MARSHALL, Minn. -- The Southwest Minnesota State men's basketball team connected on a layup with 1.7 seconds remaining to score a 91-90 victory over the SMSU Alumni team on Saturday as part of "Andy Wiersma Day" at SMSU.

Junior Nick Dufault led both teams, dropping 24 points in the game with 15 in the first half alone,  while Braeden Hanson poured in 21 and went 5-of-5 from beyond the arc in the second half. Cliff McCray and Kenny Byers also had double digit figures as McCray finished with 16 and Byers pitched in 10.

For the second consecutive year, alumnus Jordan Miller, paced the alumni team with 17 points with four 3-pointers in the second half. Joey Bartlett and Turner Moen were amongst Miller in alumni to drop double figures as Bartlett finished with 15 and Moen with 16.
The alumni game is played annually and is named in honor of the late Andy Wiersma.

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 Monday, Oct. 28, at 7 p.m. versus the University of Minnesota at Williams Arena.