UPCOMING GAMES
The Fort Lewis College men's basketball team will play host to Regis University Friday night and Chadron State College on Saturday. Both games are scheduled to start at Whalen Gymnasium following the women's game.
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The Skyhawks enter the weekend first in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference with a 10-2 record (15-3 overall).
FLC's 15-3 start is the fourth time in program history they won 15 of their first 18 games (2009-10, 2010-11, 2015-16).
After a one week hiatus from the National Association Basketball Coaches Division II poll, the Skyhawks returned to the rankings. FLC received 67 points and are ranked No. 21 in this week's poll.
Head coach
Bob Pietrack has been named HoopDirt.com Coach of the Week for Week 9.
Fort Lewis continued their home winning streak this past weekend with wins against Black Hills State University (66-48) and South Dakota School of Mines (98-75). FLC now owns a 26-game home winning streak. The 26-game home winning streak is the sixth best active home winning streak in NCAA Division II (Kentucky Wesleyan-40, Bellarmine-34, Northwest Missouri State-28, Barry University-29, and West Liberty-27).
Two of the top three scorers in the league hail from Fort Lewis College.
Joshua Blaylock leads all scorers with 19.5 points per game, followed by
Rasmus Bach's third highest scoring average in the league with 19.3 points per game.
Blaylock has a league best 62 made three-pointers and is shooting them at a 51.2 percent clip (62-of-121).
Alex Semadeni's 70.9 field goal percentage (56-of-79) is the best shooting mark in the RMAC.
Senior guard
Will Morse owns a league best 95 assists (5.3 average) and 3.8 assist/turnover ratio (95/25).
FLC has the highest scoring offense in the RMAC with 90.6 points per game. Their plus-16.1 points per game scoring margin is also a league high, as well as field goal percentage (52.6 percent), three-point field goal percent (44.9 percent), and assists (17.9 per game).
SCOUTING THE RANGERS
Regis University owns a 6-4 RMAC record, placing them in a tie for sixth place in the league standings. The Rangers are 12-4 overall and 5-2 in road games this season.
RU is scoring an average of 78.1 points per game and allowing 74.3 points per game. Friday will be the second time in three weeks the two teams have met. RU handed the Skyhawks their first conference loss of the season on Dec. 30, 78-76.
Dexter Sienko leads the team in scoring (15.6 per game) and rebounding (6.7 per game).
SCOUTING THE EAGLES
Chadron State College is tied for 13
th place in the league standings with a 2-9 record (2-13 overall). The Eagles are on a three-game losing streak and are winless on the road (0-7).
CSC's 66.5 points per game is the second lowest scoring average in the RMAC, and their -13.5 scoring margin is the most among 15 teams.
FLC defeated the Eagles in their first meeting three weeks ago, 84-59 on Dec. 30.
Darius Polley and Warren Gordon lead the team in scoring with 13.2 points and 13.1 points per game.
UP NEXT
The Skyhawks will head to Colorado Christian University for a single game next weekend. Game time is scheduled for 3 p.m.