TIP-OFF
• The Central Missouri Mules head back out on the road to take on Missouri Western in the MIAA opener on Saturday, Dec. 3. Tip-off at the MWSU Fieldhouse is set for 4 p.m.
• Central Missouri is coming off a 90-55 home win over SW Oklahoma State on Saturday afternoon. In the win, UCM set a new school-record with 20 made three-pointers and Kyle Wolf set a new individual UCM record with nine made threes.
• The Mules were picked to finish ninth in the MIAA Preseason Coaches Poll.
• Missouri Western is 1-6 on the season and 0-1 in conference play after falling at Northeastern State 55-41 on Wednesday night in the MIAA opener for both teams.
• The Griffons were picked to finish 12th in the MIAA Preseason Coaches Poll.

ON THE AIR
• The game will be broadcast on 1450 KOKO, 98.5 The Bar and warrensburgradio.com with Greg Hassler 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 1,658 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.
• Reaves is averaging 18.2 points per game through four games this season, best on the team and eighth in the MIAA.
• 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, seven 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.

WOLF, MULES SET NEW THREE-POINT RECORDS
• In the win over SW Oklahoma State, the Mules and Kyle Wolf each set new school records for three-point shooting.
• Wolf made 9-of-12 three-point attempts, giving him the most made three-pointers in school history, breaking the old record of eight held by two different players.
• The Mules made 20 three-point field goals as a team, breaking the old mark of 17 which was set in two different games.

SERIES HISTORY
• This will be the 63rd all-time meeting between Central Missouri and Missouri Western. The Mules lead the series 34-28 after splitting last season's two meetings.
• The Griffons lead the series 21-11 in games played in St. Joseph after a 63-62 win last season's regular season finale at the MWSU Fieldhouse. The win snapped an eight-game winning streak by UCM in the series and a three-game winning streak in St. Joe.
• The Mules are 3-1 against the Griffons under Doug Karleskint, while the Griffons are 1-5 against UCM under Brett Weiberg.

LAST MEETING WITH MISSOURI WESTERN
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (Feb. 27, 2016) –  Two made free throws by Missouri Western with just over a minute to play in the game proved to be the difference as the Mules fell 63-62 to the Griffons in the regular season finale on at the MWSU Fieldhouse.
    The Mules (14-14, 8-14 MIAA) led 62-59 with 2:24 to play in the game with a chance to extend the lead, but the Griffons (11-17, 9-13 MIAA) held on defense and held UCM scoreless the rest of the way.
    The Mules led by seven, 55-48, midway through the second half and had a chance to push the lead to 10, but Bret O'Neil's three-point attempt spun out and the Griffons grabbed the rebound. They came down and scored to spark an 8-0 run that gave them a 56-55 lead with 6:58 to play.
    The Mules went back in front on a D'Marnier Cunningham Layup, but the Griffons tied the game making one of two free throws. Spencer Reaves made two free throws with 3:33 to play to put UCM back in front, but the Griffons quickly tied the game. Jakob Lowrance put the Mules back in front with a three-pointer from the top of the key at the 2:24 mark, but the Mules went scoreless the rest of the way.
    Missouri Western opened the game fast, jumping out to an 11-4 lead to force a UCM timeout. The Mules got back to within three at 16-13 on a three-pointer from Reaves at the 11:56 mark of the opening half and two free throws from Brad Woodson pulled the Mules within one.
    Following a three-pointer from Miles Wentzien, one of his four in the game, Tony Cochran hit a three and was fouled. He made the free throw to tie the game at 19 with 10:24 to play.
    The Mules regained the lead at 24-23 on another Cochran three-pointer, but the Griffons scored six straight points to retake the lead at 29-24 with 6:37 to play. UCM got back to within two, but a 9-0 run by the Griffons pushed the lead to 40-29 with 2:48 left in the half.
    The Mules closed the half on a 6-0 run and trailed 40-35 at the intermission. The Mules opened the second half on a 20-8 run to grab the seven point lead midway through the frame.
    Reaves led Central Missouri with 14 points as the Mules shot 42 percent from the field, 19-of-45, and 10-of-23 from three-point range for 43 percent. The Mules were 14-of-16 at the foul line. Marquiez Lawrence finished with 11 points and 10 rebounds for his sixth double-double of the season.
    Missouri Western shot 45 percent from the field, 22-of-49, and made 9-of-21 from beyond the arc for 43 percent. The Griffs were 10-of-15 from the foul line. Wentzien was the only Griffon in double figures with 16, but seven different players scored at least five points.

SCOUTING MISSOURI WESTERN
• The Griffons enter the contest at 1-6 overall and 0-1 in MIAA play following a 55-41 loss at Northeastern State on Wednesday night in the league opener for both squads. They are 0-3 at home this season.
• Missouri Western is led by fourth-year head coach Brett Weiberg. He has compiled a 35-57 mark leading the Griffon program and a 174-162 record in his 11th season overall.
• MWSU is averaging 60.3 points per game on 39.4 percent shooting. The Griffons give up 69.4 ppg on 45.7 percent shooting. The Griffs shoot 29.7 percent from beyond the arc and 69 percent at the foul line compared to the opponents' 39.3 percent shooting from three-point range and 72.1 percent at the free throw line.
• MWSU has been out-rebounded by nearly five boards per game (37.1-32.3).
• Cole Clearman leads the team and ranks ninth in the MIAA in scoring at 17.4 points per game while also pulling down 4.6 rebounds per contest.
• Seth Bonifas pours in 9.3 ppg and Joe Hamilton chips in 9.0 per contest. Beau Baker leads the team in rebounding with 5.4 boards per game.
• Missouri Western averages 11.1 turnovers per game, but the Griffons are forcing 12.0 per contest.

LAST TIME OUT • CENTRAL MISSOURI 90, SW OKLAHOMA STATE 55 • 11/26/16
WARRENSBURG, Mo. (Nov. 26, 2016) – Kyle Wolf hit a school-record nine three-point field goals en route to a career-high 31 points and the Mules made a new school-record 20 threes as a team as UCM rolled to a 90-55 win over SW Oklahoma State on Saturday at the Multi.
    The old record for made three-pointers in a game by an individual player was eight, held by Jeremy Gorham and Cliff Murkey, and the team record of 17 was set on two separate occasions against Northwest Missouri (1/15/97) and Missouri Southern (3/6/05).
    The Mules (4-1) actually fell behind 5-0 to start the game as the Bulldogs (0-5) grabbed the early lead just over two minutes in to the game. Wolf hit his first three of the game at the 17:26 mark to put UCM on the board at 5-3 and the offense took off from there. The made shot ignited a 28-3 run that put the Mules in front 28-8 with 10:05 to play in the first half. The Mules hit seven threes during the run, including five from Wolf.
    The Bulldogs back-to-back buckets to keep the Mule lead at 18, but a three from Clarence Smith pushed the lead back to 21 and started a 12-0 run that gave the Mules a 43-13 lead with 5:02 left in the opening stanza. SWOSU scored nine of the final 12 points of the half and the Mules led 46-22 at the intermission.
    The second half was much of the same on offense for the Mules. UCM made 10 three-pointers in the second half, just as they did in the first half. UCM was also 12-of-14 at the foul line in the second half as they outscored SWOSU 44-33 in the frame en route to the 35-point victory.
    Eleven of the 13 Mules that played in the game scored, including three in double figures. In addition to Wolf's career-high 31, Spencer Reaves had 12 and Dushaun Rice had a season-high 10 to go along with six assists and two steals. Marquiez Lawrence finished with eight points and eight rebounds and Erick Locke dished out a game-high seven assists.
    The Mules were 26-of-57 from the field for 46 percent, including the school-record 20 made threes on 36 attempts for 56 percent. UCM was 18-of-24 at the foul line. The Mules had 22 assists on their 26 made baskets and turned the ball over just six times while coming up with 11 steals and forcing 17 turnovers. They turned those 17 turnovers into a 24-6 advantage in points off turnovers.. They also out-rebounded SWOSU 37-26 and had 10 offensive boards.
    SW Oklahoma State was led by Devin Pugh's 14 points, while shooting 44 percent from the field, 20-of-46. The Bulldogs were 9-of-27 from beyond the arc for 33 percent and made 6-of-10 at the free throw line.

MULES IN NON-CONFERENCE ACTION
• The Mules are 4-1 in non-conference action after the win over SW Oklahoma State.
• UCM was 6-1 in non-conference games last season, including a 6-0 mark in regular season non-con games. They are 136-33 over the last 15 seasons.
• Central Missouri is 66-1 in the last 67 non-conference home games at the Multipurpose Building.

MULES AT HOME
• The Mules are 2-0 at home after the 90-55 win over SW Oklahoma State last Saturday and are 26-8 at home under Doug Karleskint.
• UCM is 163-19 at home over the last 12 seasons, including 66-1 against non-conference opponents and 97-18 in MIAA play.
• The Mules are 491-96 (.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 MIAA OPENERS
• Central Missouri is 2-0 in MIAA openers under Doug Karleskint, including a 74-59 win over Missouri Western in last year's league lidlifter at the Multi.
• The Mules have won three straight conference openers and four of the last five.

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 four blocks this season and is now at 36 for his career, three blocks shy of cracking UCM's career Top 10 list for blocked shots.

MIAA STAT LEADERS
• Spencer Reaves is eighth in the MIAA in scoring with an average of 18.2 points per game through four games. Kyle Wolf is 12th in the conference at 17.2 points per game.
• Reaves leads the MIAA in free throw percentage at 92.9 percent, while Wolf leads the league in field goal percentage at 63.0. Reaves is seventh in FG% at 54.3
• Both players are also shooting at least 50 percent from three-point range, Wolf leads the conference at 60.7 percent and Reaves is fourth at 51.7.
• Marquiez Lawrence is 11th in the league with 6.4 rebounds per game.
• Erick Locke is ninth in the MIAA dishing out 3.6 assists per game, but he leads the league with a 3.6 assist-to-turnover ratio.
• Clarence Smith is 14th in steals with 1.4 per contest.

A WIN OVER MISSOURI WESTERN WOULD...
• Give the Mules a 5-1 start to the season and a 1-0 MIAA start for the fourth straight year.
• Give UCM four wins in the last five games at the MWSU Fieldhouse and nine wins in the last 10 meetings with Missouri Western.
• Give UCM a 35-28 all-time series lead against the Griffons.

A LOSS TO MISSOURI WESTERN WOULD...
• Drop the Mules 4-2 overall and 0-1 in MIAA play.
• Give the Mules a loss in their MIAA opener for the first time since the 2012-13 season
• Give UCM back-to-back losses to Missouri Western for the first time since the 2010-11 season and pull the Griffons within 34-29 in the all-time series.

UCM DURING THE KARLESKINT ERA
• Doug Karleskint has a record of 43-23 (.652) in his third season as head coach at Central Missouri and a 132-57 (.698) 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 1,658-947 (.636) record in 2,605 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 are off for finals week before heading to Maryville next Saturday, Dec. 10 to take on third-ranked Northwest Missouri State. Tipoff at Bearcat Arena is set for 3:30 p.m.
• UCM returns home to host MidAmerica Nazarene in a non-conference tilt on Tuesday, Dec. 13 at 6 p.m.