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ST. JOSEPH – Griffon Men's Basketball stays at home this weekend with the team hosting the University of Mary from Leavenworth, Kansas on Saturday in the MWSU Fieldhouse.
 
THE GRIFFONS
Missouri Western is 1-1 on the season after splitting a pair of games last weekend at the Hillyard Tip-Off Classic. The Griffons defeated Wayne State on Friday and a late rally came up short Saturday in a loss to Upper Iowa. Missouri Western shot 44 percent from the field last weekend and averaged 79.5 points per game. Defensively, the team allowed opponents to shoot 46 percent from the field and score 80.5 points. Missouri Western shot 35 percent from behind the arc and 77 percent at the free throw line last weekend. On the glass, Missouri Western enters this weekend with a 52-46 rebounding advantage.
 
Five different Griffons averaged double-digit scoring numbers last weekend with transfer Trey Sampson's 16 points leading the way. Newcomer Mataika Koyamainavure averaged 15 a game while Currie Byrd and Wes Mitter averaged 11.5 over the first two games. Cole Clearman was the fifth Griff in double figures with an 11 point per game average. Koyamainavure also led the team in rebounding, averaging nine per game. Mitter has 10 assists on the season, most on the team and Sampson's seven made threes were two more than Clearman's five.
 
UNIVERSITY OF SAINT MARY SPIRES
Statistics were not yet available for the NAIA Saint Mary team. With wins over Hastings College, Doane, Graceland and Sterling the Spires enter the weekend 4-1. Grant Greenberg entered the week with three-straight 30-point performances. The only game he hasn't hit 30 was the Hastings win, in which he scored 27. Andre Clark also represents a scoring threat for Saint Mary. Clark averaged 16 points over the Spires' first four games.
 
Saint Mary is led by second year head coach Troy Brown. He was an assistant at Saint Mary for three seasons before being named interim head coach last season, leading the team to a 22-9 overall record and a second place finish in the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference.