The Missouri Southern men's basketball team will take on Fort Hays State Saturday.
Game Information
Teams: (#25/23) Missouri Southern (22-5, 13-4 MIAA) at Fort Hays State (16-10, 10-7 MIAA)
Date: February 28, 2019
Tip-Off: 7:30 PM
Location: Hays, Kan.
Site: Gross Memorial Coliseum
Series Record: FHSU leads 32-21
Coaches: Jeff Boschee (98-50 overall/at MSSU - 5th year). Mark Johnson (343-163 overall/at FHSU)
The Series
Fort Hays holds a 32-21 advantage over the Lions. Prior to the 2007-08 season, all of the games came when both teams were in the CSIC. Hays had won five in a row, before the Lions defeated the Tigers in the first-round of the 2014 NCAA Central Regional. The Tigers have had two separate streaks of five wins in a row. Southern dropped seven straight games from 1982 to 1985. The largest margin of victory for the Lions came on Feb. 3, 1978 when Southern defeated the Tigers by a 19-point margin. The largest margin of victory for the Tigers came in the 1987-88 season when Hays defeated Southern twice by the margins of 26 and 44 points. At home, Southern is 15-8 against the Tigers. The Lions are 4-19 in Hays and are 2-5 in neutral site games.
MIAA Team Stat Leaders
The Lions, as a team, lead the MIAA in three point attempts, defensive rebounds, free throw attempts, free throws made, scoring and total rebounds.
MIAA Individual Stat Leaders
Cam Martin leads the MIAA in field goal percentage, free throw attempts and free throws made. Elyjah Clark leads the MIAA in three point attempts, minutes per game and total minutes.
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 200-straight games since Arkansas Tech in 2012-13.
National Ranking
The Lions are ranked No. 25 in the NABC poll this week and 23rd in the D2SID's Poll. In the history of the NABC Poll, the Lions have been ranked 59 times, including 23 consecutive weeks. The team has been No. 1 once (in the 2011 season).
Put-backs R' Us
Kinzer Lambert had eight offensive rebounds against Pittsburg State at home. Of the eight offensive boards, four were turned into put backs by Lambert himself.
Perfection
For just the third time in program history, the Lions went perfect at home during the regular season (13-0). Only the 1969-70 (11-0) and the 1999-2000 (18-0) teams were also perfect at home. The Lions are 54-12 in Jeff Boschee's tenure at home.
Perfection II
The Lions are perfect this season when they do the following: scoring 90 or more points (10-0), out shooting their opponents (18-0), having more assists (16-0) and playing on Tuesday (3-0).
Hard Working ManElyjah Clark leads the MIAA in minutes per game and total minutes.
Corndogs Jackie
Southern is averaging 86 points per game this season and the Lions have topped the century mark five times.
Bevo Francis Award Watchlist
Sophomore Cam Martin has been named to the Small College Basketball Bevo Francis Award Watchlist. The award is for the Division II Player of the Year. Martin was named to the top-100 list and Friday was named as a top-50 player.
Record-Breaking Sniper
Junior Elyjah Clark already has the Missouri Southern single-season record for three pointers with 110. Clark broke the career record against Fort Hays State last weekend and has 274 career three pointers now as a junior. With one season left to play, Clark now can target the MIAA record of 370.
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 1,338 in his career and is the 21st person in MSSU history to crack the 1,000 point plateau. Clark has moved into 11th place all-time, passing Taevaunn Prince. Next up is Terry Shumpert at 1,379 points.
Elyjah For Three
Clark has the top-two single-season three-point totals in MSSU history and his 274 threes made in his two-plus year career rank first. His career three-point percentage of .408 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 (47).
Up Next
The Lions will finish off the regular season with a road game at Nebraska-Kearney at 4 pm.
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