Men's Basketball vs. Illinois College Preview

ST. LOUIS, Mo.—The Fontbonne University men's basketball team gets its 2021 season underway on Wednesday when they'll host Illinois College. The two teams will meet once more on Friday at IC. Both games are set to start at 7 p.m.

Illinois College (1-1) vs. Fontbonne (0-0)

When: February 17^th, 2021

Location: St. Louis, Mo.

Time: 7 p.m.

Live Stats: HERE

A Look At Fontbonne

• The Griffins are coming off a 2019-20 campaign where the team finished 14-12 overall and 12-6 in conference play which earned them the No. 3 seed in the SLIAC Tournament.
• The 12 conference wins were the most since the 2008-09 season.
• Anthony Jones was named to the SLIAC All-Conference Second Team for the first time in his career, while Caden Clark earned All-Defensive Team honors.
• Plenty of new faces join the Griffins this year but the team brings back Jones after he averaged a career-high 18.2 points per game, shot 58.3 percent from the floor, 36.7 percent from downtown, and 77.2 percent from the charity-stripe.
• Clark also returns to run the point where he averaged a career-high 10.3 points in 2019-20 and dished out a career-high 4.2 assists per game.
• Elijah Rice looks to build off his first-year numbers at Fontbonne where he posted 9.8 points per game on a 48.1 field goal percentage.
• Noah Coddington (9.0 ppg) and Gus Kleekamp (7.0 ppg) also look to make a strong impact this year.
• The team does welcome in Brent Wagner, Kevin Anders, Dalton Fox, Hayden Cole, Holden Laughman, Drew Cromer, and returner Carter Collins to the fold.

A Look At Illinois College

• The Blueboys, who finished 6-19 in 2019-20, already have two games under its belt this year as they earned its first win with an 85-79 defeat over Cornell on Sunday.
• In the victory, the Blueboys shot 49.2 percent from the floor and 45.8 percent from beyond-the-arc.
• Jake Mazrimas led with a team-high 20 points on 7-of-16 shooting. Troy Burrows added 19 and Hunter Ottensmeier finished with 13.
• Thus far, the Blueboys are averaging 85.0 points per game and shooting 49.2 percent from the floor.
• Mazrimas paces the offense averaging 23.0 points on a 51.4 field goal percentage. Burrows is right behind him averaging 19.0 points per game, while Benton Singleton is the final player in double-figures at 10.0.

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