ROLLA, Mo. – Missouri S&T will seek to break into the win column for the first time in Great Lakes Valley Conference play Thursday when it opens a stretch of three games in five days with a rematch against Truman State at Billy Key Court.

The Miners will face the Bulldogs in a 7:30 p.m. contest to open the busy holiday weekend, as they will head to Springfield, Mo., Saturday to take on Drury in a 3 p.m. game and return home for a Monday evening contest against William Jewell that will begin at 7:30 p.m. to close out the stretch of games against teams from the GLVC West Division.

Missouri S&T enters play this week at 2-10 overall and will be looking to snap a four-game losing streak against a Truman team that handed the Miners a 101-66 loss last week in Kirksville.  The Miners led for most of the first half and were down by just two at the half, but the Bulldogs poured in 13 three-point shots in the final 20 minutes to break free from S&T.

The Miners are led in scoring by Chris Harris (Antioch, IL/Lake Forest Academy) with an average of 14.8 points per game, which ranks 13^th in the GLVC and is one of six Miners averaging in double figures heading into Thursday's contest.  Romain Louiserre (La Ferte Alais, France/Fredrick Fays), who led S&T with 18 points in Saturday's 82-74 loss to Wisconsin-Parkside, is averaging 12.8 points per game and Sebastian Ferenc (Zgierz, Poland/) is at 11.7 points and a team-high 8.4 rebounds per game, while also ranking second in the league with 1.5 blocked shots per game.

S&T is also getting 11.7 per game from Dulan Scott (Chicago, IL/Farragut Academy), as well as 10.5 a game from Ervin Sarajlic (St. Louis, MO/Oakville) and 10.4 per contest from Allante Pickens (Chicago, IL/Curie).

ABOUT TRUMAN STATE: After splitting their 10 games prior to the NCAA Division II winter break, the Bulldogs have won three straight since returning to action to bring an 8-5 overall record and 3-1 GLVC mark into Thursday's game.  That three-game winning streak also includes last Thursday's win over Missouri S&T in Kirksville.

Zach Fischer recorded his league-high ninth double-double Saturday in the Bulldogs' 92-80 win over Lewis and leads Truman with averages of 17.8 points and 10.8 rebounds per game.  Fischer leads the conference in rebounding and is second in the GLVC in field goal percentage at 69.8 percent.

Truman hit 33 three-point baskets in its two wins last week -- including 18 against the Miners -- and is averaging 11.3 three-point baskets per game, the second-best mark in the league.  Jake Velky has a team-high 33 treys and Nathan Messer has connected 28 times from beyone the arc, which included four in Saturday's win.  Velky is averaging 16 points per game and has a team-high 39 assists, while Brodrick Thomas is scoring 14 points a game.

Jack Green and Messer are also scoring in double figures, with Green at 11.8 points per outing while shooting 43.6 percent from three-point range and Messer at 11.4 points per game.  The Bulldogs have averaged 85.4 points over their first 13 games of the campaign.

ABOUT DRURY:  The Panthers defeated GLVC East Division co-leader Southern Indiana 71-61 Saturday to improve to 10-2 overall and 3-1 in conference play, as they got a big game from their bench in the victory.  All three double figure scorers for Drury in that game were reserves, led by Kamau Kinder's 15 points.

Issac Johnson leads a balanced Panther attack with an average of 13.8 points per game, as Drury – the highest-scoring team in the GLVC – has six players averaging 8.2 points per contest or better.  Johnson is shooting 41.9 percent from three-point range with a team-high 31 treys, as the Panthers have averaged a GLVC-best 12.5 three-pointers per game over their first 12 contests.  Drury enters the week ranked fourth in NCAA Division II in three-pointers made per game.

Andrew Ballock is averaging 10.4 points and leads the Panthers with an average of five rebounds per game, while Tyler Clanton is scoring 9.4 points a contest while shooting 83.1 percent from the field; Clanton has missed just 10 of his 59 shots from the floor this season.

As a team, Drury is shooting 44.5 percent from three-point land which is the second-best mark in NCAA Division II and is hitting 51.4 percent of its field goal attempts, a mark that also ranks sixth nationally.

ABOUT WILLIAM JEWELL:  The Cardinals, picked to finish last in the GLVC West Division II this season, roared out of the gate with nine straight wins to begin the season and own a 13-2 overall record heading into their Thursday home match with Rockhurst.  William Jewell is 3-2 in the GLVC following a loss Saturday to third-ranked Bellarmine.

Jewell is ranked second in the GLVC in scoring with an average of 89.6 points per game and has four double figure scorers, led by Patrick Whelan with his average of 20.3 points per game.  Whelan is second in the GLVC in scoring and has done considerable damage from all parts of the floor, including a league-high 47 three-point baskets at a clip of 40.9 percent.  He made six threes in the Cardinals' loss to Bellarmine and led Jewell with 26 points.

Keith Hayes is fifth in the GLVC in scoring at 18.3 points per contest and is shooting 41.8 percent from beyond the arc, where he has made 33 this season, while Byron Harp has averaged 14.6 points per game.  The fourth double figure scorer for the Cardinals is Pharroh Gordon, who has scored 12 points per game and is second in the conference in rebounding at 10.3 per contest.

The Cardinals have made a league-high 165 three-point baskets and have also gone to the free throw line 343 times, second only to Southern Indiana in the GLVC.  Harp, an 84.3 percent free throw shooter, also leads the Cardinals with 40 assists while Gordon has made 28 steals.