Homestand Includes Restart Of GLVC Action
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USI Men’s Basketball Week 7 Notes:Â
USI in Las Vegas Classic. USI was 1-1 in the Rollins Las Vegas Classic prior to the winter break in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Screaming Eagles dropped a close game with 12th-ranked West Texas A&M University, 65-62, before bouncing back to defeat Midwestern State University, 78-70. Junior guard/forward Nate Hansen led the Eagles on the trip with 18 points per game, including a season-high 23 points in the win over Midwestern State. Junior guard Alex Stein followed with 16.0 points per game, including a team-best 19-point performance in the loss to West Texas A&M.
Eagle Highs. Five Eagles reached career and season-highs during the Las Vegas Classic. In the win over Midwestern State, senior forward DayJar Dickson posted a career-high 16 points and four assists, while posting his first double-double of the season with 11 rebounds; junior guard/forward Nate Hansen scored a season-high 23 points; senior guard Marcellous Washington tied a season-best with seven assists and three steals; and freshman guard Mateo Rivera grabbed a season-high five rebounds. In the loss to West Texas A&M; senior forward Julius Rajala tied a career-high with two steals.
Leaders through 12 games. USI has three players averaging double-digits through 10 games in 2017-18. Junior guard Alex Stein leads the scorers with 17.8 points per game, while junior guard/forward Nate Hansen and senior guard Marcellous Washington round out the double-digit scorers with 15.6 and 13.7 points per contest, respectively. Senior forward DayJar Dickson leads the Eagles on the glass with 7.1 rebounds per outing.
USI at home for three-straight. The Eagles return from winter break to host a three-game homestand at the Physical Activities Center. The three-game set includes ninth-ranked Lake Superior State University (December 30), Ohio Valley University (December 31), and re-start GLVC action against the University of Missouri-St. Louis (January 4).
- USI vs. #9 Lake Superior State. USI is 0-1 all-time against Lake Superior State, falling to the Lakers in the 2015 D2 Las Vegas Showdown, 91-73. USI junior guard Alex Stein led the Eagles as a freshman with 19 points.
- USI vs. Ohio Valley. USI leads the all-time series with Ohio Valley, 7-0, after defeating the Fighting Scots, 103-48, in last December’s Bill Joergens Memorial Classic. The Eagles had six players in double-digits, led by guard Kyle Aiton’s 19 points.
- USI vs. Missouri-St. Louis. USI leads the all-time series with UMSL, 36-11, 30-2 in conference play. The Eagles also has a 20-4 all-time mark against the Tritons at home, 18-1 in league action. Guards Jeril Taylor and Cortez Macklin led the Eagles to a 71-58 victory last year with 18 and 14 points, respectively.
LSSU in 2017-18. LSSU is 11-1 in 2017-18 and is on a eight-game winning streak that includes a victory over top-five Ferris State University. The Lakers are ranked ninth in the D2SIDA top 25, 15th in the NABC poll.
Ohio Valley in 2017-18. OVU comes to the PAC on a seven-game losing streak after starting the year with a victory.
UMSL in 2017-18. The Tritons, who play Lindenwood University December 31 prior to visiting USI, are 8-3 in 2017-18 and entered the winter break on a five-game winning streak.
