Matt Barker, Sports Information Director

HENDERSON, Tenn. - The No. 12 Freed-Hardeman Lion basketball team will look to pick up their tenth straight win tonight as they host No. 8 Columbia (Mo.) College in a 7:30 PM match-up at the Brewer Sports Center.

SETTING THE STAGE

FHU (21-5, 15-3 AMC) enters tonight's matchup coming off a 100-89 victory over Williams Baptist (Ark.) College (13-8, 11-7 AMC) on Tuesday. Orlando Bass led the Lions on the offensive end with an impressive 25 points as he went 8-for-17 from the field and 3-for-5 from behind the arc. Isaiah Harrison followed close behind as he finished with 22 points and nine rebounds.

Trevor Randolph continued his strong play from behind the arc as he shot an impressive 5-for-7 from three-point range to finish with 15 points. Evan Forhetz also put in key minutes on the offensive end in the second half as he finished the game with nine points and seven assists.

FHU did not miss much in the match-up and when they did it was rare. The Lions shot an impressive 58.7 percent from the floor and 64.7 percent from three point range to keep a lead for a majority of the game. Williams Baptist College also played well on the offensive side of the floor as they shot 49.3 percent from the floor and 51.9 percent from three-point range to keep things close the entire way.

The Lions would continue their hot shooting in the second half as they shot 58.7 percent from the field and 64.7 percent from behind the arc. The Lions held a slight edge for a majority of the second half, but struggled to pull away until Orlando Bass would open the game up by picking crashing the boards on a missed three-point field goal by Trevor Randolph and putting it back in with a foul for a traditional three-point play to put the Lions up 91-87.

Bass would do it again moments later at the 1:30 mark as Trevor Randolph would come up with a steal and send an outlet pass down the floor, where Bass was able to make another layup with a foul to achieve another three-point play to put the Lions up seven at the one minute mark. The cushion proved to be all the Lions needed as they were able to make free throws down the stretch to secure the 100-89 victory.

SCOUTING THE COUGARS

Columbia College (22-4, 15-3 AMC) enters tonight's matchup coming off a 77-74 loss to Missouri Baptist University (16-10, 11-7 AMC) on Saturday to suffer just their fourth loss of the season and third in conference play.

The Cougars are led by sophomore guard Nic Reynolds, who averages 15.39 points per game. Zach Rockers leads Columbia on the glass as he averages 6.96 rebounds per game while Chantel Stanciel leads the team in assists as he dishes out 3.58 assists per game.

As a team, the Cougars average 81.5 points per game while holding their opponents to 63.3 points per game.

Overall, the Cougars enter tonight's matchup with a record of 22-4 on the season (15-3 in league play) and sit neck and neck with the Lions for first place in the American Midwest Conference.

Tonight marks the seventh meeting between FHU and Columbia since the Lions joined the AMC during the 2013-14 season. The series is currently tied 3-3 entering tonight's game. The last meeting between FHU and the Cougars was earlier this season on January 7, 2016 as the Lions were defeated 94-101 on the road in Columbia, Mo.

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