UPCOMING GAMES
The Fort Lewis College men's basketball team will defend their 24-game home winning streak this Friday against Black Hills State University, and Saturday against South Dakota School of Mines. Both games will begin at 7:30 p.m.
 
NOTES
The Skyhawks are 13-3 overall and 8-2 in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference. 
 
FLC dropped an 80-65 decision at MSU Denver on Friday, marking the first time since 2013-14 the Skyhawks lost back-to-back road games.  They bounced back Saturday night to defeat UCCS, 83-79.

The top two scorers in the league hail from Fort Lewis College.  Rasmus Bach leads the league in points per game with a 20.2 average.  Joshua Blaylock is second in the league with 19.5 points per game.
 
Bach joined the 1,000-point club on Saturday at UCCS.  He needed six points at the start of the game to score his 1,000^th point, which occurred in the first half.
 
Blaylock has a league best 55 made three-pointers and is shooting them at a 50 percent clip (55-of-110).
 
Senior guard Will Morse has a league high 3.9 assist/turnover ratio (81/21).  His 81 assists are the second most in the RMAC.
 
FLC has the highest scoring offense in the RMAC with 91.6 points per game.  Their plus-15.6 points per game scoring margin is also a league high, as well as field goal percentage (51.8 percent), three-point field goal percent (44.3 percent), and assists (17.6 per game).
 
SCOUTING THE YELLOW JACKETS
Black Hills State University is tied for 14^th place in the league standings with a 2-8 league record (5-11 overall).  The Yellow Jackets, who are 0-6 on the road this season, are 1-6 in their last seven games and have lost five straight.
 
Three Yellow Jackets are averaging double digits in scoring.  Fraser Malcome and Zach McLemore lead the team with 12.3 points and 12.2 points per game, respectively.
 
SCOUTING THE HARDROCKERS
South Dakota School of Mines enters the weekend with a 9-7 overall record and a 5-5 RMAC record, placing them eighth overall in the league standings. The Hardrockers are 2-5 in road games this season, and have split their games the past three weekends.
 
Konor Kulas is averaging 18.4 points and 8.4 rebounds per game, leading the team in both categories. 
 
The Hardrockers are scoring as many points as they are allowing per game – 73.1 points per game.
 
UP NEXT
FLC will stay at Whalen Gymnasium next weekend when they play host to Regis University and Chadron State College Jan. 20-21.