FULTON, Mo. – After an icy weekend in mid-Missouri pushed the William Woods University men's basketball game back two days, the No. 19 Owls will host No. 6 Columbia College in a NAIA Top 25 Showdown. Tip-off is set for 7:30 p.m. at Anderson Arena.

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About the Owls
- William Woods comes into Mondays game with a 13-5 record and a 7-3 mark in the American Midwest Conference
- With the 7-3 AMC record, the Owl are currently tied for second place in the AMC. They are tied with Freed-Hardeman University
- William Woods enters the contest coming off an 82-77 non-conference victory over College of the Ozarks on Tuesday night
- WWU finds itself forcing turnovers as they have 156 steals on the season. The 156 steals ranks ninth in the nation
- Trey Mitchell leads the Owls in scoring on the season as he is averaging 16.8 points per game. As a team, the Owls are scoring 79.4 points per game this season and have five players scoring in double-digits on the season
- Brandon Vice leads the Owl in rebounding as he is collecting 6.9 rebounds per game. He has a team high 118 rebounds on the season
- As a team, the Owls are shooting 47.5 percent from the floor on the season. On Tuesday in the victory over College of the Ozarks, WWU shot 62.5 percent from the floor in the second half of the contest
- Jonny Woolf ranks sixth in the NAIA in three-point field goal percentage. Woolf is shooting 51.0 percent from behind the arc on the season. He is 26-of-51 on threes this season
- During first half of contest, the Owls have outscored its opponents by three points (670-667). However, the Owls have outscored its opponents by 119 points (743-624) in the second half of games this season
 
About the Cougars
- Columbia enters Monday's Top 25 showdown with an overall record of 17-1 and 10-0 in the American Midwest Conference. Columbia is in first place in the AMC and hold a three-game lead over the Owls and Freed-Hardeman
- The Cougars are currently on an 11-game winning streak. The only loss for the Cougars this season, was to then-No. 3 William Penn University
- Columbia comes in making 43.4 percent of its three-pointers on the season, which is the third best percentage in the NAIA this season. Nic Reynolds leads the team shooting 48.9 percent on threes
- Nic Reynolds leads a Cougars trio scoring in double-figures on the season. Reynolds is averaging 13.9 points per game. Jackson Dubinski follows averaging 12.1 points per game and Preston Whitfield rounds out the trio scoring 10.6 points per game
- On the season, Columbia has outscored its opponents by 323 points this season
- Columbia is only allowing teams to score 63.6 points per game this season, which ranks 7th best in the NAIA this season
 
What's Next
The Owls return to the court on Thursday, January 19th when they host Lyon College in American Midwest Conference action. Tip-off is set for 7:30 p.m. at Anderson Arena.