The Missouri Southern men's basketball team will come back home and play host to a pivotal MIAA matchup as the Lions take on Washburn Wednesday night. Tip off from Robert Corn Court inside the Leggett & Platt Athletic Center is slated for 7:30 pm.
Game Information
Teams: Missouri Southern (14-4, 5-3 MIAA) vs. Washburn (13-3, 6-1 MIAA)
Date: January 23, 2019
Tip-Off: 7:30 PM
Location: Joplin, Mo.
Site: Robert Corn Court/Leggett & Platt Athletic Center
Series Record: Washburn leads 48-31
Coaches: Jeff Boschee (90-49 overall/at MSSU - 5th year). Brett Ballard (35-13 overall/at WU - 2nd year)
The Series
Washburn holds a 48-31 lead in the series, but Southern has won 15 out of the last 20 games. Wsahburn leads 19-18 in games played in Joplin, and Washburn holds a 29-11 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, is the current streak and also 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 Team Stat Leaders
The Lions, as a team, rank 11th in three point attempts, 14th in total assists, 16th in scoring margin, 17th in scoring, 18th in total three pointers made, and 19th in assist to turnover ratio. The team ranks 22nd in three pointers per game, 23rd in three point defense, 24th in field goal percentage, 25th in free throw attempts and assists per game, while ranking 29th in defensive rebounds, 31st in total rebounds, 41st in free throws made and 42nd in rebound margin.
NCAA Individual Stat Leaders
Cam Martin ranks fourth in field goal percentage, while ranking fifth in both double-doubles and free throw attempts. Martin ranks 12th in total rebounds, 15th in scoring, 21st in total field goals made and 38th in total rebounds. Reggie Tharp ranks 9th in assist to turnover ratio, while ranking 40th in total assists. Elyjah Clark is 18th in total minutes, 20th in three point attempts, 31st in total three pointers made and 34th in minutes per game.
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, defensive rebounds per game, offensive rebounds per game, scoring margin, three point defense, three pointers per game, total three pointers made, total rebounds and total rebounds per game. Southern ranks third in assist to turnover ratio and rebound margin.
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 per game, scoring, total field goals made and total points. Kinzer Lambert is second in three point attempts, while Reggie Tharp is third in total assists and Martin is third in total rebounds.
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 17.
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 191-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 251 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 1,210 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.
Coaches Show
This year, Jeff Boschee and women's coach Ronnie Resselwill be part of the Missouri Southern Coaches Show. The show is Monday night's at 6 pm and originates from Hackett's Hot Wings in downtown Joplin. The show can be heard live on 101.3 FM, as well as streamed on www.mssulions.com.
Up Next
The Lions will come play host to Emporia State this Saturday at 1:30 pm inside the Leggett & Platt Athletic Center.
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