MARSHALL, Minn. – The Southwest Minnesota State women's basketball team used a dominant second quarter and stellar play from Bri Stoltzman to take down the Winona State Warriors 73-64 on Saturday night inside the R/A Facility.
 
The Mustangs outscored the Warriors 19-9 in that second quarter while shooting 61.5 percent (8 of 13) from the field and limiting WSU to 23.1 percent (3 of 13).
 
Stoltzman tied a career-high 24 points, shooting 8 of 12 from the field and 8 of 9 from the free throw line, adding seven rebounds, four assists, and two steals. 
 
The Mustangs, now 16-9 overall and 13-7 in conference play, made a season-high 22 free throws on 24 attempts, continuously getting to the rim and drawing contact. WSU went just 8 for 13 from the free throw line. 
 
SMSU finished the night shooting 44.2 percent (23 of 52) from the field and 29.4 (5 of 17) from the three-point line, while the Warriors shot 41.0 percent (25 of 61) from the field and 31.6 percent (6 of 19) from deep. 
 
The Mustangs had four players in double figures, with Hannah Parsley scoring 15 points and grabbing eight rebounds, Jenna Borchers dropping 11 points, including 8 of 8 from the free throw line, and Sam Wall collecting 10 points to join Stoltzman atop the box score. Peyton Blandin scored six points off the bench and grabbed a career-best eight boards. 
 
Neither team could get much going offensively in the early stages, with WSU scoring the first four points before SMSU scored the next four points to tie the game at 4-4 with 6:36 to play in the first quarter. The teams shot a combined 3 of 10 from the field in the first 3:24. 
 
After a three-pointer to put WSU up 9-6 the Mustangs picked up the offense, going on a 7-2 run for their first lead of the game, 13-11, with 2:06 left. The Warriors went on to net one more bucket, tying the score at 13-13 into the second quarter. 
 
The Mustangs grabbed their first two-possession lead of the game with 5:54 in the first half, when Stoltzman finished a pass from Kenzie Jones to take a 22-17 lead. That lead would grow to double digits, as SMSU went on to take a 32-22 lead into the half. 
 
That lead got up to 14 with 2:09 left in the third quarter when Borchers hit a three, her first points of the game, to go ahead 48-34. 
 
After a pair of Wall free-throws brought SMSU's lead back to 14 at 53-39, the Warriors caught fire. WSU rolled to a 10-2 run, making all four field goals, to cut the Mustang lead to 55-49 with 6:33 to play. 
 
A Tom Webb timeout refueled the Mustangs, who scored six of the next eight points to go back ahead by double digits at 61-51 with 5:08 remaining. 
 
WSU hung around, getting within five at the 2:23 mark, 63-58, but it would be as close as they could get, with SMSU scoring 10 of the final 16 points to close the game. 
 
The Mustangs will travel down to Sioux Falls, taking on the Augustana Vikings on Thursday night at 7:30 p.m., before the regular season finale on Saturday night, hosting the Wayne State Wildcats at 5:30 p.m.