SMSU versus Minot State GAME ROSTERS (Print)
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- The SMSU men's basketball team (12-3, 7-2 NSIC) rounds out the weekend hosting No. 4 ranked Minot State (17-1, 8-1 NSIC) today with tip-off set for 5:30 p.m.
Series History versus minot state
- SMSU and MSU meet for the 20th time with SMSU holding a 15-4 advantage.
- SMSU won two of three games played last season, including 72-53 in Marshall and 85-68 in the quarterfinals of the NSIC tournament in Sioux Falls, S.D. MSU earned a 72-60 victory in Minot, N.D., in the first match-up last season.
- SMSU leads 6-2 in games played in Marshall, with last season's victory snapping a two-game losing streak to MSU inside the R/A Facility.
- SMSU head coach Brad Bigler is 15-4 all-time versus MSU.
mustangs by the numbers
- SMSU has four players averaging double figures in scoring and six averaging 8.7 points or more.
- Sophomore Aeron Stevens is averaging a team-high 15.9 ppg and also leads the team averaging 7 rpg.
- Junior Jakob Braaten has dished out a team-high 52 assists, is second in scoring at 12.9 ppg and is second in rebounding at 6.2 rpg.
- Senior Dunwa Omot is third in scoring at 11.7 ppg and is first on the team with 24 3-pointers.
- Sophomore Steven Kramer is fourth in scoring at 10.9 ppg.
- Junior Mason Lund ranks third on team with 6.1 rpg, is fifth in scoring at 9.6 ppg and is second with 23 3-pointers.
- Sophomore Mekhi Shaw has recorded a team-high 34 steals, ranks second with 33 assists and is averaging 8.7 ppg.
- SMSU is shooting 48 percent from the field, 35 percent from 3-point range, 76 percent from the free throw line and is plus-2.2 in rebound margin. The Mustangs are averaging 76 points per game, while opponents are averaging 67 ppg.
SCOUTING minot state
- The Beavers are 17-1 overall, 8-1 NSIC, after suffering a 85-61 loss to Sioux Falls on Friday night.
- Junior forward Caleb Van De Griend averages a team-high 19.2 ppg and a team-high 12.6 rpg. He is shooting 76 percent from the field.
- Senior guard Jalen Cook is scoring 15.6 ppg with 41 3-pointers.•
- Senior guard Jaxon Gunville had made a team-high 59 3-pointers and is scoring 12.5 ppg.
- MSU is shooting 50 percent from the field, 39 percent from 3-point range, 75 percent from the free throw line and is plus-9.2 in rebound margin.
- MSU is averaging 84 points per game, while opponents are averaging 67 points per game.
- MSU ranks ninth in the country in rebound margin, 13th in scoring margin, 16th in field goal pct. and 17th in 3-point field goal pct.
- Head coach Matt Murken is in his 13th season with a record of 177-170. He spent two seasons as head coach at Jamestown (2010-12) compiling a record of 46-16.