Men’s Basketball to host Otterbein on Saturday

The Muskingum men's basketball team will take on Otterbein on Saturday, December 16 in the Anne C. Steele Center. Tip-off is scheduled to start at 2:00 p.m.

Game: Muskingum vs Otterbein – 2:00 p.m. (Live Stats: fightingmuskies.com).

Records: Muskingum 3-4 overall, 2-1 OAC, Otterbein 0-8 overall, 0-3 OAC

Muskingum Notes (Roster | Schedule | Statistics)

• Muskingum beat 22nd-ranked Baldwin Wallace, 91-78, to earn their second straight home and conference win of the season on Saturday evening. Marcus Dempsey scored a season-high 33 points, hitting 14-of-24 from the field, while Jarrell Marsh accrued 15 points, snagged a team-best nine rebounds and blocked two shots.
• The last time Muskingum beat a ranked team at home was last season against #24 Baldwin Wallace, 98-95, in overtime.
• For two games straight, four Muskies recorded double-digit scoring.
• Dempsey leads the team and conference, while ranked 22nd in Division III in points per game (25.0). He is making 50.4% of his shots from the field (66-of-131) and 33.3% from the arc (17-of-51).
• Marsh is second on the team and fifth in the conference in points per game (19.1), and first on the team and fourth in the conference in rebounds per game (8.0). Marsh is 42 points away from hitting 1,000 career points.
• As a team, the Fighting Muskies are making 45.0% of their shots from the field, 32.8% from the arc, and 75.4% from the free throw line, which ranks second best in the OAC.
• Last season, the Muskies lost at Otterbein, 60-57, but then beat Otterbein at home, 80-67.

Otterbein Notes (Roster | Schedule | Statistics)

• On Saturday, Otterbein fell, 70-59, at home to Capital.
• The Cardinals have faced two top-10 teams this season.
• Justin Carter leads the team in points per game (14.9) and is 10th in the OAC.
• Gabe Watson is dishing out 3.3 assists per game, which is seventh best in the league.
• Connor Clark is averaging 5.1 rebounds per game to lead the Cardinals.
• The Cardinals are hitting 42.6% of their shots from the field, 32.1% from the arc, 70.1% from the free throw line, and average 7.9 steals per game, which ranks the team fourth in the conference.