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McKENDREE at LEWIS -- Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017, 7:30 p.m.
Neil Carey Arena -- Romeoville, Ill.

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McKENDREE at Wisconsin-Parkside -- Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017, 3 p.m.
DeSimone Gymnasium -- Somers, Wis.

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(LEBANON, Ill., Jan. 25)--The McKendree University will make its longest Great Lakes Valley Conference road trip of the season this weekend to face a pair of league foes. The Bearcats will first square off with Lewis University in Romeoville, Ill., Thursday evening before closing out its northern swing Saturday afternoon at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside. Both games will be streamed by the host schools on the GLVC Sports Network at www.glvcsn.com. 

McKendree broke into the win column in GLVC play during its last game on Saturday at the Harry M. Statham Sports Center. The Bearcats rallied from a 15-point, first-half deficit to post an 85-80 victory over Saint Joseph's College. Justin Blanks (Barberton, OH/Norton) led the offensive charge for McKendree as he scored 15 of his team-leading 20 points in the second half. Blanks assisted on the go-ahead lay-up by Michael Jackson (O'Fallon, IL/O'Fallon) with 24.2 seconds to play, then hit four big free throws in the closing seconds to seal the win. The Bearcats improved to 7-9 overall and 1-7 in the GLVC thanks to Saturday's victory. 

Jackson and David Franklin (O'Fallon, IL/Althoff Catholic) each netted 18 points against Saint Joseph's as Franklin added 10 rebounds and five assists. Nolan Gerling (Germantown, IL/Mater Dei) chipped in with 15 points. Thanks to his 18-point effort, Jackson now has 996 career points at McKendree. He is four points shy of becoming the 50th member of the Bearcats' 1,000-point club. Jackson would also become the first McKendree player to score at least 1,000 points with the Bearcats holding membership in NCAA Division II. 

Five Bearcats are still scoring in double figures, including Franklin's 18.7 PPG while appearing in just seven games so far this season. Jackson is averaging 16.7 PPG with Blanks close behind at 16.3 PPG. Both Jackson and Blanks sit in the top 10 in the GLVC in scoring average. Gerling is next at 14.3 PPG, while he sits third in the league in rebounding at 8.4 RPG. 

Head coach Harry Statham earned career victory No. 1,108 with the Bearcats' triumph over Saint Joseph's on Saturday. Statham is the all-time wins leader in college basketball history at the four-year level. He enters the weekend exactly 50 wins in front of Duke's Mike Krzyzewski on the all-time wins chart. 

ABOUT LEWIS
The Flyers bring an overall record of 11-8 and a 6-3 conference mark into Thursday's contest at Neil Carey Arena. Lewis is in the midst of a three-game losing streak after winning their its first six GLVC game of the season. Last weekend, the Flyers were defeated at Bellarmine (87-53) and the University of Southern Indiana (80-57). Just two players are scoring in double figures for Lewis, led by Miles Simelton at 15.3 PPG. Delaney Blaylock is the other Flyer averaging in double digits at 13.4 PPG. Cristen Wilson pulls down a team-best 6.5 rebounds per outing, while Frank Vukaj has blocked a team-best 33 shots, and sits second in the GLVC in blocks per game at 1.83. 

The teams met once last year in Lebanon, with Lewis holding off McKendree for an 87-79 win. David Franklin (O'Fallon, IL/Althoff Catholic) showed the way for the Bearcats with 22 points, while Nate Michael (St. Joseph, IL/St. Joseph-Ogden) and Michael Jackson (O'Fallon, IL/O'Fallon) each connected for 17 points. 

ABOUT WISCONSIN-PARKSIDE
The Rangers are ranked No. 25 in the latest National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Division II poll. UW-Parkside is 15-3 on the year and 7-2 in the conference. The Rangers will host the University of Illinois Springfield on Thursday ahead of their meeting with McKendree Saturday afternoon. 

UW-Parkside will look to remain perfect on the season inside DeSimone Gymnasium. The Rangers are 9-0 this season at home with an average winning margin of 20.8 PPG. Wisconsin-Parkside had its 15-game win streak snapped last weekend with a 76-76 loss at Southern Indiana last Thursday. The Rangers then dropped an 82-62 decision at Bellarmine on Saturday. 

Alexander Brown leads a balanced scoring attack for UW-Parkside by averaging 16.5 PPG. Brown is currently ninth in the GLVC in scoring. Kendale McCullum is next in scoring at 15.6 PPG, while he leads the GLVC in steals at 2.44 per game. McCullum is also second in the league in assists with 117 and a 6.5 APG average. Goran Zagorac tops all conference players in field goal percentage as he has connected on 65.2 percent of his shots from the floor. 

In last year's meeting, McKendree battled past then-No. 21 Wisconsin-Parkside 92-85. David Franklin (O'Fallon, IL/Althoff Catholic) poured in a game-high 33 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to help Harry Statham collect career win No. 1,098 that evening. That win enabled Statham to tie the late Pat Summitt atop the all-time wins list by a college basketball coach at the four-year level, men's or women's.