SMSU versus Sioux Falls GAME ROSTERS (Print)
Today
- The No. 24 ranked men's basketball team hosts Sioux Falls for its final game of 2024, with tip-off set for 4 p.m.
Series History versus Sioux Falls
- SMSU and USF meet for the 43rd time with SMSU leading 26-16 in a series that started in 1968-69.
- SMSU has won 11 of the 18 games since the 2015-16 season, including winning the only meeting last season in Marshall.
- SMSU has won three straight and five of the last six in the series Feb. 21, 2021.
- SMSU leads the series 18-4 in games played in Marshall, but the teams have split the last eight in Marshall since 2017.
- SMSU head coach Brad Bigler is 14-10 all-time versus USF.
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 17.4 ppg and leads the team averaging 6.9 rpg.
- Junior Jakob Braaten has dished out a team-high 38 assists, is second in scoring at 13 ppg and is pulling down 6.1 rpg.
- Sophomore Steven Kramer is third in scoring at 11.9 ppg.
- Senior Dunwa Omot is fourth in scoring at 11.5 ppg and is second on the team with 14 3-pointers.
- Junior Mason Lund ranks second on team with 6.7 rpg and is fifth in scoring at 8.9 ppg with a team-high 16 3-pointers.
- Sophomore Mekhi Shaw has recorded a team-high 26 steals, ranks second with 26 assists and is scoring 8.7 ppg.
- SMSU is shooting 48 percent from the field, 31 percent from 3-point range, 77 percent from the free throw line and is plus-2.4 in rebound margin. The Mustangs are averaging 77 points per game, while opponents are averaging 69 ppg.
SCOUTING Sioux Falls
- The Cougars are 6-6 overall, 2-4 NSIC, after suffering a home loss to Wayne State (66-61).
- Redshirt freshman guard Taylen Ashley averages 11.2 ppg with 30 assists and 21 3-pointers.
- Sophomore guard Kyle Ingwerson is scoring 11.6 ppg with a team-leading 25 3-pointers.
- USF is shooting 45 percent from the field, 38 percent from 3-point range, 68 percent from the free throw line and is plus-7.5 in rebound margin.
- USF is averaging 76 points per game, while opponents are averaging 75 points per game.
- Head coach Chris Johnson is in his 17th season at USF with a record of 273-203. He was also head coach at Culver-Stockton for one season (2004-05) and has 289 career victories.