MARSHALL, Minn. -- The Southwest Minnesota State women's basketball team opened its home season on Tuesday night with a 97-31 victory over Crown College inside the R/A Facility.
 
SMSU, 1-2 overall, had six players score in double figures with Sam Wall leading the way with 18 points on 6 of 8 shooting with four 3-pointers. Jenna Borchers scored 13 points on 4 of 8 shooting with three 3-pointers, while Peyton Blandin added 12 points making 5 of 7 shots with a pair of 3-pointers. Kennadi Buchholz recorded her first career double-double with 11 points and 13 rebounds. Madison Gehloff and Hannah Parsley each chipped in with 10 points.
 
The Mustangs finished the game shooting 57 percent (35 of 61) from the field including 10 of 22 from 3-point range.
 
Bri Stoltzman also had a solid game for the Mustangs with seven points, four rebounds, four assists and four steals.
 
Crown (1-1), a Division III school, was led by McKenzie Latzke's nine points with three 3-pointers. Tonight's game was an exhibition game for the Polars. Crown closed the night shooting 19 percent (10 of 52) from the field, including 8 of 26 on 3-pointers.
 
SMSU scored the game's first six points and never looked back in building a 22-9 advantage after one quarter of play. The Mustangs would shoot 53 percent in the second quarter, while limiting the Polars to just 2 of 12 shooting as the lead would build to 45-15 at halftime.
 
SMSU would continue its red-hot shooting in the second half making 17 of 26 field goals with five 3-pointers.  
 
SMSU will continue its homestand on Thursday with a big match-up versus Michigan Tech (3-0) with tip-off slated for 6 p.m. MTU defeated Concordia-St. Paul, 64-54, on Tuesday in Houghton, Mich.