Men Play With Big Opportunity

1/19/2017 12:29:00 PM

By: LC Sports Information

After a much needed victory last week over a solid Belhaven team, the Louisiana College Wildcat men's basketball team has an opportunity to jump into mix of the ASC East race if they can get the wins they need over Ozarks and UT Dallas. Despite still searching for their first conference win in mid-January, LC can move into fourth in the East standings as they are just one game behind both Ozarks and Dallas in the standings entering the weekend.

Ozarks | 6-9 (1-8) 5th ASC East

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The Eagles have lost their last two games in a row to East leading LeTourneau and UT Tyler, and five of their last six games overall. They have one conference win thus far on the season, a 104-92 victory in their first ASC game of the season over Mary Hardin-Baylor. Even with the low conference win total Ozarks has one of the most potent offenses in the conference, ranking second in scoring at 88.0 points per game, but rank near the bottom in scoring defense allowing 92.1 points to their opponents. The offense is led by the conferences top scorer, Josh Berard, who puts in an average of 24.9 points per game, the only player in the ASC averaging 20 plus points per game. The Eagles have two other players in double digits scoring on the season, Jace Richardson with 19.3 ppg, third best in the conference, and Dylan Gray with 15.5 points per game. The team is shooting 45.5% from the floor and 72.5% from the free throw line.

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UT Dallas | 3-13 (2-7) 4th ASC East

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After being picked to win the ASC East before the season began, the Comets have struggled through the first couple months of the season winning two conference games, and three overall. They are on a four game losing streak entering Thursday's game with ETBU, all conference losses. Their two conference wins came over Ozarks at the beginning of December and McMurry two weeks ago over McMurry. Dallas ranks 11th in the conference in scoring, just ahead of LC, at 75.0 points per game and allowing 82.0 points to their opponents. They have a 41.3% field goal percentage, 71.3% free throw percent, and 31.8% 3-point percentage. Three Comets average more than 10 points per game, Caleb Banks with 13.4, Kyle Coulter at 13.0, and Jon Hatcher with 12.6 points per game. Regan Keogh leads the team in rebounding with 6.0 boards per game.

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Louisiana College | 3-10 (0-7) 6th ASC East

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The Wildcats picked up a much needed win last week over Belhaven, where Raheem Regis extended his double digit scoring streak to 10 consecutive games with his third 20 point effort of the season. Freshman,Taylan Grogan and sophomore Timothy Stokes have also played well for LC the last couple weeks. Grogan is averaging 14.8 points over his last five games and Stokes is averaging 6.4 points, 3.8 assists, and 2.6 rebounds per game over that same stretch. On the season the Wildcats are putting in 74.9 points per game on 46.4% shooting, 12th in the ASC in scoring but 4th in field goal percentage. Regis is the team's leading scorer and rebounder with 17.1 points and 7.6 rebounds per game. LC will be without their second and fourth best scorers and second and third best rebounds for the trip in John Parker and Steve Evans missing the next two games.

Tip-off for Thursday's game against Ozarks is scheduled for 7:30 pm after the conclusion of the women's game in Clarksville, AR. Saturday's game will begin at 3 pm after the conclusion of the women's game against UT Dallas. Track the game via video or stats with the links provided above or follow @LC_MBSK on Twitter to score updates.

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