PREVIEWING THIS WEEKEND
•The Southwest Minnesota State University women's basketball (0-2) opens its home season this Friday and Saturday hosting the Ramada Classic at the R/A Facility.
•SMSU will take on Wisconsin-Parkside (1-1) on Friday with tip-off slated for 6 p.m. and will the close the weekend on Saturday facing William Jewell (Mo.) starting at 4 p.m.
•Two other games will also be hosted in the R/A Facility this weekend. William Jewell and Black Hills State (S.D) play on Friday at 4 p.m., while Wisconsin-Parkside and Black Hills State will meet at 2 p.m. on Saturday. 

    SMSU QUICK HITS
•SMSU head coach Tom Webb needs one more victory to record his 100th in his Division II coaching career. 
•SMSU went 0-2 in the MIAA/NSIC Challenge this past weekend.
•Following this weekend's two games,  SMSU will host North Central University on Tuesday, Nov. 20, before opening conference play at home versus Sioux Falls on Dec. 1.
•SMSU was slated at 12th overall in the conference in the preseason poll and seventh in the South Division.

    BROADCAST INFO 
•Live stats and video can be found at SMSUmustangs.com. 
•This weekend's play will be broadcast on 105.1 FM KARL.

    NSIC PRESEASON COACHES POLL 
•SMSU was slated to finish 12th overall in the NSIC Preseason Poll and seventh in the NSIC South Division. 
•Sioux Falls was chosen as the overall favorite with 208 points and nine first place votes and 47 votes to earn the top-spot in the South Division. 

    RODNING: NSIC "PLAYER TO WATCH"
•Junior forward, Caleigh Rodning, was named an NSIC "Player to Watch" entering into the 2018-19 season. 
•Rodning appeared in 51 games with 38 starts in her two-year career. 
•She shot 58% from the free throw line last season, ranking third in team history. She ranks fourth in team history with 82.5% free throw percentage.
•She averages 7.6 rebounds per game, to rank sixth in team history. 
•All-NSIC in 2017-18, led the team in scoring (12.8) and rebounding (7.5). 
•Season-high 26 points against Bemidji State on Jan. 13, 2016. 
•Led the first two matches of the 2018-19 season with 41 points in first two contests.

    SCOUTING WISCONSIN-PARKSIDE
•The Rangers are 1-1 this season after competing in the Crossover Tournament in Ohio where they opened the season with a 61-57 victory over Malone. 
•Alli Bellencourt led the team in points with 15 against Malone and in the 81-75 loss to Walsh, she led the team with 22 points. 
•Wisconsin-Parkside was picked to finish fourth in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletics Conference (GLIAC) North Division.
•Bettencourt was voted to the Preseason All-Conference Team in the North Division.  
•Parkside is in its first year in a new conference, the GLIAC.
•Last season the Rangers finished 9-21 overall. 
•The Rangers return 12 players, seven of those being seniors and one graduate student including three who redshirted last season.
•Bettencourt leads the Rangers playing all 29 games last season with 28 starts. 
•She led the team in points, averaging 14.8 points per game and shot 91 percent from the free throw line (107 of 117).
•Jen Conely is in her first season as head coach. She was an assistant coach at Walsh University last season and also spent eight seasons as an assistant coach at the University of Indianapolis. 

    SERIES HISTORY VS. WISCONSIN-PARKSIDE
•This weekend marks the first game between the two teams.

    SCOUTING WILLIAM JEWELL (MO.)
•The Cardinals opened the season with a home victory over Adams State (Colo.) 67-52. 
•Antoinette Mussorici led the team with 17 points.
•William Jewell (Mo.) was picked tenth in the Great Lakes Valley Conference preseason poll. 
•The Cardinals finished 12-14 last season and earned the seventh seed in the GLVC Championship tournament.
•Jewell returns All-GLVC third team, Kayla Harrell, who led the team in averaging 12.3 points and 4.4 rpg. 
•Sophomore Sydney Offield appeared in 21 games in her first collegiate season and averaged 8.0 ppg. 
•Jill Slominski is in her 23rd season as head coach and has an all-time record of 418-280. 
    
    SERIES HISTORY VS. WILLIAM JEWELL (MO.)
•The teams have played twice in the all-time history playing to a 1-1 draw. The Mustangs won the opening contest in the 97-98 season with a 68-61 victory and lost the past meeting on Nov. 18, 2016, with a 52-66 loss. 
•Full series results on page 15.

    ABOUT SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA STATE 
•SMSU is 0-2 on the season following losses to No. 12 Fort Hays State (91-56) and Missouri Western State (82-70) last weekend.
•Junior forward Caleigh Rodning is averaging a team-high 20.5 ppg and a team-high 6.0 rpg.  
•Sophomore guard Sadie Stelter is averaging 9.0 ppg with three 3-pointers. 
•Sophomore guard Erin Baxter is also averaging 9.0 ppg. 
•SMSU is shooting 32 percent from the field, 28 percent from 3-point range, 80 percent from the free throw line and is minus-17.0 in rebound margin. 
•SMSU is averaging 63 points per game, while opponents are averaging 87 points per game. 

    SMSU DROPS A PAIR AT THE MIAA/NSIC CHALLENGE 
•SMSU is 0-2 on the season following losses to No. 12 Fort Hays State (91-56) and Missouri Western State (82-70).
•Caleigh Rodning led the Mustangs with 19 points on 6 of 10 shooting with five 3-pointers in the loss to FHSU. 
•Sadie Stelter recorded 18 points with three 3-pointers in the loss to FHSU. 
•Rodning poured in 22 points and had seven rebounds in the loss to MWSU. 
•Erin Baxter added 16 points, while Meleah Reinhart chipped in with 10 points. 
•Jenna Borchers was the lone true freshman to play this weekend averaging 22.5 minutes and scoring four points. 
•SMSU was outrebounded 53-35 in the loss to FHSU and 47-31 in the setback to MWSU.   








    SMSU HEAD COACH TOM WEBB
•Tom Webb is in his third season as head coach with an 8-47 record. 
•Webb saw improvement from his first season of a 3-24 in 2016-17, to a record of 5-21 in 2017-18. 
•Webb is 99-170 in his 11th season as head coach at the Division II level. He compiled a record of 91-123 as head coach at Cameron University (Okla.) 
•Webbs's complete bio is found on page 14.

    CLOSE ONES
•In the 2017-18 season, SMSU came within one points shy of victories five times. 
•SMSU fell short to Wayne State on Dec. 2, 2017, with a final score of 68-66. 
•Mustangs dropped one to Minnesota Crookston on Jan. 12 with a final score of 65-61.
•SMSU and Concordia-St. Paul went to overtime in a 97-94 loss. The Mustangs recorded 33 points in the fourth quarter to send the game to overtime. 
•On Feb. 16, 2018, Minnesota State and SMSU played to a 56-53 Mustang loss. 
•In their second match up of the 2017-18 season, CSP and SMSU played a close game with a 70-68 CSP victory. 

    NEW FACES
•The Mustangs welcome four new players to the 2018-19 roster. 
•Forward Morgan Frank transfers from North Iowa Area Community College where she played all 33 games with 14 starts in 2017-18.She averaged 5.3 points and 4.9 rebounds per game. She scored double figures in five games. Frank set out her first season with an injury. 
•Freshman guard Jenna Borchers is a 2018 graduate of Dallas Center-Grimes where she was a four-year letter winner and all-conference recipient. She was named second team all-state, all-district, and all-region in her four-year tenure under coach Adam Jones. 
•Freshman guard, Oliva Drummer, from St. Clair, Minn. scored more than 1,000 points and was a three-time all-conference recipient. 
•Freshman forward  Lily Schoknecht is a 2018 graduate of Anoka HS. She was a member of the 2016 state tournament team and named all-conference averaged 11 points and seven rebounds per game. 
    
    RODNING ALL-NSIC IN 2017-18
•Rodning was the lone Mustang to earn All-NSIC conference honors. 
•Rodning was named to the second all-NSIC team. 

    RODNING IN THE ALL-TIME RECORD BOOK 
•Junior forward Caleigh Rodning appears  in the all-time career book in a pair of categories. 
REBOUNDING AVERAGE
1. 10.3     Mary Becker (71 games)    1978-81 
2. 8.9     Cindy Olson (74 games)     1976-80 
3. 8.7     Lillie Brown (103 games)     1992-96 
4. 8.5    Anne Pryor (94 games)    1978-82 
5. 8.2     Julie Thein (112 games)      1987-91 
6. 7.6    Caleigh Rodning (51 games)    2016-19 

FREE THROW PERCENTAGE
1. .856     Abby Oakland (125-146)     2005-09 
2. .842     Mary Roddel (256-304)      2000-04 
3. .833     Shannon Dunse (120-144)     1989-93 
4. .828     Caleigh Rodning (255-308)      2016-19 
    
    MUSTANG 20-POINT GAMES  
•Caleigh Rodning earned her first 20 point game of the 2018-19 season against Missouri Western State on Nov. 10, 2018. 
•Rodning has 10 career 20 point games.
•Erin Baxter has two and senior Sarah Buysse has one 20-point game in their careers.  
20 or More Point Games - 2018-19 Season
    22    Caleigh Rodning     at MWSU (11/10/18)
    
    MELEAH REINHART NOTES 
•Opened the season averaging 24 minutes with 15 points in the first two games. 
•Earned 2 steals against Missouri Western State. 

    SADIE STELTER  NOTES 
•Played in 26 games in the 2017-18 season as a true freshman. 
•Appeared in 26 games with 14 starts. 
•Led the team with 38 3-pointers
•Led the team with 50 assists. 
•Averaged 8.5 ppg and 2.2 rpg in 2017-19.
•Earned one-point shy of her career-high 19 points in the 208-19 season opener against Fort Hays State. 

    CALEIGH RODNING NOTES 
•Appeared in 51 games with 38 starts in her two-year career. 
•Shot 85 percent from the free throw line in 2017-18. 
•Ranks third in team history with her 85 percent in single season. 
•Ranks fourth in team history with 82.5 free throw pct.
•Averaged 7.6 rebounds to rank sixth in team history.
• 2018 NSIC "Player to Watch" 
•All-NSIC second team in 2017-1. 
•Opened the 2018-19 season as the teams' leading scorer with 41 points in the first two games. 

    EMILY BUYSSE NOTES 
•Played in 45 games in two-year career. 
•Academic All-NSIC in 2017-18 season. 
•Played in all 26 games in 2017-18. 
•Averaged 2.2 ppg 
•Ranks fourth on the team with 19 3 pointers. 

     SARA TESKE NOTES
•One of seven true freshmen on the 2017-18 roster.
•Played in 25 games with a 2.5 ppg. 
•Earned her first career start against Missouri Western on Nov. 10, 2018. 

    SARAH BUYSSE NOTES 
•Appeared in 78 games with 61 starts in three-year career. 
•Two-time Academic All-NSIC with 26 games played and 16 starts in 2017-18. 
•Averaged 5.0 ppg and 3.0 rpg. 
•Finished season with 18 3 pointers. 
•Was 3 of 6 beyond the arc in the opening weekend. 

    MATEYA HUTTON NOTES 
•Played in 24 games as a true freshman.
•Averaged 2.1 ppg and 1.5 rpg. 
•Ties Rodning in most blocks in the 2018-19 season. 

    ERIN BAXTER NOTES
•Started all 26 games in 2017-18 as a true freshman. 
•Ranked second on team in scoring with 10.6 ppg and second on team with 30 3-pointers. 
•Scored double figures in 16 games 
•Season-high 25 points against Concordia-St. Paul on Jan. 19, 2018.
•Led the team with 34 steals. 

    ABUK AKOI NOTES
•Played in al 26 games as a true freshman. 
•Recorded 49 blocked shots in 2017-18 to rank seventh in single-season team history. 
•Had 17 starts as a true freshman. 
•Averaged 4.9 ppg and 5.2 rpg. 
•Led the team with 49 blocked shots. 
•Tied program single-game record with seven blocked shots vs UMary on Feb. 3, 2018. 
•Scored double figures in two games 
•Had six or more rebounds in nine games. 

    SMSU ALL-TIME IN THE NSIC 
•The 2018-19 campaign marks the 40th season SMSU has competed in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference. 
•SMSU has an all-time record of 229-371 in conference games and have won four regular season championships (1979-80, 1980-81, 2000-01, 2001-02) and one NSIC Tournament championship (2002). 
 
    
MUSTANG HISTORY
•Southwest Minnesota State is competing in its 50th season of women's basketball in 2018-19.
•SMSU has played 1,231 games compiling an all-time record of 582-649. 
•SMSU has recorded 26 winning seasons, but has not had  winning season since the 2009-10 team finished 15-12.