MARSHALL, Minn.- The Southwest Minnesota State University ­women's basketball team (0-2, 0-0) heads into its second weekend of the regular season and will be traveling to the campus of the University of Sioux Falls to compete in the USF classic. The Mustangs will first play William Jewell (Mo.) (0-0,0-0) on Friday at 6 p.m. SMSU will then play South Dakota Tech (0-2, 0-0) on Saturday at 4 p.m.     

BROADCAST INFO: 
•Tuesday's game will broadcast on 105.1 FM KARL with Ryan Rohlik handling the play-by-play for SMSU basketball for the fourth straight season.
•The game can also be viewed online at SMSUmustangs.com.          

SERIES HISTORY:
William Jewell
•Southwest Minnesota State won the only meeting between the Mustangs and the Cardinals 61-58 back in the 1997-98 season in the Northwestern Tournament.

South Dakota Tech
•SMSU holds a 2-1 series lead over South Dakota Tech
•SMSU lost the last meeting 73-70 on the road back in Nov. of 2013
•The largest margin of victory for either team was SMSU winning by 16 (71-55) at home on Nov. 22, 2013     

GAME DAY STORYLINES:
• SMSU is still seeking its first win of the season looking to get off to a better start than last season. The Mustangs lost their first five games to begin the 2015-16 season and thier first 11 games of the 2014-15. SMSU holds a 5-20 record in the month of November in the last five seasons
• Mustangs' freshman forward, Caleigh Rodning, leads SMSU in scoring (11.0 ppg) through her first two career games
• SMSU was effective at getting to the free throw line last weekend shooting 72 percent from the charity stripe on 39 attempts
• After appearing in all 29 games last season, Taylor Holicky made her first career start, leading the Mustangs in scoring against Mo. Western State with 14 points going 5-of-6 from the field
• The Mustangs were forced to play the first weekend in the absence of sisters and former Marshall High School standouts Sarah and Emily Buysse. In covering for the Buysse sisters, every palyer on SMSU's roster averaged more minutes on the court than their career averages last weekend.
• Through two games, SMSU posted a higher overall shooting percentage (.359), three-point shooting (.379), and free throw shooting percentages (.718) than they finished the 2015-16 season.     

SMSU HEAD COACH TOM WEBB: 
• Tom Webb is in his first season as the head coach of the SMSU women's basketball team
• Coach Webb is the eighth head coach in the program's history
• Prior to SMSU, coach Webb spent eight seasons (2008-16) as the head coach at Cameron University (Okla.)
• Webb was recognized as the Lone Star Conference Coach of the Year in 2014-15     

ABOUT SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA STATE:
•SMSU opened the regular season last weekend with a pair of loss in St. Joseph, Mo., at the NSIC/MIAA Challenge
•SMSU was defeated by Missouri Western State 78-56 last Friday night
•In the loss to MWSU, Taylor Holicky led SMSU in scoring with 14 points while Caleigh Rodning scored 13 in her debut as a Mustang
•SMSU shot a higher percentage from behind the three point line (41 percent) than they did from the field (41 percent) going 7-of-17 on three point attempts 
•SMSU lost its second game of the year to Fort Hays State 83-49
•Lauren Hedlund led the Mustangs in scoring against FHSU with 12 points and also had nine rebounds
•SMSU committed 25 turnovers in the loss to Fort Hays State. The Mustangs' season high was 28 turnovers in 2015-16 (vs MWSU, 11/13/15)
•SMSU is currently averaging 52.5 points per game and is shooting 36 percent from the field but is 38 percent on three point attempts
•Mustangs have committed 45 turnovers through the first two games     

ABOUT WILLIAM JEWELL: 
•William Jewell (Mo.) will be playing its season opener versus Southwest Minnesota State this Friday night
•William Jewell (Mo.) defeated Western Illinois University 69-66 in an exhibition on Oct. 25.
•The Cardinals lost their final six games of last season to finish with a 10-19 overall record
• William Jewell's leading scorer from last year, Maddie Nelson, will be returning for her senior year after averaging 11.6 ppg in 2015-16.
•Nelson was also led the team in assists (4.4 apg) last year and was the team's leading rebounder (7.0 rpg)     

ABOUT SOUTH DAKOTA TECH:
•South Dakota Tech enters the contest after a 69-66 loss to Eastern New Mexico University and a 57-50 loss at the hands of Texas-Permian Basin last weekend
•Head coach Ryan Larsen is in his fourth year as head coach for the Hardrockers
•Payton Humpall and Marissa Hirchert are tied for the team lead in scoring with 10.0 points per game
•Megan Rohrer is the team's leading rebounder with 9.5 rpg •South Dakota Tech holds a 50-44 scoring advantage in the first half through two games but has been outscored 72-59 in the second half of games. The Hardrockers were outscored 10-7 in overtime in their loss to Eastern New Mexico     

LAURIE BOHLER NOTES:
•Averaging 11.0 minutes of action through the first two games, almost double her career average (5.1 mgp)
•Has appeared in 35 career games
•Knocked down her first three of the year coming off the bench versus Mo. Western State and picked up her first steal of the year versus Fort Hays State     

EMILY BUYSSE NOTES:
•Younger sister of teammate Sarah Buysse
•Forced to miss first two games for personal reasons     

SARAH BUYSSE NOTES: 
•Started all 29 games as a true freshman in 2015-16
•Was fourth on the team in scoring last season with 6.9 points per game
•Averaged 3.0 rebounds per game last season
•Forced to miss first two games for personal reasons       

ABBY CONNELL NOTES: 
•Currently ranks 20th in SMSU history in 3-point attempts (161)
•Averaging 28.5 minutes of action through two games with 4.5 ppg and 1.5 apg     

LAUREN HEDLUND NOTES:
•Started two games averaging 25.0 mpg
•Third on the team in scoring with 10.0 ppg and has 8.5 rpg with seven offensive boards in two games
•Second all-time in offensive rebounds per game (2.8)
•Ninth all-time in rebounds per game (6.4)
•Tied for second most free throws made (14)and attempted (16) in a single game (vs. Minnesota State, 2/21/15)   

 TAYLOR HOLICKY NOTES:
•Started two games averaging 30.0 mpg
•Led the team and posted career high with 14 points against Mo. Western State
•Averaging 5.0 rebounds per game
•Second on the team with 10.5 points per game
•19th all-time with 3.2 defensive rebounds per game
•Team leader with 64 percent shooting from the field     

CALEIGH RODNING NOTES:
•Made her career debut versus Mo. Western State
•Had 13 points and 4 rebounds in her debut
•Leading scorer for SMSU with 11.0 points per game
•Averaging 5.0 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game
•Gotten to free throw line 18 times in two games and has gone 78 percent from the line     

TAYLOR SILVA NOTES:
•Started two games averaging 22.5 mpg
•Averaging 4.0 points per game
•Leads team in assists (2.5 apg)
•Has best plus/minus per 40 minutes (-14.21) for SMSU   

 KENDRA SNAZA NOTES:
•Has appeared in two games
•Had career high two steals against Mo. Western State
•Went 2-of-2 on 3-pointers against Fort Hays State     

JAMIE SPICER NOTES:
•Made her career debut against Mo. Western State
•Fourth on the team with 6.0 points per game
•Poured in 3-of-5 three point attempts in her debut vs. Mo. Western State     

BRIANNA VONWAHLDE NOTES:
•Played in two games and has more than doubled her career average in minutes with 14.5 mpg
•Has appeared in 32 career games as a Mustang     

ANGIE WENNING:
•Made career debut against Mo. Western State after sitting out last two seasons     

OFF THE BENCH:
•The SMSU bench is averaging 12.5 ppg this season, while its opponents are averaging 28.0 ppg. SMSU averaged 14 bench points per game in 2015-16     

SHARING THE BALL:
•The Mustangs will look to improve on their early assist numbers as they are averaging 8.0 assists per game. SMSU tallied double-digit assists in 20 games last season and are averaged 11.8 apg.     

WORKING OVERTIME: 
•SMSU is 10-24 all-time in overtime games and has not won an overtime game in 11 seasons as the Mustangs are 0-9 since the 2004-05 season. SMSU is 2-5 in seven double-overtime games. The last overtime win for SMSU was on Feb. 11, 2005, versus Minnesota Crookston          

HOME AND AWAY:
•SMSU finished 3-12 at home last season and is a combined 14-51 at home over the last five seasons
•The Mustangs, 0-2 in road/neutral site games this season after finishing 2-12 in road/neutral site games last season    

HOME SWEET HOME:
•The 2016-17 season marks the 21st year the R/A Facility has been the home arena for SMSU women's basketball.
•SMSU has compiled a record of 134-128 (.511) in 262 all-time games
•SMSU is 314-225 (.583) in all home games in the program's history SMSU in the R/A Facility  

NSIC PRESEASON POLL:
•SMSU was picked to finish 15th overall and eighth in the South Division in the annual 16-team NSIC Preseason Coaches' Poll released in October.
•Winona State was chosen as the overall preseason favorite earning 201 points including seven first place votes and were also picked to win the South Division  

MUSTANG HISTORY:
•SMSU is in its 49th year of women's basketball in 2015-16
•SMSU has played in 1,180 games all-time with a 574-606 (.486) all-time record overall
•SMSU is 222-334 (.400) all-time in conference games