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STORY LINES
• The Central Missouri Mules return home for the first time in February to host Lindenwood on Wednesday night at 7:30 p.m.
• The Mules will look to snap a three-game losing streak and stay atop the MIAA standings.
• The Mules come in at 15-6 overall and 9-4 and in a first place tie in the MIAA standings following a 93-81 loss at Missouri Southern on Saturday night.
• The loss at Missouri Southern was the third straight loss for UCM, marking the third consecutive season that the Mules have had a losing streak of at least three games.
• Lindenwood comes into the game at 15-6 overall and 8-5 in MIAA play following a 61-52 loss at Emporia State on Saturday afternoon.

QUICK HITS
• Central Missouri is in its 108th season of men's basketball.
• Central Missouri is second all-time in wins in NCAA Division II with 1,578.
• The Mules are averaging 75.5 points per game and giving up 68.4 points per contest this year.
• Central Missouri is shooting 46 percent from the floor, but 34 percent from three-point range. The Mules give up 42 percent shooting overall and 35 percent from beyond the arc.
• In their 15 wins, UCM is holding the opposition to 39 percent shooting, while they shoot 46 percent from the field. In their five losses, the Mules have given up 48 percent shooting overall and 50 percent from beyond the three-point line.
• The Mules are forcing 14.0 turnovers per game, while committing 13.0 turnovers of their own per contest.
• The Mules were 19-8 a season ago and captured a share of the MIAA regular season championship, the fourth under head coach Kim Anderson.
• The 2011-12 season was the ninth straight year that Central Missouri won at least 18 games, the longest active streak in the MIAA. The longest streak in MIAA history is 11 seasons, held by NW Missouri State from 1997-2008.

SERIES HISTORY
• This will be the fourth meeting between Central Missouri and Lindenwood and the second in the last 11 days.
• UCM holds a 2-1 lead in the series.
• Lindenwood won the first meeting this season 83-82 in St. Charles on February 2.
• The Mules are 0-1 against the Lions during the Kim Anderson era.
• This will be the first meeting between the two schools in Warrensburg since the 1981-82 season.

LAST MEETING WITH LINDENWOOD
• The Lions hit two free throws with five seconds remaining to beat Central Missouri 83-82 back on February 2 in St. Charles.
• Reggie Stallings had hit a three-pointer with 10 seconds left to put UCM in front 82-81.
• The Mules shot 44 percent for the game and 38 percent from beyond the arc, while the Lions shot 44 percent from the field and 67 percent from three-point range.
• The Mules led 40-37 at halftime, but Lindenwood opened the second half on a 19-2 run to open a 14-point lead with just over 13 minutes left in the game.
• UCM rallied with a 21-9 run over the final six minutes to take the lead before the Lions sank the game-winning free throws.
• Charles Hammork led the Mules with a career-high 20 points on 8-of-11 shooting. Stallings had 17 points, while Dominique Long finished with 15 and Matt Webb chipped in 12.
• The Mules out-rebounded Lindenwood 39-35, but the Lions actually held a 10-8 advantage in second chance points.
• Lindenwood made 10-of-15 three-point attempts and was 21-of-24 from the foul line, while UCM was just 12-of-16 from the charity stripe.

SCOUTING LINDENWOOD
• The Lions enter the contest at 15-6 overall and 8-5 in MIAA play after a 61-52 loss at Emporia State on Saturday afternoon.
• Lindenwood is under the direction of fourth-year head coach Brad Soderberg. LWU has compiled a 95-25 mark during his time in St. Charles. He has a career mark of 306-172 in his 17th season as a college head coach.
• The Lions come in averaging 78.0 points per game offensively, while giving up 67.1 per outing.
• LWU shoots 48 percent from the field, 38 percent from the three-point line and 75 percent from the charity stripe.
• Opponents are shooting 40 percent from the floor and 32 percent from beyond the arc.
• Lindenwood has attempted 208 more free throws than their opponents this season.
• The Lions are led in scoring by Alex Bazzell's 17.0 points per game. He also averages 6.6 assists and 4.4 rebounds per contest. He has attempted 210 free throws this season, while LWU opponents have attempted 336.
• Cody Sorenson is averaging 11.5 points per game and Richie Thompson chips in 10.4 per contest.
• The Lions are out-rebounding their opponents by nearly seven boards per game

LAST TIME OUT
• Missouri Southern shot 51 percent from the field and 50 percent from beyond the arc and answered every run UCM had in a 93-81 Lion win on Saturday night in Joplin.
• The Mules shot 52 percent from the field, but were just 3-of-18 from three-point range and turned the ball over 15 times in the loss.
• MSSU made 6-of-12 from beyond the arc and RJ Leverette scored 23 points to pace the Lion attack.
• Widgett Washington led UCM with 19 points and seven assists. Alex Dean had a season-high 17 points, while Dominique Long had 12. Charles Hammork and Matt Webb also finished in double figures with 11 and 10 points, respectively.
• UCM had 15 assists and 15 turnovers, while MSSU had 18 assists and nine turnovers.
• The Mules out-rebounded the Lions 37-32, but MSSU was 19-of-23 from the foul line compared to just 8-of-11 for the Mules.

MULES IN MIAA PLAY
• The Mules are 139-62 in MIAA play during the Kim Anderson era and 9-4 this season after the 93-81 loss at Missouri Southern on February 9.
• UCM was 15-5 in conference play last year earning a share of the MIAA regular season title, the fourth under Anderson.
• Central Missouri's best MIAA record under Anderson was an 18-2 mark in the 2009-10 season.
• The Mules have captured four MIAA regular season championships and three MIAA tournament titles under Kim Anderson.

THE MULES AT HOME
• Central Missouri is 138-21 at the Multipurpose Building under Kim Anderson after the 60-50 win over Northwest Missouri on January 26.
• Over the last eight years, UCM is 121-11 at home. Over that same time period the Mules are 49-1 against non-conference opponents at home and 72-10 in MIAA play.
• The Mules are 449-88 in their 37th season playing home games at the Multi.

THE MULES ON THE ROAD
• The Mules are 62-51 in road games during the Kim Anderson era and 3-4 this season following the 93-81 loss at Missouri Southern on Saturday night.
• UCM was 7-4 on the road last season.

A UCM WIN WOULD...
• Give the Mules a 16-6 overall record and a 10-4 mark in MIAA play and keep UCM in at least a tie for first place with Fort Hays State
• Even the season series with Lindenwood at 1-1.
• Snap a season-high three-game losing streak.
• Give the Mules an 11-0 record at home this season.

A UCM LOSS WOULD...
• Drop the Mules to 15-7 overall and 9-5 in MIAA play and possibly drop them out of a first place tie in the conference standings.
• Give UCM four straight losses for the first time since the 2007-08 season.
• Give Lindenwood a sweep of the season series and even the all-time series record at 2-2.

LONG LEADING THE CHARGE
• Senior forward Dominique Long is 11th in the MIAA in scoring at 15.1 points per game. Last year, he finished ninth in the league at 12.7 points per contest.
• The Waynesville, Mo. native is also seventh in the league in free throw percentage at 83.2 percent. He shot 85.8 percent at the line last season, the ninth best single-season total in school history.
• Long is also ninth in the league in three-point field goal percentage at 40.9. He has made 38-of-93 three-point attempts.

HIGH PERCENTAGE SHOTS
• Senior forward Matt Webb and junior guard Charles Hammork are 10th and 11th, respectively in the MIAA in field goal percentage. Webb is shooting 52.4 percent, 75-of-143, while Hammork has made 77-of-148 shot attempts for 52.0 percent.

WASHINGTON DISTRIBUTING THE BALL
• Senior guard Widgett Washington leads the team and has moved up to fourth in the MIAA in assists at 5.3 per game. There are seven players in the MIAA averaging 4.4 assists/game or better. Craig Nicholson of FHSU leads the league at 7.6 per game.
• Washington is second in the MIAA with a 2.2 assist-to-turnover ratio. He has 98 assists to 44 turnovers.

ANDERSON LEADING THE WAY
• Central Missouri head coach Kim Anderson has compiled a career record of 237-88 (.729) in his 11th season leading the Mules.
• He has led UCM to four MIAA regular season titles, more than any other coach in school history, three MIAA tournament championships, two Regional championships and two Final Four appearances.
• Anderson recorded career win No. 200 with a 65-61 win against Washburn on February 9, 2011.
• Anderson is one of only five coaches in Central Missouri history to record 100 or more career wins - Anderson (237), Tad. C. Reid (178), Earl Keth (159), Jim Wooldridge (131) and Lynn Nance (114).
• Three of the top nine single-season scoring leaders in Central Missouri history have come during the tenure of head coach Kim Anderson.

MULES BASKETBALL HISTORY
• In the 108th season of UCM basketball the Mules have compiled a 1,578-917 (.632) record in 2,495 total games.
• The Mules have won 20 or more games 21 times in the history of the program.
• Central Missouri has won 30 or more games twice, both during the Kim Anderson era.
• The Mules are the second winningest program by victories in NCAA-II.
• UCM has won or shared 22 MIAA regular season championships and five MIAA tournament titles.

THE NEXT LEVEL
• In the Kim Anderson era, 20 former players have gone on to play professional basketball.
• Seven players are either currently playing professionally or on a professional roster - Zack Wright (Greece, Rethimno), Sanijay Watts (Germany, USC Heidelberg), Esian Henderson (Czech Republic, Levice), Manny Richardson (ABA, Battle Creek Knights), Joel Barkers (Greece, Aris Thessolonikki), Michael Hicks (Poland, Polpharma-Pakmet) and Kevin Wollbrinck (France).

A TRADITION OF EXCELLENCE IN THE ATHLETIC ARENA
• Following the fall 2012 season, Central Missouri has won a combined 191 MIAA regular-season conference championships in 14 league sports to lead all schools.
• During the 2011-12 school year UCM captured seven MIAA regular season and three tournament championships.
• Since 1983, the tenure of Athletic Director Jerry Hughes, UCM has won or shared 137 MIAA championships, more than any other league school.
• Central Missouri has won five national championships since 1980 (men's and women's basketball in 1984, baseball in 1994 and 2003, and women's bowling in 2003) and seven national championships overall.

A TRADITION OF EXCELLENCE IN THE CLASSROOM
• The 500+ Central Missouri student-athletes received 245 Academic Awards from the MIAA office for the 2011-12 academic year.
• 195 UCM student-athletes were named to the MIAA Academic Honor Roll with a 3.0 GPA or higher.
• 32 UCM student-athletes were named MIAA Scholar Athletes with at least a 3.5 GPA and having earned All-MIAA honors in their respective sport.
• 18 UCM student-athletes were named MIAA Academic Excellence Award winners with a 4.0 GPA.
• UCM had 10 student-athletes earn Academic All-America honors, including Shawn Boss being named the CoSIDA Academic All-American of the Year for Track & Field.

MULES BASKETBALL ON THE AIR
• Central Missouri basketball is broadcast live on 1450 KOKO/98.5 “The Bar” and on the Internet at www.warrensburgradio.com. 90.9 “The Bridge” will pickup the broadcast at tip-off. All games are broadcast by Senior Associate Athletic Director, Shawn Jones and 1450 KOKO/98.5 “The Bar” Sports Director, Greg Hassler.
• The Kim Anderson Mules Basketball Show, presented by Bob Showers of Ameritas Investment Corp. airs on Monday nights at 7 p.m. on 1450 KOKO, 98.5 “The Bar” and www.warrensburgradio.com. The show runs through the regular season.
• The Central Missouri Sportspage is your weekly one-hour look at UCM athletics each Thursday night at 7 p.m. on KMOS-TV. Senior Associate Athletic Director Shawn Jones will sit down with Mules head coach Kim Anderson to discuss the previous week's games as well as weekly spotlights of Mules basketball players.

LIVE VIDEO STREAMING
• The UCM Media Network will provide live video coverage for every Central Missouri home game through a student-run webcast on AmericaOneSports.com. All home games and road MIAA games will be available on a pay-per-view basis. The cost is $8 per game, $30 for a 30-day pass or $89.95 for an all-season pass for UCM men's and women's basketball.

UP NEXT
• The Mules host Lincoln on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. at the Multipurpose Building to wrap up a short two-game home stand.
• Saturday's game against Lincoln is Hall of Fame weekend with the 2013 class of the UCM Athletic Hall of Fame being enshrined on Saturday morning and introduced at halftime of the Mules game.