at 8 p.m. at the BSU Gymnasium, before taking on the University of Minnesota Crookston (6-14, 4-12 NSIC) on Saturday, Feb. 7, starting at 6 p.m. at UMC's Lysaker Gymnasium.
    Both SMSU and BSU snapped eight-game losing streaks last Saturday night, with SMSU defeating Minnesota Duluth, 78-59, while BSU won at Upper Iowa, 88-85.
    SMSU begins the weekend sixth in the NSIC South Division standings and tied for 10th overall. BSU and UMC are both tied for sixth in the NSIC North and tied for 12th overall.

    RADIO - Both games will be broadcast on 105.1 FM KARL with Ryan Rohlik handling play-by-play and Anthony Rohlik serving as analyst.

    SERIES HISTORY - Southwest Minnesota State and Bemidji State meet for the 91st time in a series that started during the 1968-69 season. SMSU leads the series 50-40, but has lost the last five games in the series, including three straight in Bemidji. SMSU's last victory over BSU came on Jan. 22, 2011 in Marshall, while its last win in Bemidji occurred on Jan. 31, 2009. SMSU is 19-24 all-time in games played in Bemidji. Last season BSU defeated SMSU 91-82 in Marshall. SMSU head coach Brad Bigler is 2-5 versus BSU.  
    Southwest Minnesota State and Minnesota Crookston meet for the 32nd time in a series dating back to 1994-95 with SMSU leading 28-3. SMSU has won the last 17 games in the series and is 13-2 all-time in games played in Crookston. UMC's last victory in the series came in Crookston on Jan. 16, 2004. SMSU head coach Brad Bigler is 6-0 versus UMC.
    A game-by-game listing of both series is located on page 17-18.

    GAMEDAY STORYLINES -
•SMSU snapped an eight-game losing -- its longest since losing 19 straight in 1994-95 -- with a victory over Minnesota Duluth on Jan. 31.
•SMSU committed a season-low four turnovers vs. Minnesota Duluth last Saturday night.
•SMSU head coach Brad Bigler is now tied with Pierre duCharme (1981-90) for second on the career victories list at SMSU with 93. Greg Stemen (2001-09) is the all-time leader with 141 victories.
•SMSU has made 10 or more 3-pointers in 10 games this season after reaching double figures just twice all of last season.
•SMSU has shot 50 percent or higher from the field in 10 of 22 games.
•SMSU has shot 50 percent or higher from the field in 21 of the 44 halves this season.
•SMSU has held a rebound advantage in 13 of 22 games.
•SMSU has held a lead or has been tied at halftime in 12 of 22 games.
•The SMSU 2014-15 roster features three seniors, three sophomores, two redshirt freshmen and seven true freshmen.