WICHITA FALLS, Texas -- Midwestern State returns home for its final non-conference game of the season on Monday night as the Mustangs host the Randall Saints in the last game before the Christmas break. Tipoff at D.L. Ligon Coliseum is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.

MIDWESTERN STATE (4-6, 2-3) vs. RANDALL (3-10)

Monday, Dec. 19 | 7:30 p.m.
D.L. Ligon Coliseum | Wichita Falls, Texas

Series History | Midwestern State leads, 4-0

LAST MEETING | Midwestern State's Quincy Sarpy led a pack of five players in double figures as the Mustangs rolled to a 99-49 win over Hillsdale Freewill Baptist College (now known as Randall) at D.L. Ligon Coliseum in 2008. MSU scored the first eight points of the game and sprinted out to a 41-14 first-half bulge. MSU turned 26 Hillsdale turnovers into 35 points and held a decisive 32-3 advantage in fast-break points. The Mustangs also outscored the Saints 57-7 in bench points as senior Trajinksi Grigsby posted a double-double with 14 points and 11 rebounds, while junior guard Craig Green had 13, junior guard Anthony Moore added 12 and junior forward Chris Williams finished with 10. Midwestern closed the final 11:49 of the game on a 37-9 and finished game with its largest lead of the game at 99-49 when Williams layed in an assist from Moore with 13 seconds to play.

LAST TIME OUT | Midwestern State used all-around performances from Jermane Carter and Marquis Davison to roll to a 71-59 win over Cameron Saturday afternoon at Aggie Gym. Carter notched his second consecutive double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds, but added seven assists, three steals, and two blocked shots to lead the Mustangs to their fourth win of the season. Davison added 12 points, six rebounds, and four assists to join Pierre Sanders and Luke Hamilton as three Mustangs scored a dozen points. Senior guard Derrick Ogechi ignited a 12-0 run for the Mustangs at the start of the second half, then Davison hit a runner in the paint. Carter and Davison had back-to-back dunks before Hamilton drained one of his four 3-pointers from the top of the key to push the Mustangs' advantage to 39-27. Midwestern State led by as many as 15 points in the second half.

TRACKING THE MUSTANGS | Midwestern State is 1-2 at home this season…MSU has hosted all four previous meetings with Randall, but the last meeting was in 2008…Justin Leslie is 305-171 in his 16th season as a head coach…MSU is 39-50 under Leslie, who is in his fourth season with the university… …Midwestern State is 16th in the conference, averaging 67.0 points… Mustangs are ninth in the LSC, allowing opponents to score 67.5 points per game… -0.5 scoring margin is 14th in the league… Pierre Sanders leads MSU with 10.9 points per game… Marquis Davison is averaging 10.8 points per game…Jermane Carter is averaging 10.6 points per game…Luke Hamilton is averaging 7.9 points per game…Derrick Ogechi is averaging 7.4 points per game…MSU is 16th in the LSC, shooting 41.4 percent from the field (242 of 585)… Jordan Teal is 27 of 51 from the field (.556)…Sanders is 37 of 89 from the field (.416)…Davison is 42 of 76 from the field (.553)…Midwestern is fourth in the league, holding opponents to 42.7 percent (238 of 558) shooting from the field…Midwestern is shooting 25.9 percent from 3-point range (64 of 247), 16th in the LSC… Ogechi is 14 of 60 (.233) from 3-point range and second in the conference in attempts from beyond the arc…Hamilton is 20 of 56 from 3-point range (.357) and eighth in the league in 3-point attempts…Mustangs are fifth in the conference with 24.7 attempts from 3-point range per game…MSU is fourth in the conference and 30th in the nation by holding opponents to 29.4 percent shooting from beyond the arc (64 of 218)… MSU is 11th in the league with 11.9 assists per game…Carter is averaging 2.9 assists per game, and Sanders averages 2.5 assists per game … MSU is 122 of 174 at the free-throw line (.701), 11th in the LSC in free-throw percentage…Mustangs are 13th in the conference with 17.4 free-throw attempts per game…MSU is 13th in the league with 12.2 made free throws per game… Carter is 31 of 47 from the free-throw line, 11th in the LSC for made free throws and sixth in the league in attempts… Opponents are 89 of 131 from the foul line (.679)…MSU is third in the LSC and 83rd in the nation with 37.70 rebounds per game… Midwestern State is sixth in the league with 11.90 offensive rebounds per game… Opponents are averaging 36.4 rebounds per game…Mustangs are 12th in the conference with a +1.3 rebounding margin… Carter is third in the league with 81 total rebounds (91st in the nation) and 8.1 rebounds (79th in the nation) per game…Carter is third in the conference and 38th in the nation with 3.10 offensive rebounds per game…Sanders is averaging 5.5 rebounds per game, including 2.11 offensive rebounds per game, ninth in the LSC…Davison is averaging 4.7 rebounds per game… MSU is 10th in the conference with 13.4 turnovers per game...Mustangs are forcing 12 turnovers per game, which is 15th in the LSC…MSU is 12th in the league with 6.6 steals per game… Sanders is seventh in the LSC with 17 steals and ninth in the league with 1.7 steals per game… MSU is eigth in the league with 2.7 blocks per game … Duncan Alevok is 14th in the LSC with nine blocks and 0.9 blocks per game…

SCOUTING RANDALL | Saints are 2-7 on the road…Jesse Byrd is in his first year as the Saints head coach…Randall is scoring 72.9 points per game and allowing 88.9 points per game…Saints shoot 42.4 percent from the field and their opponents are shooting 45.6 percent…Randall shoots 34.4 percent from 3-point range and makes nine 3-pointers per game…Saints attempt 26.2 3-pointers per game…Randall averages 12.6 assists per game…Opponents shoot 35 percent from 3-point range…Randall averages seven steals and 2.3 blocks per game…Saints pull down 35.1 rebounds per game…Opponents are grabbing 45.4 rebounds per game…Saints are averaging 16.5 turnovers per game…James Thomas is averaging 14.7 points per game…CJ Mitchell is averaging 11.2 points per game… Eli Riley is averaging 11.1 points per game…Thomas is shooting 54.5 percent from the field (66 of 121)…Riley is 20 of 62 from beyond the arc (.323)…Thomas averages 8.7 rebounds per game…Riley has 14 steals for the Saints…Rocky Smith has seven blocks…

UP NEXT | Midwestern State returns to Lone Star Conference action on Dec. 30, when the Mustangs visit West Texas A&M. Tipoff at First United Bank Center in Canyon, Texas, is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.