SMSU versus Winona State GAME ROSTERS (Print)
tonight
- The SMSU men's basketball team (18-5, 13-4 NSIC) welcomes Winona State (16-7, 11-6 NSIC), with tipoff set for 5 p.m.
Series History versus WInona State
- SMSU and WSU meet for the 119th time with WSU leading 73-45 in a series that started in 1968-69.
- WSU holds a 30-14 advantage since 2004-05, but SMSU has won 10 of the last 15 games since 2016-17, including winning six of the last seven.
- WSU holds a 29-26 advantage in games played in Marshall with SMSU winning 72-62 last season.
- SMSU head coach Brad Bigler is 14-16 all-time versus WSU.
mustangs by the numbers
- SMSU has three players averaging double figures in scoring and six averaging eight points or more.
- Sophomore Aeron Stevens is averaging a team-high 14.6 ppg and is third with 5.7 rpg.
- Junior Jakob Braaten has dished out a team-high 75 assists, is second in scoring at 14.5 ppg and is second in rebounding at 5.8 rpg.
- Senior Dunwa Omot is third in scoring at 12.2 ppg and is second on the team with 33 3-pointers. He missed five games with an injury but returned last week scoring 23 points in both games versus Augustana and Sioux Falls.
- Junior Mason Lund ranks first with 6.0 rpg, is fourth in scoring at 9.9 ppg and is first with 41 3-pointers.
- Sophomore Steven Kramer is fifth in scoring at 9.8 ppg.
- Sophomore Mekhi Shaw has recorded a team-high 46 steals, ranks second with 62 assists and is averaging 8.0 ppg.
- SMSU is shooting 48 percent from the field, 36 percent from 3-point range, 77 percent from the free throw line and is plus-1.2 in rebound margin. The Mustangs are averaging 74 points per game, while opponents are averaging 67 ppg.
SCOUTING Winona State
- The Warriors are 16-7 overall, 11-6 NSIC, after defeating Augustana at home on Wednesday, 90-83.
- Senior forward Connor Drew scored a game-high 27 points with six 3-pointers in the victory on Wednesday. The Warriors shot 55 percent and made 14 3-pointers in the win.
- Sophomore guard Luke Haertle, a transfer from the University of Wisconsin, is averaging a team-high 17 points with 29 3-pointers and a team-high 81 assists.
- Drew is scoring 14.4 ppg and ranks second on the team with 44 3-pointers.
- Freshman guard Tyler Mason has connected on a team-high 49 3-pointers.
- WSU is shooting 46 percent from the field, 35 percent from 3-point range, 75 percent from the free throw line and is plus-3.6 in rebound margin.
- WSU is averaging 78 points per game, while opponents are averaging 73 points per game.
- Head coach Todd Eisner is in his 10th season at WSU with a record of 152-114. He has also been head coach at Viterbo, Bellevue, Benedictine and Midland recording a career record of 568-280 in 27 seasons as a head coach.