The Missouri Southern men's basketball team will head to St. Louis, as the 25th-ranked Lions take on Missouri St. Louis. Tip off from the Mark Twain Center is slated for 7 pm Thursday night.
Game Information
Teams: (25) Missouri Southern (1-1) vs. (RV) Missour-St. Louis (3-0)
Date: November 15, 2018
Tip-Off: 7:00 PM
Location: St. Louis, Mo
Site: Mark Twain Building (3,700)
Series Record: Lions lead 10-6
Coaches: Jeff Boschee (77-46 overall/at MSSU - 5th year). Bob Sunvold (199-178 overall - 14th year/75-70 at UMSL)
Media Coverage
MSSU Radio: Mike McClure - Play by play - Fox Sports Joplin - 101.3, 101.3 FM, AM 1560 KXMS 88.7 FM
Internet Audio: http://www.mssulions.com
Live Video: http://www.glvcsn.com/umsl/
Live Stats:https://umsltritons.com/sidearmstats/mbball/summary
Lions on Facebook: Facebook.com/mososports
Lions on Twitter: @mososports; @mssumensbball
The Series
These two teams hadn't played each other since the 2006-07 season until last year when the Lions won 74-58. The Lions own the series record 10-6 with a 7-1 mark at home and a 2-5 mark on the road. UMSL and MSSU played regularly from the Lions' first year in the MIAA until the 1996 season when UMSL left the conference. Southern owns the longest winning streak in the series when the Lions won three times in the 92-93 season, including a win in the MIAA Tournament. The two teams have split the last six games with each team winning on its own home court.
NCAA Team Stat Leaders
The Lions, as a team rank 44th nationally in scoring this year, while ranking 45th in assist to turnover ratio and 56th in assists per game.
NCAA Individual Stat Leaders
Cam Martin leads Division II in scoring at 38.5 points per game this season. Martin ranks 7th in total field goals and 10th in total points, while ranking 16th in double-doubles. He ranks 12th in free throws made and 13th in free throws attempted, while ranking 22nd in field goal percentage. Reggie Tharp ranks 18th in assist to turnover ratio, while ranking 33rd in assists per game and Elyjah Clark ranks 20th in minutes.
Preseason No. 1
The Lions were picked number one in the MIAA Preseason Coaches Poll this season.
Strength of Schedule
Southern currently is ranked 14th in the Massey Division II College Basketball Ratings. The Lions have the top strength of schedule in Division II as far as future opponents remaining, meaning the Lions have the toughest schedule in D2.
Streak Stopper
Coming into the season Elyjah Clark had made a three pointer in 47-straight games, dating back to his freshman season. Clark, however, missed out on a three in the first game of the year, but made three in his second, starting a new streak.
Cam You Score A Lot?
Cam Martin tied a MSSU single-game record with 49 points at Minnesota State. The mark tied Carl Tyler from 1984. Coincidently, in his first game as a Lion, former guard CJ Carr scored 47 points against the same Minnesota State team two years ago.
National Ranking
The Lions were 25th in the NABC Preseason Poll and 24th in the Media Poll. In the history of the NABC Poll, the Lions have been ranked 56 times, including 23 consecutive weeks. The team has been No. 1 once (in the 2011 season).
Coach of the Year
Jeff Boschee was named the 2018 MIAA Coach of the Year. Boschee has coached the Lions to a 20-win season for the second time in his four-year career. Last year, the Lions were picked to finish sixth in the preseason coaches poll and the Lions finished the season second overall with two wins over regular-season MIAA Champ Northwest Missouri.
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 176-straight games since Arkansas Tech in 2012-13.
Bombs Away
Elyjah Clark tied the single-game MSSU record for three pointers in a game at Pittsburg State last year with nine. He went on to set the single-season record for three's with 110.
Bombs Away 2
The Lions broke the MSSU single-season record for threes by a team with 283 last season, breaking the previous record of 250.
Three's Company
The Lions shattered the previous MSSU school record for three pointers in a game against Randall last year as Southern made 20 three pointers against the Saints. The previous record of 15 was set in 2003 against St. Gregory's.
Home Sweet Home
Missouri Southern can count on some of the best fan support in Division II. Last season, the Lions ranked 12th nationally in home attendance, averaging 1,530 fans per game. That number was fourth in the MIAA.
Holy Points Batman
The Lions scored 110 points in a win over Randall. The 110 points were the most the team has scored since they scored 113 against Southwest Baptist in 2014.
Overtime's A Charm
For the third-straight time, the Lions and Minnesota State needed overtime to settle the score. The Lions won 100-98 this year and have won two of the three overtime games in the last three years between the two teams.
Records Watch
Sophomore Elyjah Clark had the Missouri Southern single-season record for three pointers as a freshman with 89 and broke that record last year with 110. Clark has 202 career threes and is well over halfway to the career record of 265 set by Austin Wright.
Chasin' A Grand
Elyjah Clark has 919 points in his career and will be the 21st person in MSSU history to score 1,000 points when he passes that mark this season.
Elyjah For Three
Clark has the top-two single-season three-point totals in MSSU history and his 199 threes made in his two-year career rank fourth. His career three-point percentage of .425 is second-best all-time, while he also tied the single-game record for three's made with nine. He has the season and career record for three pointers per game, while also holding the MSSU season and career record for consecutive games with a three.
Lions On The Radio
The majority of the Lions games this season can be heard on the Missouri Southern Radio Network in Joplin. Southern is partnering with Fox Sports Joplin, the Lions can be heard on 101.3 FM, 101.7 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 off this weekend, but will head to Puerto Rico next week to compete in the Puerto Rico Classic.
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