FMU MBB Looking To Snap Skid, Hosts Webber International Thursday

AT A GLANCE
FMU Lions (8-6, 4-3) vs. Webber International University Warriors (7-11, 2-4)
When: Thursday, January 13, 2022
Where: Florida Memorial, Miami Gardens, Fla. | FMU Wellness Center
Tip-off: 8 p.m.
Last Meeting: Jan. 28, 2021, Loss 64-72
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Tickets: General Admission $5 (Purchase)

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – Florida Memorial University will be looking to snap a two-game losing skid this week when it hosts Sun Conference foe Webber International University Thursday night in the FMU Wellness Center.

The game, which is scheduled for an 8 p.m. start, will officially tip-off 30 minutes following the conclusion of the preceding women's basketball game between the programs.

About The Lions

FMU enters Thursday's game with the sour taste of back-to-back close losses coating its mouth following an 87-91 loss at Ave Maria university this past Saturday.
With the loss at AMU, the Lions have lost its past two games by a combined seven points; a tough pill to swallow given they held leads during the second half of both games.
The two losses also dropped Florida Memorial from being tied for first place in the Sun Conference standings to being tied for third place with Warner University.
Senior guard Corey Benton has scored 20 points or more in back-to-back games for the Lions, making it five times in the past seven games that he achieved that feat.
Since returning to the lineup back in December, guard Eric Hester has been a solid contributor adding scoring punch as driver to complement Benton in the backcourt.
FMU has missed the production of 6-foot-9 senior forward Brent Holcombe. The team's second leading scorer on average, Holcombe has only posted 11 points (shooting 5-of-18 from the field) in the past two games.

Scouting Webber International

WIU enters Thursday's game as winners of two of its past three games, including a 65-51 loss at Thomas University this past weekend.
The Warriors have struggled when playing away from its home gym this season, posting an 0-5 record in road contests this season.
Senior 6-foot-3 guard Jaylon Myles leads Webber International in scoring this season with 13.4 PPG but is just one of two players averaging double-digit points for WIU this season.
Webber ranks in the bottom half of the Sun Conference in overall field goal percentage (40.6) and three-point shooting percentage (32.4).
The Warriors are led by second-year head coach Gabriel Rutledge, who spent four seasons as an assistant with WIU before being named the head coach prior to the start of the 2020-21 season.
WIU has two losses against University of Fort Lauderdale, a team that Florida Memorial defeated at the start of the season.

Series History

Florida Memorial trails the all-time series against Webber 7-9.
The teams have alternated victories over the past four meetings, with FMU's last win coming in the Dec. 5, 2020 meeting.
Historically, the Lions are 2-6 at home against the Warriors, but FMU is currently sporting a 5-1 record on its home floor so far this season.

Keys To Victory

FMU has to create and exploit mismatches with its treasure chest of towering frontcourt players, using the height advantages of Holcombe, 6-foot-10 Jethro Tshisumpa, and 7-foot Mubashar Ali against the Warriors – whose tallest active player measures 6-foot-7.
If the game is close, the Lions have to elevate their late-game execution; a trait that hamstrung the team in the past two games.

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