Fort Hays State Men’s Basketball closes out the 2018-19 regular season on Saturday afternoon (Mar. 2) when it plays host to Pittsburg State for Senior Day at Gross Memorial Coliseum. Game time is set for 4 pm. FHSU enters at 17-10 overall, 11-7 in the MIAA, while Pitt State is 16-11 overall, 9-9 in the MIAA.
Promotions
Game Sponsor: Nex-Tech
National Anthem: Holy Family Elementary
Student Section Theme: Sports Jersey
– Senior Day – Celebrate the Tiger Basketball seniors!
– Vision Dance performance at both halftimes
– Big Creek Crossing Gift Card Giveaway (Both cards currently have $702, since both teams have scored 702 points in conference games at home).
– Tiger Leadership Award Winners Announced
Recognition of the five seniors will take place before the start of the game, which includes Kyler Kinnamon, Marcus Cooper, Trey O’Neil, Grant Holmes, and Brady Werth.
Fort Hays State locked up fourth place alone in the MIAA on Thursday night with a thrilling 89-84 win over Missouri Southern. Werth led the Tigers with 19 points, now just nine points shy of the 1,000-point mark for his career. He looks to become the 21st player in program history to reach that milestone.
Pittsburg State enters the game in a tie with Lincoln for fifth in the MIAA standings. Lincoln has the tiebreak for the No. 5 seed in the MIAA Tournament should the teams remain tied at the end of Saturday. The Gorillas have won their last two games, winning by four at Emporia State and then eight most recently on Thursday night at Nebraska-Kearney.
Fort Hays State won the first meeting of the season with Pittsburg State in Pittsburg by a slim margin of 77-75. Aaron Nicholson hit the game-winning layup to break a 75-75 tie with 4.8 seconds to go in the game. Werth led the Tigers in that game with a double-double of 25 points and 13 rebounds.
