FULTON, Mo. — The William Woods University men's basketball closes out its 2016-17 home regular season schedule on Saturday, February 18th when they host Freed-Hardeman University at Anderson Arena. Tip-off is set for 3 p.m. The Owls will honor its senior class prior to the start of the contest.

About the Owls
- William Woods enters this Saturday's contest with an overall record of 18-10 and a 12-8 mark in the American Midwest Conference
- WWU is coming off an 81-67 victory over Williams Baptist College on Thursday. DaShaun Stark missed a triple-double in the contest by one rebound and one assists. He finished the night with 22 points, nine rebounds and nine assists
- WWU finds itself ranked 14th in the NAIA in steals as they have recorded 218 steals on the season
- Trey Mitchell leads the Owls in scoring averaging 15.1 points per game. He is also shooting 48.1 percent from the floor this season, which is 41st in the nation
- The Owls are only allowing opponents to score 71.0 points per game, which is the 19th best in nation
- William Woods has four players scoring in double-figures. Following Mitchell is Torin Washington (12.9 ppg), DaShaun Stark (11.3 ppg) and Brandon Vice (10.0 ppg)
- WWU is averaging 77.9 points per game and shooting 47 percent from the floor this season

About the Lions
- The Lions enter the contest with a 17-10 overall record and a 12-7 mark in the AMC. Freed-Hardeman has dropped four of its last five contests
- Freed-Hardeman is coming off a 92-72 loss to No. 3 Columbia College on Thursday night
- The Lions enter the contest averaging 79.1 points per game and are led in scoring by Fitzgerald Hopkins, who is averaging 12.7 points per game.
- Hopkins has played in every contest for the Lions while making nine starts. He is leading the team in three-point field goals has he is making 46.6 percent. He has made 62 on the season
- Freed-Hardeman finds itself ranking first in the NAIA in total assists (530) and second in assists per game (19.6)
- The Lions rank in the top five in Blocks per game (4.4), three-point field goals made per game (10.2), total blocks (121), and three-point field goals made (275)

What's Next
The Owls travel Columbia, Missouri to take on Columbia College on February 25.  Tip-off set for 3 p.m.