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GLVC Basketball Championship Central

Date: March 5, 2020
Time: 7:30 PM
Location: Edwardsville, IL 

Edwardsville, Ill. - Southwest Baptist (20-8, 13-7 GLVC) will compete in the GLVC Championship Tournament for the first time in SBU history.

SCOUTING THE BEARCATS
The Bearcats hit 20 wins for the first time since 2009-10 and won 13 conference games, their most since 2008-09. In the regular season standings, SBU tied for 4th place with Bellarmine, Southern Indiana, and Drury. The Bearcats went 3-1 against those teams. Due to the Point Rating System, SBU received the 7 seed in the tournament, set to take on 2 seeded University of Indianapolis.

The Bearcats come into the 2019-20 season following an appearance in the MIAA Tournament last season. Finishing with a 13-15 (7-12 MIAA) regular season record, the Bearcats received the #10 seed in the conference tournament. In the first round, SBU edged out #7 Lindenwood 76-75, becoming the first #10 seed to win a game in the MIAA Tournament and picking up their first conference tournament win since 2006. Washburn put an end to SBU's run in the second round with a 77-58 final score. The Bearcats are now full-time member of the Great Lakes Valley Conference which consists of 16 teams. Lindenwood is also making the move from the MIAA to the GLVC. Three starters return for SBU, Godfrey Rolle, Damian Prgomet, and Quinn Nelson. In addition to those three starters, Tyler Williams and Lucas Brueggemann also return from last year's roster. This year's roster consists of 16 total players, 11 of those being new faces. The breakdown of the roster is 2 seniors, 5 juniors, 4 sophomores, and 5 freshmen. 

SCOUTING THE GREYHOUNDS
The Indianapolis Greyhounds (Indianapolis, IN) come into the GLVC Tournament hot, currently riding an 8 game winning streak. Their last loss was against Illinois Springfield, falling 86-89 in overtime. UIndy handed #1 Bellarmine their first loss of the season on the Monday before SBU defeated the Knights. Two games ago, the Greyhounds barely beat McKendree 96-91, and dominated Southern Indiana 88-76. The Greyhounds have five players averaging double-digit points, with Trevor Lakes leading at 15.9. Lakes is also second on the team in rebounds, averaging 6.1 per game. Marcus Latham and Jimmy King are averaging 13.4 and 13.1 per game, King with 181 assists on the season. King was also named First Team All-GLVC.

THE COACHES
SBU head coach Clark Sheehy begins his sixth season on the SBU bench after compiling a 62-83 (32-66 MIAA) record while at SBU. Coach Sheehy holds a career coaching record of 244-189 across fourteen seasons while coaching six different All-Americans and over 40 athletes that have moved on to play professional basketball.

Stan Gouard returns as the head coach for Indianapolis for his 12th season. From 2010-16, Gouard led the Greyhounds to six consecutive NCAA Tounament appearances, including a #1 national ranking in 2014-15 and 2013-14 GLVC Coach of the Year. Gouard played for Southern Indiana, and served as an assistant coach there as well. Last year, Gouard led UIndy to a 19-10 (12-6 GLVC) record, falling to Drury in the first round of the GLVC Tournament.

ALL-TIME SERIES
The Bearcats trail the all-time series 1-2. The teams met previously on January 25, where the Greyhounds defeated the Bearcats 78-97. Godfrey Rolle and Damian Prgomet each had 16 points in the game, as the team shot 51.9% from the field. UIndy shot 52.1% from the field, and had 21 points off turnovers.