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GAME NOTES | SAU | QU |

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GAME NOTES | SAU | TSU |

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Tipping Off
The Southern Arkansas men's basketball team is back in action for the first time in two weeks this weekend as they will take part in the Quincy University Subway Holiday Tournament with games against host-Quincy University on Saturday and Truman State University on Sunday. In getting back on the court, the Muleriders will also be looking to end their current two-game skid, with both losses coming at home in Great American Conference play.

The long trek to Illinois for the Muleriders will serve as a homecoming of sorts for two seniors on the men's basketball team as Alvin Braddock and Kevin Jordan are both natives of Illinois. Braddock is a product of Kankakee, Ill., which is about four hours from Quincy, Ill., while Jordan, who hails from Peoria, Ill., is a mere 2.25 hours from where the Muleriders will play this weekend.

This will also be the first meeting for Southern Arkansas against both Quincy and Truman State.

SCOUTING QUINCY
The Quincy men's basketball team enters play this weekend with a 5-4 overall record. Of their five wins this season, four have come at home as they are 4-1 inside the Pepsi Arena. Most-recently, the Hawks are coming off of a 91-76 loss to Truman State on the road. That loss to Truman (SAU's opponent on Sunday), snapped a five-game winning streak for the Hawks, who started the season 0-3.

On the young season, the Hawks are averaging 81.7 points per game, which ranks fifth in their conference, the Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC). Defensively, the Hawks have 8th-ranked scoring defense in the GLVC at 73.7 points per game and their +8.0 scoring margin ranks seventh in their league.

As a team, the Hawks are shooting .480 (278-of-579) overall from the floor which includes a shooting mark of .372 (71-of-191) from long range. From the free throw line, the Hawks are shooting .750 (108-of-144).

Individually, the Hawks have three players who are averaging double figures in scoring with Joseph Tagarelli leading the team at 17.8 points per game. Evan McGaughey is next at 11.7 ppg and Thomas Jackson rounds out double-figure scoring at 10.2 ppg. Both Taragelli and McGaughey are the top-two rebounders for the Hawks as each haul in an average of at least 6.4 rebounds per game.

COACH
The Hawks are coached by Marty Bell, who is in his 13th season as the head coach at Quincy. In his 12 previous seasons, Bell has amassed a 195-151 overall record and has reached the 20-plus win mark three times. Bell recently reached career win #200 in a 77-67 win over Rockhurst on December 5th.

His best season at Quincy came in 2009-10 when he led the Hawks to a 23-9 overall record. That year, Bell's Hawks appeared in the NCAA Division II National Tournament and advanced as far as the Sweet Sixteen.

THE SERIES
This will be the first meeting all-time between the Muleriders and the Hawks of Quincy University.
 

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SCOUTING TRUMAN STATE
The Truman State men's basketball team enters play this weekend with a 7-3 overall record. The Bulldogs are also currently on a three-game winning streak with their most-recent victory coming against SAU's opponent on Saturday, Quincy.

On the young season, the Bulldogs are averaging 81.6 points per game, which ranks sixth in their conference, the Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC). Defensively, the Bulldogs have 5th-ranked scoring defense in the GLVC at 72.5 points per game and their +9.1 scoring margin ranks fifth in their league.

As a team, the Bulldogs are shooting .470 (287-of-610) overall from the floor which includes a shooting mark of .322 (87-of-270) from long range. From the free throw line, the Bulldogs are shooting .721 (155-of-215).

Individually, the Bulldogs have four regular players who are averaging double figures in scoring with Cory Myers leading the team at 13.4 points per game. EKyle Kanaskie is next at 12.5 ppg . Just behind Kanaskie is Connor Erickson at 12.2 ppg and Cole Myers rounds out double-figure scoring at 10.0 ppg.

The Myers twins are the top-two rebounders for the Bulldogs as Cory leads the team at 5.4 rebounds per game while Cole is next at 4.3 rebounds per game.

COACH
The Bulldogs are coached by Chris Foster, who is in his second season as the head coach at Truman State. In his first season at the helm last year, Foster led the Bulldogs to a 20-10 overall record, advancing as far as the quarterfinals of the GLVC Tournament.

THE SERIES
This will be the first meeting all-time between the Muleriders and the Bulldogs of Truman State University.

ON TAP
The Muleriders will go on another lengthy break from action over the Christmas Holiday break as they will not hit the hardwood for a competitive game until the calendar turns to the 2016. Even then, the Muleriders will remain on the road as they jump back into GAC play with games at Oklahoma Baptist on Thursday, January 7 and Southern Nazarene on Saturday, January 9.