SMSU versus Minnesota Crookston GAME ROSTERS (Print)
tonight
- The SMSU men's basketball team (18-7, 13-6 NSIC) welcomes Minnesota Crookston (5-19, 4-14 NSIC), with tipoff set for 5 p.m.
Series History versus Minnesota Crookston
- SMSU and UMC meet for the 42nd time with SMSU leading 36-5 in a series that started in 1994-95.
- SMSU leads the series 33-3 since UMC joined the NSIC in 1999-2000, including earning a 70-44 road victory earlier this season in Crookston. The last three games played in the series have been played in Crookston.
- SMSU is 18-2 all-time in games played in Marshall, but UMC won the last game inside the R/A Facility, 70-67, on Jan. 21, 2022. SMSU's last victory in Marshall occurred on Feb. 1, 2019, when SMSU senior guard Ryan Bruggeman scored a school record 49 points on 20 of 27 shooting with eight 3-pointers
- SMSU head coach Brad Bigler is 14-2 all-time versus UMC.
mustangs by the numbers
- SMSU has four players averaging double figure scoring and four averaging nine points or more.
- Junior Jakob Braaten is averaging a team-high 14.4 ppg, while sophomore Aeron Stevens is second at 14.2 ppg.
- Braaten has dished out a team-high 83 assists and is third in rebounding at 5.4 rpg.
- Senior Dunwa Omot is third in scoring at 11.9 ppg and is second on the team with 36 3-pointers. He missed five games with an injury but has played the last three games.
- Junior Mason Lund ranks first in rebounding at 6.2 per game, is tied for fifth in scoring at 9.5 ppg and is first with 42 3-pointers.
- Sophomore Steven Kramer is fourth in scoring at 10.3 ppg.
- Sophomore Mekhi Shaw has recorded a team-high 49 steals, ranks second with 64 assists and is averaging 7.7 ppg.
- SMSU is shooting 48 percent from the field, 36 percent from 3-point range, 76 percent from the free throw line and is plus-0.9 in rebound margin. The Mustangs are averaging 73 points per game, while opponents are averaging 67 ppg.
SCOUTING Minnesota Crookston
- The Golden Eagles, 5-19 overall, 4-14 NSIC, are playing their final regular season road games of the season this weekend. UMC will play at Sioux Falls on Friday night before facing SMSU.
- Senior guard Reid Grant is scoring 16.3 ppg and has dished out a team-high 104 assists, while making a team-high 52 3-pointers.
- Junior guard Andrew Stokes is averaging 10.7 ppg and shooting 51 percent from the field.
- Senior forward Jordan Mitchell leads the team averaging 6.4 rpg and has recorded a team-high 36 blocked shots and team-leading 22 steals.
- UMC is shooting 42 percent from the field, 32 percent from 3-point range, 71 percent from the free throw line and is minus-4.1 in rebound margin.
- UMC is averaging 68 points per game, while opponents are averaging 80 points per game.
- Head coach Bryan Beamish is in his third season at UMC with a 13-67 record. He was an assistant at UMC for eight seasons prior to being named head coach.