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Opponent: Missouri Southern
Time: Thursday, February 9th; 7:30 PM
Location: Meyer Sports Center; Bolivar, Missouri

Bolivar, Mo. - Southwest Baptist returns home for a pair of home games this week starting with Missouri Southern on Thursday.

The Coaches & The All-Time Series
SBU head coach Clark Sheehy begins his third season on the SBU bench after compiling a 21-36 (11-30 MIAA) record while at SBU. Coach Sheehy holds a career coaching record of 203-137 across eleven seasons while coaching six different All-Americans and over 20 athletes that have moved on to play professional basketball.

Jeff Boschee begins his 3rd season as the head coach at Missouri Southern. Boschee holds a career coaching record of 38-23 all at MSSU.

Missouri Southern leads the all-time series against Southwest Baptist 53-42. The Lions picked up a 80-70 victory over the Bearcats last season in Bolivar.

Scouting the Bearcats
The Bearcats come into the game against Missouri Southern 12-10 (5-8 MIAA) and are coming off of a 71-61 loss at Central Oklahoma. SBU is led in scoring by Logan Hovey who is averaging 12.1 ppg, while Brian Patterson averages 10.4 ppg and a team high 5.5 65rpg. Cartree Pettis leads the Bearcats in assists with 3.0 apg to go along with 6.5 ppg. SBU presents a balanced scoring attack with 10 players averaging over five points a piece. SBU shoots 46.5% from the field, 36.2% from beyond the arc, 68.2% from the line, and average 72.6 ppg.

Scouting the Lions
Missouri Southern comes into the game against Southwest Baptist 14-8 (8-5 MIAA) and are coming off of an 88-70 victory over Pittsburg State. Missouri Southern is led in scoring by CJ Carr who averages 20.1 ppg and 5.6 apg. The Lions also have three others players averaging double-figures in JJ Cratit (15.0 ppg), Elyjah Clark (14.4 ppg), and LJ Ross (11.2 ppg). Lawrence Brown pulls down a team high 8.2 rpg. As a team MSSU shoots 44.0% from the field, 35.6% from beyond the arc, 77.0% from the line, and average 85.2 ppg.