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ST. JOSEPH – The Griffons look to gain ground in the MIAA standings as tournament time approaches. Missouri Western will face off against their rival Northwest Missouri St. on Saturday at 3:30 p.m.

The Series
Missouri Western trails the all-time series 47-35 and has lost six straight to the Bearcats. The Griffons last win came in 2013 at home, earning a 71-58 victory. The Griffons suffered a 66-60 loss earlier this season.

The Coaches
Brett Weiberg is in his third season at Missouri Western and tenth as a head coach overall. He is 31-46 in his time at Missouri Western and 170-151 overall. Prior to becoming the head coach at Missouri Western, Weiberg spent seven seasons as head coach at Northern Oklahoma College.

Ben McCollum is the head coach for Northwest Missouri St. and has accumulated 133-69 overall record in his seven seasons. Before coming back to Northwest, McCollum served four years as an assistant at Emporia State.

Missouri Western

• The Griffons are 9-16 overall and 7-12 in the MIAA competition
• Missouri Western sits in 12^th place in the MIAA standings
• MWSU has won three of their last four games, including wins over Lindenwood, Lincoln and Central Oklahoma
• The Griffons beat Central Oklahoma last Saturday for their first road win of the season
• Missouri Western averages 72.6 points per game and shoot 42 percent from the field
• The Griffons have grabbed a total of 876 rebounds (2^nd in the MIAA)
• Defensively, MWSU allows opponents to shoot just 36 percent from three-point (3^rd in the MIAA)
• Missouri Western shoots 74 percent from the free throw line (6^th in the MIAA)
• Freshman Miles Wentizen has averaged 14 points over the last four games
• Trey Sampson puts up 12.9 points per game this season and converts on 86 percent of his free throws
• Guard Aaron Emmanuel averages 4.1 assist and 6.2 rebounds per game, leading the team in both categories
• Sophomore Cole Clearman scored a career-high against Central Oklahoma with 25 points
• Sampson and Emmanuel are the only Griffons averaging 30 minutes or more

Northwest Missouri St.

• Northwest owns a 19-5 overall record and 16-3 MIAA record
• The Bearcats are in first place in the MIAA standings
• NWMSU has already clinched the regular season championship and clinched a spot in Kansas City
• Northwest Missouri is currently on a nine game winning streak
• The Bearcats average 76 points per game and have a +9.7 scoring margin (1^st in the MIAA)
• Northwest Missouri St. shoots 49 percent from the field (2^nd in the MIAA)
• NWMSU limit their turnovers to 8.9 per game (1^st in the MIAA)
• Guard Justin Pitts averages 21 points per game (5^th in the MIAA)
• Chis Ebou Ndow leads the team, grabbing six rebounds per game
• Seven players average over 20 minutes for the Bearcats