LIBERTY, Mo. - The William Jewell men's basketball heads back out on the road this week as they travel to Missouri-St. Louis for a rematch with the Tritons, followed by a meeting with McKendree.  

ADMISSION ❌
At this time fans are not permitted to attend games, per Great Lakes Valley Conference policy, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This policy will be reevaluated again in February by the Council of Presidents.

BROADCAST 🎥 
All games this season can be seen live, for free, on the GLVC Sports Network at GLVCSN.com/Jewell.

LIVE STATS 📊
• Thursday vs. UMSL
• Saturday vs. McKendree

SERIES INFORMATION

• The Tritons leads the series, 9-4, with four straight wins, including a 65-52 win in early January. In the first meeting of the year, the Cardinals got off to a strong start, leading 29-22 in the first half, before UMSL rallied. Eysan Wiley led Jewell with 15 points, nine rebounds and four assists. 
• McKendree leads the NCAA era series 4-3, and have won the last two. Last season, the Cardinals rallied from down 11 in the second half but came up just short, falling 73-70. Eysan Wiley had a double-double while Robbie Hanson added 11 points.  

CARDINAL NOTES

• The Cardinals enter the week on a high note after snapping a 10 game losing streak on Saturday with a 81-78 win over Lindenwood. Things were a little different as two freshmen and two sophomores were in the starting lineup and accounted for much of the production. Freshman Jordan Jermain stepped to the free throw line with 0.6 second remaining and knocked down three shots to lift Jewell to the win.  
• Jermain, one of two players who got their first career start on Saturday, shined, scoring 28 points, doubling his previous high set last Tuesday at Rockhurst. The freshman went 9-of-14 from the floor and 5-of-7 from three while adding two assists and two steals in 36 minutes. 
• In total, 61-of-81 points scored on Saturday were by freshmen and sophomores, a combination of Jermain, Grant Stubbs, Trey Shannon, Jevaughn Ferguson and Kobe McKinley. This group also accounted for 14-of-26 rebounds, 4-of-10 assists, 4-of-5 steals and hit 11-of-11 free throws. 
• In addition to Jermain, Shannon quietly put together the best week of his career as well. The sophomore scored back-to-back games with a career-high 11 points, both off the bench at Rockhurst and against Maryville. He followed up those games with another career-best, 13 points, in the win over Lindenwood, going 5-of-7 from the floor. Over the last three games, Shannon has averaged 11.7 points, 2.7 rebounds 1.0 assists and 1.0 steals. The Wellington, Missouri native is the son of former All-Conference Jewel women's basketball player Jobie Jeffries Shannon.  
• The third underclassman in double-figures Saturday was Grant Stubbs who posted 13 points to become the first member of the Class of 2024 to cross the 100-point plateau. Stubbs has appeared in 10 games with nine starts and averages 10.5 points and is tied with Eysan Wiley for the team lead with 6.8 rebounds per game.  
• In addition to Stubbs, Jackson Golightly also surpassed a milestone with his 300th rebound last week. The senior is the second person on the team to reach this mark, alongside classmate Wiley, who owns 696. Golightly is 140th among active Division II players in total rebounds while Wiley is ninth.
• Wiley is expected to return to the lineup this week, after missing two games. The senior enters the week ranked 27th among active players in Division II with 1,198 points, fourth with 145 blocked shots and sixth with 23 double-doubles. 
• Five of Jewell's 18 players also played with at least one current teammate at the high school level. Hanson and Hughes both played for Liberty North from 2014-18, with Perry joining them in 2016. Additionally, Jackson Golightly and John Zimmerman were teammates for four years at Maryville High School (MO) from 2013-17. Zimmerman initially attended Northwest Missouri State but did not play basketball giving him two years of eligibility remaining compared to Golightly's one.  
• Carter Olsen enters his third season as a Cardinal but will be listed as a senior this year as he is set to graduate in three years. Additionally, Olsen was married in the offseason to wife, Saige. 
• Grant Stubbs was a big pick up for the Cardinals both on the floor and amongst alumni as he is the eldest son of former Cardinal All-American Weldon Stubbs, '94. The senior Stubbs was inducted into the William Jewell Hall of Fame in 2016. 

ABOUT MISSOURI-ST. LOUIS 

• Missouri-St. Louis enters the week at 9-2 overall and second in the tough GLVC Central. 
• The Tritons are led offensively by Kansas City native Marty Jackson who puts in just over 13 points per game. Jose Grubbs and Shane Wissink also put in double figures with 11.1 and 10.5 points per outing respectively. 
• UMSL takes care of the basketball well as they enter the week ranked second in the GLVC and 17 nationally with a 1.38 assist-to-turnover ratio, averaging just 11.6 giveaways per game. Steve Webb leads all GLVC players with a 3.80 clip, which is sixth in Division II while teammate Wissink is ninth at 3.58.  
• Two of the best shot blockers in the GLVC will be in this game with Jewell's Eysan Wiley and UMSL's Jackson who is second in the league with 15 rejections. 
• The Tritons are led by eighth year head man Bob Sundvold who owns more than 245 wins.

ABOUT McKENDREE

• McKendree comes into this week at 4-5 overall and coming off back-to-back losses to Illinois Springfield and Quincy. 
• The reigning GLVC Freshman of the Year, Bryson Bultman, leads the Bearcats on the offensive end with 17.2 points per game which is eighth in the GLVC. Three others also put in double-figures regularly, in Brendan Gooch (15.4), Ailjah Thomas (14.2) and Oliver Stephen (10.8). 
• As a team, McKendree shoots 44.4% from the floor They allow opponents 76.6 points per game and 47.2% shooting from the field. 
• McKendree lives by the three point shot, leading the GLVC with 11.2 triples per game while shooting 38% from long range, which is fourth in the conference. 
• The Bearcats are led by Chris Foster, now in this third season, after spending four years at Truman.