PREVIEWING THIS WEEK
The Southwest Minnesota State University women's basketball (2-2) plays a mid-week game against North Central Tuesday, Nov. 20 in the R/A Facility. 
•After Tuesday's game, SMSU then has 11 days off before the conference opener at home. 

    SMSU QUICK HITS
•SMSU head coach Tom Webb earned his 100th career win as a Division II head coach on Friday night with SMSU's 91-83 victory over Wisconsin-Parkside.
•SMSU went 2-0 in the inaugural Ramada Classic this past weekend. 
•Mustangs host the next four games before heading back on the road on Dec. 14 at St. Cloud State. 
•SMSU opens conference play on Dec. 1 at 5:30 p.m. against Sioux Falls. 
•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. 
•Tuesday's game 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 NORTH CENTRAL
•North Central is 2-1 coming into Tuesday's game against SMSU. 
•North Central is a part of the UMAC and a Division III school. 
•Head coach Paul Brunner is in his fourth season as head coach. 
•Haleigh Filer leads the Rams with a 13.7 ppg average and 41 points recorded this season. 
•Filer leads in assists with 10 and steals with five. 
•Allison Bulthuis leads in 3-pointers with eight this season and a .308 avg (8 of 26) from beyond the arc. 
•Naomi Hagstrom has the most free throws made with 12 and a .632 avg (12 of 19). 
•Hagstrom also leads in rebounds with 27 total and a 9.0 avg. 


    SERIES HISTORY VS. NORTH CENTRAL
•SMSU and North Central have met once in the series history on Feb. 19, 2008, with a 116-42 Mustang victory in the R/A Facility. 
•Full results on page on page 15. 
    ABOUT SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA STATE 
•SMSU is 2-2 on the season following an undefeated weekend hosting the inaugural Ramada Classic. 
•Junior forward Caleigh Rodning is averaging a team-high 23.0  ppg and a team-high 9.5 rpg.  
•Sophomore guard Erin Baxter is  averaging 12.0 ppg. 
•Sophomore guard Sadie Stelter is averaging 10.0 ppg with six 3-pointers. 
•SMSU is shooting 38 percent from the field, 38 percent from 3-point range, 77 percent from the free throw line and is minus-3.7 in rebound margin. 
•SMSU is averaging 76.8 points per game, while opponents are averaging 80.8 points per game. 

    SMSU SETS TEAM-RECORD 19 3-POINTERS 
•In SMSU's victory over William Jewell (Mo.) on Saturday, the Mustangs set a new team-record of 19 3-pointers scored in a game. 
• The previous record was 15 against Minnesota-Morris on Dec. 19, 2008.
•SMSU scored 11 3-pointers in the first half, eight of which came out of the second quarter. 
•Erin Baxter had five, Caleigh Rodning, Meleah Reinhart, and Jenna Borchers all added three, Sadie Stelter and Sarah Buysse each added two and Emily Buysse pitched in one to total the new-record of 19. 

    BACK-TO-BACK WINS
•SMSU earned its first back-to-back wins since the 2015-16 season. 
•The wins occurred on Jan. 30, 2016, and Feb. 5, 2016 at Minnesota Duluth and against Bemidji State. 

    SMSU HEAD COACH TOM WEBB
•Tom Webb is in his third season as head coach with an 10-47 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 101-170 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.) 
•Webb reached his 100th career win against Wisconsin-Parkside (91-83) on Nov. 16, 2018.
•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. 7.8    Caleigh Rodning (53 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. .830     Caleigh Rodning (268-323)      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 12 career 20 point games.
•Erin Baxter has three career twenty point games and her first of the 2018-19 season on Nov. 17 against 
William Jewell.
 •Senior Sarah Buysse has one 20-point game in her career.
  
20 or More Point Games - 2018-19 Season
    34    Caleigh Rodning     vs UWP (11/16/18)
    22    Caleigh Rodning     at MWSU (11/10/18)
    21    Erin Baxter        vs WJC (11/17/18)

    MELEAH REINHART NOTES 
•Opened the season averaging 23 minutes with 9.8 points in the first four games. 
•Earned 2 steals against Missouri Western State. 
•Earned her first double-figure game with 17 points in SMSU's victory over William Jewell. 
•Went 3 of 6 from beyond the arc in the same game to add to SMSU's record breaking 3-point game. 
•Went 4 of 4 at the free throw line against WJC. 

    SADIE STELTER  NOTES 
•Started the first four games of the season to average 24.5 minutes. 
•Has connected on 7 of 13 3-pointers to average 53.8 percent. 
•Earned one-point shy of her career-high 19 points in the 2018-19 season opener against Fort Hays State. 
•Recorded back-to-back double figures with 12 and 10 against UWP and WJC in the Ramada Classic. 
•Stelter added two 3-pointers in SMSU's 19 against WJC. 

    CALEIGH RODNING NOTES 
•Shot 85 percent from the free throw line in 2017-18. 
•Ranks third in team history with her 85 percent in single season (2017-18). 
•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 2017-18. 
•Opened the 2018-19 season as the teams' leading scorer with 41 points in the first two games. 
•Had back-to-back double-doubles in the Ramada Classic with 34 points and 16 rebounds against Wisconsin-Parkside and 17 points and 10 rebounds against William Jewell.

    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 
•Added one 3-pointer in SMSU's 19 team-high on Nov. 17 to total five points. 

     SARA TESKE NOTES
•Earned her first career start against Missouri Western on Nov. 10, 2018. 
•Earned her first double-double against Wisconsin-Parkside on Nov. 16 with 11 points and 13 rebounds. 
•Averaging 20.8 minutes.
•Averaging 5.8 points and six rebounds. 

    SARAH BUYSSE NOTES 
•Two-time Academic All-NSIC with 26 games played and 16 starts in 2017-18. 
•Was 3 of 6 beyond the arc in the opening weekend of the 2018-19 season. 
•Went 2 of 3 from the 3-point line against William Jewell. 
•Recorded her first double-figure game with 11 against Wisconsin-Parkside. 

    MATEYA HUTTON NOTES 
•Played in 24 games as a true freshman in 2017-18.
•Averages 14.5 minutes and 2.3 rebounds and points 

    ERIN BAXTER NOTES
•Season-high 25 points against Concordia-St. Paul on Jan. 19, 2018.
•Led the team with 34 steals. 
•Averaging 25 minutes a game in the 2018-19 season. 
•Ranks second on the team in points with 12.0 avg and 48 compiled points this season. 
•Led the team with 21 points against William Jewell in her first 20-point game of the season. 
•Went 5 of 6 beyond in the arc. 
•Ties Teske in a team-best four steals. 

    ABUK AKOI NOTES
•Played in all 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. 
•Started in the 2018-19 season opener but has missed the past three games with an injury. 

    MORGAN FRANK NOTES
•Made her first appearance as a Mustang this weekend against Wisconsin-Parkside. 
•Frank grabbed two boards in her first appearance. 
•Added one free throw, one rebound, one assist, and one block in her minutes against William Jewell on Saturday, Nov. 17.