{"id":18404,"date":"2015-02-25T17:00:35","date_gmt":"2015-02-25T23:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=18404"},"modified":"2017-08-14T10:42:41","modified_gmt":"2017-08-14T15:42:41","slug":"tigers-travel-to-oklahoma-for-final-week-of-regular-season-face-uco-on-thursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=18404","title":{"rendered":"Tigers Travel to Oklahoma for Final Week of Regular Season; Face UCO on Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"
Fort Hays State University men’s basketball closes the 2014-15 regular season with two games in Oklahoma, starting with Central Oklahoma on Thursday<\/span><\/span>\u00a0in Edmond. The Tigers and Bronchos are set to tip off at 7:30 p.m.<\/span><\/span> at Hamilton Field House. FHSU enters at 16-10 overall, 9-8 in the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association, while UCO enters at 17-9 overall, 10-7 in the MIAA.<\/div>\n
\nFHSU\u00a0looks to grab home court advantage for the first round of the MIAA Tournament, which begins next Monday<\/span><\/span>. FHSU is currently alone in eighth place in the MIAA standings, just a half game up on Washburn. The top four seeds in the tournament get byes to Kansas City for the quarterfinals of the tournament, while seeds 5 through 8 will host first round games\u00a0on Monday<\/span><\/span> against seeds 9 through 12. FHSU has already clinched a spot in the tournament, but looks to keep from falling below eighth place in the standings.<\/p>\n

If FHSU\u00a0wins both games this week, they will secure at least a first-round home game in the MIAA Tournament on Monday<\/span><\/span>. However, a 1-1 or 0-2 record on the week could result in the Tigers playing a road game in the first round, pending the outcome of other games. FHSU is currently one game back of Central Oklahoma in the conference standings, looking to pull into a tie for seventh or better with one game to play.<\/p>\n

The Tigers\u00a0won the first meeting with Central Oklahoma this season by a score of 82-72 in Hays on January 15<\/span><\/span>. During that game\u00a0point guard Craig Nicholson<\/a><\/dfn> was lost for the season to injury. Since that game, the Tigers have went 6-4 overall. The Tigers have won four of the last five meetings with UCO.<\/p>\n

Dom Samac<\/a><\/dfn> continues to lead active Tigers in scoring at 10.8 points per game. Also in double figures are Achoki Moikobu<\/a>\u00a0<\/dfn>(10.2) and Royce Williams<\/a><\/dfn> (10.0). James Fleming<\/a><\/dfn> has scored in double figures five consecutive games and has his average up to 9.8 per game.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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