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St. JOSEPH, Mo. - The Griffons will look to earn their fourth victory this season at home against Missouri Southern on Saturday evening. Missouri Western will look to make up some ground in the MIAA standing in the early stages of conference play. 

The Series
Missouri Southern leads the series with Missouri Western 45-43. The, Lions have won the last 13 out of 16 match-ups. MSSU is 34-11 at home, but just 11-32 in St. Joseph. The Lions defeated Missouri Western in the final regular season game of 2007 in a winner take all game to gain a spot in the MIAA Tournament. MWSU dominated the series from 1988-1999 when the Griffons won 16-of-21 games. The Lions, however, have won 19 of the last 30 games.

The Coaches
Brett Weiberg is now 25-39 overall at Missouri Western as he is currently in his fourth season. He has a 164-144 career record. For the Lions, Jeff Boschee is in his second season and has a 25-15 overall record.

Missouri Western

• The Griffons are currently 3-6 overall and 1-2 in conference action
• MWSU picked up their first conference win against Pittsburg St. on Thursday night
• The Griffons are currently in 10^th place in the MIAA standings
• As a team, the Griffons are limiting opponents to 44% shooting from the field (8^th in the MIAA)
• MWSU has attempted 206 three-pointers (1^st in the MIAA), they average eight made three-pointers per game
• The Griffons shot 71% from the free throw line (7^th in the MIAA)
• Missouri Western averages 36.3 rebounds per game (8^th in the MIAA)
• Trey Sampson leads the Griffons with 12.2 points per game
• Aaron Emmanuel has averaged 10.6 points, 6.3 rebounds, and 2.8 assist per game
• Senior Kevin Thomas grabs 6.9 rebounds per game
• Defensively, Cole Clearman averages 1.7 steals per game (8^th in the MIAA)

Missouri Southern

• Missouri Southern has a 5-4 record and is currently 2-1 in conference
• The Lions suffered a loss to Northwest Missouri in their last game 89-77 on Wednesday night
• MSSU has scored an average of 80.2 points per game this season (5^th in the MIAA)
• Missouri Southern shoots 40% from three-point range as a team
• Taevaunn Prince averages 24.3 points per game (2^nd in the MIAA) and 11.2 rebounds per game (1^st in the MIAA)
• Prince has converted 56% of his field goals this season (4^th in the MIAA)
• Austin Wright averages 35 minutes per game (4^th in the MIAA)
• DJ Feitl averages 1.6 steals per game (10^th in the MIAA)