MARSHALL, Minn. -- The Southwest Minnesota State men's basketball team earned a 90-67 victory over the SMSU Alumni team on Saturday as part of "Andy Wiersma Day" at SMSU.

Taylor Schafer led the Mustangs with 19 points with four 3-pointers, while Braeden Hanson poured in 16 points with a pair of 3-pointers. Michael Lee (15), Nick Dufault (14) and Ryan Bruggeman (13) all finished in double figures for the Mustangs, which led 52-25 at halftime.

Jordan Miller paced the Alumni with 20 points highlighted by three 3-pointers in the second half. He was the only Alumni player in double figures as head coach, former Mustang Andrew Peschong, used his bench perfectly all night long. Mitch Weg and current SMSU assistant coach Nick Smith each finished with four points. Tyler Peschong quadrupled his career playing total tonight with four points with one field goal.

Andy Wiersma passed away in an auto accident on July 27, 2008. He was a four-year letter winner at SMSU from 2002-06, playing in 112 career games with 36 starts. He scored 418 points while grabbing 237 rebounds in his career. He shot 42.6 percent from the field (135-of-317) including 37.7 percent from three-point range (69-of-183).
 
Following his playing career in 2006, the SMSU men's basketball program honored Wiersma by renaming its "Mustang Award" the "Andy Wiersma Mustang Award". The award is given each year to an SMSU men's basketball player who exemplifies the qualities of being a Mustang men's basketball student-athlete.

Southwest Minnesota State will play its next exhibition game on Friday, Nov. 2, hosting St. Olaf College at 6 p.m.