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(LEBANON, Ill., Jan. 23)--The McKendree University men's basketball team will close out a five-game home stand by hosting a pair of Great Lakes Valley Conference foes at the Harry M. Statham Sports Center. The Bearcats will entertain Saint Joseph's College on Thursday evening before closing out the home stand on Saturday afternoon against the University of Indianapolis. 

Both games can be seen live on the Bearcat Sports Network at www.mckbearcats.com/watchlive, beginning with a 10-minute pre-game show. Adam Young will have the play-by-play call on Thursday, and Joe Zydlo will return to call the action on Saturday. Kent Zimmerman will provid the color commentary for both games. 

McKendree put together its largest second-half rally in nearly nine years Monday night to claim its first GLVC victory of the season. The Bearcats tralied the University of Illinois Springfield by 16 points with 9:55 left in the second half before battling back to grab a 102-100 overtime win at the Statham Center. Clinton Happe (Evansville, IN/F.J. Reitz), who became the 48th member of the Bearcats' 1,000-point club earlier in the period, drilled a 23-foot shot with 6.9 seconds left in regulation to tie the game at 93-93 and force overtime. In the extra period, each team only made one field goal, bu the Bearcats were able to win the battle at the free throw line. McKendree made 7-of-8 attempts from the foul line in the final five minutes, compared to just 5-of-10 for the Prairie Stars. 

Mike DiGregorio (Morton Grove, IL/Niles Notre Dame) poured in a career-high 30 points, including 17 in the first half, to lead the way for McKendree. Happe finished with 23 points and boosted his career total to 1,012 points. Will Kirksey (St. Louis, MO/Lafayette) added 15 points while Matt Holmes (Houston, TX/Marshall) contributed 14 points. Both Kirksey and Holmes pulled down a team-high eight rebounds against UIS. Mike Springs (Waukegan, IL/Waukegan) dished out a season-high 10 assists and finished one shy of his career-high. The win boosted the Bearcats' overall record to 7-7 while they are now 1-5 in the GLVC. 

The win marked McKendree's largest rally from a deficit of at least 15 points in the second half since March 5, 2005. On that date, the Bearcats trailed Columbia College by 17 points with just 4:18 to play before posting a 63-62 win in the semifinal round of the American Midwest Conference Tournament. 

ABOUT SAINT JOSEPH'S: The Pumas enter Thursday's game with a season record of 4-13 and a 1-6 mark the GLVC. Saint Joseph's has dropped its last five contests, including three straight to ranked opponents. The Pumas were defeated 118-85 on Monday at the University of Indianapolis. Junior guard Cameron Vines leads the GLVC in scoring as he averages 24.6 points per game and also posts 7.4 rebounds per outing. Vines is one of just two Pumas averaging in double figures. Senior forward Jon Smith has netted 16.4 points per game and leads Saint Joseph's in rebounding at 8.7 per contest.

Head coach Tom Church is in his first season at Saint Joseph's. He joined the Pumas' program after spending the last three years as an assistant coach at Florida Southern College. Prior to that, Church was an assistant at Saint Joseph's from 2007-10.

The Pumas won both meetings with the Bearcats last season, taking a 99-80 win in Rensselaer, Ind., on Jan. 26 before holding off McKendree 89-81 on Feb. 7 at the Statham Center.  

ABOUT INDIANAPOLIS: The Greyhounds are ranked No. 16 in the latest NABC/NCAA Division II poll released on Tuesday. Indianapolis has an overall record of 13-2 and are 5-2 in the GLVC. The Greyhounds are one of four ranked teams in the GLVC East Division, and are joined by Bellarmine University (No. 7), the University of Southern Indiana (No. 9) and Lewis University (No. 19). UIndy has won four of its last five outings, including a 118-85 triumph over Saint Joseph's on Monday in Indianapolis. 

Head coach Stan Gouard, now in his sixth season with the Greyhounds, has relied on a veteran squad with 10 returning letterman -- including four starters -- back from a team that went 20-9 last year. Senior guard Reece Cheatham leads a high-octane offensive attack for UIndy by averaging 16.1 points per game. In all, there are five Greyhounds posting at least 10 points per game in an offense that puts just just under 89 points an outing. Three different players in the Greyhounds' rotation are shooting better than 60 percent from the floor.

Indianapolis swept the regular-season series in 2012-13 from McKendree. The Greyhounds notched a 100-66 win over the Bearcats on Jan. 24, 2013 in Indianapolis before holding on to take a 56-46 decision in Lebanon on Feb. 9, 2013.