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ST. JOSEPH – Men's Basketball will look to extend their winning streak to three games as they take on Northeastern St. on Thursday night starting at 7:30.

The Series
The Griffons have won the last two meeting in the series including an 84-69 win at home on January 2^nd earlier this season. Northeastern St. beat MWSU last time in Tahlequah 73-70 which was in 2013.

The Coaches
Brett Weiberg is in his third season at Missouri Western and tenth as a head coach overall. He is 30-46 in his time at Missouri Western and 169-151 overall. Prior to becoming the head coach at Missouri Western, Weiberg spent seven seasons as head coach at Northern Oklahoma College.

Jason Tinsley is in his second year as head coach with the RiverHawks. Tinsley has a cumulative record of 13-34 over the past two years. Prior to going to Northeastern St., Tinsley was a head coach at Louisiana College for four-years.

Missouri Western

• Missouri Western now holds an 8-15 overall record and 6-11 MIAA record
• The Griffons currently sit in 12^th place in the MIAA standings
• Missouri Western earned two victories last week, beating Lindenwood and Lincoln
• The Griffons currently have an away record of 0-9 this season
• MWSU averages 72.4 points per game
• Missouri Western has 396 made free throws (3^rd in the MIAA)
• The Griffons are making an average of 7.3 three-pointers per game
• MWSU is now 6-0 when making at least 10 three-pointers in a game
• The Griffons have 811 total rebounds this season (3^rd in the MIAA)
• Trey Sampson averages 13.3 points per game, converting on 87 percent of his free throws
• Guard Aaron Emmanuel averages 11 points per game and leads the team in rebounds at six per game
• Emmanuel also averages four assist per game (6^th in the MIAA)
• Mataika Koyamainavure leads the team while shooting 54 percent
• The Griffons have eight players averaging at least 17 minutes per game

Northeastern State

• Northeastern St. is currently 6-14 overall and 5-11 in conference action
• NSU currently sits in 13^th place in the MIAA
• The RiverHawks have a home record of 5-4
• Last week, NSU suffered a 70-66 loss to Central Oklahoma
• The RiverHawks average 76.6 points per game (5^th in the MIAA)
• As a team, they average 14.1 assist per game (3^rd in the MIAA)
• NSU grabs an average of 14.5 offensive rebounds per game (1^st in the MIAA)
• Defensively, the RiverHawks average 7.6 steals per game (2^nd in the MIAA)
• Dakota Caudill and Trey Mohair average 13.8 and 13.7 points, respectively
• Caudill also leads the team in rebounds at 5.8 per game
• Mohair leads the team in steals and assist this season, ranking in the top five in each category in the MIAA
• Erick Broadnax is the only RiverHawk to start all 20 games