MIDWESTERN STATE (13-14, 9-6 LSC)
vs OKLA. CHRISTIAN (8-17, 4-10 LSC)

Saturday, Feb. 26 -- 4 p.m.
D.L. Ligon Coliseum
All-Time Series | MSU leads 26-14

WICHITA FALLS, Texas -- Midwestern State faces Oklahoma Christian in the season finale Saturday afternoon at D.L. Ligon Coliseum. Tipoff is set for 4 p.m.

The game is broadcast via streaming video on the LSC Digital Network. A free audio stream featuring the Voice of the Mustangs -- Pete Stein --can also be heard at MSUMustangs.com/streaming.

All video streams on the LSC Digital Network are also available on Over-The-Top (OTT) apps on Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Android TV and Roku by searching "LSC Digital Network."

GOING TO THE GAME? All fans at D.L. Ligon Coliseum must purchase tickets online, then present the QR code to can at the gate for admittance. No walk-up sales are available. Purchase your tickets at www.msumustangs.com/tickets.

SENIOR DAY

Midwestern State pays tribute to two seniors Saturday afternoon at D.L. Ligon Coliseum.
- Jalin Brown is a three-year letter winner and a transfer from Jacksonville College who began his collegiate career at Tarleton State. The 6-8 forward averaged 6.9 points and 5.9 rebounds in 68 career games at MSU.
- Drake Dusek is a three-year letter winner out of Tompkins High School in Katy, Texas. The 6-5 guard appeared in 26 games over the past three seasons for the Mustangs.

LSC POSTSEASON SCENARIOS

There is only one scenario that lands Midwestern State with a first bye into the quarterfinal round of the Lone Star Conference Postseason Tournament. Otherwise, the Mustangs are set to host a first-round game Tuesday night at D.L. Ligon Coliseum. This breakdown does not project the opponent.

If Midwestern State beats Oklahoma Christian AND
- WT loses to TAMIU AND Texas A&M-Commerce loses at UTPB, MSU is the No. 4 seed.
- Either WT or Texas A&M-Commerce loses, MSU is the No. 5 seed
- WT and Texas A&M-Commerce both win, MSU is the No. 6 seed

If Midwestern State loses to Oklahoma Christian AND
- Angelo State beats UT Tyler AND UAFS beats Dallas Baptist, MSU is the No. 8 seed
- Either ASU or UAFS loses, MSU is the No. 7 seed
- ASU and UAFS both lose, MSU is the No. 6 seed

THREE... DOT... THOUGHTS...

Midwestern State has won seven of the last nine and eight of the last 11 to move into sole possession of sixth place in the Lone Star Conference standings... Midwestern State must now win its remaining regular season game and one game in the LSC Postseason Tournament to secure a .500-or-better record for the second consecutive season... The Mustangs have not posted back-to-back .500-or-better seasons since going 24-6 in 2015-16 and 14-14 in 2016-17... MSU is one of five out of 17 LSC members to complete a full basketball slate with St. Edward's and Cameron omitted due to a forfeit... MSU is 2-3 in games decided by two-or-fewer points this season both of the victories have come against UAFS (63-62 on 12/10 and 68-67 on 2/26)... The Mustangs fell 69-68 at UT Tyler (1/2), 75-73 at Angelo State (1/13) and 59-58 at Texas A&M-Kingsville (2/17)... In those four games, the Mustangs led into the final minute against UAFS, UT Tyler and Texas A&M-Kingsville and were within a point with 35 seconds to play against Angelo State... Seven of Midwestern State's last nine wins have been by double digits... Midwestern State is 8-4 at D.L. Ligon Coliseum this season and has won the last five games played on its home court... Midwestern State leads the Lone Star Conference in scoring defense (63.1 ppg), field goal percentage defense (.390) and is seventh in 3-point percentage defense (.332) during league play... The defensive run pulled the Mustangs to third in the league and 54th in NCAA Division II in field goal percentage defense (.420) for the season... MSU has limited the opposition to less the 40-percent shooting in 10 of the last 14 games after not achieving the feat over the first 13 games... MSU has limited the opposition to less than a point per field goal attempt four times this season... Midwestern State has shot 40 percent or better in 14 of its last 16 games after shooting less than 40 percent in seven its first 11 games... Midwestern State has shot better than 50 percent from the field five times this season... The Mustangs have connected on 10 3-pointers in four of their last eight games after managing 10 3-pointers just three times in the first 18 games of the season... Midwestern State ranks 13th in the LSC in team field goal percentage (42.4 percent) and 17th in team 3-point field goal percentage (31.2 percent)... MSU stands third in the LSC and 31st in NCAA Division II pulling down 12.48 offensive rebounds per game resulting in 307 second chance points in 27 games (11.4 per game)... 

MSU TRENDSETTERS

Jermane Carter // Senior // Forward // Lenape, N.J.

ranks 13th in the LSC in scoring at 14.5 points per game... ranks second in the LSC and 27th in NCAA Division II pulling down 3.2 offensive rebounds per game... is 13th in overall rebounds per game in the LSC collecting 5.9 caroms per game... rates third in the LSC in field goal percentage at 49.8... scored in double figures in 19 of 27 games this season...  booked 20-or-more points in six games... connected on 37.7 percent of his 3-pointers (27-of-68)... hit a 3-pointer in 15 games... earned LSC Offensive Player of the Week honors for the week preceding Jan. 31 after averaging 20 points and 7.5 rebounds in wins over No. 12 West Texas A&M and Cameron... erupted for career-high 28 points while completing his second collegiate double-double with 10 rebounds against No. 3 West Texas A&M (11/22)... went for 21 points on 7-of-15 shooting with a season-high four 3-pointers while pulling down seven rebounds in a 100-90 overtime win against No. 12 West Texas A&M (1/27)... scored 19 points and pulled down eight rebounds while shooting 7-for-10 from the floor with three 3-pointers in a win over Cameron (1/29)... scored 17 points on 7-of-10 shooting with a season-best three dunks at Dallas Baptist (1/22)... connected on 9-of-18 shots with a 3-pointer to finish with 23 points and seven rebounds at Angelo State (1/13)... poured in a team-high 20 points on 11-of-18 shooting with a career-best four 3-pointers (on five attempts) in a 60-50 win over St. Edward's (1/6)... recorded his third career double-double and second of the season going for 17 points and 12 rebounds against Texas A&M-Commerce (12/31)... went for 22 points and six rebounds in 23 minutes against Northern State (11/16)... scored 21 of his game-high 22 points in the second half going 12-for-16 from the free throw line with six rebounds at Oklahoma Christian (12/2)... narrowly missed a double-double with nine points and 11 rebounds in a win over Colorado State-Pueblo (11/13)... 10 of his 11 rebounds against Colorado State-Pueblo came on the offensive end of the floor... had another near double-double with 19 points and nine rebounds at  Cameron (11/30)... went 6-of-8 from the field and connected on a 3-pointer to finish with 15 points against Texas A&M International (2/19)... scored his 500th career point against Lubbock Christian (2/3)...

Terrell Wilson // Junior // Guard // Houston, Texas

ranks 17th in the Lone Star Conference in scoring with 13.4 points per game while averaging 2.8 rebounds and 2.6 assists in 28.2 minutes over 27 games this season... scored in double figures 20 times this season and in each of his last six games...  scored 20-or-more points three times... connected on at least two 3-pointers in 13 games... made at least three steals in eight times this season... has 103 steals through 71 games for an average of 1.5 steals per game to put him fifth on MSU's all-time list.... needs eight steals to tie former All American Tony Forch (111 steals from 1978-80) for 15th place on the all-time list... ranks ninth in the LSC and 189th in NCAA Division II with 1.52 steals per game... poured in a career-high 28 points on 10-of-16 shooting going 6-of-6 from the arc at UT Tyler (1/2)... booked 21 points on 7-of-15 shooting with three 3-pointers against Dallas Baptist (1/22)... went for 21 points with five assists and two steals in a win over Colorado State-Pueblo (11/13)... scored game-high 19 points on 7-of-15 shooting with four assists and three steals in a 75-61 win over Dallas Baptist (2/8)... went 6-of-7 from the field with three 3-pointers to finish with 19 points against Texas A&M International (2/19)... narrowly missed a double-double finishing with 17 points and nine rebounds while hitting three 3-pointers in a 100-90 overtime win against No. 17 West Texas A&M (1/27)... connected on 7-of-9 shots from the field including a 3-pointer for a team-high 17 points in a win at UT Permian Basin (1/15)... scored 12 of his 14 points in the second half against Texas A&M-Commerce (12/31)... scored his 800th career point against UAFS (2/25)...

Pierre Sanders // Sophomore // Guard // Hutto, Texas

averages 10.7 points, 4.5 rebounds and 2.6 assists in 29.5 minutes over 22 games... scored in double figures 10 times... missed five games due to injury from the Nov. 30 game at Cameron through the Dec. 16 game against Texas A&M-Commerce... poured in a career high 21 points and threatened a triple double by matching career bests with nine rebounds and eight assists in a 100-90 overtime win over No. 12 West Texas A&M (1/27)... matched a career high with 21 points on 7-of-9 shooting burying three 3-pointers in a 71-49 win over Eastern New Mexico (2/5)... went for game-high 19 points on 6-of-11 shooting with two 3-pointers and two steals in a 75-61 win over Dallas Baptist (2/8)... poured in 17 points hitting four 3-pointers in a win at UT Permian Basin (1/15)... splashed in a season-high 17 points on 5-of-11 shooting with seven rebounds at Northern State (11/26)... finished with 13 points and nine rebounds in a win over Colorado State-Pueblo (11/13)... buried a season-high three 3-pointers and went 5-for-9 from the field to finish with 15 points and seven rebounds against St. Mary's (1/8)... buried a season-high three 3-pointers to finish with 11 points and five assists against Cameron (1/29)... 

Amaechi Chukwu // Redshirt-Freshman  // Forward // Denton, Texas

averages 7.3 points and 5.1 rebounds in 19.9 minutes over 26 games... averaged 12.3 points and 6.3 rebounds in 20.3 minutes shooting 32-of-44 from the field (72.7 percent) scoring in double figures in five of six games from Jan. 13-Feb. 3... scored in double figures seven times... ranks eighth in the Lone Star Conference averaging 2.2 offensive rebounds per game... set a career-high with 17 points on 6-of-8 shooting and narrowly missed first collegiate double-double with nine rebounds against Cameron (1/29)... scored in double digits for the first time against Angelo State (1/13) then extended the run to three straight games with at least 10 points against UT Permian Basin (1/15) and Dallas Baptist (1/22)... went for 16 points on 7-of-8 shooting and grabbed seven rebounds at Angelo State (1/13)... led MSU with 16 points on 6-of-9 shooting and went 4-of-5 from the free throw line to finish with 16 points and five rebounds at Texas A&M-Kingsville (2/17)... scored 10 points on 5-of-8 shooting with five rebounds versus No. 1 Lubbock Christian (2/3).... notched first collegiate double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds while shooting 5-of-7 from the field with a 3-pointer at UT Permian Basin (1/15)...  added second double-double with 11 points and 11 rebounds in a 75-61 win over Dallas Baptist (2/8)... scored 11 points on 5-of-8 shooting with six rebounds before fouling out in 28 minutes at Dallas Baptist (1/22)... matched a season high pulling down 11 rebounds against Arkansas-Fort Smith (2/24)... 

Jalin Brown // Senior // Forward // Denton, Texas

averages 5.6 points and ranks 11th in the Lone Star Conference pulling down 6.0 rebounds in 22.1 minutes across 27 games... grabbed at least seven rebounds in 11 games this season including a high of 15 rebounds against St. Edward's (1/6)... pulled down 9.5 rebounds over a six-game stretch from Dec. 13 against UT Tyler through Jan. 8 against St. Mary's... shooting 42.1 percent from the arc for the season (16-of-38)... connected on two 3-pointers in consecutive games going 2-for-2 at Texas A&M-Commerce (12/31) and 2-for-3 against UT Tyler (1/2)... accounted for a season-high 12 points on 4-of-7 shooting with two 3-pointers in a 69-50 win over Western New Mexico (2/10)... scored 10 points and grabbed eight rebounds in a win over Colorado State-Pueblo (11/13)... booked 10 points with five rebounds and three steals in a 100-90 overtime win against No. 12 West Texas A&M (1/27)... scored 10 points on 3-of-6 shooting with five rebounds at No. 1 Lubbock Christian (2/3)... scored 10 points and grabbed eight rebounds in a 75-61 win over Dallas Baptist (2/8)...

HEAD COACH JUSTIN LESLIE is in his third season at the helm of the Midwestern State men's basketball program. The Mustangs battled to an 8-21 mark in 2019-20 but closed the regular season by winning four out of five games to qualify for the Lone Star Conference Postseason Tournament. MSU also closed the 2020-21 regular season with four straight wins advancing the LSC Postseason Tournament for the second straight year with an 11-8 overall record. Prior to MSU, Leslie posted a 266-121 overall record (.687) at Azusa Pacific leading the Cougars to nine 20-win campaigns, two Pacific West Conference titles, seven postseason tournament appearance and an NCAA Division II Elite Eight showing in 2015. Overall, Leslie owns a 298-164 mark (.645) in 15 seasons as a collegiate head coach including a 32-43 record (.427) at MSU.

SCOUTING THE EAGLES

Oklahoma Christian has lost its last three games and five of its last six... The Eagles were schedule to face DBU on Thursday, but the game was cancelled due to poor travel conditions... OC is tied for 14th in the LSC with a league mark of 4-10 and has been eliminated from postseason contention... Sophomore guard Drew Tennial leads Oklahoma Christian averaging 13 points and 7.2 rebounds per game... Tennial is third in the LSC and 86th in NCAA Division II with 1.76 steals per game... Sophomore Moun'Tae Edmundson scores 12.4 points per game shooting 45.8 percent from the field and 41.9 percent from the arc (44-for-105)... Sophomore forward Nyk Madison adds 10.6 points and 3.9 rebounds per game while shooting 52.9 percent from the field... Madison ranks second in the LSC and 35th in NCAA Division II blocking 1.6 shots per game...

HEAD COACH KENDRE TALLEY possesses a 24-46 overall record (.343) in his third season at the helm at his alma mater. Talley competed for legendary Oklahoma Christian coach Dan Hays from 2010-14 earning National Christian College Athletic Association All-America and All-Heartland Conference first-team honors as a senior. He is the only player in Heartland history to lead the NCAA Division II league in three major stat categories -- scoring (17.5 points per game), assists (5.9 per game) and steals (2.0 per game).

ABOUT THE SERIES

Midwestern State and Oklahoma Christian meet for the 41st time on the hardwood Saturday afternoon at D.L. Ligon Coliseum. The Mustangs lead the overall series which dates back to the 1961-62 season by a 26-14 margin. MSU won seven of the last nine meetings dating back to the 1992-93 season, but OC has won three of the last five meetings including a 72-64 victory earlier this season at the Eagles' Nest (12/2). Midwestern State is 9-3 all-time against Oklahoma Christian at D.L. Ligon Coliseum. The Mustangs have won the last four games against OC in Wichita Falls. The Eagles' last victory at Ligon Coliseum came on Nov. 30, 1982 (86-73).

UP NEXT

Midwestern State will host a Lone Star Conference Postseason Tournament first round game Tuesday night at D.L. Ligon Coliseum with a tip time of 7 p.m. unless the Mustangs win and both West Texas A&M and Texas A&M-Commerce lose on Saturday. In that scenario, MSU receives a first round bye and will play a quarterfinal game Thursday night at Comerica Center in Frisco. Tipoff would be at 8:30 p.m.