Joplin, Mo. -- The Missouri Southern men's basketball team will head back out on the road as the Lions will travel to St. Joseph to take on Missouri Western. Tip off is slated for 7:30 pm on Thursday night.
Game Information
Teams: Missouri Southern (10-7, 10-7 MIAA) at Missouri Western (8-7, 8-7 MIAA)
Date: Feb. 11, 2021
Tip-Off: 7:30 pm
Location: St. Joseph, Mo.
Site: MWSU Fieldhouse
Series Record: Southern leads 53-47
Coaches: Jeff Boschee (134-67 overall/at MSSU - 7th year). Will Martin (8-7 overall/at MWSU - 1st year)
Media Coverage
MSSU Radio: Mike McClure Play by play - Fox Sports Joplin - 101.3, 107.9 FM, AM 1560 & 1340; KXMS 88.7 FM
Live Audio/Video/Stats - https://www.mssulions.com/coverage
Lions on Facebook: Facebook.com/mososports
Lions on Twitter: @mososports; @mssumensbball
The Series
Southern leads the series with Western 53-47. The, Lions have won the last 21-of-28 match-ups. Southern is 37-12 at home, but just 15-33 in St. Joseph and 1-2 on neutral courts. Western dominated the series from 1988-1999 when the Griffons won 16-of-21 games. The 97 games played against Western is the third-most the Lions have played against a single school, behind Pittsburg State (104) and Southwest Baptist (97).
MIAA Team Stat Leaders
The Lions lead the league in blocks per game, defensive rebounds per game, total assists, total blocks, total rebounds and total rebounds per game. Southern ranks second in assists per game, and rebound margin, while ranking third in three point attempts, field goal percentage, field goal defense, free throw attempts, free throws made, scoring, three pointers per game, three point defense, and total three pointers made per game.
NCAA Team Stat Leaders
Southern ranks second nationally in total blocks and total rebounds, while ranking fourth in both free throws made and attempted. The Lions rank fifth in total assists, eighth in total three pointers made, 11th in defensive rebounds per game and 12th in three point field goal attempts.
MIAA Individual Stat Leaders
Cam Martin leads the MIAA in blocks, defensive rebounds, free throw attemps, free throws made, scoring, total blocks, total field goal attempts, total field goals made, total minutes total points and total rebounds. Martin ranks second in double-doubles, field goal percentage and rebounds. Stan Scott is second in blocks and third in blocks.
NCAA Individual Stat Leaders
Martin ranks in the top five nationally in ten different categories including leading D2 in total field goals, total points and total rebounds. Martin ranks second nationally in free throw attempts, total field goal attempts and total minutes, while ranking third in scoring and double-doubles and fourth in both defensive rebounds and free throws made. Martin also ranks 14th nationally in total blocks. Stan Scott ranks 18th in total minutes, while Lawson Jenkins ranks 24th in three point attempts.
See Stan Score
Stan Scott obliterated his previous career-high in scoring against Fort Hays State as the senior scored 32 points on the evening. His previous career high was 20. Stan went 11-of-20 from the field and added ten rebounds on the night.
He's On Fire
Christian Bundy started the game at Rogers State 6-of-6 from the field and 4-of-4 from the three-point line and finished with a career-high 25 points, as well as his first double-double of the season with 10 rebounds.
Score Some Points Young One
Lawson Jenkins has been making the most out of his insertion into the starting lineup and the freshman went out and had a career game at Northastern State as he scored 29 points on 7-of-12 from the field and 9-of-10 from the free throw line.
Records Watch
Cam Martin sits in five different MSSU career categories for the Lions. Martin currently has the top career scoring average at 23.9, while ranking third in career field goal percentage (.595), career rebounds (756), and career scoring (1,908), while ranking fifth in blocks (99).
Cam You Score A Lot
Cam Martin put himself amongst the Missouri Southern single-season scoring leaders when he became only the second Lion to ever score 700 or more points, joining Taevaunn Prince in that category last season. He finished with 720 which is the second most scored in a single-season at MSSU. Martin eclipsed his total from that season with 746 last year and is the only player in Southern history to do that twice in a career.
Cam You Score A Lot II
Cam Martin set the MSSU single-game scoring record at Missouri Western in 2019-20 as he scored 54 points against the Griffons. The 54 points was the most scored in Division II that year and Cam was one of only four players to hit the 50-point plateau last year. Martin had two of the top-eight scoring games that season in Division II.
The Century Mark
Jeff Boschee won his 100th career game at Missouri Southern against Washburn in the 2019 NCAA Tournament. He became the quickest to 100 wins in MSSU history. The previous mark was Frank Davis who reached 100 wins in 161 games. Boschee did it in 152 games.
Bevo Francis Watchlist
For the second year in a row, Cam Martin was named to the Bevo Francis Award Watchlist. The award goes to the best player in small school basketball which encompasses Division II, Division III, and the NAIA.
Three-Point Streak
The Lions failed to make a three-pointer at Arkansas Tech in their match-up in 2012-13. It was the first time in 403 games that Southern had failed to hit a three pointer, dating back to Jan. 20, 1999 against Missouri S&T. The Lions have had a three in 252-straight games since Arkansas Tech in 2012-13.
20-20 Court Vision
Cam Martin had 24 points and 21 rebounds against Lincoln on Feb. 4. He became the first Lion since Slim Magee to have a 20-20 game. Magee had 24 points and 20 rebounds in the opening-round of the 2014 MIAA Tournament (3-7-14). The 21 rebounds is tied for fifth-most in a single game at MSSU.
Perfection
For just the third time in program history, the Lions went perfect at home during the 2018-19 season (13-0). Only the 1969-70 (11-0) and the 1999-2000 (18-0) teams were also perfect at home. The Lions are 67-15 in Jeff Boschee's tenure at home.
Active NCAA Division II Career Leaders
Cam Martin is in rare company among the active career leaders in NCAA Division II. Martin currently is the active career leader in total points, scoring average, free throws made and free throws attempted. Martin ranks second in rebounds and double-doubles.
A Group Of Few
Including his stats from his freshman year at Jacksonville State, Cam Martin is one of just five active individuals in all of NCAA men's basketball to have at least 1,700 points and 800 rebounds. He ranks third on the list and is one of two D-2 players on the list. Martin leads Division II in that category.
Rare Air
Cam Martin has become the second person in MSSU history to have at least 1,700 points and 700 rebounds, joining John Thomas who finished his career with 1,700 points and 1,536 rebounds.
Reachin' A Grand
Cam Martin went over the 1,000 point plateau with his 26 points against Nebraska-Kearney on Jan. 6, 2020. Martin accomplished the feat in 45 games, the fastest Lion to hit that mark. He currently has 1,908 points in his career and is in 3rd place on the all-time scoring list, passing Carl Tyler who had 1,902 points. Next up on the list is Jason Adams with 1,981 points for second-place all-time.
Lions In The Pros
Currently, there are nine active former Lions playing professionally in Europe or overseas. Skyler Bowlin (Iraklis - Greece), Elyjah Clark (Ankara Basket - Turkey), Enis Memic (Spars - Bosina), Vincent Ateba (Saint Vallier - France), Keane Thomann (BAC - Denmark), Marquis Addison (Sibiu - Romania), CJ Carr (Fjolnir - Iceland), JJ Cratit (TSV - Germany) and Jordan Talbert (Wolmirsted - Germany) all are playing professionally.
D1 Transfers
Southern welcomes in two Division I transfers to this year's team in RJ Smith and Yagizhan Selcuk. Smith came to the Lions from Sam Houston State where he started all 31 games a season ago. Selcuk came to Southern from Montana where he saw limited action as a sophomore.
How Do You Say That?
Newcomer Yagizhan Selcuk will most likely have to pronounce his name for many PA announcers this year, but to help out, we call him Yagi for short. You can pronounce his name Yagi Sell-Chook.
Up Next
The Lions will be back on the road with a game at Northwest Missouri on Saturday.
