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McKENDREE vs. ROCKHURST -- Thursday, Feb. 12, 2015 -- 7:30 p.m.
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McKENDREE vs. WILLIAM JEWELL -- Saturday, Feb. 14, 2015 -- 3 p.m.
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(LEBANON, Ill., Feb. 12)--The McKendree University men's basketball team will tip off its longest home stand of the 2014-15 season this weekend by hosting a pair of Great Lakes Valley Conference West Division foes. The Bearcats will take on Rockhurst University on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. before closing the week with a 3 p.m. contest on Saturday versus William Jewell College.

McKendree enters the week with an overall record of 9-12. The Bearcats are 2-11 in GLVC play, with both league victories coming at the Harry M. Statham Sports Center. McKendree owns GLVC wins over Quincy University (88-84 on Jan. 10) and the University of Southern Indiana (88-82 on Jan. 29). The Bearcats are looking to bounce back into the win column following a pair of league setbacks last week at Missouri S & T and Drury University. 

Senior forward Logan Carson (DuQuoin, IL/DuQuoin) is averaging 15 points per game while shooting 89.3 percent from the free throw line. Carson is second in the GLVC in free throw percentage, trailing only Trae Pemberton from Maryville University (91.1 percent). Senior forward Matt Holmes (Houston, TX/Marshall), who is averaging 13.3 points per outing, is sixth in the conference in field goal percentage (58.9 percent) and seventh in rebounding (7.7 RPG). Sophomore guard/forward Michael Jackson (O'Fallon, IL/O'Fallon) is the other active McKendree player averaging in double figures in the scoring column at 12.8 points per contest. 

The Bearcats have completed the road portion of their 2014-15 regular season schedule. Beginning with Thursday's contest, McKendree will play its remaining five games of the regular season at the Statham Center. Following this weekend's action, the Bearcats will host three of their East Division foes -- the University of Wisconsin-Parkside on Feb. 19, Lewis University on Feb. 21 at the University of Illinois Springfield on Feb. 26. 

ABOUT ROCKHURST
The Hawks bring a 6-15 overall record and a 2-11 GLVC mark into Thursday's game. Rockhurst has dropped five of its last six games, including a pair of home games last weekend to Wisconsin-Parkside (74-44) and Lewis (85-65). The Hawks are beginning a five-game road swing to close out their 2014-15 regular season slate against McKendree. Head coach Bill O'Connor has two players averaging in double figures, led by junior forward Dominique Washington at 11 points per outing. Senior forward Russell Burns has chipped in 10.4 points along with a team-best 5.9 rebounds per game. 

In their only meeting last season in Kansas City, Rockhurst rallied to grab an 88-83 victory over McKendree. Mike DiGregorio (Morton Grove, IL/Niles Notre Dame) led five Bearcats scoring in double figures with a game-high 26 points. Brandon McCann netted a team-high 23 points to pace the Hawks.

ABOUT WILLIAM JEWELL
The Cardinals enter the weekend with a 9-12 season record and a 5-8 ledger in the GLVC. After winning two straight, William Jewell was defeated twice at home last weekend. The Cardinals were edged 74-73 by Lewis before suffering a 68-59 defeat at the hands of Wisconsin-Parkside. William Jewell will play at Illinois Springfield on Thursday evening before making the trip to Lebanon for Saturday's contest. 

Saturday's game will feature a match-up of two of the winningest coaches in college basketball history. William Jewell head coach Larry Holley brings 864 career victories into Thursday's action. Holley, who has been at the helm of the Cardinals' program since 1979, ranks in the top 15 all-time in coaching victories. McKendree head coach Harry Statham tops the list with 1,086 wins entering Thursday's game with Rockhurst. The combined 1,950 wins by Statham and Holley is second only to the 1,968 victories that will be on the court Saturday in Syracuse, N.Y., when the Orange play host to Duke University. That contest will pit Duke's Mike Krzyzewski (1,004 wins) and Syracuse's Jim Boeheim (964 wins). 

William Jewell is led by senior guard Jordan Lewis, who is posting 14.5 points this season. Lewis is shooting just over 46 percent from three-point range and 82.4 percent from the free throw line. Sophomore forward D'Vante Mosby has connected for 12.2 points per outing and tops the squad in rebounding at 8.3 boards per game. 

The Cardinals won last year's meeting with McKendree on Feb. 13, 2014 in Liberty, Mo., 83-79. Logan Carson (DuQuoin, IL/DuQuoin) poured in a team-high 20 points while Matt Holmes (Houston, TX/Marshall) added 18 points and nine rebounds for the Bearcats. Mosby paced the Cardinals with 20 points in the effort.