WICHITA, Kan. —The Newman men's basketball team begin Heartland Conference play Thursday when they will be taking on St. Edward's at home and Oklahoma Christian Saturday on the road. The Jets are looking to go into conference on a high note after finishing up the early part of their nonconference earlier this week.
SCOUTING NEWMAN
The Jets (2-5, 0-0 Heartland) are coming off some early season test when they took on a tough on nonconference schedule. The Jets will look to come into their own when it comes to its conference schedule, after finishing up early nonconference play with a matchup with the Ichabods Tuesday in which Newman struggled dropping that nonconference matchup 84-58.
Leaders
Ben Ayre-13.0 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 4.9 apg, 30.6 FG%
Dametrius Walker-11.7 ppg, 4.7 rpg, 1.7 apg, 40.9 FG%
Kevin Bryant-10.3 ppg, 7.8 rpg, 4.0 apg, 56.0 FG%
Andre Sands-8.9 ppg, 4.6 rpg, 0.3 apg, 45.0 FG%
SCOUTING THE HILLTOPPERS
The Hilltoppers (6-1, 0-0 Heartland) are coming off their early nonconference schedule going 6-1 enter conference play Thursday. The Hilltoppers hosted the St. Edward's Thanksgiving Tournament last Friday and Saturday going 2-0 after defeating the Greyhounds of Eastern New Mexico and the Tornados of Concordia University-Texas.
Leaders
Landon Goesling-22.0 ppg, 2.0 rpg, 3.4 apg, 48.9 FG%
Dorian Lopez-15.4 ppg, 7.4 rpg, 1.9 apg, 64.5 FG%
James Taylor-12.9 ppg, 4.9 rpg, 0.7 apg, 59.0 FG%
Cory McKendree-10.0 ppg, 6.6 rpg, 1.7 apg, 66.7 FG%
SCOUTING THE EAGLES
The Eagles (2-4, 0-0 Heartland) finish up the early part of its nonconference schedule with two victories Saturday and Monday. Saturday when they took on Southern Nazarene winning the matchup 79-69. Monday the Eagles were back at home to take on Manhattan Christian and would win that matchup 118-79, the Eagles enter Heartland Conference play with a record of 2-4.
Leaders
Elijah Strickland-21.5 ppg, 5.7 rpg, 1.8 apg, 46.9 FG%
Jordan Box-13.5 ppg, 2.8 rpg, 1.8 apg, 37.3 FG%
Roderick Smith-10.2 ppg, 6.5 rpg, 0.5 apg, 54.2 FG%
Miroslav Jaksic-7.7 ppg, 2.2 rpg, 1.2 apg, 42.9 FG%
NOTES
-Ayre enters Thursday's conference play third in the conference in assists (4.9).
-The Jets look to make a push in the Heartland by controlling the pace and tempo of its offense and defense.
