SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Valor Men's Basketball travels to Hillsboro, Kansas, on Saturday (Jan. 27) afternoon, to take on the Tabor Bluejays.
Tip-off is set for 4:00 p.m., in the Tabor Gymnasium, as Evangel looks to take the season series over the Bluejays.
SERIES HISTORY
Evangel and Tabor have matched up eight times in program history, as the series is tied, 4-4, after Evangel took the win earlier this season, 94-57, in Springfield.
OPENING STORYLINES
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Evangel travels to Hillsboro, Kansas, on Saturday (Jan. 27) afternoon to take on the Tabor Bluejays, as they begin their second go around of conference play.
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Valor Men's Basketball defeated the Friends Falcons on Wednesday at home, 88-75.
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The month of January has not been friendly to the Valor, as they are currently 2-5, but can still finish 4-5, with two consecutive wins.
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Josh Prichett led the Valor in scoring on Wednesday, finishing with 18 points in the dominant home win.
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Broc Smith scored his career high in Wednesday's win, hitting five threes and scoring 17 points.
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Josh Mason (17 pts.), Garrett Davault (14 pts.), and Manrique Alvarado (10 pts.) rounded out double digit scoring on Wednesday.
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Three Valor athletes average double digit scoring so far this season, with Josh Pritchett leading the charge with 14.6 points per game.
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The Valor have had a strong offense so far this season, averaging 81.3 points per game and shooting 47.8 percent from the floor, but are allowing 79.0 points per game.
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Pritchett ranks in the EU record book in several different categories. Josh currently is 2nd in Evangel history in assists (491), 4th in steals (204), 5th in scoring (1,818), 7th in blocks (72), as well as 7th in three point makes (203).
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Evangel's win against Friends was the third all-time in program history, as EU leads it, 3-0.
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Evangel will look to move back to above .500 overall on the season and continue to climb the conference rankings, as they currently sit in fifth in the KCAC.
LOOKING AHEAD
Evangel Men's Basketball returns home for a crucial conference matchup on Wednesday (Jan. 31) evening at 7:30 p.m. against (RV) Kansas Wesleyan.
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