DALLAS -- Midwestern State launches its Lone Star Conference campaign on the road Wednesday night at Dallas Baptist. Tip-off at the Burg Center is scheduled for 7 p.m.
 

MIDWESTERN STATE (2-3) vs. DALLAS BAPTIST (4-3)

Wednesday, Nov. 30 | 7 p.m.
Burg Center | Dallas

Series History | Midwestern State leads, 29-24

LAST MEETING | Midwestern State's Jermane Carter poured in poured in 24 points and grabbed eight rebounds to lead MSU to an 82-66 win over Dallas Baptist in the quarterfinal round of the Lone Star Conference Postseason Tournament at Comerica Center in Frisco, Texas. The streaking Mustangs rolled to their fifth straight win and eight of the last nine to clinch a second straight winning season at 16-14. Jermane Carter scored an efficient 1.85 points per shot on 10-of-13 shooting with a 3-pointer. It was his seventh 20-point performance of the season. Pierre Sanders produced MSU's top +/- as the Mustangs outscored DBU by 19 points in his 32 minutes on the floor. Sanders was 4 of 7 from the floor with two 3-pointers to finish with 15 points, seven rebounds and four assists.

LAST TIME OUT | Midwestern State landed an early knockout punch Saturday night at the NNU Thanksgiving Classic, then cruised to a 78-57 win over host Northwest Nazarene at the Johnson Sports Center. Midwestern State bolted out to a 22-2 lead and built a 27-point halftime advantage. Northwest Nazarene struggled to 21.4-percent shooting in the first half against MSU's zone defensive schemes and managed to hit just one of its nine 3-point attempts. The Mustangs dominated the battle on the glass controlled on a 49-39 rebounding edge led by Jermane Carter and Marquis Davison, who grabbed a team-high nine boards each. Midwestern State built on an improved team shooting touch by shooting 45 percent or better for the second straight night. Junior guard Pierre Sanders led a group of four Mustangs in double figures finishing with 14 points, six rebounds, and three steals.

TRACKING THE MUSTANGS | Midwestern State is 1-2 on the road this season…Mustangs have won their last two meetings with the Patriots, including a 75-61 victory at D.L. Ligon Coliseum last season…MSU is 9-17 when visiting Dallas Baptist and has lost its last five visits…Mustangs last win at Dallas Baptist was in February of 1990, when Midwestern State prevailed, 86-69… Justin Leslie is 303-168 in his 16th season as a head coach…MSU is 37-47 under Leslie, who is in his fourth season with the university…Midwestern State is averaging 67.6 points through the first four games…Mustangs have allowed 68.4 points per game… Pierre Sanders leads MSU with 11.6 points per game…Sanders has reached double-digit scoring in five-straight games… Jermane Carter is averaging 10 points per game…Derrick Ogechi is averaging 9.8 points per game…MSU is shooting 38.9 percent from the field (114 of 293)…Opponents are shooting 42.5 percent (130 of 306)…Midwestern is shooting 29.8 percent from 3-point range (37 of 124)…Mustangs are fourth in the conference with 24.8 attempts from 3-point range per game…Opponents are shooting 27.9 percent from beyond the arc (29 of 104)…MSU is 73 of 104 at the free-throw line (70.2 %)…Mustangs are fifth in the conference with 20.8 free-throw attempts per game…MSU is seventh in the league with 14.6 made free throws per game… Carter is 20 of 33 from the free-throw line, sixth in the LSC for made free throws and third in the league in attempts… Opponents are 53 of 71 from the foul line (74.6%)…Midwestern State has outrebounded its last three opponents…MSU is third in the LSC with 39.8 rebounds per game… Midwestern State is fifth in the league and 40th in the nation with 13.2 offensive rebounds per game… Opponents are averaging 35.6 rebounds per game…Mustangs are seventh in the conference with a +4.2 rebounding margin… Carter is seventh in the league with 37 total rebounds and eighth with 7.4 rebounds per game…Carter is fifth in the conference and 48th in the nation with 3.2 offensive rebounds per game… Sanders is 14th in the LSC with 2.2 offensive rebounds per game…MSU is ninth in the conference with 13.8 turnovers per game...Mustangs are forcing 11.4 turnovers per game, which is 16th in the LSC… Carter and Sanders are 11th in the LSC with nine steals and 1.8 steals per game…Ogechi is 9 of 32 (28.1%) from 3-point range and second in the conference in attempts from beyond the arc…Sanders is 7 of 19 from 3-point range (36.8%)…John Weger is 12 of 18 from the field (66.7%)…Sanders is 22 of 50 from the field (44%)…Luke Hamilton is 14 of 34 from the field (41.2%), including 9 of 26 from 3-point range (34.6%)…Marquis Davison is averaging 8.8 points and 4.6 rebounds per game…Hamilton is averaging 8.0 points and 5.0 rebounds per game…

SCOUTING DALLAS BAPTIST | DBU is 2-0 at home this season…Patriots have lost their last three Lone Star Conference games, including an 82-66 loss to MSU in the LSC Tournament last season…DBU has a three-game winning streak…Patriots routed Newman, 84-53, before defeating Southern Nazarene, 74-71, and Henderson State, 66-63…DBU is 14th in the conference with 70.1 points scored per game and 11th in scoring defense, allowing 67.7 points per game…Ta'Jay Dunlap is scoring 13.2 points per game…Cameron Kahn is eighth in the conference with 85 total points and is averaging 12.1 points per game…Ricky Lujuan is scoring 10.7 points per game for the Patriots…DBU is 57 of 150 from 3-point range (38%) —third in the conference in 3-point shooting percentage… DBU is 184-388 from the field (47.4%), which is the third-best shooting percentage overall in the LSC…Kahn is 33 of 57 from the field (57.9%) and his shooting percentage is third in the conference…Kahn is fifth in the league with 33 field goals…Dunlap is 32 of 62 from the field (51.6%)… Dunlap is eighth in shooting percentage and seventh in the LSC in attempts…Dunlap leads the conference with 17 total steals and 2.83 steals per game…Lujan is 11th in the LSC with nine steals…Jalen White has five blocks, which is 10th-most in the LSC, and the Patriots are 12th with 2.1 blocks per game…DBU is seventh in the conference with 13.7 assists per game…Patriots commit 17.6 fouls per game, which is seventh-most in the LSC…DBU is 66 of 114 from the free-throw line and has the worst free-throw percentage in the LSC (57.9%)…DBU opponents are 90 of 120 from the free-throw line, which is the highest percentage and the third-most attempts by opponents in the LSC…DBU has been outrebounded 33.9-30.7 rebounds per game…-3.2 is 16th in the LSC…Kahn is the leading rebounder for the Patriots with 5.1 rebounds per game…Kahn is 17th in the conference with 2.14 offensive rebounds per game…

UP NEXT | Midwestern State visits the Rose City for a showdown with UT Tyler on Friday. The Lone Star Conference matchup tips off at 7:30 in the Louise Herrington Patriot Center.