The Missouri Southern men's basketball team will head back on the road as the Lions play at Missouri Western on Thursday night. Tip off from the MWSU Fieldhouse is slated for 7:30 pm.
Game Information
Teams: (RV/22) Missouri Southern (16-4, 7-3 MIAA) at Missouri Western (9-11, 3-6 MIAA)
Date: January 31, 2019
Tip-Off: 7:30 PM
Location: St. Joseph, Mo.
Site: MWSU Fieldhouse
Series Record: Southern leads 50-44
Coaches: Jeff Boschee (93-49 overall/at MSSU - 5th year). Sundance Wicks (9-11 overall/at MWSU - 1st year)
The Series
Southern leads the series with Western 50-44. The, Lions have won the last 17-of-21 match-ups. Southern is 37-11 at home, but just 12-33 in St. Joseph. Western dominated the series from 1988-1999 when the Griffons won 16-of-21 games. The Lions, however, have won 22 of the last 33 games. The 94 games played against Western is the third-most the Lions have played against a single school, behind Pittsburg State (101) and Southwest Baptist (97).
NCAA Team Stat Leaders
The Lions, as a team, rank 13th in three point attempts, 15th in total assists, 17th in scoring, 18th in total three pointers made and 19th in free throws made. The team ranks 20th in assist to turnover ratio, 21st in scoring margin and free throw attempts, while ranking 22nd in field goal percentage, 25th in three pointers per game, 26th in defensive rebounds per game, 28th in assists per game, 35th in total rebounds per game and 40th in rebound margin.
NCAA Individual Stat Leaders
Cam Martin ranks third in double-doubles, while ranking fourth in free throws made, fifth in free throws attempted and 6th in field goal percentage. Martin ranks 13th in total points, 17th in total rebounds, 19th in scoring and 37th in rebounds per game. Reggie Tharp ranks 9th in assist to turnover ratio, while ranking 39th in total assists. Elyjah Clark ranks 13th in total minutes, 17th in three pointer attempts, 31st in minutes per game and 48th in total three pointers made.
MIAA Team Stat Leaders
The Lions, as a team, lead the MIAA in three point attempts, free throw attempts, scoring and total assists. The Lions rank second in assists per game, field goal percentage, free throws made, scoring margin, three pointers per game and total rebounds, while ranking third in defensive rebounds per game, offensive rebounds per game, rebound margin and total rebounds per game.
MIAA Individual Stat Leaders
Cam Martin leads the MIAA in double-doubles, field goal percentage, free throw attempts and free throws made. Elyjah Clark leads the MIAA in three point attempts, three pointers made and total minutes. Martin is second in the league in offensive rebounds, total field goals, total points and total rebounds. Clark is second in total three pointers made, while Martin is third in scoring and rebounds, and tharp is third in total assists.
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 has made a three in each game since, taking his current streak to 19.
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 193-straight games since Arkansas Tech in 2012-13.
Records Watch
Junior 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 254 career threes, passing Skyler Bowlin for second all-time against Central Oklahoma this year. He is 14 threes from tying the career record of 265 set by Austin Wright.
Reachin' A Grand
Elyjah Clark went over 1,000 points in his career with 18 points against Minnesota-Crookston in the Puerto Rico Tournament. He currently has 1,231 in his career and is the 21st person in MSSU history to crack the 1,000 point plateau. Clark has moved into 12th place all-time, passing both Marvin Townsend and Hiram Ocasio in the process. Next up is Russel Bland at 1,271 points.
Up Next
The Lions will head to second-ranked Northwest Missouri for a matchup with the Bearcats. Tip off is slated for 3:30 pm
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