UPCOMING GAMES
The Fort Lewis College men's basketball team will travel to Golden, Colo. to play two neutral site games in Lockridge Arena on the campus of Colorado School of Mines.
The Skyhawks will open the weekend with Diné College on Friday at 1 p.m., followed by Wayland Baptist University on Saturday at 3 p.m. Diné College is located in Tsaile, Ariz. WBU is a member of the NAIA and is located in Plainview, Texas.
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Fort Lewis College is on a three-game winning streak and are 3-1 overall after posting home wins against Embry-Riddle University and Northern New Mexico College this past weekend. The back-to-back home wins extends the Skyhawks home winning streak to 21 games, reaching back to the 2014-15 season.
FLC has made the most three-point field goals in the conference this season with 49 (12.3 per game). They also lead the league in turnover margin with a +4.00 mark (59-75). Through two weekends of preseason basketball, the Skyhawks are second in the league in scoring (94 points per game), scoring margin (17.2), free throw percentage (80.7 percent), three-point field goal percentage (52.7 percent), and assists (79, 19.8 per game).
Joshua Blaylock's 17.5 points per game are the seventh most scored this season. He ranks third in the league in three-point field goals made (3.5 average) and is fifth in steals with 1.8 per game.
Will Morse has dished out the second most assists in the RMAC this season, averaging 5.8 per game. He is third in the conference in assist/turnover ratio (8.0, 8-1), and fourth in three-point field goal percentage (65 percent) and three-point field goals made (3.3 average).
Rasmus Bach ranks in the top 10 in the league in three-point field goal percentage (4-of-5, 80 percent), rebounding (6.8 per game) and scoring (16 per game).
SCOUTING THE WARRIORS
Diné College is a two-year, tribally controlled community college, serving the 27,000-square-mile Navajo Nation. Current enrollment is 1,830 students, of which 210 are degree-seeking transfer students for four-year institutions.
Information about the men's basketball program is not available.
SCOUTING THE PIONEERS
Wayland Baptist University enters the weekend in Golden, Colo. with a 5-1 record. The Pioneers are coming off two wins against Western State Colorado University and Colorado Mesa University.
WBU is averaging 94.3 points per game and are outscoring their opponents by 17.5 points per game.
Maurice Redmond leads WBU's offense with 18.0 points per game. Louis Timms is averaging a double-double with 14.5 points and 10.5 rebounds per game.
UP NEXT
FLC will open the conference season at home against Colorado State-Pueblo on Dec. 2, and New Mexico Highlands on Dec. 3. Both games will start at approximately 7:30 p.m.
