FULTON, Mo. – The William Woods University men's basketball team will open up the AMC Championship by playing fourth seed Freed-Hardeman University in the Quarterfinals on Thursday, March 2nd in Henderson, Tennessee.
 
AMC Tournament
- The Championship will run on Thursday, March 2; Saturday, March 4; and Tuesday March 7. The higher seed will host each match-up, and the bracket will not be re-seeded prior to the semifinal round. All games in the AMC Championship will be streamed live and on demand on the AMC Sports Network, with the host schools handling the production of the broadcasts. The week night games will tip-off at 7 p.m., while the Saturday tilts will begin at 3 p.m.
- For all the up-to-date information on the AMC Men's Basketball Championship, please follow the progress of the tournament on the Championship page of the AMC website by clicking here.
 
About the Owls
- William Woods enters the AMC Quarterfinals with a 20-10 overall record and have won four in a row and seven of its last eight contests
- WWU is coming off a 65-57 victory over than No. 3 Columbia College. The win for the Owls was its second victory in program history over Columbia
- On Tuesday, Trey Mitchell was named NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Player of the Week. In his lone game this week he scored 31 points, third most in program history for the Owls
- WWU is averaging 77.5 points per game this season. WWU has three players averaging in double-figures on the season. Trey Mitchell leads the Owls averaging 15.7 points per game. Torin Washington and DaShaun Stark round out the double-figure scorers averaging 11.9 and 11.6 points per game, respectfully
- On the defensive end of the floor, the Owls are holding opponents to shoot 40.7 percent from the floor, which is the 10th best mark in the NAIA. The Owls are also only allowing 70.4 points per game the 19th best mark in the NAIA
- On the glass, the Owls are averaging 40.3 rebounds per game, which is 13th best in the nation. They are outrebounding opponents by 6.3 rebounds per game, which ranks 13th best in the NAIA
- WWU averages the 25th most assists per game on the season as they are averaging 15.1 assists per game
- William Woods is 11-4 away from Anderson Arena this season
 
About the Lions
- Freed-Hardeman enters the AMC Quarterfinals with a 19-11 overall record. The Lions have won its last two games
- On the season, the Lions lead the nation in assists and assists per game. They have dished out 579 assists and are averaging 19.9 assists per game
- Freed-Hardeman also ranks in the top five in the nation in field goal made per game (10.1), blocks per game (4.5), total blocks (132) and three-point field goals made (292)
- On the season the Lions are averaging 79.0 points per and and are shooting 46.0 percent from the floor. They are making 39.7 percent of the three-pointers they take on the season
- FHU has two players averaging in double-figures on the season. Fitzgerald Hopkins leads the way averaging 12.7, while teammate Grant Teichmann follows averaging 10.2 points per game
- Joseph Williams leads the Lions on the defensive end of the court as he leads the team in blocks per game and total blocks. The six-foot-six forward, is averaging 1.6 blocks per game and has a total of 40 on the season. His total is 14th best for blocks per game in the nation and 15th best for total blocks
- On the season the Lions are 12-3 on their home court and 7-8 on the road
 
Previous Meetings This Season
- This will be the third meeting of the season between the Lions and Owls. They split the series 1-1 this season with each time winning on its home court
 
Winner Moves On
- The winner of the Owls and Lions contest will advance to the AMC Semifinals and face the winner of the No. 1 Columbia College and No. 8 Missouri Baptist University contest