The Missouri Southern men's basketball program will go back on the road looking to stop a four-game slide as the Lions travel to Washburn Thursday evening. Tip off from Lee Arena is slated for 7:30 pm.
Game Information
Teams: Missouri Southern (10-7, 4-4 MIAA) at Washburn (12-4, 4-3 MIAA)
Date: Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017
Tip-Off: 7:30 pm
Location: Topeka, Kan.
Site: Lee Arena (3,970)
Series Record: Washburn leads 47-30
Coaches: Jeff Boschee (48-30 overall/at MSSU). Bob Chipman (800-347 overall/at Washburn)
Tip-Off: 7:30 pm
Location: Topeka, Kan.
Site: Lee Arena (3,970)
Series Record: Washburn leads 47-30
Coaches: Jeff Boschee (48-30 overall/at MSSU). Bob Chipman (800-347 overall/at Washburn)
Media Coverage
MSSU Radio: Mike McClure - Play by play - ESPN Joplin - 101.3, 103.5 FM, AM 1560; KXMS 88.7 FM
Internet Audio: www.mssulions.com
Live Video: www.mssulions.com
Live Stats: www.mssulions.com
Lions on Facebook: Facebook.com/mososports
Lions on Twitter: @mososports; @mssumensbball
The Series
MSSU Radio: Mike McClure - Play by play - ESPN Joplin - 101.3, 103.5 FM, AM 1560; KXMS 88.7 FM
Internet Audio: www.mssulions.com
Live Video: www.mssulions.com
Live Stats: www.mssulions.com
Lions on Facebook: Facebook.com/mososports
Lions on Twitter: @mososports; @mssumensbball
The Series
Washburn holds a 47-30 lead in the series, but Southern has won 14 out of the last 18 games. The series is tied 17-17 in games played in Joplin and Washburn holds a 29-10 vs. MSSU in Topeka. The Lions lead 2-1, on neutral floors. The Lions have had few winning streaks in the series. The longest, five games, spanned the years of 2007-09. The Ichabods won 11-straight from February 1984 through February 1989. Missouri Southern's most convincing victory was 37 points, 110-73, in 2013-14. Washburn's largest victory margin was 38 points, 94-56, and came in the 88-89 season.
NCAA Individual Stat Leaders
CJ Carr is 8th nationally in total steals, while ranking 20th in steals per game. He ranks 14th in total field goals attempted, while ranking 20th in steals per game and 25th in total assists. He ranks 30th in scoring, 41st in assists per game, 48th in free throw percentage and 44th in free throws made.
NCAA Team Stat Leaders
Southern ranks 15th in free throw percentage, while ranking 31st in free throws made. The team ranks 43rd in offensive rebounds per game, 48th in three point attempts, 51st in turnover margin and 54th in scoring.
MIAA Individual Leaders
Carr leads the MIAA in total steals, steals per game, and total assists, while ranking second in assists per game, free throws made, total field goal attempts and total points. He ranks third in scoring, total minutes and total field goals made. Elyjah Clark ranks third in three point attempts.
MIAA Team Stat Leaders
The Lions lead the MIAA in scoring, offensive rebounds per game and free throw percentage. The team ranks second in three point attempts and total rebounds, while ranking third in free throws made, three points per game, total three pointers made, total steals, turnover margin and turnovers forced.
Getting Offensive (About Boards)
The Lions lead the MIAA in offensive rebounds this year, averaging 13.1 offensive boards per game. That equates to 14.3 second-chance points a game.
LJ's Night At The Boards
LJ Ross had a career-night against Nebraska-Kearney as the junior from Tulsa had 19 rebounds in the game against the Lopers, besting his previous career-high of 13 set earlier in the year against Minnesota State.
High-Scoring Freshman
Elyjah Clark is third on the team in scoring this year with 13.6 points per game and he ranks 15th in the MIAA in that category. However, he is the top-scoring freshman in the entire MIAA.
Give Me That Ball
The Lions rank third in the MIAA in turnover margin and in turnovers forced. Southern is forcing 15.8 turnovers per game this year, with a turnover margin of 2.8.
Three Point Streak
The Lions failed to make a three-pointer at Arkansas Tech in their match-up in 2012-13. It was the first time in 403 games that Southern had failed to hit a three pointer, dating back to Jan. 20, 1999 against Missouri S&T. The Lions have had a three in 129-straight games since Arkansas Tech in 2012-13.
High Scoring Affair
The Lions scored the second-highest points of the season against Randall when they scored 105 points. The 37-point margin of victory is the most since the Lions defeated Avila by 41 points in the 13-14 season (108-67).
Game of Firsts
Against Arkansas Tech, the Lions scored 90 plus points and lost for the first time this year and just the second time under Jeff Boschee. They also allowed 100 plus points at home for the first time since the 2009 season.
New Starting Five
For the first time in program history (since joining the NCAA), the Missouri Southern men's basketball program started five entirely new players to the roster the first two games to the season this year. All five players in the starting lineup did not play last year at MSSU.
Keep Em Low
The Lions held Lindenwood to just 55 points which is a season-low for any MSSU opponent. The 55 points are the lowest allowed in a single-game for Southern since 48 in the 2014-15 season against Benedictine and the lowest against an MIAA opponent since 54 against Northeastern State on Jan. of 2015.
New School Record
The Lions set a new school record with 42 attempted three pointers against Missouri S&T. The mark surpassed the 34 set last season against Washburn.
Single-game High
CJ Carr scored 47 points earlier in the year against Minnesota State. That point total is the fourth-highest single-game total in the NCAA this year and the second-highest in MSSU single-game history.
Bring Em On
The Lions have the 23rd-toughest schedule in Division II men's basketball this season and the toughest in the MIAA. The schedule ranks fourth-toughest in the Central Region and the closest MIAA team in toughest schedule is Fort Hays State at No. 40.
As the Point Guard Goes
The point guard is usually referred to as the floor general and as CJ Carr goes, so do the Lions. In the Lions' ten wins this year, Carr is averaging 23.6 points, 6.8 assists, 3.1 turnovers and 3.3 steals per game. In the six losses, Carr is averaging just 18.0 points, 3.0 assists, 2.4 turnovers and 1.1 steals per game.
Lions On The Radio
The majority of the Lions games this season can be heard on the Missouri Southern Radio Network in Joplin. Partnering with ESPN Joplin, the Lions can be heard on 101.3 FM, 103.5 FM, 88.7 FM and AM 1560.
Lions on TV
All Missouri Southern conference home games will be brought to you live this season courtesy of KGCS TV in Joplin. Fans can catch the action over the air live on Digital Channel 22 as well as on local cable systems.
Up Next
The Lions will be back in action this Sunday as Southern travels to Emporia State. Tip off from White Auditorium is slated for 5 pm.
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