The Fort Hays State men's basketball team looks for its seventh-straight win on Saturday (Feb. 16) at Nebraska-Kearney. Tipoff is set for 4 pm from the Health & Sports Center in Kearney, Neb. FHSU enters at 16-6 overall, 10-4 in the MIAA, while UNK is 6-15 overall, 3-10 in the MIAA.
Fort Hays State pulled out a big 64-60 win at Northwest Missouri State to remain in a tie for first place in the MIAA standings with Central Missouri. However, three other teams are within a game of the lead in the conference standings, so the conference race is at a fever pitch with four games remaining. Washburn and Northeastern State are just a half game back, and Central Oklahoma is one game back of the lead. Fort Hays State defeated Nebraska-Kearney by a score of 94-68 in Hays last Saturday.
Dwayne Brunson continues to lead the Tigers at 14.9 points, 7.7 rebounds, and 2.1 blocked shots per game. Also averaging double figures in scoring are
Lance Russell (14.2),
Craig Nicholson (13.9), and
Ben Congiusta (12.4). Nicholson continues to lead the MIAA in assists per game (7.4) and ranks second nationally.
