Mules set to take on Harris-Stowe State in Tuesday night's home opener

TIP-OFF
• The Central Missouri Mules welcome Harris-Stowe State to the Multi on Tuesday, Nov. 22 for the 2016-17 home opener. Tip-off against the Hornets is set for 7 p.m.
• Central Missouri is coming off an 82-75 loss at 23rd-ranked Arkansas-Fort Smith on Saturday night that dropped the Mules to 2-1 on the season.
• The Mules were picked to finish ninth in the MIAA Preseason Coaches Poll.
• Harris-Stowe State is 2-4 on the season following a 74-69 home loss to Williams Baptist College on Saturday. The Hornets have lost four straight games.

ON THE AIR
• The game will be broadcast on 1450 KOKO, 98.5 The Bar and warrensburgradio.com with Ricky Rivera calling the action.
• The game will also be webcast online through Central Missouri's Stretch Internet portal at UCMathletics.com/gamecentral. It is a pay-per-view webcast.

PROGRAM SNAPSHOT
• This is the 112th season of Central Missouri Mules basketball.
• Central Missouri is third all-time in NCAA Division II men's basketball with 1,654 wins. One of just four NCAA-II programs with 1,600 wins.
• The Mules have won two NCAA Men's National Championships (1984 & 2014) and four National Championships overall (1937 & 1938 NAIB).

MULE FEED
• The Mules return one All-MIAA player from a season ago, junior guard Spencer Reaves, who earned honorable mention all-conference accolades after averaging 12.3 points and 2.5 boards per game.
• Eleven different players scored in double figures for the Mules in 2015-16 and six of those players return to the squad this year.
• Marquiez Lawrence recorded six double-doubles last year. He was the only UCM player to record a double-double during the season.
• Spencer Reaves is UCM's top returning scorer this year after averaging 12.3 points per game a season ago. He scored in double figures 19 times last season, including three 20-point performances and a career-high 33 points against Pittsburg State.
• So far this season, six different players have scored in double figures for the Mules with Spencer Reaves scoring at least 20 points in two of UCM's three games.

SERIES HISTORY
• This will be the seventh all-time meeting between the Mules and Harris-Stowe State. UCM has won all six of the previous meetings.
• The last meeting was a 114-80 UCM win in Warrensburg at the beginning of the 2000-01 season.
• All six meetings have taken place in Warrensburg.

LAST MEETING WITH HARRIS-STOWE STATE
• The Mules beat the Hornets 114-80 in the third game of the 2000-01 season under then-head coach Don Doucette.
• The Mules finished 12-15 overall that season and 7-11 in MIAA play.

SCOUTING HARRIS-STOWE
• The Hornets enter the game, which is an exhibition game for them, at 2-4 overall after a 74-69 home loss to Williams Baptist on Saturday. HSSU has lost four straight games after starting the season 2-0.
• Harris-Stowe State is led by first year head coach Brion Dunlap.
• The Hornets are averaging 69.0 points per game, but giving up 72.2 per contest. They are shooting 42.3 percent from the floor, but just 25.8 percent from three-point range.
• Opponents are shooting just 38.4 percent from the field against HSSU and 36.1 percent from beyond the arc.
• Jalen Fletcher leads the Hornets in scoring at 20.8 points per game. He is shooting 50.5 percent from the field, but just 27 percent from three-point range. he also leads the team in rebounding at 7.2 boards per contest.
• Two other players are averaging in double figures with Fletcher. Michael Gregg scores 10.5 per game and Tyrone Alston chips in 10.3 per contest.
• The Hornets are out-rebounding their opponents by almost nine boards per game. HSSU pulls down 44.7 rebounds per outing, while opponents are averaging 35.8 per game.

LAST TIME OUT • ARKANSAS-FORT SMITH 82, CENTRAL MISSOURI 75 • 11/19/16
FORT SMITH, Ark. (Nov. 19, 2016) – The Mules jumped out to an early lead, but cold shooting and a big run by No. 23 Arkansas-Fort Smith midway through the game resulted in an 82-75 loss for the Mules on Saturday night at the Stubblefield Center.
    Central Missouri (2-1) jumped on top early and led for much of the first half before the Lions (4-2) made their move. The Mules opened up a six-point advantage at 21-15 with 8:07 to play in the first half, but UAFS used an 8-0 run to grab a 23-21 lead.
    The Mules briefly stopped the run with a three-pointer by Dushaun Rice at the 4:54 mark to regain the lead at 24-23, but the Lions scored nine of the final 15 points of the half to lead 32-30 at the intermission.
    The Lions continued their run out of the halftime break, scoring six of the first seven points of the frame to open up a 38-31 lead. The lead grew to 12 at the 15:28 mark at 47-35. The Mules battled back to within seven at 55-48 with 11:02 to play in the game, but UAFS scored seven straight points to push the lead to 14 at 62-48 with 9:29 to play.
    UCM wouldn't go away, however, going on a 13-4 run over the next 4:41 to pull within 66-61 with 4:48 to play. UAFS had another answer though, scoring four quick points to push the lead back to double digits.
    The Mules were able to get back to within six at 76-70 with just under a minute to play, but the Lions were able to ice the game away at the free throw line.
    Spencer Reaves led UCM with a game-high 22 points. Kyle Wolf had 19 points and Marquiez Lawrence finished with 12 points and eight rebounds. UCM was held to 38 percent shooting from the field and made just 7-of-24 from beyond the arc. The Mules were 20-of-24 from the free throw line.
    UAFS held a big advantage on the glass, out-rebounding the Mules 42-22. The Mules foreced 18 Lion turnovers and out-scored Arkansas-Fort Smith 15-2 in points off turnovers.
    Alex Cooper led five Lions in double figures with 16 points. Ladarius Coleman (13 points and 10 rebounds) and Dalton Glapion (10 points and 11 rebounds) both had double-doubles for UAFS.

MULES IN NON-CONFERENCE ACTION
• The Mules are 2-1 in non-conference action after a the setback at Arkansas-Fort Smith.
• UCM was 6-1 in non-conference games last season, including a 6-0 mark in regular season non-con games. They are 134-33 over the last 15 seasons.
• Central Missouri is 64-1 in the last 65 non-conference home games at the Multipurpose Building.

MULES AT HOME
• The Mules were 10-6 at home last season and are 24-8 at home under Doug Karleskint.
• UCM is 161-19 at home over the last 11 seasons, including 64-1 against non-conference opponents and 97-18 in MIAA play.
• The Mules are 489-96 (.836) in their 41st season playing home games at the Multipurpose Building.

MULES ON THE ROAD
• The Mules are 0-1 on the road this season after the loss at Arkansas-Forth Smith.
• UCM was 4-9 in road games last season and is 10-13 on the road under Doug Karleskint.

MULES IN NEUTRAL SITE GAMES
• The Mules are 7-2 in neutral site games under Doug Karleskint after posting a 2-0 mark at the MIAA/NSIC Challenge in the Wisconsin Dells to open the season.

MULES IN HOME OPENERS
• The Mules are 2-0 in home openers under Doug Karleskint, beating Minnesota-Duluth 78-60 in last year's season and home lid-lifter.
• The Mules have won 33 straight home openers

BLOCK PARTY
• Senior Marquiez Lawrence blocked 32 shots last season, tied for the 10th most in a single season in Central Missouri history.
• He has two blocks this season and is now at 34 for his career, five blocks shy of cracking UCM's career Top 10 list for blocked shots.

MIAA STAT LEADERS
• Spencer Reaves is sixth in the MIAA in scoring with an average of 21.0 points per game through three games. Kyle Wolf is 17th in the conference at 15.0 points per game.
• Wolf is fourth in the league in field goal percentage at 65.4 percent, while Reaves is 15th shooting it at a 50 percent clip. Both players are also shooting 50 percent from three-point range, tied for fifth in the MIAA.
• Erick Locke is third in the MIAA in assist-to-turnover ratio at 4.5.
• Jakob Lowrance is 13th in the league with 1.0 blocks per game and Clarence Smith is 12th in steals, averaging 1.7 per contest.

A WIN OVER HARRIS-STOWE WOULD...
• Give the Mules a 3-1 start for the first time since the 2012-13 season.
• Give UCM a 7-0 series lead against the Hornets.
• Snap a two-game home losing streak.

A LOSS TO HARRIS-STOWE WOULD...
• Drop the Mules 2-2 overall for the first time since the 2001-02 season.
• Give Central Missouri three straight home losses.
• Be the first ever loss to Harris-Stowe State and the first loss to an NAIA team since 2001-02.

UCM DURING THE KARLESKINT ERA
• Doug Karleskint has a record of 41-23 (.641) in his third season as head coach at Central Missouri and a 130-57 (.695) overall mark in his seventh season as a head coach.
• He became the first Mules' head coach to start his first season at UCM 7-0 when he accomplished the mark in 2014-15.
• His 25 wins in 2014-15 were the most by a first-year head coach in Central Missouri history.
• Karleskint became the fourth Mules' head coach to win at least 20 games in his first season.
• Before coming to UCM, he spent the previous five seasons at Arkansas Tech, including the last four as head coach. He compiled an 89-34 (.724) record with the Wonder Boys with four conference championships and four trips to the NCAA-II National Tournament, including a Sweet Sixteen appearance in 2012.

MULES BASKETBALL HISTORY
• In the 112th season of UCM basketball, the Mules have compiled a 1,656-947 (.636) record in 2,603 total games.
• The Mules are the third winningest program by victories in NCAA-II history.
• Central Missouri is one of just four NCAA-II programs with 1,600 all-time wins.
• The Mules have won 20 or more games 24 times in the history of the program, including each of the last three seasons.
• Central Missouri has won 30 or more games in a season three times (2006-07, 2008-09, and 2013-14).
• UCM has won or shared 24 MIAA regular season championships and five MIAA tournament titles.

THE NEXT LEVEL
• In the past 15 years, 23 former UCM players have gone on to play professional basketball.
• Four players are either currently playing professionally or on a professional roster; Donte Adams (Conejos De Tuxtla (Mexico), Charles Hammork (Kosovo, Ylli Therande), Michael Hicks (Poland, Polpharma-Pakmet), and Zack Wright (Germany, Brose Basket).

A TRADITION OF EXCELLENCE IN ATHLETICS
• Central Missouri has won a combined 207 MIAA regular season conference championships in 14 league sports to lead all schools.
• Last season, UCM captured two MIAA regular season titles, three MIAA Tournament crowns and three NCAA Regional Championships.
• Since 1983, the tenure of Athletic Director Jerry Hughes, UCM has won or shared 153 MIAA championships, more than any other league school.
• Central Missouri has won eight national championships during Hughes' tenure (men's and women's basketball in 1984, baseball in 1994 and 2003, women's bowling in 2003, men's basketball in 2014, and women's indoor and outdoor track & field in 2015) and 10 national championships overall.

A TRADITION OF EXCELLENCE IN THE CLASSROOM
• Central Missouri had 232 student-athletes named to the 2015-16 MIAA Academic Honor Roll with grade point averages of 3.0 or higher.
• 28 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.
• 19 UCM student-athletes were named MIAA Academic Excellence Award winners with a 4.0 GPA.
• UCM had seven student-athletes earn Academic All-Region awards in their respective sports with four of those earning CoSIDA Academic All-America honors.
• Since the year 2000, UCM is sixth in NCAA-II with 53 Academic All-Americans.
• Two UCM student-athletes were awarded prestigious NCAA Postgraduate Scholarships last year.

MULES BASKETBALL ON THE AIR
• Central Missouri basketball is broadcast live on 1450 KOKO, 98.5 The Bar, and online at warrensburgradio.com. Games are broadcast by 1450 KOKO/98.5 The Bar Sports Director, Greg Hassler and Assistant Athletic Director for Media Relations, Mike Knipper.
• The Doug Karleskint Show, presented by Bob Showers of Ameritas Investment Corp., live from Traditions Restaurant airs on Tuesday nights at 6:30 p.m. The Show is hosted by Greg Hassler and is broadcast live from Traditions Restaurant at Mules National Golf Club.

UPCOMING
• The Mules stay home after the Thanksgiving break to host in-region foe SW Oklahoma State on Saturday, Nov. 26 at 2 p.m. at the Multipurpose Building.