FULTON, Mo. – The William Woods University Men's Basketball team returns from Christmas Break on Thursday, December 29th when they host St. Louis College of Pharmacy at 4 p.m. at Anderson Arena. This will be the Owls first game since they played an exhibition contest on December 14th at Arkansas Tech.
About the Owls
- WWU enters Thursday's contest with a 9-3 record and 4-1 in the American Midwest Conference. The Owls are currently on a five-game winning streak that started on November 22nd when they defeated Haskell Indians Nation University, 71-69, at Anderson Arena
- The Owls won its five-streak contest on December 14th when they defeated Hannibal-LaGrange, 81-79, on December 13th.
Torin Washington made his Owls debut against the Trojans and scored 21 points and collected four rebounds in the game
- WWU is averaging 77.8 points per game, which is the sixth most in AMC, on the season.
Trey Mitchell leads the Owls with 17.0 points per game.
Shannon James follows averaging 15.8 points per game on the season
- William Woods has recorded 109 steals on the season, which ranks 14th in the nation. Leading the Owl is
Shannon James, who has recorded 15 steals on the season. The Owls have seven players with 10 or more steals this season
- WWU is shooting 37.1 percent on three pointers this season as they have made 89 of the 240 they have attempted this season
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Alec Mulvihill leads the Howls with 19 made three-pointers. He is shooting 51.4 percent from behind the arc on the season. His 51.4 percent average on three pointers this season is the 8th best mark in the nation
- The Owls are holding teams to shoot 40.6 percent from the floor this season, which is 24th best in the nation
About the Eutectics
- St. Louis College of Pharmacy come into Thursdays contest with a record of 0-6 on the season. In their last contest, the Eutectics were defeated by Central Baptist, 110-49, on December 15th
- The Eutectics have allowed 100 or more points in four of the six contests this season. They allowed 126 points to Columbia College on November 29th. Pharmacy is allowing 105.7 points per game this season.
- Pharmacy is averaging 53.8 points per game this season. They scored a season-high 63 points on December 1st against Lindenwood-Belleville
- Kyle Jones leads the Eutectics this season in scoring as he averages 12.7 points per game. He scored a season-high 21 points, on 7-of-13 shooting, against Hannibal-LaGrange on November 17th
- Aaron Onkle is the only other Pharmacy averaging double-figures as he is averaging 10.0 points per game. He scored a season-high 15 points against Central Christian College on November 5th. Onkle leads the Eutectics in rebounding averaging 8.0 rebounds per game, which is 28th best in the nation. He collected a season-high 15 rebounds on October 31st against Lincoln Christian
- As a team, the Eutectics are shooting 33.0 percent from the floor as they are 111-of-336 on the season
What's Next
The Owls return at action on Saturday, December 31st when they host Park University at 3 p.m. at Anderson Arena. This will be the American Midwest Conference Game of the Week.