SMSU versus Augustana GAME ROSTERS (Print)
tonight
- The SMSU men's basketball team (17-3, 12-2 NSIC) welcomes the Augustana (9-11, 6-8 NSIC) tonight with tip-off set for 5:30 p.m.
Series History versus UMary
- SMSU and AU meet for the 48th time with AU leading 31-16 with the first meeting in 1972-73.
- AU won earlier this season in Sioux Falls, 62-59, and has won 11 of the last 12 meetings since the 2019-20 season.
- AU holds an 13-8 advantage in games played in Marshall and has won the previous eight meetings inside the R/A Facility. SMSU's last home win in the series occurred on Dec. 6, 2013.
- SMSU head coach Brad Bigler is 9-21 all-time versus Augustana.
mustangs by the numbers
- SMSU has five players averaging double figures in scoring and six averaging 8.6 points or more.
- Sophomore Aeron Stevens is averaging a team-high 15.2 ppg and also leads the team averaging 6.3 rpg.
- Junior Jakob Braaten has dished out a team-high 71 assists, is second in scoring at 14.6 ppg and is third in rebounding at 5.9 rpg.
- Senior Dunwa Omot is third in scoring at 10.9 ppg and is second on the team with 24 3-pointers. He has missed the last five games with an injury.
- Junior Mason Lund ranks second on team with 6.1 rpg, is fourth in scoring at 10.5 ppg and is first with 36 3-pointers.
- Sophomore Steven Kramer is fifth in scoring at 10.1 ppg.
- Sophomore Mekhi Shaw has recorded a team-high 43 steals, ranks second with 59 assists and is averaging 8.6 ppg.
- SMSU is shooting 49 percent from the field, 37 percent from 3-point range, 77 percent from the free throw line and is plus-2.4 in rebound margin. The Mustangs are averaging 75 points per game, while opponents are averaging 65 ppg.
SCOUTING Augustana
- The Vikings are 9-11 overall, 6-8 NSIC, and have lost three straight, two in overtime, following a six-game winning streak.
- Senior guard Tanner Te Slaa is averaging 14.9 ppg and a team-leading 6.0 rpg with 49 3-pointers.
- Senior forward Akoi Akoi is scoring 12.8 ppg while averaging 4.3 rpg and has made a team-high 103 field goals.
- Sophomore guard Sam Rensch is averaging 11.1 ppg with 30 3-pointers.
- AU is shooting 44 percent from the field, 34 percent from 3-point range, 68 percent from the free throw line and is minus-2.5 in rebound margin.
- AU is averaging 71 points per game, while opponents average 71 points per game.
- Head coach Cody Schilling is in his first season with a record of 9-11. He was an assistant coach at AU for three seasons prior to taking over as head coach. He served as head coach at Mount Marty (S.D.) from 2017-19, compiling a record of 10-48.