Now at an overall record of 2-5 in the 2012-2013 season, the Southwest Minnesota State University wheelchair basketball team started making a comeback during this weekend’s 3-game battle against the Madonna Magic.
The team came back from a four game loss against the University of Illinois. Two games were held on Saturday, Nov. 11 with both a win and a loss for the SMSU team. Another game was held on Sunday, Nov. 12 with SMSU taking another win against the Magic. The fourth game was canceled.
In the first game against the Madonna Magic, held at 6 p.m., SMSU won in a close game with a score of 53-46 overall. The Magic came back to defeat them in the second game, held at 8 p.m., with a score of 39-46.
The team came back with a 52-41 win over the Magic early on Sunday, giving the team its second win for the season.
The team will face off against four teams this upcoming weekend, on Nov. 16 and 17, in a total of five games. The teams SMSU will face include Missouri, Wisconsin-Whitewater, Texas-Arlington and Edinboro (PA). All games will be held in Whitewater, Wis.
The team roster for the 2012-13 season includes freshmen David Evjen, Cody Seehafer and Rick Kamm; juniors Trisha Kienitz, Savoy Brown and David Nelson; and seniors Craig Popper, Jacob Tews and Derek Klinkner. The coaching staff includes head coach Lew Shaver, Klinkner as the assistant coach and student assistants Popper and Michael Hanna.
The next home game for the team will be held Jan. 19, 2013.
For more information on SMSU athletics, check out http://smsumustangs.com/index.aspx.
Making a Comeback: SMSU Wheelchair Basketball 2-1 Over Weekend
Kim Watkins, News Editor
November 13, 2012
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About the Contributor
Kim Watkins, Former Member
Kim is a former member of the SMSU Spur. She was on staff for 4 years - she started in the 2010 Fall Semester. She is a double major - majoring in PWC (Professional Writing & Communications) and Literature. She graduated from Benson, Minn. High School in 2010 with honors.
Her hobbies include reading, writing, walking, internet browsing and hanging out with friends and family, of course. She is also involved in the SMSU Jazz Ensemble and SMSU Concert Band and has also performed in the Southwest Minnesota Orchestra. Her other clubs include the English Club and Perceptions (SMSU's literary magazine). She is also involved in the Oyate Club.
She loves big cities (mostly Minneapolis), libraries/book stores, camping (sometimes), swimming, listening to music and much more.
Her passion is to become a book publisher/editor. Other dreams include hiking the Triple Crown and seeing all of the U.K.
